Alaa is a Portfolio Manager for the Emerging Markets Fixed Income team at BNP Paribas Asset Management. She has responsibility for managing external portfolios and for research alpha ideas for Emerging Markets Corporates. Alaa joined FFTW, a predecessor of BNP Paribas Asset Management, in 2004 and is based in London. Alaa joined the BNP Paribas Group at their MENA headquarters in Bahrain where she spent a number of years at BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking group in relationship management, credit analysis and risk management. She was responsible for leading the project leading to the first QIF Sukuk Fund and she created and developed the proprietary credit risk model. Alaa has 12 years of investment experience. She holds a BSc in Finance from Drake University and an MBA from Imperial College London.

Dennis Lee joined Principal Asset Management (S) Pte Ltd in April 2012 as Director, International Investment. He has more than 26 years of financial and investment management experience investing in global equity markets. Prior to joining Principal, Dennis was an Executive Director of ICH Asset Management from 2007 to 2012 where he was the fund manager for Asia Phoenix Absolute Return Fund, a Singapore-based hedge fund investing across the Asian region. From 1995 to 2003, Dennis was a fund manager with the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) where he managed several equity portfolios in US and Canada and across sectors in Consumer and Commodity funds. In addition to fund management experience, Dennis also spent 4 years on the sell-side with Citigroup, Nomura and Deutsche Securities, where he worked with institutional and wealthy clients investing in Asia. He graduated as a Master of Science from Stanford University, USA in 1995. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charter holder since 1998.

Guy is a Trader for the Emerging Markets Fixed Income team and a Portfolio Manager for Frontier Markets External Debt at BNP Paribas Asset Management. He joined FFTW, a predecessor of our firm, in 2003 and is today based in London. Prior to his current position, Guy was Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income Trading and Associate Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Fixed Income. He began his career at INFREP as an Assistant Finance Manager. Guy has 18 years of investment experience. He earned a graduate degree in Finance and Accountancy from Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Paris.

Clement is an Investment Analyst for the Emerging Markets Fixed Income team at BNP Paribas Asset Management. In this role, Clement will assist the portfolio managers with implementing strategies and research processes, as well as support our senior dealer. Clement joined our firm in 2013 and is based in London. Prior to joining the team, Clement was an Investment Strategist for Emerging Markets after having served as an Investment Specialist for Convertible Bonds. Clement has 3 years of investment experience. He holds a Masters’ degree in asset management and a Masters’ degree in wealth management from IAE Gustave Eiffel Paris, he graduated at Coventry University. He has recently achieved the CFA Level III.

Alan Wilson is a portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 35 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, he covered U.S. construction & housing, machinery & engineering, environmental services, energy equipment, trucks, personal care, household products and energy (oil & gas drilling) companies. Before joining Capital, Alan was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and an engineer with Texas Eastern Corp. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alan is based in Los Angeles.