Contributors

Sajja Praveen Chowdary

Sajja Praveen Chowdary is the Director of Corporate and Reinsurance Business at Policybazaar. 

Under his leadership, Policybazaar is witnessing significant growth in the business insurance space and is gradually emerging as a one-stop destination for corporate insurance solutions across India. 

He has also been instrumental in building and expanding the company's reinsurance business, strengthening partnerships with leading reinsurers to enhance risk capacity and develop innovative insurance solutions. 
 

Samantha Lee

Samantha Lee is currently the Head of Corporate Communications for Wharf T&T Limited.

Samson Tam

Samson Tam, spent the last 25 years, working with MNCs and SMEs, at C-Level positions, in China Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, US, and other overseas places. He devotes his time and resources in the Beauty, Spa & Cosmetics sector and found out in an indepth study that there is an enormous demand but with rare quality supply  for this industry in HK.

Samuel Fong

Samuel Fong is the Regional Director, Trade Credit and Surety for Lockton Asia. He has over twenty years experience in International trade banking, structured trade finance, capital markets, credit enhancements, including surety bonds and guarantees as well as trade credit and political risk insurance. Samuel holds a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, Sydney and a BA Business Administration from Singapore University.

Sarah Grimmer

Sarah Grimmer is Secretary-General of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. She was formerly Senior Legal Counsel at the PCA where she served as tribunal secretary in multiple investor-State arbitrations and was appointed registrar in several inter-State arbitrations.

Prior to joining the PCA, Sarah served for three years as Assistant Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. She was also a member of the international arbitration group at Shearman & Sterling LLP in Paris, prior to which she worked in private practice in Auckland. In 2015, Sarah was appointed to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Disciplinary Board. She is a member of the ICCA-ASIL Task Force on Damages (2016), ICCA Publications Committee (2015), the IBA Investment Arbitration Subcommittee (2014), New Zealand ICC Arbitration Committee (2014), and the IBA Arb40 Steering Committee (2013). She has an LLM from Cambridge University and an LLB/BA (Criminology) from Victoria University of Wellington. She is admitted to practice law in New Zealand.

Satish Bakhda

Satish Bakhda is an entrepreneur and investor with a proven track record in private equity, venture capital, and asset-backed lending. He has founded and led companies that became industry leaders, including a successful environmental business and a premier corporate service provider in Singapore. Satish currently leads two ventures: RIKVIN Capital, which specializes in bridge funding, and RIKVIN Ventures, a single-family office fund that invests in and scales companies across Asia. With a commitment to entrepreneurship and value creation, Satish is always seeking new opportunities for collaboration and growth.

Scherzade Westwood

Scherzade Westwood is Co-Chairwoman of W@OLN and Legal Assistant in Matrimonial Law at Oldham Li & Nie Lawyers. 

Scott D. Michel, Esq.

Scott Michel is internationally recognized for his extensive experience in matters arising from the U.S. government's crackdown on undeclared foreign accounts. As a partner and President of Caplin & Drysdale, a DC-based law firm, Mr. Michel advises individuals and corporations on voluntary disclosures, U.S. tax compliance for U.S. citizens living abroad and foreign entities doing business in the U.S., and civil and criminal tax examinations arising from unreported foreign assets.

Shaman Chellaram

Shaman Chellaram is Senior Director, Hotel Advisory at Colliers Hong Kong. 

With 22 years’ experience in real estate investment and advisory, he has completed over US$2 billion in transactions. He advises investors, operators, developers, and family offices on hotel and commercial real estate opportunities across Hong Kong and international markets, covering acquisition and disposals, asset repositioning, brand and operator selection and M&A. 

Shaman is Chairman of the Real Estate Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, a member of the ULI Hospitality Development & Investment Council and licensed under the Hong Kong Estate Agents Authority.

Shaman Chellaram 

With 18 years of experience in strategic and investment advisory, and having transacted over USD2 billion, Shaman Chellaram works closely with clients to maximise the potential of their hotel and commercial real estate assets in Hong Kong and across key regional and international markets.  This includes local and cross-border acquisition and disposal advisory,  asset repositioning,  market entry, portfolio diversification, operator selection, hotel and mixed-used development, ESG advisory, transaction advisory and M&A.