Robin Vince is President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon and a member of its Board of Directors. Previously, he was Vice Chair of BNY Mellon and CEO of Global Market Infrastructure. In that role, he oversaw BNY Mellon’s Clearance and Collateral Management, Treasury Services, Markets and Execution Services and Pershing businesses.

Prior to joining BNY Mellon in October 2020, Robin was the Chief Risk Officer of Goldman Sachs and a member of the Management Committee. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1994 and held many leadership roles, including Treasurer, Head of Operations, Head of Global Money Markets, COO of the EMEA region and CEO of Goldman Sachs International Bank, among others. He served on several key subsidiary boards and governance committees. He was named managing director in 2002 and partner in 2006.

Robin is a member of National Geographic Society's Hubbard Council and serves on the Board of Advisors of The Hospital for Special Surgery.

Macky Tall is a Partner and Chair of Carlyle’s Infrastructure Group, which includes efforts across transportation, renewables, energy, power, water and digital infrastructure. He is based in Washington, DC. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Tall served in a series of leadership positions at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors and the second largest pension fund in Canada.

He also served on CDPQ’s Executive Committee and Investment-Risk Committee, served as founding Chair and CEO of CDPQ Infra, CDPQ’s subsidiary specializing in major infrastructure projects, and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ivanhoé Cambridge, CDPQ’s real estate subsidiary. Before joining CDPQ, he held several senior management positions with companies in the energy and finance sectors, namely Hydro-Québec, MEG International, Novergaz and Probyn & Company.

Mr. Tall also sits on the Board of Directors of The National Bank of Canada, and the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund Investments Committee. In addition, he has served as co-chair of the Advisory Committee of the Global Infrastructure Facility of the World Bank.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Finance) from HEC Montréal and an MBA (Finance) from the University of Ottawa. He also completed an undergraduate degree in Economics at Université de Montréal.

Dr. Chung had been a Professor of Finance at the School of Business -Long Island University, NY. He is currently the program chair ‘Artificial Intelligence & Fintech” at Yonsei University’s Graduate School of Information in Korea. He is an advisor of AIF Global for its Asian relations. He had been an academic advisor of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA) and an editorial board member of the Journal of Alternative Investments. Dr. Chung has also advised Korea Financial Services Commission and Financial Supervisory Services regarding the nation’s Alternative Investments regulatory

olicies since 2012.

He has had 25+ years of experience as a researcher, advisor, and senior portfolio manager in both U.S. and Korea. He has been advising multiple Global GPs for their investment relations with Korean LPs including NPS, KIC, Korea-Post, and other Korean public and private asset owners. Dr. Chung received his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Master of Finance from Boston College, and M.B.A from Illinois State University.

Brant Maller founded AIF after having served on committees overseeing the U.S.’s three largest pension plans’ investments programs and as an officer of one of the world’s largest family offices. That service enabled him to see the need for a neutral forum through which the world’s largest institutional investors could exchange best ideas, practices and information with each other and with its leading finance academics, investment consultants and asset managers. He executed on that vision in forming AIF in 2005.

Mr. Maller is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute of Public Finance (NIPF), which is the educational arm of the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST) Foundation. He is also the Chair of the NIPF’s Investments Track. He has served as a member of the California Controller’s Advisory Council on Investments and the New York State Common Retirement Fund investment committee.

Mr. Maller has been ranked one of the nation’s leading investment lawyers by Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA and Super Lawyers, among other ranking services, and as one of the world’s leading investments lawyers by Chambers Global. Mr. Maller received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a joint M.C.R.P.-J.D. degree from Harvard University-Boston University.

Bernie McNamara is Head of Client Solutions for CBRE Investment Management’s $145 billion AUM real assets platform. He leads a global team of over 75 professionals focused on delivering real assets portfolio solutions to institutional and high net worth investors. He focuses on portfolio design and asset allocation within and across real asset categories, geographies, and execution formats, including each of CBRE IM’s investment verticals: Private Direct Real Estate, Private Indirect Real Estate, Real Estate Credit, Listed Real Assets and Private Infrastructure.

Bernie is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Global Investment Committee, regional Investment Committees, and Global Sustainability Council. He is also a member of the firm’s Capital Commitments Committee, which oversees the allocation of CBRE’s balance sheet capital within CBRE IM strategies, and is Chair of the firm’s Business Development Committee, which has responsibility for the platform’s overall product architecture.

Bernie joined CBRE IM in 2018 from J.P. Morgan Asset Management, where he founded the company’s alternatives solutions program and most recently served as Global Head of Alternatives Investment Strategy and Solutions. At J.P. Morgan, he designed and implemented multi-asset portfolio solutions across alternative investment categories, including real estate, infrastructure, private equity, and private credit, for institutional and high net worth investors globally.

Bernie has over 25 years of investment industry experience. He is also a successful entrepreneur who earlier in his career helped build an investment services technology and administrative firm that was later acquired by Sallie Mae to support government-sponsored college savings programs.

Bernie holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Vimont is Managing Partner and Head of Strategy, Ares SSG. Additionally, Mr. Vimont serves as a member on the Ares Credit Group's European Direct Lending Investment Committee, the Ares Private Equity Group's Asia Investment Committee and the Ares SSG and Secured Lending Funds Investment Committees.

Prior to joining Ares in 2007, he was a Director in the Financial Sponsor Group of Barclays, where he focused on leveraged finance, established the French business in Paris and was appointed Head of Continental Europe for middle market leveraged finance.

Mr. Vimont holds a Master's Degree (M.Sc.) in Management, with distinction, from the French Grande Ecole ESCP Europe. He also holds an ACT (Association of Corporate Treasurers) qualification.

