Jenny is a Chairwoman & non-executive director of DFA. She has over two decades of experience in investment banking, hedge fund management and human capital consulting and has held positions in London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, delivering strategies and advising multinational clients and asset managers on new business development, operations, capital raising and talent retention.

In 2019, Jenny joined Mercer as a Principal, in the Multinational Client Services division, responsible for managing Mercer’s Fortune 500 clients based in Hong Kong. As a strategic advisor to C-Suite and Senior Leadership teams, Jenny identified emerging human capital needs, worked closely with clients and internal business leaders to co-create solutions on: future of work, employee wellbeing, and digital transformation. In addition to growing revenues for the firm, Jenny was responsible for delivering Mercer’s Thought Leadership on Diversity and Inclusion and Leading with Empathy and managing employees.

Prior to joining Mercer, from 2006 to 2011, Jenny worked at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, as an Executive Director, responsible for Asian Prime Brokerage Sales and assisting clients with capital introductions. During that period, she was an active member of Goldman Sachs’ Women’s Network, and a mentor to new hires. Jenny was hired from Credit Suisse, where she held multiple leadership roles as Director of Prime Brokerage Sales and Capital Introductions from 2003 to 2006 and Chief Operating Officer of the Asian Equity Derivatives division from 1999 to 2003. Jenny started her career in London, with JPMorgan, in Equity Derivatives.

Tom is Co-Founder & Managing Partner of DFA. Tom co- founded Rent 2Own , a financial inclusion platform for rural mobility in Myanmar with over 200,000 clients and investment from Germany’s development finance institution DEG. Tom also served on the Investment and Executive Committees as consultant to IFC backed Asian investment platforms and served as a Managing Director for TransAsia, the largest SME supply chain finance platform in Asia.

Tom sits on several Boards across Emerging Asia including companies focused on financial services, real estate, logistics and FMCG.

Previously Tom was Managing partner at Cube Capital in Hong Kong, where he managed the Asia business. He led a team on $321mm of Asian investments generating > 20% IRR and focused on China asset backed lending, Vietnam real estate, Myanmar, Mongolia and event trading.

Tom started his career at J.P. Morgan in New York, London, Singapore and Tokyo.

Tom has a BA from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and was an exchange student at Oxford University studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

A founding partner of DFA, based in Asia since 2004. Previously Alex was Portfolio Manager for Asia Frontier Markets at Cube Capital, based in Hong Kong. Alex’s early career was focused on real estate investments for Calyon CIB and Savills Vietnam .

Alex acts as Director of Sakkara Saigon Limited (SSL) since 2010 on behalf of DFA. Operating mainly in Vietnam, SSL is involved in real estate investments, both in an advisory capacity and through direct investments.

Alex holds Master’s Degree in Corporate, Investment Banking, Accounting and Financial Analysis from ESSCA, Ecole Superieure des Sciences Commerciales d’Angers (France).