PwC's 2019 Asia Pacific Financial Services Tax Conference Guest Speakers
Mr Patrick Donovan, Managing Director, APAC Regional Head of Tax, UBS AG
Patrick has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry. As well as being a Chartered Accountant, he has been admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. In July 2019, Patrick was elected as the new Chairman of the Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU).
Mr Keiichi Aritomo, Executive Director, FinCity.Tokyo
Keiichi Aritomo is Executive Director of FinCity.Tokyo. Keiichi is also a co-founder and Board Director of JIAM (the Consortium for Japan International Asset Management Center Promotion).
He is also Asia Head of Kensho Technologies, LLC, a leading financial AI solution provider acquired by S&P in 2016. Keiichi used to be a Partner at PwC, McKinsey & Company, Deloitte, where he specialized in financial services industry and technology strategies across North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and Japan.
He has co-authored several books including “Single View of Customer for Financial Institutions” published from Kinzai and Shanghai Communication University Press both in Japanese and Mandarin.
Keiichi is also Chairman of Jazz EMP (Emerging Musicians Program) @ Tokyo Financial Street to promote young talented jazz musicians at Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Mr Danny Yiu, Managing Director, Tax, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.
Danny is the Head of Japan Tax at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co. Ltd. with 25 years of experience in dealing with the tax and operational issues concerning the financial services industry. He joined Morgan Stanley Hong Kong in 1995. Before re-joining Morgan Stanley in 2015, he was a China Tax Partner at PwC based in Beijing. Danny will take on an expanded role in due course as the Head of APAC Tax.
Mr Brian Chambers, Head of Taxation, Asia Pacific, FIL
Brian Chambers has extensive buy and sell side experience. He has been Head of Taxation, Asia Pacific for Fidelity International from 2007 based in Sydney. Before joining Fidelity, Brian held lead regional roles with Merrill Lynch in both London and Hong Kong.
Mr Yasuhiro Ono, Director, Private Equity / Infrastrucure, Japan Post Bank
Yasuhiro Ono is a Director at the Private Equity Department of Japan Post Bank. Having participated in the establishment of infrastructure program, he is responsible for fund investments and co-investments across all infrastructure strategies globally.
Prior to his current position, he was with Mitsubishi Corporation, the largest Japanese trading and investment conglomerate, for almost fifteen years where he was heavily involved with strategic investments and business development.
He further supplemented infrastructure investing by also undertaking academic research through an Engineering Ph.D. program at the University of Tokyo focusing on innovation management. He has also received the master’s degree in public private partnership from Harvard University.
Mr Gavin Hastings, OBE, Ex Scotland, Barbarians and the British & Irish Lions rugby player
Gavin Hastings OBE is one of the most outstanding rugby players of his generation. He has played in three Rugby World Cups and toured twice with the British & Irish Lions. He is now a sporting ambassador, keynote speaker, commentator and presenter.
He grew up in Edinburgh, attending George Watsons College, where he discovered his talent for rugby. At Cambridge University (where he studied land economy) he played in two Varsity Matches in the mid-80s, captaining the light blues just five weeks before winning his first cap for Scotland. Sixty further caps followed including twenty as captain. Hastings retired from international rugby having played in the first three Rugby World Cups and touring with the British Lions to Australia in 1989 and New Zealand (as captain) in 1993. Among his highlights were being part of only the third Scottish team to win the Grand Slam in 1990 and scoring a last gasp try in Paris in 1995 after twenty-six years of waiting. He is widely recognised as one of the finest players of his generation, having amassed 733 points in Test Match rugby over a ten year professional career. He was awarded an OBE in 1994 for services to rugby and was inducted into the International Rugby Board Hall of Fame in 2013.
Alongside international rugby, Hastings developed a parallel career in business leadership. He qualified as a chartered surveyor at CB Richard Ellis in London and Glasgow, before following his passion and setting up his own business. He sold the company some ten years later, having brought the Ryder Cup to Scotland in 2014, and is now engaged with a number of different charities. He has been a brand ambassador for HSBC and De Vere hotels and currently represents Land Rover and Magnum Cream Liqueur.
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