Events

Past Event

Tales of an Asia Investor

September 29, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th Street, Room 918, New York, NY 10027

For non-Columbia affiliates, registration is required to access the Morningside campus. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street & Broadway or 116th Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 4:00 pm on Sept. 26 for campus access.

Names will be submitted for QR codes 1-2 days prior to the event. Registrants will receive an email from CU Guest Access with the QR code before or on the day of the event. NOTE: You cannot access campus using the QR code from Eventbrite.

Speaker: Edmond Ng, Asia investor 

Moderator: Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Columbia University

Edmond Ng will talk about his experiences as an investor in Asia (Taiwan, China, U.S., Thailand, Indonesia, and Australia) and the investment climate around the region, and will share career advice with students.

Speaker's Bio: Edmond Ng is Founder and Managing Partner of Axiom Asia (www.axiomasia.com), which manages over US$9.0 billion in Asia-focused private equity strategies. Before founding Axiom Asia in 2006, he spent 7.5 years in the private equity department of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, working in Singapore, San Francisco, Hong Kong, and Beijing. Edmond holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University and an M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.

This event is part of the Andrew J. Nathan Taiwan Lecture Series and is hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and cosponsored by the APEC Study Center and the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business.

Registration:

  • To attend this event in-person, please register HERE.
  • To attend this event online, please register HERE.

Contact Information

Julie Kwan