Hi H***an, I hope you’re doing well. I came across your profile and was impressed by your eight years leading hedge fund investments at W***g C***l in Hong Kong, as well as your earlier experience with M***x P***s and B***G. I’m J***ine, an HR recruiter with StrategyBrain, and we’re partnering with H***n C***l P***s on a search for a Director of Asia-Pacific Hedge Fund Investments. Given your background in fund selection, macro research and portfolio construction, I’d love to hear if this opportunity aligns with your next career step. Would you be open to a brief conversation? Best regards, J***ine HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain

Hi H***an, Great to hear you’re interested. Here’s a brief overview before our call: • Investment mandate: You’d own Asia-Pacific hedge fund allocations within H***n’s $50 billion platform, covering equity long/short, macro and quantitative strategies. You’ll set regional targets, drive manager selection and ongoing diligence, and shape overall portfolio construction. • Team structure: You’ll lead a team of eight investment professionals based in Hong Kong and Singapore, partnering closely with our global research, risk/compliance and operations groups. You’ll report directly to the Global Head of Alternative Investments and mentor junior analysts on sourcing and evaluation. I’d welcome a 20-minute chat to dive deeper. I’m available (Shanghai time) on: • Wednesday, March 6 at 3:00 pm • Thursday, March 7 at 10:00 am Do either of those work for you? If not, please suggest a time that fits your schedule. Looking forward to the conversation! Best regards, J***ine HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain

Hi H***an, Thanks for confirming Thursday at 10:00 am Shanghai time. Before our call, here’s a deeper look at H***n C***l P***s and the Director of Asia-Pacific Hedge Fund Investments role: Company & Platform • A leading global hedge fund manager with over $50 billion AUM, 500 professionals across New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. • A culture built on rigorous analysis, collaboration and innovation,perfect for scaling both macro and quant strategies. Role Highlights • Strategy & Target-Setting: You’ll design and implement comprehensive Asia-Pac hedge fund allocations,equity long/short, macro and quantitative,anchored by clear regional targets. • Manager Selection & Due Diligence: Lead end-to-end evaluation, performance analysis, operational reviews and ongoing risk assessment of hedge fund managers. • Macro & Market Research: Drive in-depth analysis to inform asset allocation, portfolio construction and risk management. • Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of eight investment professionals in Hong Kong and Singapore, working closely with global research, risk/compliance and operations. You’ll report directly to the Global Head of Alternative Investments. • Relationship Building: Cultivate partnerships with top fund managers and institutional clients to source exclusive opportunities. Why This Fits You • You’ve flagged under-resourcing in macro and quant at W***g C***l,here you’ll have dedicated quantitative analysts, macro research teams and operational support to build a truly holistic Asia-Pac book. • Clear regional KPIs and a larger platform mean your ideas won’t just influence one sleeve, but the firm’s entire Asia-Pac strategy. • Direct line to senior leadership and a substantial team give you real ownership and visibility. Growth, Resources & Rewards • H***n invests heavily in technology, data platforms and research capabilities. • Competitive salary, annual bonus and long-term incentive plan aligned with performance. • Significant career progression opportunities,this role is a springboard to global leadership within our Alternatives business. Please let me know if there’s anything you’d like to add to our agenda or clarify before Thursday. Looking forward to our conversation! Best regards, J***ine HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain

Hi H***an, Great questions. For our Asia-Pacific hedge fund book, the AUM is roughly split as follows: • Equity long/short: ~50% • Macro: ~30% • Quant: ~20% On the dedicated Asia-Pac team (8 professionals in HK/Singapore), we currently have: • 3 Macro Researchers • 2 Quantitative Analysts/PMs • 3 Equity L/S Portfolio Managers and Associates Across our global platform, we also leverage an additional 5,7 quants in New York and London who support model development, data engineering and systematic signal integration. As for the biggest scaling challenges in macro/quant here: 1. Data & Infrastructure: Aggregating clean, high-frequency data across diverse Asian markets and building scalable pipelines. 2. Talent Acquisition: Sourcing senior macro strategists and quants with deep local expertise, then retaining them in a competitive landscape. 3. Integration & Governance: Seamlessly marrying systematic quant signals with discretionary macro views while aligning on risk frameworks and operational controls. H***n is committed to investing in tech, data platforms and training to address these headwinds, so you’ll have the resources to build a truly holistic Asia-Pac platform. Looking forward to diving deeper on Thursday at 10 am Shanghai time. Let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to explore before then. Best regards, J***ine HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain

Hi H***an, Happy to dive into both points: 1) Data & Infrastructure - We partner with leading global and regional vendors for high-frequency Asia-Pac market data (equities, FX, rates and derivatives). Feeds arrive via secure APIs and message queues into a centralized data lake, where our in-house ETL pipelines and open-source frameworks clean, normalize and enrich tick data in real time. From there, our quant team builds and back-tests signals using Python and other industry-standard languages on a cloud-based compute grid, ensuring low latency and full auditability. 2) Integration & Governance - Every week we host a cross-functional risk review: quant PMs present systematic signal outputs within pre-defined risk budgets, then our macro strategists overlay top-down views (currency regimes, rate trajectories, geopolitical shifts). We use a governed workflow,complete with version control, documented approvals and unified risk dashboards,to merge the two perspectives before finalizing portfolio rebalances. This ensures neither signal set dominates and that all adjustments pass through investment, risk and compliance sign-off. If you’d like a deeper look at our tech stack or a walkthrough of our governance framework, I can arrange a short session with our Head of Data or Head of Risk. Let me know what works for you! Best, J***ine HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain

Hi H***an, Great questions,here’s a bit more color on our end-to-end setup: 1) Data Vendors & Message Queues - We partner with a mix of global and regional market-data providers via secure APIs. - Feeds land on Kafka clusters, which stream real-time ticks into our centralized data lake. 2) ETL Frameworks & Cloud Platform - Our ETL pipelines are built in-house on open-source tools (Python, Spark for transformations plus Airflow for orchestration). - All compute runs on our cloud-based grid (auto-scaling to meet low-latency demands). 3) Governance, Dashboards & Version Control - We maintain a unified risk dashboard that pulls live from our data lake,everything is versioned alongside our pipeline code in Git. - Deploys and schema changes go through our ticketing system (Jira) with built-in approval gates for investment, risk and compliance, and full audit logging. Given your hands-on ETL experience, I’d be happy to connect you with our Head of Data for a deeper technical walkthrough. Let me know if you’d like to set that up (and when you’re available), or feel free to fire back any follow-up here. Looking forward to next steps! Best, J***ine HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain