Sarah Tan
Keynote Speaker
Assistant Director, Economist, Moody’s Analytics
Sarah is an economist at Moody’s Analytics in Singapore. She is responsible for covering economies across the Asia-Pacific region including China, the Philippines and the wider ASEAN region. Sarah is regularly cited in local and international media outlets such as Channel NewsAsia, Bloomberg and South China Morning Post. She has also won several Forecast Accuracy awards for her economic forecasts.
Dr. Kai-Hong Tee
Keynote Speaker
Senior Lecturer in Finance, Loughborough University
Kai-Hong Tee is currently Senior Lecturer in Finance at Loughborough University School of Business and Economics in the United Kingdom. He has worked previously as a Lecturer in Finance at the University of Aberdeen and as a Property Investment Marketing Consultant on both residential and commercial sectors in the international properties markets based in Singapore. His research interests include the application of asymmetric risk measures on portfolio optimization, the study of liquidity risks, and efficient performance of managed futures and hedge funds. Dr Tee’s research has been published in reputable Journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Empirical Finance, Quantitative Finance and European Financial Management. He has a BA in Economics and Mathematics from the National University of Singapore, an MBA (with distinction) in finance from the Leeds University Business School, and a Ph.D. in Finance from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Dr. Evan Lau
Conference Chair
Professor, UNIMAS
Evan Lau is a dedicated Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). Over the years, he has accumulated extensive academic and administrative experience, having served as Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate, Director of the Centre for Business, Economics and Finance Forecasting (BEFfore), and Head of Strategy. He is currently the Deputy Dean of Research and Commercialization. Evan is also internationally engaged, having held visiting positions at the University of Cambridge and several leading universities in Indonesia. His research profile is distinguished, with 118 journal articles, 10 edited books, and 91 publications across book chapters, conference proceedings, working papers, newsletters, and newspaper articles. His contributions have earned him numerous accolades, including the UNIMAS Young Researcher Award, Highest Citation and Impact Awards, Excellent Service Award, research medals from various expos, Best Paper recognitions, and the Highest-Impact Journal Paper Award. As an active scholar, Evan has secured 32 research grants and has supervised 91 postgraduate students. He has also examined 94 doctoral and master’s theses and evaluated 170 undergraduate research projects. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences in Indonesia, the UAE, Sri Lanka, Italy, India, the Philippines, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, and Malaysia. Evan’s research standing is further reflected in his ranking among the Top 9% of economists in Malaysia and ASEAN, and within the Top 10% in Asia, according to the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) network. He is also recognized as one of the highly cited authors at UNIMAS. Beyond academia, he is passionate about running and travelling. Overall, Evan’s scholarly achievements, leadership roles, and service contributions underscore his ongoing commitment to research excellence and sustainable academic impact.