Ms. Ong is Chief Executive Officer for Dalton Investments and has worked in money management and investment banking for over 30 years. She managed portfolios for The Monetary Authority of Singapore and Steinhardt Partners. She was also a Vice President at Salomon Brothers and a Managing Director at Bankers Trust Company, involved in structuring and selling fixed income, equity, foreign exchange and other derivatives.

Ms. Ong received a MA and BA (Hons.) in Mathematics and Economics from Cambridge University in England. She was awarded the Presidents Scholarship and Overseas Merit Scholarship from the government of Singapore. She serves on the Board of the Howard School and on the Investment Committee for the Visiting Nurses and Hospice Care Foundation of Santa Barbara.