Mr. Ng joined CD&R in 2022 and has responsibility for our Asian fundraising and investor relations activities. Previously, Mr. Ng was a Managing Director at Ping An Insurance. Prior to that, he held positions at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Intermediate Capital Group, and Bain & Company. Mr. Ng has a B.A. and M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics.

Youngju Nielsen is a professor and co-chair of the AIMBA program at Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Business.

Prior to academia, she had more than 15 years of experience in systematic / algorithm trading and portfolio management at major Wall street firms. Youngju managed hedge fund portfolios worth more than six billion dollars under various market environments. She was a CIO and partner of a quantitative hedge fund, Quantavium Capital Management. Before Quantavium, she ran global interest rates portfolios at the proprietary trading group of Bear Stearns, J.P. Morgan, and Citi in their New York headquarters. She built the business Quantitative Principal Strategy in Fixed Income (QPS FI) from the ground up at Bear Stearns as their managing director. She then continued heading the same activity at J.P. Morgan. Before her portfolio manager career, she was a research officer at Barclays Global Investors and head of quantitative research at Allianz Dresdner Asset Management.

In addition to her career in asset management and trading, Youngju has published seven investment books and has been a columnist at major Korean media outlets. She also served as an advisor for many institutional investors including Samsung asset management, Daeshin economic research center, Bank of Korea, and Korea's public employee pension service.

Youngju received a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Statistics, statistical learning (Thesis: Assessment and Improvement of Artificial Neural Network in NYSE stock selection) from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master in Financial Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. in economics from Yonsei University, Seoul Korea.

Ben Meng is executive vice president, chairman of Asia Pacific, and the executive sponsor of Sustainability for Franklin Templeton. In this role, Dr. Meng is responsible for expanding the firm's investment offerings and client reach in the Asia Pacific region, with a particular focus on leading the private equity, venture capital and other alternative asset investment capabilities.

Additionally, Dr. Meng leads Franklin Templeton's China business, including our joint ventures and Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise. He also supports efforts to expand the reach of Franklin Templeton's tailored solutions for the firm's institutional clients globally. Dr. Meng reports to the CEO and is a member of Franklin Templeton's Executive Committee, a small group of the company's top leaders responsible for shaping the firm's overall strategy.

Dr. Meng has more than two decades of experience working in the global finance industry across three continents, including extensive experience in Asia Pacific, as well as a strong track record for delivering results across a broad range of asset classes. He has served in top investment roles at two of the largest asset owners in the world. Previously, Dr. Meng was Chief Investment Officer for the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and Deputy Chief Investment Officer at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). Most recently, he served as Director of Eight Sequoias LLC, an independent firm providing consulting services to the financial industry.

Dr. Meng holds a Master of Financial Engineering degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Davis. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Investment Management and frequently teaches at top business schools globally such as the Haas School of Business, where he received the 2014 Cheit Award of Excellence in Teaching. He is the Citi Visiting Chair in International Business at the Schwarzman College. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Committee of 100.

Heenam Choi is a visiting fellow at the Korea Capital Market Institute and Independent External Director at the Board of Standard Chartered Bank Korea. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) since March of 2018. He was also Chairman of the Board.

Prior to joining KIC, Mr. Choi served as Executive Director at the Board of International Monetary Fund, representing 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. He was previously the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Constituency at the World Bank Group.

Mr. Choi brings more than 30 years of experience at Korea’s Ministry of Strategy and Finance, where he has served as Deputy Minister for International Affairs, Director General of International Finance, Director General of International Financial Cooperation, Director of the International Financial Policy Division and Director of the Foreign Exchange Market Division.

He also played a pivotal role as the Director General of the Policy Strategy Bureau on the Presidential Committee of the G20 Summit, assisting the chairman at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting and addressing global issues, including IMF reforms.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Choi was Assistant Secretary to the President for Finance and Economic Affairs at the President’s Office. He has worked at the IMF as an Alternate Executive Director (2011) and at the World Bank as an Advisor (1999-2003).

Mr. Choi earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh. He has an MBA in finance and a BA in economics from Hanyang University in Korea.

Dr. Lee is currently a Senior Research Fellow of the Innovative Finance Research Division and Director of the Center for International Financial Cooperation at the Korea Institute of Finance. The Institute is the most prominent institution in Korea that is specialized in financial research. It provides policy reports to, but not limited to, the Office of the President, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Financial Services Commission, Financial Supervisory Service, Korea Financial Intelligence Unit and various other financial authorities.

Dr. Lee has contributed to various columns in the media and his publications have been published in the Seoul Journal of Economics, Korean Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economic Theory and Econometrics. He is a distinguished expert in the area of international finance, cryptocurrency finance, North Korea finance anti-money laundering and countering of terrorist financing (AML-CFT).

Dr. Lee began his career in the financial sector at the Bank of Korea, where he worked as a portfolio manager in the Reserves Management Office from 1995 to 1999. During the summer of 1997, Dr. Lee worked as a summer associate at Goldman Sachs, NY. He worked for the NBER as a research assistant during 2004-2005.

Dr. Lee served as committee member for Active Global Fixed Income Search Committee at Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) in 2007. He was also a committee member of the Fund Investment Oversight and Training Committee (FOTC) during 2009. He also served as a member of the Self Regulatory Review Committee at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and is currently a non-permanent member of the Exchange Rate Risk Management Committee at the Korea Land and Housing Corporation. He was also a visiting scholar to the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (2012-2013).

Dr. Lee has also received several public awards. The Civil Merit Medal (Nov. 2021) for his outstanding contribution and achievements in the area of AML-CFT. Minister’s Commendation (Dec. 2020; MOSF) for his outstanding contributions to North Korea financial research, Minister’s Commendation (Nov. 2015; FSC) for his outstanding academic contributions to AML-CFT.

Dr. Lee earned his B.A. in Economics from Seoul National University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.