Rita Raagas De Ramos is the Managing Editor at Ignites Asia. She has been with Money Media, a division of The Financial Times, since April 2010 and has been responsible for Ignites Asia since its launch in September 2010. She has been covering the asset management industry in Asia from Hong Kong since 2000. Before launching Ignites Asia, she was the managing editor at AsianInvestor in Hong Kong. Prior to that, she was the Asia-Pacific funds reporter at Dow Jones Newswires in Hong Kong. Her more than 20 years of experience as a journalist also 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.

Kylie Wong is an associate editor and is responsible for covering Hong Kong and Japan. She joined Ignites Asia in January 2011 and previously covered Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. Before Ignites Asia, she held various writing and editing roles in Hong Kong, including that of 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.

Glori Ye is a reporter covering China and Taiwan. She joined Ignites Asia in September 2010. 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.

John Sedgwick is a reporter covering Singapore and South Korea. He joined Ignites Asia in February 2012. He previously wrote for Eight Custom Media in Hong Kong, Birmingham Post in the U.K. and Speedflex Media in Hong Kong. He has a B.A. in English Literature and Chinese Studies at the University of Leeds.

Heather Dale is a reporter covering India, Vietnam and the Philippines. She joined Ignites Asia in February 2012. She was previously a reporter at Ignites Europe in London. 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.

Shannen Wong is a reporter covering Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. She joined Ignites Asia in August 2012. She previously wrote for The Edge Publishing in Singapore and Star Publications in Malaysia. At The Edge, she focused on corporate and capital markets. At the Star Publications’ StarBiz, she covered general business news. She has a B.A. in Journalism from the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

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 joined Ignites Asia in June 2011. 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.

Gregory Shulas is an interactive editor for FundFire. He was previously a senior reporter at Agenda, Money-Media's publication for corporate boards, a wealth management reporter for FundFire and a staff writer for the Connecticut Post. The New Jersey native has a B.A. from the University of Delaware.

Jonathan E. Braunstein is Editorial Director – Events and Custom Publishing at Money-Media, FundFire's publishing company, responsible for the editorial content of conferences, networking events and webcasts. Prior to Money-Media, Jonathan worked as a television news producer and writer in Boston at WHDH, Boston's NBC affiliate, and WFXT, Boston’s Fox affiliate. Originally from New Jersey, he is an alumnus of Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass.

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.

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.

Janine O'Dowd is the vice president of marketing at Money-Media. In her role, she oversees all of Money-Media’s marketing, including customer marketing, prospect marketing, web marketing and graphics. She also manages the team that performs our marketing research, which builds our database of prospects for marketing campaigns. She previously worked for five-plus years as the marketing manager for an industry-leading restaurant group where she specialised in direct marketing, advertising and events. She holds a B.S. in Marketing from Quinnipiac University.

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

Kerry Savage is the Sales Director for Job Blast, the job board of Ignites, Ignites Asia, Ignites Europe and FundFire. In this role Kerry works with hiring managers looking for exposure to the money management industry's most informed professionals. Kerry was previously the Employment Advertising Sales Manager for various Thomson Media publications such as The Bond Buyer and Asset Securitization Report.

Chris is the Relationship Manager for all subscription based customers. In this role, he is the point person for all annual renewals and for maintaining relationships with existing clients. Chris has been with Money-Media since 2007 when he was hired in a Business Development role for the events team.

Zack Feinberg works for Money-Media as Director of Sales. He was previously employed by the NYC department of education, and before that he graduated from SUNY New Paltz with a degree in Studio Art.

Gordon Kerr is Director, Financial Advertising. Gordon is responsible for all advertising revenue across the Financial category at the Financial Times in the U.S. (including FundFire, Ignites, Financial Advisor IQ, Agenda and BoardIQ). Previously, Gordon ran the online Financial Advertising category for the Financial Times in London. He holds a degree in Politics from the University of Portsmouth.

Kimberly Gorman is an Ad Sales Representative for Money-Media. Kim holds a Bachelors of Science in Economics, from Clemson University. Kim joins Money-Media with an extensive background in Radio Advertising, Marketing, Community Organizing and Public Programs Administration.

Tanya Kuhn is an Account Manager on the Financial Markets Advertising Sales Team for Money-Media and the Financial Times. Tanya is responsible for helping asset management and asset servicing firms as well as financial service providers advertise through digital, mobile and print advertising across the Financial Times portfolio (which includes Financial Advisor IQ, FundFire, Ignites, Ignites Europe, Ignites Asia, FTfm, FT.com and the daily edition of the Financial Times). Previously, Tanya worked at Money-Media as the Marketing Manager of all subscriptions and was responsible for campaigns that drove new sales and increased readership across subscription licenses. She holds a BA in Communications from Temple University.

Jennifer Rasmussen is the Group Head of Digital Asset Management. In this role, she is responsible for increasing digital revenue and overseeing advertising sales for FundFire, Ignites, Ignites Europe, Ignites Asia and newly launched Financial Advisor IQ. Previous to joining the Financial Times, Jennifer worked as an Assistant Portfolio Manager for a hedge fund in Connecticut. She holds a BA in Economics Management from Ohio Wesleyan University. Jennifer is an avid traveller and in her free time enjoys running, skiing, kayaking and playing squash.

Rachel Umansky is Senior Account Director on the Advertising Sales Team for Money-Media and the Financial Times focusing on Financial Market accounts in the Midwest. Rachel is responsible for helping asset management and asset servicing firms gain exposure digitally, via mobile opportunities and in print across the Financial Times portfolio (this includes FundFire, Ignites, Ignites Europe, Ignites Asia, Financial Advisor IQ and BoardIQ as well as FT.com, FTfm and the daily edition of the Financial Times). Previously, Rachel sold print and online advertising for a securities industry publication. Prior to this, she managed conferences and online seminars in the financial markets. She holds a BA in Communications from Tulane University.

Rachel Wang is the Advertising Services Manager for Money-Media. In this role, she is responsible for managing numerous advertising campaigns across all of Money-Media's publications. She joins us from FHM/Emap Metro LLC, where she was Online Production Controller.