Ms. Ong is a Founding Partner and Chairman of Dalton Investments and has worked in money management and capital markets for over 40 years. She managed the U.S. dollar portfolio for The Monetary Authority of Singapore, establishing the Authority’s New York investment office which at that time managed most of Singapore’s foreign reserves. She was a proprietary trader at Steinhardt Partners and a Managing Director at Bankers Trust Company, focusing on financial derivatives. Ms. Ong joined Dalton Investments as an external Fund Director in 1999 and as the principal responsible for business development in 2001, assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer in 2011 before becoming Chairman in 2021.

Ms. Ong received a MA and BA (Hons.) in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Cambridge in England. She was awarded the President’s Scholarship and Overseas Merit Scholarship from the Government of Singapore. Ms. Ong is a member of the Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and serves on the board of CapitaLand Investment, a leading global real estate investment manager with a strong Asia foothold, listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. She also serves on the board of Elings Park Foundation in Santa Barbara, California.