Prior to founding Palliser Capital in 2021, James Smith was the Head of Elliott’s Hong Kong office. James joined Elliott UK in 2001 where he focused on European investments before moving to Hong Kong and advancing to the roles of Portfolio Manager & Head of Office. Prior to joining Elliott and from 1999, James gained a variety of experience in the telecommunications sector with start-up company FirstMark Communications Europe. Prior to FirstMark, and following his graduation from Cambridge University in 1997, James held the role of Investment Analyst at Fleming Asset Management.

Masaki is the CIO/CEO at TriVista Capital which he co-founded in 2019, based on the experiences of having worked under the same capacity as the portfolio manager and a member of the Investment Committee at Misaki Capital which he also co-founded in 2013. Prior to Misaki Capital, he was Portfolio Manager of the Asuka Value Up Fund at Asuka Asset Management (now Aizawa Asset Management), responsible for managing the Fund and the investment team. Before joining Asuka, he worked as an analyst at SPC Japan (Standard Pacific Capital LLC’s Japan Advisory) jointly responsible for long-short investments in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, as well as at Morgan Stanley Japan in International Proprietary Trading and Goldman Sachs Japan heading Asia-Pacific Derivatives and Trading Research bringing 25+ years of experience in finance. Masaki received his B.Eng in Computer Science from Cornell University and MBA from Northwestern University.

Seth H. Fischer is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Oasis Management, an investment manager headquartered in Hong Kong that invests globally across capital structures. Mr. Fischer founded Oasis in 2002 following a seven-year career at Highbridge Capital Management, where he managed the firm’s Asian investment portfolio. A proponent of corporate governance reforms across Asia, he is a frequent speaker on economic and investment panels. Oasis is a signatory to Stewardship Codes in Japan, Korea and Hong Kong, and a Sustaining Donor to the Board Director Training Institute of Japan, as well as a member of the Japan Corporate Governance Network and the Asia Corporate Governance Association. Prior to joining Highbridge, Mr. Fischer served in the Israel Defense Forces. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Yeshiva University in 1993. He is a Board Member of the Karen Leung Foundation and the Carmel School in Hong Kong, Vice Chairman of the Ohel Leah Synagogue Management Committee in Hong Kong, and co-founder of the Aumann-Fischer Center for Law, Economics, and Public Policy at Hebrew University opened in 2022.