| Date: | January 26, 2024 (Friday) |
| Time: | 9:00 -17:20 (to be followed by a cocktail reception) |
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Forum: N100s, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (New Wing) Luncheon: N201, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (New Wing) |
| Language: | English |
| CPT: | 6 points |
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Program
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Conference start at N101 |
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After 10:55, the conference will split into 3 simultaneous streams. Stream A (N101): Private Credit Panel; Real Asset Panel Stream B (N108): Exit Panel; ESG Panel Stream C (N111): Japan/Korea Panel; SEA Panel |
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Japan/Korea Panel
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SEA Panel
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| 12:25 | Luncheon (N201) |
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After 14:05, the conference will resume in N101. Stream A (N101): Fireside Chat – Global private investment trends |
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After 14:25, the conference will split into 3 simultaneous streams. Stream A (N101): Family Office Pane; Healthcare Panel Stream B (N108): India Panel; VC Panel Stream C (N111): Listed PE Panel |
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After 15:10, the conference will split into two streams. Stream A (N101): Healthcare Panel Stream B (N108): VC Panel |
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| 15:55 | Coffee Break |
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After 16:15, the conference will resume in N101. Stream A (N101): Data Presentation; LP Panel |
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| 17:20 | Cocktail Reception at N100 West Foyer |
Call to Order by Conference Co-chair
Eric Mason,
Head of Private Equity, The Church Pension Fund
Eric Mason is a Managing Director of The Church Pension Fund. He joined the Church Pension Fund in 2009 as the head of the Fund’s new Asian office based in Hong Kong and has been based in Asia for almost 25 years. Mr. Mason and his team are responsible for the Fund’s investments in Asia across all asset classes with a focus on private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, credit and real estate. The team manages approximately $3.0 billion in investments in Asian based managers.
Prior to joining the Fund, Mr. Mason was the head for the Carlyle Group’s Asia Leverage Finance Fund and before that spent 13 years at JPMorgan most recently as Asian regional head of Leveraged Finance. In these roles, Mr. Mason has developed experience in structuring, underwriting and investing in private equity and credit transactions. Mr. Mason first came to Asia in 1990 to teach at the Foreign Affairs University in Beijing with Princeton-in-Asia, prior to that he worked in Washington DC for U.S. Senator Bill Bradley. Mr. Mason earned a Masters Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and a B.A. in International Relations and Economics from the University of Delaware. Mr. Mason speaks Mandarin Chinese.
The Church Pension Fund is a private tax exempt organization based in New York City with more than US$17 billion in assets under management. The Fund has been in continuous operation since 1917 and provides pension benefits to those serving the Episcopal Church. The Church is an extensive investor in alternative assets and has been investing with many of the global leaders in venture capital and private equity for decades.
Welcome Remarks by HKVCA Chairwoman
Rebecca Xu,
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Asia Alternatives
Rebecca Xu is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Asia Alternatives. Ms. Xu splits her time between Asia Alternatives’ Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong offices. Ms. Xu is on the Firm’s Investment Committee and co-leads Asia Alternatives’ investments in growth and venture capital funds, focusing most of her time on Asia Alternatives’ China investments.
Prior to starting Asia Alternatives, Ms. Xu was a Senior Investment Officer at the Funds Group of the International Finance Corporation (“IFC”), the private sector investment arm of the World Bank Group. There, she had the primary responsibility of leading IFC’s fund investing and portfolio supervision in Asia for over six years. Previously, Ms. Xu also worked at McKinsey & Co, Inc. (Washington D.C.) and HSBC (Hong Kong).
Ms. Xu received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing, China. Ms. Xu is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English.
Ms. Xu currently serves on the Advisory Boards for a number of Asia Alternatives’ China and India private equity funds. In addition, she serves as the Chairwoman of the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA) and on the Board of the Chun Hui Bo’ai Children’s Foundation. Ms. Xu is a member of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance.
Opening Remarks
The Hon. Paul Chan Mo-po, GBM, GBS, MH, JP,
Financial Secretary, HKSAR Government
Mr Chan is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a former President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Before joining the Government, Mr Chan held a number of public service positions including member of the Legislative Council and Chairman of Legal Aid Services Council.
Mr Chan served as Secretary for Development from July 2012 to January 2017. He has been Financial Secretary since 2017.
Opening Keynote
Ming Lu,
Executive Chairman, Asia Pacific, KKR
Ming Lu (Hong Kong) joined KKR in 2006. He is the Executive Chairman, Asia Pacific at KKR Asia Limited and is a Member of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. Mr. Lu currently serves as a member of the KKR Asian Private Equity Investment Committee, KKR Asian Portfolio Management Committee and the Firm’s Management Committee. Mr. Lu has played a significant role in private equity investments across Asia Pacific. Since 2018, he has been playing a leadership role in KKR Asia’s growth and expansion, including serving as a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Committee and Asian Real Estate Investment Committee. He was previously a Partner at CCMP Capital Asia (formerly J.P. Morgan Partners Asia). At JPMP Asia, Mr. Lu was responsible for investments in the automotive, consumer and industrial sectors in Korea, China, Japan, Australia and South East Asia. Prior to joining JPMP Asia in 1999, Mr. Lu was President of Asia Pacific at Lucas Varity, a leading global automotive component supplier. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Lu worked for Kraft Foods International Inc. From 1985 to 1993, he worked for CITIC, the largest direct investment firm in China. Mr. Lu received a B.A. in Economics from Wuhan University of Hydroelectrical Engineering in China and an M.B.A. from University of Leuven in Belgium.
