Meet the team
Get to know the professionals in our investment team and our board of directors
Kristy Fong
Investment Director
Kristy Fong is an investment manager on the Asian equities team. Kristy joined abrdn in 2004 from UOB KayHian Pte Ltd where she was an analyst.
Kristy graduated with a BA (Hons) in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
She is a CFA Charterholder.
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James Thom
Investment Director
James Thom is a Senior Investment Director on the Asian equities team, based in Singapore. He is responsible for both Asian and Indian equity strategies and is co-Manager of Asia Dragon Trust plc and Lead Manager of the India Fund Inc, as well as co-Manager of the abrdn New India Investment Trust. He is also co-Portfolio Manager of abrdn’s flagship Asia Pacific ex-Japan strategy. James joined the company in 2010 from Actis, an Emerging Markets Private Equity firm. He graduated with an MBA from INSEAD, an MA from Johns Hopkins University and a BSc from University College London.
Michael Hughes
Chairman
Appointed a Director on 7 September 2016, and Senior Independent Director on 23 September 2020, Michael became Chairman of the Company on 28 September 2022. He is an acting investment consultant to family offices and charities and was formerly a Director of T. Bailey Asset Management Limited. Michael was a Director of Baring Asset Management Limited from 1998, becoming Chief Investment Officer in 2000, until his retirement in 2007. Prior to this, Michael was Managing Director of Barclays Capital (previously BZW) and Chairman of the Board of pension trustees. Before ‘Big Bang’ Michael was a Partner at stockbrokers de Zoete and Bevan.
David Simpson
Senior Independent Director
Andrew Robson
Audit Committee Chairman
Rebecca Donaldson
Non-Executive Director