The people behind the club

Kevin (Gaopeng) Qiu

Chair, AMC

MBA2028

Kevin (Gaopeng) Qiu

Chair, AMC

Kevin serves as Co-Chair of the Asset Management Conference and sits on the Treks team at the IMC. He brings sell-side equity research experience covering Asian consumer and energy companies.

Simran Tejuja

Chair, AMC

MBA2028

Simran Tejuja

Chair, AMC

Simran serves as Co-Chair of the Asset Management Conference and Fixed Income Specialist at the IMC. Her background spans investment product strategy, debt capital markets and the growth of fixed income solutions across global markets.

Davide Valante

VP, Treks

MiFPT2027

Davide Valante

VP, Treks

Biography to be announced.

Rita Cui

VP, Treks

MBA2027

Rita Cui

VP, Treks

Rita co-leads Treks at the IMC. She brings a background in investment banking and private market investment.

Jacopo Izzo

ExCo, Treks

MiFPT2028

Jacopo Izzo

ExCo, Treks

Biography to be announced.

Sanjana Prakash

ExCo, Treks

MBA2028

Sanjana Prakash

ExCo, Treks

Sanjana is an ExCo member of the Treks team at the IMC. A chartered accountant, she brings experience in asset management and consulting.

Paul Simonin

VP, Communications

MFA2027

Paul Simonin

VP, Communications

Paul co-leads communications at the IMC, connecting members, alumni, sponsors and partners. A former competitive esports player, he studied for two years in Seoul and spent a summer at BlackRock in ETF and liquid alternatives distribution. He now focuses on systematic investing.

Sherry Tang

VP, Communications

MiFFT2026

Sherry Tang

VP, Communications

Sherry co-leads communications at the IMC, overseeing internal coordination and external partnerships. She brings five years of institutional equity sales experience and built SIF's investor relations function from the ground up.

Alan Shu

ExCo, Communications & Alumni

MAM2027

Alan Shu

ExCo, Communications & Alumni

Alan is an ExCo member of the Communications & Alumni team at the IMC. He brings experience across global markets, asset management and private wealth management, and is committed to connecting students with alumni and investment professionals.

Barbie Lee Wing Lam

ExCo, IR & Sponsorship

MiM2027

Barbie Lee Wing Lam

ExCo, IR & Sponsorship

Barbie is an ExCo member of the Investor Relations and Sponsorship team at the IMC. Having worked in client coverage and investment advisory in private banking at HSBC, DBS and Pictet, she brings a multilingual Asia network and a pipeline-building mindset to the club's buy-side and sponsor partnerships.

Cecilia Yu

ExCo, Communications & Alumni

MiM2027

Cecilia Yu

ExCo, Communications & Alumni

Cecilia serves as Community and Alumni Lead at the IMC. She brings venture capital, equity research and credit experience from internships in Shanghai, Shenzhen and London, with a focus on asset management and private equity.

Draco Wang

ExCo, IR & Sponsorship

MBA2028

Draco Wang

ExCo, IR & Sponsorship

Draco is an ExCo member focused on Sponsorship and Investor Relations within the IMC's Communications pillar, and also handles Investor Relations at the SIF. A former KPMG consultant, he helped financial services clients lead transformation and brings cross-market perspectives from London, Greater China and the Middle East.

Kimberly Leung

ExCo, Communications & Alumni

MiM2027

Kimberly Leung

ExCo, Communications & Alumni

Kimberly is an ExCo member of the Communications & Alumni team at the IMC. She brings a background in Asian private equity fund-of-funds investing across VC and PE managers, covering primary, secondary and co-investment deals, alongside institutional sales experience.

Laura Sophie Sass

ExCo, Communications & Alumni

MFA2027

Laura Sophie Sass

ExCo, Communications & Alumni

Laura is an ExCo member of the Communications team at the IMC. Through wealth management internships, she supported investment proposals for high-net-worth clients. An independent artist, she researches art as an asset class, and her fashion industry experience adds a client-facing perspective.

Ray Sae Chew

ExCo, IR & Sponsorship

MBA2028

Ray Sae Chew

ExCo, IR & Sponsorship

Ray is an ExCo member of the Investor Relations and Sponsorship team at the IMC. She brings four years of institutional investing experience, with a background in buy-side research across equities, fund selection and alternative investments.

Ann Pham

VP, Speakers

MiFPT2027

Ann Pham

VP, Speakers

Ann co-leads the Speaker Series at the IMC, bringing together the ideas and people behind investing. With an MBA and international experience across finance and risk, she is passionate about equity investing and valuation, driven by one question: what separates enduring value from temporary success?

Prasad Vadnere

VP, Speakers

MiFPT2027

Prasad Vadnere

VP, Speakers

Prasad co-leads the Speaker Series at the IMC. An MSc Finance student with nearly a decade at HSBC, EY and KPMG, he specialises in asset pricing, credit strategy and portfolio risk optimisation, using quantitative analytics and machine learning to maximise risk-adjusted returns.

Khyathi Golla

ExCo, Speakers

MiM2027

Khyathi Golla

ExCo, Speakers

Khyathi is an ExCo member of the Speaker Series team at the IMC. After starting in risk advisory for asset managers and moving into venture capital, she is exploring how AI is reshaping fundamental investing across public and private markets. She holds a BSc in Economics from Warwick.

Shivangi Jhalani

ExCo, Speakers

MiFFT2027

Shivangi Jhalani

ExCo, Speakers

Shivangi is an ExCo member of the Speaker Series team at the IMC. She brings eight years of buy-side equity research experience across emerging and frontier markets.

