Blair C. Pickerell

Aged 63, Mr. Pickerell holds a BA degree in Political Science and an MA degree in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Pickerell joined Jardine Matheson Holdings Group in 1984 and held various positions at Jardine Matheson Holdings Group and at Jardine Fleming Holdings, including as Managing Director of Jardine Pacific Limited. In 2003, he joined HSBC Investments (Hong Kong) Limited as the Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific. From 2007 to 2010, he served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Asia of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Mr. Pickerell joined Nikko Asset Management Group in 2010 as Head of Asia and subsequently served as Chairman, Asia until July 2015. He was an Independent Non-executive Director of Dah Sing Financial Holdings Limited.

He is currently an Independent Director of Principal Financial Group, Inc., and an Independent Non-executive Director of Link Real Estate Investment Trust, Dah Sing Banking Group Limited and Dah Sing Bank, Limited.

Mr. Pickerell is also a member of the Supervisory Committee of Tracker Fund of Hong Kong, Chairman of the Harvard Business School Association of Hong Kong Limited, Strategic Advisor to CreditEase Holdings (HK) Ltd., and a member of the International Advisory Council of the Faculty of Business and Economics of The University of Hong Kong.

Mr. Pickerell joined First Pacific’s Board in March 2020.