Asia First Financial Intelligence Limited

A corporate procurement platform & marketplace for buying/managing financial publications, data, research, events & training + extensive free finance resources

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Financial Services
  • Location Hong Kong
  • Currency USD
  • Founded April 2013
  • Employees 8
  • Website asia-first.com

Company Summary

Asia First is a consolidator, procurement platform & marketplace for buying and managing financial publications, data, research, events & training, complimented by a front-end website with an advertising & distribution platform featuring extensive finance news and other resources. The technologically advanced and highly developed back-end procurement platform results in significant savings in both time and cost to corporates and professionals.

Team

  • Jonathan Watkin
    Chairman

    MBA (Macquarie)
    30 years in banking, insurance, pensions, publishing & consulting. Senior roles at HSBC, AXA & Principal. Long term HK resident covering Asia & Australia.

  • Richard Santoro
    Head of Sales

    B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science Lond.
    20 years in financial media services, 
publishing, sales, marketing roles in London and APAC with Haymarket, McCann Erickson, & Microsoft.

  • William Lowndes
    CEO

    Barrister, B.A. (Hons) Lond.
    25 yrs in asset management in senior roles at Fidelity, Goldmans & Threadneedle covering legal, controls, M&A, general management, distribution and managing the America’s and Asia regions.

  • Jonathan Watkin

Advisors

  • Iain Reed
    Preseident of TiE Hong Kong and Mentor to Asia First

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