Rita Raagas De Ramos is the managing editor at Ignites Asia. She has been covering the asset management industry in Asia from Hong Kong since 2000, most recently as the managing editor of AsianInvestor and previously as the Asia-Pacific funds reporter of Dow Jones Newswires. Her more than 20 years of experience as a journalist includes being a bureau chief at United Press International and an investigative reporter at BusinessWorld in Manila. She has a B.S. in Economics from the University of the Philippines.

Scott Elliott is the associate editor at Ignites Asia and is responsible for covering Hong Kong. He was previously a reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Before that, he worked as a reporter at The Border Mail and Newsbites Publishing. He has a B.A. in Communications (Journalism) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Glori Ye is a reporter covering China and Taiwan. She was previously a Shanghai-based reporter at Xinhua Finance and Oriental Morning Post. She has a B.A. in English Literature from the Shanghai International Studies University and a master’s in Accounting and Finance from Durham University in the U.K.

Kylie Wong is a reporter covering Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. She has been working in various writing and editing roles. Before Ignites Asia, she worked as a sub-editor in the English news desk of the Hong Kong Economic Journal. She took up Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Heather Dale is a reporter covering Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines. She was previously a reporter at Ignites Europe. Before that, she was a reporter at Incisive Media's Global Pensions magazine, the Mobile News and The Times of Swaziland. Heather has a B.A. in Journalism from Liverpool John Moores University.

John Sedgwick is a reporter covering South Korea and India. He previously wrote for Eight Custom Media, Birmingham Post and Speedflex Media. He has a B.A. in English Literature and Chinese Studies at the University of Leeds.

Joe Morris is a news analyst for several Financial Times publications, including Ignites Asia, Ignites and FTfm. He has worked as an editor at several newspapers, including the New York Post, American Banker and Brooklyn Paper.

Francis Nikolai Acosta is an editorial researcher. He previously worked at Manulife Business Processing Services in Manila as a performance measurement and attributions analyst. Before that, he worked at Thomson Reuters Markets in Manila as a financial analyst. He has a B.A. in Humanities and a Masters in Management from the University of Asia and the Pacific in the Philippines.

Gavin Daly is Executive Editor and Managing Director at Money-Media, A Financial Times company. Publications under Daly's editorial direction, including Agenda, BoardIQ, FUNDFire, Ignites and Ignites Europe have averaged more than 90% renewal rates each of the past six years. His portfolio also includes The Outstanding Directors Exchange conference series for board directors. Before joining Money-Media in 1999, he was with The Boston Globe, The Hartford Courant and Institutional Investor. Daly graduated from the University of Connecticut.

Andy Willmott is group managing editor of Money-Media, responsible for all of the company's editorial content. He has worked at Money-Media since 2001, as a reporter and then managing editor on FundFire. Contact Andy at 212-542-1203.

David Blanke is Managing Director and CFO of Money-Media, a Financial Times company. He is responsible for sales, marketing, client services and finance. Previously, Blanke was Finance Director at a commercial finance company that focused on trade capital. He also held corporate finance roles at Quest Diagnostics and Stryker. Blanke began his career as an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has an accounting degree from the University of Michigan and is a licensed CPA.

Dan Fink is the Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Money-Media. In this role he oversees subscription sales and renewals, conference sales, marketing, graphics and customer service. Prior to Money-Media, Dan managed an e-commerce website for Computer Associates' consumer division and was the head of the Direct Marketing department at Loan Pricing Corporation (a subsidiary of Reuters). Dan earned an MBA at Indiana University and was a national champion gymnast.

Chris Pini is the Vice President of Sales for Money-Media. In this role he is oversees subscription sales and renewals, along with sales in our events and custom publishing division. Previously, Chris worked for 15-plus years in different sales roles at a leading asset management company and financial data providers. Chris holds a BA in Business Management from Saint Peter’s College.

Asta Lim is Ignites Asia’s regional account manager. Her previous roles included regional responsibility for trade reporting systems at major investment banks on behalf of Thomson Reuters. Prior to that, she served at the United Nations managing efficiencies and programme scopes within the World Health Organization. She has a bachelors in Mathematics from the University of New South Wales in Australia and a master’s degree in International Relations from Syracuse University in New York.