Ellen Li joined Actis in June 2018 as Head of the Investor Development Group in Asia. She is responsible for Actis’ fundraising activities in addition to managing and expanding Asian investor relations. Before joining Actis, Ellen worked at Janus Henderson Investors (JHI) for a decade heading its Asia Institutional distribution group. She established strong business relations with large sovereign wealth funds and public pensions and made Asia a key contributor to the company’s global business. Prior to that, she worked at Franklin Templeton and AXA Rosenberg in a similar capacity building Asia institutional business for these firms. Ellen was Assistant Director at Monetary Authority of Singapore from 2001 to 2004, responsible for regulatory supervision of financial intermediaries and asset management companies. Ellen holds MSc in Economics, Banking and Finance, BSc in computer science and business technology from University of Wales, UK.