George Long

George Long established LIM Advisors, the longest continuously operating hedge fund in Asia, and has over four decades of Asian investment experience. George established and ran the Asian Investment Management division of what became Barclays Global Investors. While at Barclays, George was a member of the Executive Committee for Barclays Group Asia and the Global Investment Committee in London. Before joining Barclays, George was the Managing Director and CIO of Gartmore Asia, investing across Asia. Before that, George was Head of Korea for Indosuez W.I. Carr Securities (now Credit Agricole), reporting into the Tokyo office. George started his career at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company (now part of J.P. Morgan) as an international banking officer. After attending the company's management and credit analyst program in New York, George was assigned to the Japan desk, where he was involved in lending to Japanese corporates and financial institutions. George has been on the board of governors of the CFA Institute. He established the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts and was its President for eight years. George also set up the Hong Kong & China Chapter of the Alternative Investment Management Association, and was its Chairman for five years. George has an MBA in Finance and a Master of Arts in Asian Studies from the University of Washington and is a CFA charterholder. During his MBA program, he attended a 4-month executive program in Japan on Japanese business and management sponsored by the Keidanren (Japanese Federation of Business).