Desmond Loh, executive director, is a country specialist for ASEAN equities within the Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific (EMAP) Equities team based in Singapore. He also has shared responsibilities for the Asia Small Cap strategy. Desmond joined the Firm in 2012 as an Asian regional portfolio manager and transferred to the ASEAN team in 2015. Prior to joining the Firm, he spent five years at Eastspring Investments where he was a portfolio manager specialising in Singapore and Vietnam equities since 2009. He began his career in the industry in 2004 with APS Asset Management where he was a senior investment analyst for three years. Desmond obtained a Bachelor of Engineering from Imperial College London, an M.Sc. in Financial Engineering from the National University of Singapore and an M.Sc. in Wealth Management from Singapore Management University. He is also a CFA Charterholder.