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Hugh Simon has over three decades of asset management and investment experience across multiple asset classes and strategies in Asia, Europe and the US. He started his career with Schroders in London, Australia and Hong Kong before joining Lazard in 1984 to establish their offices in the Far East (Hong Kong and Japan) where he was responsible for investment management and marketing for the Asian region.
Hugh founded the Hamon Investment Group in 1989 to initially focus on public markets investments for institutional clients looking for exposure to the higher growth Asian markets. An entrepreneurial visionary with deep conviction of Asia’s long term economic growth potential, Hugh has over 30 years of Asian regional investment experience and is a strong advocate of collaborative institutional partnerships. He strategically steered the group’s evolution into a multi-strategies platform by expanding expertise and product offering through acquisitions and strategic partnerships.
For 18 years while Hamon managed assets for BNY Mellon, Dreyfus funds and institutional clients looking for exposure in the Asian region, Hugh built and led a team that managed top performing relative and absolute return funds in Asia for the most part of that period. Under Hugh’s leadership, Hamon have deployed and managed in excess of USD 2.8 billion of capital across various strategies and asset classes since inception.
Ming Lam joined Hamon in 2010 and is responsible for Hamon’s Asia ex-Japan ESG product and global multi-asset portfolios. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Wayne Zang joined Hamon in 2018 and is responsible for equity research, company analysis, and idea generation across the China, Hong Kong, and US markets. He graduated from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics with an Economics degree and holds a Masters in Financial Technology from HKUST. Wayne is a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Anastasia Levashova joined Blackfriars in 2014 and has over 15 years’ experience in GEM and frontier markets in London, Russia and New York. She started her career at Firebird Management in New York before joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Russia and CIS office in Moscow. In 2011, Anastasia moved to London where she was Head of EMEA Sales at BNP Paribas.
Anastasia holds a PhD from Moscow Lomonosov State University in International Relations, and Masters in International Finance from Columbia University.
Jeffrey Lum joined Hamon in 2019 as portfolio manager and is the founder and managing director of Infield Asset Management Pte Ltd which he set up in 2010 to provide investment advisory and management services to investors. Jeffrey has extensive investment experience in global financial markets, having held senior positions at ARN Investment Partners, HLG Asset Management, Invesco Asset management, LGT Asset Management and Cazenove & Co. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a BSc and obtained his MBA (Finance) from the University of Sheffield, UK. Jeffrey is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Allen Ng joined Hamon in 2019 as portfolio manager and serves as an independent director to Infield Asset Management Pte Ltd in its investment process. He has an in depth knowledge of financial markets and investment strategies and is currently a Senior Teaching Fellow of the School of Accounting & Finance at the HK Polytechnic University. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a BSc and obtained his MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and DBA from the University of Newcastle, UK. Allen is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Karin Cheung joined Hamon in 2008 and is a Marketing & Client Services Manager responsible for client servicing, marketing, fund administration and operational support of Hamon’s various funds and strategies.
She also works closely with the investment team on the ESG and sustainability aspects of the portfolios. Karin holds an Honors Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Toronto.
