Biographies of speakers

Dr. John Greenwood, OBE
Chief Economist

Based in London, John is the Chief Economist of Invesco Ltd. with responsibility for providing economic analysis and forecasts to Invesco portfolio managers and clients.

John started his career in 1970 as a visiting research fellow at the Bank of Japan. In 1974 he joined GT Management as Chief Economist, based initially in Hong Kong and later in San Francisco. The firm was acquired by Invesco in 1998. As editor of Asian Monetary Monitor in 1983, he proposed a currency board scheme for stabilising the Hong Kong dollar. John was a director of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Clearing Corporation for four years until 1991, and in 1992 became a council member of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, a position he held for twelve months. In that same year, he was an economic adviser to the Hong Kong Government. He has been a member of the Committee on Currency Board Operations of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority since 1998. He is also a member of the Shadow Monetary Policy Committee in England, and he serves on the board of the Hong Kong Association in London.

John holds an MA from the University of Edinburgh, and an Honorary PhD, also from the University of Edinburgh.

William Yuen
Investment Director

William Yuen has 20 years of investment experience. He joined Invesco in 2004 as Fund Manager and is currently Investment Director. He has been the lead manager of Invesco’s Asia consumer demand portfolios since the launch in March 2008. William took up load-manager responsibility for the PRC equity portfolios in March 2015. He has also managed retail and institutional regional mandates.

Prior to joining Invesco, William spent five years at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, covering Asia ex Japan markets from 1999 to 2004. He started his career as research analyst at RCP & Partners, a consulting firm.

William has a Master of Commerce degree and Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney, Australia, and a holder of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Freddy Wong
Head of Asia Pacific, Fixed Income

Freddy Wong joined Invesco in 2019 and is Head of Asia Pacific, Fixed Income. He is responsible for the overall leadership and management of the Invesco Fixed Income business in Hong Kong, with a focus on developing distribution for product suites.

Freddy has over 16 years of experience in the financial industry across Greater China. Prior to joining Invesco, he was the Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity International in Shanghai where he oversaw all Fixed Income investments for China. Freddy worked for Fidelity in various capacities managing Fixed Income since 2003 including as Portfolio Manager, Head Trader and Associate Director.

Freddy was named as Asia's Most Astute Investor in G3 Bond Market by The Asset Magazine for six consecutive years from 2011-16. He is a Professional Manager under the Hong Kong Management Association.

Freddy holds a Master of Finance and a Bachelor of Engineering from The University of Hong Kong.