AIMA Global Council & COO, Arkkan Capital
Katherine is the Chief Operating Officer of Arkkan Capital and has lived and worked in Hong Kong since 2002.
Prior to joining Arkkan in 2018, Katherine led Goldman Sachs’ Asia Pacific prime services consulting team assisting Asian and global hedge funds to build and grow their businesses in the region. This included consulting on hedge fund establishment, fund structuring, business expansion and market access.
Between 2006 and 2010 Katherine was regional legal counsel Asia Pacific for Janus Capital Group. From 2003 to 2005, Katherine was legal counsel at Sidley Austin, Hong Kong where she helped establish their hedge fund practice. Katherine began her career in 1998, as a lawyer at Mallesons Stephens Jaques, Melbourne.
Katherine serves on the Global Council (Director) of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and is a member of AIMA Hong Kong’s Executive and Regulatory Committees, having chaired AIMA Hong Kong from 2016 – 2020 and the Regulatory Committee from 2012-2018.
Katherine also serves as a member of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong’s Product Advisory Committee and between 2015 and 2022 was an inaugural member of the University of Melbourne’s Asian Advisory Board, both by invitation.
Katherine holds a BSc/LLB (Hons) (Chemistry, Mathematics and Law), from the University of Melbourne and is admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia.