Dr. Sharon S. Yang is a distinguished professor of department of Finance and the associate dean of the school of management at the National Central University (NCU) in Taiwan. She is also the founder of the Center for Industry Collaboration (CIC) at the school of management at NCU and serves as the CEO. Sharon received her Ph.D. in actuarial mathematics at Heriot-Watt University in U.K. and her master degree in actuarial science at University of Iowa in the U.S. Her research interests cover pension fund management and investment, financial product innovation, actuarial science, risk management, asset allocation, ESG Investing. Her research appears in Journal of Risk and Insurance, Insurance Mathematics and Economics, Austin Bulletin, The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance and Quantitative Finance, Journal of Futures Markets.

In addition to academic experience, Sharon also serves as the supervisor of the Pension Fund Association, the director of the Financial Engineering Association of Taiwan, the director of the Taiwan Insurance and Risk Association, the advisor of Taiwan Insurance Guarantee Fund, a reviewer of structure notes issued with insurance products for Taiwan Financial Service Roundtable and a member of the discipline committee for Actuarial Institute of Republic of China. She also involves in many government and industry research projects regarding pension fund management, insurance regulation, longevity risk, ESG investing and alternatives assets.

Huub has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial industry. He has been with NN Investment Partners (NN IP) since 2001. He is currently the Lead Portfolio Manager for Impact Investing Solutions portfolios within the Specialized Equity team.

Huub previously worked for Aegon Asset Management and ABN AMRO Asset Management in Amsterdam. He graduated from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam in 1995 with a degree in finance, investments and treasury management.

Based in Singapore, JoepHuntjens has been head of the Asian Debt strategy since October 2010. He is also the Lead PM of EM Corporate Debt strategy, a role he assumed in August 2015. In addition he is responsible for Asian credit investments for NN IP's global credit portfolios as well as all pan-Asian credit strategies. In Singapore, he heads the credit analyst team.

Joep started his career at NN IP in 1996 as an Equity Analyst for NN’s proprietary equity portfolios. Since then he has undertaken many roles at NN IP including Portfolio Manager and Senior Equity Analyst for proprietary equity portfolios and private equity fund portfolios. Prior to his relocation to Singapore in 2010, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager for European High Yield Debt. Joep earned his Master’s degree in Business Economics from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam in 1996. He is also RBA registered (Registered Investment Analyst).