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Jessica is a Founding Partner, Responsible Officer and Compliance Officer of The Capital Company Hong Kong Limited, an independent asset management firm formed in the beginning of 2017. Prior to her time at The Capital Company, Jessica co-founded EXS Capital Asia Limited in 2008, and served as a Responsible Officer and head of Operations and Compliance for the firm until the end of 2016. She and her team built a substantial asset management and financial planning practice during their time at EXS, which is part of the core of their new joint venture The Capital Company. Jessica is an expert in many areas including tax, financial, and estate planning and she specializes in serving Americans living in Asia. She and her team provide fee-based comprehensive wealth management and planning services to U.S. citizens in Asia and to persons with U.S. related planning needs. Over the last fifteen years, Jessica has built a comprehensive wealth management practice from the ground up and established an active presence across Asia-Pacific. Before she moved to Asia, Jessica worked as a Registered Representative for Charles Schwab. She continues to be licensed in the U.S. today as a Registered Investment Advisor, insurance professional, and Trust and Estate Practitioner, and serves clients in the U.S. and across Asia Pacific. While in Tokyo she completed her MBA at Temple University Japan. She also spent a year in AmeriCorps, the domestic Peace Corp, working with individuals with severe disabilities. Jessica lives in Hong Kong with her husband and two children. She is active in the American Chambers of Commerce in Hong Kong, the American Women’s Association, and supports a variety of nonprofit organizations around the region. Jessica is currently active in the Girl Scouts as an adult volunteer and an avid runner and cyclist with the Hong Kong Tritons.

Damien Ryan is Senior Advisor at Teneo. Mr. Ryan has deep experience in Asia advising senior management of leading public and private companies on reputation and operational critical issues. This includes delivering counsel to CEOs, boards and senior management around transactions, special situations, restructuring, fundraising and litigation. Mr. Ryan was a senior journalist with Bloomberg News. He interviewed and profiled many of business world’s highest profile leaders. Mr. Ryan was also regularly assigned to cover leading business gatherings including gatherings of the IMF, OPEC, World Bank and World Economic Forum. Mr. Ryan has lived in Hong Kong since 2005 with his family. He is originally from Australia and has also lived and worked in the UK and Europe. He is actively involved in communities across Asia, including supporting several charities, schools and sporting organisations. Previously, Mr. Ryan was the Founder and Managing Director of Ryan Communication, which was acquired by Teneo in 2017.

With nearly 20 years experience in wealth management, and two successful startup exits, Dominic launches his third start-up and most exciting venture yet. After graduating from London School of Economics he started his career trading fixed income and derivatives at Credit Agricole Indosuez in 2001. Two years later he moved to Credit Suisse First Boston Private Bank and latterly was a founding member of the UHNW and Family Office team at Deutsche Wealth Management in London. Dominic left private banking in 2011 to establish Europe’s largest B2C wealth management marketplace, which he then expanded to Asia in 2014. Both businesses were sold to regional wealth players. In 2018 he launched and led the Asia-Pacific operations of an established European CRM wealth-tech. He has been named in the global top 19 ex-bankers in Fintech and is on the curriculum board for Singapore Management University’s ‘Wealth Management’ Diploma.

Karen Tan is the Head of Private Banking at VP Bank Ltd Singapore Branch. She oversees a team that advises clients from all over Asia on investments and their wealth management needs. Prior to that, she has worked at Indosuez Wealth Management, where she was a Managing Director. She was also Senior Vice President and Team Head at CIC Banque Privée. Karen brings with her over 30 years of experience in the banking and financial sector. Her specialties include Foreign Exchange trading, sales, and marketing in Treasury and Exchange Traded Products, derivatives, as well as coaching and leadership development. Karen is an avid volunteer for the Council Board for Club Rainbow Singapore, a non-profit charity organization supporting children suffering from chronic and life-threatening illnesses. She also volunteers for PRYME, a project to assist scholars in Singapore and is a speaker at ITE Central Scholars’ Program, sponsored by the US Embassy. Karen was a recipient of the Great Women of Our Times Award 2006, under the ‘Most Inspiring Woman’ category.

