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Claire McLetchie, Executive Director, Claire joined ASrIA in November 2008. She started her career with Standard Life Investments in Edinburgh before relocating to Singapore and then Hong Kong. She has covered the Asia Pacific region including Japan for eighteen years as Investment Director, managing equity portfolios for both pension funds and unit trusts. Her investment management experience within Asia includes country responsibility, stock selection and asset allocation. Claire is a graduate of Glasgow University where she obtained an honours degree in Political Economy. She is also a member of the CFA Society of the U.K.

Wai-Shin Chan, Development Director, Wai-Shin joined ASrIA in 2008. He previously worked with JPMorgan as the Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) analyst for Asia, looking at sectors such as the environment & renewable energy, but also issues like corporate governance and climate change. Prior to ESG, Wai-Shin was part of JPMorgan’s Transportation Team, where he focused on the shipping and airline sectors. He has also worked previously with heritage Jardine Fleming in the consumer and technology teams and has consulted for organisations such as Greenpeace. Wai-Shin holds a degree in Mathematics and Physics from Durham University (first class honours).

YK Park, Project Director, Before moving to Hong Kong from Seoul in 2002, YK spent 10 years as a securities analyst working for international investment banks based in South Korea. She has covered a range of industry sectors including electric power, consumer, and heavy industries such as chemicals for Barings and Salomon Smith Barney. She holds a BA in Information Science from Yonsei University in Korea. In her time at ASrIA, YK has focused on the creation of the SRI Funds and Toxic Chemicals Portals and the implementation of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in Korea. She has also provided commentary on sustainable investment issues to a broad range of Korean and global investors.

David St. Maur Sheil, Director Operations and Co-Founder of ASrIA. David started his career in Standard Chartered Bank. Subsequently, David left the Bank to help found an environmental consultancy based in Hong Kong. For the past fifteen years he has been consistently involved in sustainable development related initiatives in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific Region and has extensive ecological and community business experience. He has been a director/partner of several successful ecologically and community oriented businesses. He has had a long-term interest in SRI. He was a founding member of the UK Social Investment Forum and a member of the New Economics Forum. He set-up and manages the ASrIA website and news services. David has a Masters of Philosophy in Comparative Literature from Hong Kong University.

Sweeta Motwani, Administrative Director. Sweeta has lived in Hong Kong all her life. She has been actively involved in alternative health and environmental issues chairing the Complementary Medicine Society of Hong Kong for 5 years. She has considerable experience as a co-ordinator and in market/company research, publishing, recruitment and events organisation.

Ng Koon Chow (Sky), Website Manager, Sky obtained a BEng Degree in Computer Science from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Interested in social issues and creative design, Sky has experience in website development and network system design. He is responsible for the development of the ASrIA website as well as the design and production of all ASrIA publications.

Research Associates

Christy Lyons, Research Associate. Christy comes to ASrIA with an international working background. She spent a year doing socially responsible investment research in the USA, focusing mainly on environmental issues, and then moved to London for her graduate work and an opportunity in investment banking. After spending time doing investment banking in London & Hong Kong, Christy has eagerly come back to the socially responsible investment research she has always wanted to do. Christy has her BA in Environmental Sciences & Psychology from Northwestern University and has a Graduate Diploma in International Business from Cambridge Univesity.

Jane Sadler, Consultant, Community Investment

Dave Dore, Summer Associate. Before pursuing his MBA at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Dave served for two-and-a-half years in rural Thailand with the U.S. Peace Corps, a boutique international development agency. He has previously worked in Washington, DC focusing on sustainable security issues and in the New England region (U.S.) as a legislative coordinator for a global human rights organization. He joins ASrIA to assist with the development and launch of a Water, Policy & Finance in China website. He holds a MS in Justice, Law & Society from American University and a BS in Political Science from Presbyterian College.

Sophie le Clue, Consultant

Yeung Hau Man, Consultant