Giuseppe Jacobelli

GIUSEPPE (JOSEPH) JACOBELLI is the head of the Asian energy utilities
and infrastructure equity research group at ING Barings. He is also the
primary analyst for Hong Kong and Japanese energy utilities. Joseph is
based in Hong Kong though he spends a great deal of time in Japan and
travelling around Asia. He received a B.A. from the University of
Queensland in Australia and then an M.A. degree from the National Taiwan
University in Taiwan. Joseph has been a financial analyst for seven
years and has worked for a number of international investment banks
including Nomura Research Institute and Bear Stearns. He initially
focused on Hong Kong and Greater China and then looked at utility and
infrastructure companies around in North Asia. He has been involved in
the initial public offerings of infrastructure companies such as the
US$540 million offering of Guangshen Railway Co., Ltd. In Asia for
twelve years, Joseph speaks Mandarin and some Japanese as well as
Italian and French.