Jessica is a Founding Partner, Responsible Officer and Compliance Officer of The Capital Company Hong Kong Limited, an independent asset management firm formed in the beginning of 2017. Prior to her time at The Capital Company, Jessica co-founded EXS Capital Asia Limited in 2008, and served as a Responsible Officer and head of Operations and Compliance for the firm until the end of 2016. She and her team built a substantial asset management and financial planning practice during their time at EXS, which is part of the core of their new joint venture The Capital Company. Jessica is an expert in many areas including tax, financial, and estate planning and she specializes in serving Americans living in Asia. She and her team provide fee-based comprehensive wealth management and planning services to U.S. citizens in Asia and to persons with U.S. related planning needs. Over the last fifteen years, Jessica has built a comprehensive wealth management practice from the ground up and established an active presence across Asia-Pacific. Before she moved to Asia, Jessica worked as a Registered Representative for Charles Schwab. She continues to be licensed in the U.S. today as a Registered Investment Advisor, insurance professional, and Trust and Estate Practitioner, and serves clients in the U.S. and across Asia Pacific. While in Tokyo she completed her MBA at Temple University Japan. She also spent a year in AmeriCorps, the domestic Peace Corp, working with individuals with severe disabilities. Jessica lives in Hong Kong with her husband and two children. She is active in the American Chambers of Commerce in Hong Kong, the American Women’s Association, and supports a variety of nonprofit organizations around the region. Jessica is currently active in the Girl Scouts as an adult volunteer and an avid runner and cyclist with the Hong Kong Tritons.

With nearly 20 years experience in wealth management, and two successful startup exits, Dominic launches his third start-up and most exciting venture yet. After graduating from London School of Economics he started his career trading fixed income and derivatives at Credit Agricole Indosuez in 2001. Two years later he moved to Credit Suisse First Boston Private Bank and latterly was a founding member of the UHNW and Family Office team at Deutsche Wealth Management in London. Dominic left private banking in 2011 to establish Europe’s largest B2C wealth management marketplace, which he then expanded to Asia in 2014. Both businesses were sold to regional wealth players. In 2018 he launched and led the Asia-Pacific operations of an established European CRM wealth-tech. He has been named in the global top 19 ex-bankers in Fintech and is on the curriculum board for Singapore Management University’s ‘Wealth Management’ Diploma.

Karen Tan is the Head of Private Banking at VP Bank Ltd Singapore Branch. She oversees a team that advises clients from all over Asia on investments and their wealth management needs. Prior to that, she has worked at Indosuez Wealth Management, where she was a Managing Director. She was also Senior Vice President and Team Head at CIC Banque Privée. Karen brings with her over 30 years of experience in the banking and financial sector. Her specialties include Foreign Exchange trading, sales, and marketing in Treasury and Exchange Traded Products, derivatives, as well as coaching and leadership development. Karen is an avid volunteer for the Council Board for Club Rainbow Singapore, a non-profit charity organization supporting children suffering from chronic and life-threatening illnesses. She also volunteers for PRYME, a project to assist scholars in Singapore and is a speaker at ITE Central Scholars’ Program, sponsored by the US Embassy. Karen was a recipient of the Great Women of Our Times Award 2006, under the ‘Most Inspiring Woman’ category.

Damien Ryan is Senior Advisor at Teneo. Mr. Ryan has deep experience in Asia advising senior management of leading public and private companies on reputation and operational critical issues. This includes delivering counsel to CEOs, boards and senior management around transactions, special situations, restructuring, fundraising and litigation. Mr. Ryan was a senior journalist with Bloomberg News. He interviewed and profiled many of business world’s highest profile leaders. Mr. Ryan was also regularly assigned to cover leading business gatherings including gatherings of the IMF, OPEC, World Bank and World Economic Forum. Mr. Ryan has lived in Hong Kong since 2005 with his family. He is originally from Australia and has also lived and worked in the UK and Europe. He is actively involved in communities across Asia, including supporting several charities, schools and sporting organisations. Previously, Mr. Ryan was the Founder and Managing Director of Ryan Communication, which was acquired by Teneo in 2017.

Michael has an extensive background in financial services in Asia, Europe and North America. He has been in Asia-Pacific since 1995 – first in Hong Kong for six years, then in Sydney and Singapore, returning to Hong Kong in 2007. Before setting up Hubbis in early 2009, Michael founded Pacific Prospect in 2002 and sold it to global business-to-business publisher Incisive Media in 2006, continuing to serve as Chief Executive Officer until October 2008. Prior to Pacific Prospect, Michael worked for nine years in financial markets publishing. He joined Euromoney Publications in 1993 as the publisher of a quarterly magazine, International Bond Investor. In 1995, Michael joined Thomson Financial Services (now Thomson Reuters) to conceive and launch Finance Asia magazine. While he was Managing Director of Finance Asia, Michael also started the Asian Debt Review, Asian Private Capital Magazine and started the Finance Asia Conference Business. In 1997, Michael founded FIA Limited. Born in North Wales, Michael was head boy of St David’s College Llandudno. He has a degree in Business Administration from Cardiff University. And is married with three children - Reanna, Garett and Tarryn.