Angus Wai launched Polymer Capital Management in partnership with PAG in 2019. He was a founding member of the Asia team and Head of Asia-Pacific at SAC/Point72, overseeing the build-out of offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. He also founded the Asia business at Folger Hill Asset Management and served as its Asia-Pacific CEO. Prior, he worked at Sumitomo Trust Finance’s investment advisory group and as a public auditor at KPMG. Angus holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in accountancy from the University of Waterloo in Canada. 

Mr. Cheung joined Polymer Capital Management in April 2021 as Managing Director of ESG and is primarily responsible for designing and implementing sustainability policies and tools. Prior to joining the firm, he held various asset management roles in London, Singapore and Hong Kong, including Gartmore, Pictet and BNP Paribas. Mr. Cheung has attained the Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA®) designation. With his deep ESG expertise, coupled with his experience serving in various industry positions and board directorships, Mr. Cheung works closely with financial services providers and asset owners to promote ESG ideas and initiatives in the Asia hedge fund space. Mr. Cheung is a Visiting Fellow at University of Hamburg. He holds a BSc Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business from the University of Cambridge.  

Denny Chau transitioned to Polymer Capital Management in 2022 from PAG, which he joined in 2015 and led the operations team. He has over 15 years of experience serving asset management roles in various positions across accounting, compliance, and operations. Before joining Polymer and PAG, he spent over four years at Fidelity International as a member of the compliance teams located in both Hong Kong and Sydney. Prior, he started his career in Australia in various banking roles. Denny holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Macquarie University in Australia. 

Edmond Lo joined Polymer Capital Management in 2019, and he has over 15 years of experience in trading with a strong focus across Asia markets. Prior to joining the firm, he spent close to ten years at Point72 in Hong Kong co-managing the Asia trading desk. Edmond graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor’s degree in business administration (law).

Eric Kemnitz joined Polymer Consulting, LLC in 2021. With over 25 years of industry experience, he previously spent seven years at A.R.T. Advisors, LLC, as Director of Marketing and Investor Relations. Prior to that, he served on the business development and marketing & investor relations teams at S.A.C. Capital. He began his career at Morgan Stanley as a software engineer in the equity trading systems division and later worked as a capital introductions associate in its prime brokerage unit. Eric holds a bachelor’s degree in information systems from Carnegie Mellon University in the US.

Gen Kato joined Polymer Capital Management in 2020. He has over 25 years of experience in the financial industry on both the sell-side and buy-side. Prior to joining, he served as the Chief Investment Officer at MELCO Capital Pte. Ltd. in Singapore and the Managing Director at MAM Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based family office. He also worked at Nikko Citigroup in Tokyo as Head of Equity Derivatives Trading and joined Salomon Brothers in Tokyo as a derivatives trader. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Tokyo.

Hillman Wong joined Polymer Capital Management in 2020. He has over 20 years of industry experience. Most recently, he was a Portfolio Manager / Head of Equity Capital Markets at Schonfeld Strategic Asia. Prior, he was a Portfolio Manager at BlueCrest Capital, managing a long/short market neutral strategy, and served as a portfolio manager at Point72, covering APAC equities. He started his career at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley as a research analyst. Hillman holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Ho Ho joined Polymer Capital Management in 2020. With over 25 years of experience, he served as a Quantitative Portfolio Manager at Point72 in Hong Kong, managing hedge fund trading strategies throughout the strategy development cycle. Prior, he was a Vice President of proprietary trading at Yuanta Futures in Taipei and an Executive Director at MSCI in Hong Kong. He also worked at CalPERS for over 10 years, leading the quantitative strategies team and serving on the allocation committee for the Global Equity Group with an AUM of over USD100 billion. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Irvine, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Josée Wong joined Polymer Capital Management as Head of Human Capital in 2021. She has over 17 years of relevant experience in finance and investment. Prior to joining Polymer, she served as the Head of Human Capital at Schonfeld Strategic Asia and at Standard Bank. Before that, she worked at SAC/Point72, Nomura International and Goldman Sachs, serving various positions in human resources roles. Josée holds a master’s degree in human capital management and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Simon Fraser University in Canada.

Joseph Mirpuri joined Polymer Capital Management in 2020. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Joseph has over 20 years of industry experience. Before joining Polymer, he was the Head of the Asia Macro Equities Global Alpha (MEGA) sales team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he had worked since 2007. Prior to that, he served as an equities salesperson at Deutsche Bank covering APAC equities. He holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of British Columbia.

Manoj Nihalani joined Polymer Capital Management in 2022. He has over 20 years of experience in legal and financial services. Prior to Polymer, he worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for 13 years, initially as a legal counsel specializing in prime brokerage and equity derivatives, before serving as the Head of Financial Advisory. Manoj holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) from University College London and a Master of Laws (LLM) in corporate and securities law from the London School of Economics. He has been admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong, England, and Wales. 

Takayuki Saito joined Polymer Capital Management in 2022. With over 20 years of extensive experience in the industry, he worked across various roles in the equity market, specializing in trading and prime brokerage. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a Managing Director at Bank of America, as well as an Executive Director at UBS and Morgan Stanley. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University in the US.

Teresa Chan joined Polymer Capital Management in 2021. With over 25 years of experience in her career as a professional Compliance Officer, she led the compliance team at Vanguard Investments Hong Kong, Och-Ziff Capital Management, and Lehman Brothers Hong Kong. Prior to that, she worked as an internal auditor at CA Indosuez, Chase Manhattan Bank, and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Teresa holds a professional diploma in management accountancy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a master’s degree in finance from the City University of Hong Kong.

Tony Yin joined Polymer Capital Management in 2020, leading our delta one and equity financing strategies. Prior to joining Polymer, he served as a trader covering synthetic equities and delta one swap products in Deutsche Bank Hong Kong, where he specialized in prime trading, risk book strategies, quant analytics and programming. Tony graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a master’s degree in computational finance and from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a double bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and finance.

Vincent Yip joined Polymer Capital Management in 2019. He has 20 years of experience in the finance industry and previously served as the Head of Finance and Operations at Composite Capital Management. Prior to that, he worked at various finance and operations teams at Morgan Stanley, with his most recent role being an Account Manager of Morgan Stanley Fund Services. He started his career as an auditor at PwC. Vincent graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, majoring in accountancy and minoring in Japanese studies.