Yashvardhan Jhaveri

ExCo, Speakers

MBA2028

Yashvardhan Jhaveri

ExCo, Speakers

Biography to be announced.

Yuriko Obayashi

ExCo, Speakers

MiFPT2028

Yuriko Obayashi

ExCo, Speakers

Yuriko is an ExCo member of the Speaker Series team at the IMC. A Portfolio & Risk Solutions professional at Bloomberg, she has eight years of experience advising leading asset and wealth managers on portfolio construction, performance attribution and multi-factor risk analytics.

Harshin Bhambhani

VP, Careers

MBA2028

Harshin Bhambhani

VP, Careers

Biography to be announced.

Sumit Saxena

VP, Careers

MBA2028

Sumit Saxena

VP, Careers

Sumit co-leads Careers at the IMC. A former Vice President and Credit Officer at Citi, he specialised in credit risk for insurers and BDCs, managed a $30bn+ portfolio, assessed transactions of up to $65bn and built a climate risk assessment framework.

Bonde Ba Ruzyotora

ExCo, Careers & Training

MIFFT2027

Bonde Ba Ruzyotora

ExCo, Careers & Training

Bonde is an ExCo member of the Careers & Training team at the IMC. A CFA charterholder and part-qualified ACCA, he brings a background in corporate finance and development.

Kevin Ma

ExCo, Careers & Training

MFA2027

Kevin Ma

ExCo, Careers & Training

Kevin is an ExCo member of the Careers & Training team at the IMC. Having interned in special situations investing and private equity, he brings a passion for spotting market dislocations. He also founded Sullivan, an AI-powered interview prep platform.

Rachel Chen

ExCo, Careers & Training

MIFFT2027

Rachel Chen

ExCo, Careers & Training

Rachel is an ExCo member of the Careers & Training team at the IMC. She brings a background in global treasury and capital markets and is now focused on public markets investing, with particular interests in global macro and fundamental research.

Sanket Mishra

ExCo, Careers & Training

MBA2028

Sanket Mishra

ExCo, Careers & Training

Sanket is an ExCo member of the Careers & Training team at the IMC. He brings seven years of sell-side markets experience at Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan across rates, emerging markets FX and cross-asset derivatives. His focus: global macro, where rates, currencies and capital flows meet.

Victor Manuel Mendoza Vasquez

ExCo, Competition

MiFFT2027

Victor Manuel Mendoza Vasquez

ExCo, Competition

Victor is an ExCo member of the Careers & Training team at the IMC, leading competitions. He brings seven years across the buy side and the regulatory side of Peruvian capital markets, including multi-asset portfolio management at Coril Group (~$7bn AUM).

Yukti Chawla

ExCo, Competition

MFA2027

Yukti Chawla

ExCo, Competition

Yukti is a CFA candidate and Competition ExCo member at the IMC, with a background in financial analysis, valuation and credit risk at HDFC Bank. Having competed in finance case competitions and led an Enactus team to a national Top 4, she wants to give members the chance to put their investment ideas to the test.

Khaled Shahin

VP, Research

MiFPT2027

Khaled Shahin

VP, Research

Khaled leads Research at the IMC. A quantitative strategist at a US-based global asset manager, he has spent eight years building systematic equity strategies, with additional work in fixed income, FX and execution.

Agustina Daher

ExCo, Research

MIFFT2027

Agustina Daher

ExCo, Research

Agustina is an ExCo member of the Research team at the IMC. She brings FX and fixed income sales experience from Citi, where she covered corporate and institutional clients. Her focus: how macro and geopolitical shifts create opportunities in sovereign and credit markets.

Emman Virtudazo

ExCo, Research

MiFFT2027

Emman Virtudazo

ExCo, Research

Emman is an ExCo member of the Research team at the IMC, covering macro, rates and FX. A CFA charterholder with five years on bank trading desks, he brings expertise in interest rate and FX derivatives and market risk, using quantitative models to inform macro-driven positioning.

Mergen Ganbold

ExCo, Research

MiFPT2028

Mergen Ganbold

ExCo, Research

Mergen is an ExCo member of the Research team at the IMC, covering equities. A CFA charterholder, he has worked in audit at EY, in investment banking and portfolio management in Mongolia, and in US large-cap equity research. He also writes Signal & Selection, a publication on how AI is changing investment research.

Rakan Ayoub

ExCo, Research

MIFFT2027

Rakan Ayoub

ExCo, Research

Rakan is an ExCo member of the Research team at the IMC. A CFA charterholder with five years of experience in finance, he brings his analytical expertise to the club's corporate credit research.

Sally Sha

ExCo, Research

MiFFT2026

Sally Sha

ExCo, Research

Biography to be announced.

Matthew Lee

Specialist, Wealth Management

MBA2028

Matthew Lee

Specialist, Wealth Management

Matthew serves as Wealth Management Specialist at the IMC. A former medical doctor with experience in healthtech strategy and fundraising, he developed his interest in portfolio management through family investments. He focuses on building the wealth management community at LBS.

Mohammad AlBader

Specialist, Hedge Funds

MIFFT2027

Mohammad AlBader

Specialist, Hedge Funds

Mohammad leads the Hedge Fund vertical at the IMC. A CFA charterholder, he has spent a decade on manager due diligence, portfolio construction and fund governance across hedge funds and private equity for Kuwait's largest government institutions.

Simran Tejuja

Specialist, Fixed Income

MBA2028

Simran Tejuja

Specialist, Fixed Income

Simran serves as Co-Chair of the Asset Management Conference and Fixed Income Specialist at the IMC. Her background spans investment product strategy, debt capital markets and the growth of fixed income solutions across global markets.