AI could help Asian fund firms win global mandates, says fund veteran Gerard Lee

VETERAN fund manager Gerard Lee worked for less than two years marketing real estate after university in the 1980s – then he landed a spot in GIC’s traineeship programme.

That coveted stint, which he found “more cerebral than expected’’, launched him into a four-decade career in asset management, of which nearly two decades were in the C-suite.

Just last month, Lee, 64, stepped down from Lion Global Investors (LGI), where he was chief executive until last November. “I’m not retiring from life. I’m retiring from a full-time job. I think I have a runway of around 20 years before I kick the bucket. I’m still very useful, still full of ideas,’’ he says.