Milltrust International Group

Gary Dugan is an investment professional with 38 years of experience across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He began his career in London and joined JPMorgan Securities in 1993 as a European equity market strategist, later becoming head of multi-asset portfolios at JPMorgan Asset Management, and has held CIO roles at Barclays and Merrill Lynch. He is currently CIO at East West Private Wealth, having previously served as CEO of Purple Asset Management and founded The Global CIO Office, which provides outsourced CIO services.

Protap Mukherjee is Senior Managing Director and Head of GCC/Asia at East West Private Wealth, based in the UAE, with more than 26 years in financial services. His prior roles include Executive Director at Schroders in Singapore, Senior Director at DBS Bank, and Director positions at BNP Paribas Wealth Management and Falcon Private Bank, along with earlier posts at First Abu Dhabi Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. He holds a Business Management degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and is a Chartered Wealth Manager accredited by the American Academy of Financial Management.

Strategic Adviser to Milltrust International Group.

Senior Adviser at East West Private Wealth.

Senior Advisor to Milltrust Ventures.

Portfolio Manager at Milltrust International LLP.

Devangana Yadav is Head of Operations at East West Private Wealth in Singapore, with over nine years in banking and financial services focused on client servicing for HNI/UHNI segments. She has worked in relationship management, transaction execution, operations, and KYC/compliance, previously serving as an Associate Vice President at Trica in Mumbai and Assistant Vice President in Wealth Management at BNP Paribas, and beginning her career at ICICI Bank. She holds an MBA in Marketing and a Graduate Diploma in Foreign Trade from the University of Pune and a BBA from the University of Nagpur.

Diana The has over 25 years of experience across the legal and financial services industries, including nearly 17 years as in-house Chief Counsel spanning Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa at institutions such as Harmony Capital Partners, Eastspring Investments, Aon, and the digital banking group Tyme. She holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of Bristol and was called to the English and Singapore bars, and later earned an Executive MBA at Nanyang Business School. She focuses on funds, financial services, family offices, and fintechs, and runs her own law firm, THE Legal Concierge LLC.

Edward Higgins is Chief Operating Officer and Senior Relationship Manager at East West Private Wealth, having previously worked at Julius Baer in Singapore serving UK and international clients. Over more than two decades he has held roles at Julius Baer Singapore, Credit Suisse Singapore, and spent nearly nine years as a Wealth Manager at Morgan Stanley in the UK, working with ultra-high-net-worth clients. He focuses on investments, hedge funds, and corporate finance, is a graduate of the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and trained as an ACA with Menzies LLP.

Head of Global Wealth Solutions and Global Emerging Markets at Milltrust International LLP.

Group Head of Finance & Operations and an FCA.

Henry Soediarko is Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Research for the Climate Impact Asia Fund, based in Singapore. He has over 12 years of experience in the Asian equity long/short hedge fund industry, having held roles in portfolio management, trading, and risk management at firms including Creo Capital, Hachiman Capital, and Amoeba Capital, and was previously an Asian equity analyst at Smartkarma where he incorporated ESG analysis into his research. He holds an MBA from Vlerick Business School in Belgium and an MSc in Investment from City University Business School in England.

Associate at Milltrust International Group.

Johann Henn is Chief Executive Officer at Alternative Investment Partners (AIP) in South Africa. He previously co-founded Novare Holdings, where he served as Chief Executive Officer and later as Executive Deputy Chairman from August 2014, focusing on strategic client relationships and company growth. He began his career at Sanlam Asset Management in 1994 as a Senior Fund Manager.

Chairman of Milltrust International Managed Investments ICAV; a CPA.

Dr Milla Marinova worked as a medical doctor for over eight years and holds an M.Sc. in International Health Policy from LSE and an M.Phil. in Bioscience Enterprise from Cambridge University. She has held roles including Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London and external consultant to McKinsey, and has worked with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in partnership with the WHO on healthcare quality governance. She was a principal at GrayBella Capital, a growth-capital VC investing in European health companies, and founded R8ER, a digital evaluation platform for healthcare.

Portfolio Manager and Director at Milltrust Ventures.

Sonia Malik is Senior Vice President at East West Private Wealth, with over two decades of experience in private banking serving high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients across Canada, the Middle East, and Asia. She previously held senior leadership roles at CIBC Private Wealth in Canada. Her work focuses on private wealth advisory, family office structuring, and cross-border investment solutions. She holds an MBA in Finance from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Lucknow, and holds PFP, CSC, and CPH certifications.

William Mendes is a Senior Relationship Manager at East West Private Wealth with a background in financial services spanning business development, client relationship management, and wealth management. He previously worked as a Business Development Executive at FTFT Capital Investments LLC covering cryptocurrency, blockchain, and fintech, and held roles at Commercial Bank of Dubai, L&T Capital Markets, RAKBANK, HSBC, and American Express Services India. He holds an International Certificate in Wealth Management from the Securities and Investment Institute in London and an AMFI Certification from India.

Mikael Hed is a co-founder of Rovio and served as its CEO. He returned to the company in 2009 during a period of financial difficulty and helped lead the development of Angry Birds, contributing his comics background to the game's branding and narrative and refining its game mechanics.

Uttkarsh Sogani is a Senior Associate on the investments team at InnoVen Capital India, a venture debt fund, where he focuses on consumer and fintech investments. He has over seven years of experience in investment banking and equity research, holds a Bachelor's degree in Financial Markets from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, and earned the CFA Charter in February 2022.