Mr Benatt Lee was a partner in a large law firm in Singapore and spent more than 12 years in private legal practice, engaging in both commercial deals and litigation. He was a member of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore, teaching in contractlaw, company law and securities regulation. He has extensive experience in the financial industry as an investment consultant with a leading US investment consulting firm, advising endowments, foundations, international non-governmental organizations, sovereign wealth funds and evaluating both traditional equity and hedge funds, private real estate and distressed debt funds for clients’ investment, before taking on the role of Head of Strategic Initiatives, Legal and Compliance in a fund management company. He is currently the Registrar of the Singapore International Mediation Centre and concurrently an Adjunct Professor of the National University of Singapore’s Law School.  Mr Lee graduated with a Bachelor of Law from the National University of Singapore, a Master of Law from Columbia University and a Master in Business Administration from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business (with High Honors as an Amy and Richard F. Wallman Scholar).  He is also a CFA charter holder.