Fireside Chat
Samson Wong,
Chief Investment Officer (Private Markets), HKMA
Mr. Samson Wong is responsible for managing all private markets investments at the Exchange Fund Investment Office of the HKMA. Mr. Wong currently leads a team of more than 40 professionals covering investments across private equity and real estate.
Mr. Wong has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial and investment industry. Prior to the HKMA, Mr. Wong held various positions at major investment banks, including RBS, UBS and JPMorgan.
Mr. Wong is a graduate from the Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA program and received his B.S. in Finance and Information System from Boston College.
Closing Remarks by Conference Co-chair
Kent Chen,
Managing Director, Neuberger Berman Asia
Kent Chen, CFA, is a Managing Director and head of Asia private equity at Neuberger Berman. Mr. Chen joined Neuberger Berman in 2015 from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) after 17 years of central banking career in various positions including Deputy Chief Representative of the HKMA’s New York Office and Advisor to the Executive Director for China at the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C. From 2008, Mr. Chen helped to establish the HKMA’s private equity program. Before joining the HKMA in 1998, Mr. Chen was Head of China Research at Daiwa Securities.
Panelists & Speakers
Ian Goh,
Founding Partner, 01VC
Ian Goh is the Founding Partner at 01VC, a prominent early-stage investment firm. With a track record, Ian has played a pivotal role in shaping some of the groundbreaking companies, such as Lalamove, Xtransfer, and Hai Robotics.
Before co-founding 01VC, Ian served as a Partner at Matrix Partners China, where he further honed expertise in identifying and nurturing innovative ventures. His venture capital journey began at TDF Partner in 2004 , which later merged into Kleiner Perkins China, where he held the position of Partner. In 2001, Ian joined Lycos Asia, an early-mover in the internet world. His journey at Lycos Asia began with corporate development, later transitioned to roles in business development.
Born in Singapore, Ian spent the majority of his life there before pursuing higher education in Perth, Australia, where he earned a Bachelor in Commerce from Murdoch University.
Gautam Mago,
Founder & General Partner, A91 Partners
Gautam is a founder and General Partner at A91 Partners. Previously, Gautam was a Managing Director at Sequoia Capital India and also worked at McKinsey & Company. He is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and the University of Mumbai. He currently serves on the boards of Exotel, Inshorts and Kaar Technologies and has previously served on the boards of Oyo Rooms and Star Health Insurance, amongst other companies.
David Whyte,
Managing Director, ADM Capital
David is a Managing Director in the Asia-Pacific direct lending team, a member of the Executive Committee and a voting member of the Investment Advisory Committee.
He oversees sourcing and executing investments in Australia & New Zealand.
Before joining ADM Capital in 2014, David spent two years working for a Chinese e-commerce start-up after having worked with KPMG for seven years in their Consumer and Industrial Audit and Capital Markets Division in Hong Kong and Australia. David holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Tasmania and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Suresh Prabhala,
Managing Partner, ADV Partners
Suresh Co-founded ADV in 2013 and serves as its Managing Partner responsible for South Asia investments. Suresh has over 25 years of experience with almost 20 of them in private investing, primarily in India. Prior to co-founding ADV, Suresh was Managing Director and Head of India for Mount Kellett Capital and was a member of Global Investment Committee. Previously, Suresh was an Executive Director and Head of India for J.P. Morgan’s Principal Investments Group, where he was also part of the Asia Management Committee. Suresh began his career as a credit analyst at CRISIL (S&P ‘s India affiliate) and had stints at Arthur Andersen and Allegro Capital.
Suresh holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi University. He is fluent in English, Hindi and Telugu.
K.Y. Tang,
Founding Chairman & Managing Partner, Affinity Equity Partners
Queenie Ho,
Partner, Affinity Equity Partners
Queenie Ho is a Partner and Head of Investor Relations at Affinity Equity Partners. Queenie joined Affinity in 2004. She is a Member of the Investment Committee, and Valuation and Portfolio Review Committee of Affinity. She currently serves on the board of directors of Plaza Premium Group. Before joining Affinity, Queenie was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Queenie holds a BSc in Economics with first-class honours from the London School of Economics, a MPhil in Finance with distinction from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Benjamin Crawford,
Partner, Allen & Overy
Benjamin’s practice focuses on cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, joint ventures and complex shareholder and commercial arrangements across various industries, such as life sciences and healthcare. He is admitted to practice in both Hong Kong SAR and Victoria, Australia. Legal 500 ranked him as a “Next Generation Partner for M&A” in its 2022, 2023 and 2024 editions.
Wendy Zhu,
Partner, Managing Director & Global Head, AlpInvest Partners
Wendy is a Partner, Managing Director and Global Head of AlpInvest Partners’ Primary Fund Investments team. She is also responsible for the Secondary and Portfolio Finance team in the Asia Pacific region and a member of the Operating Committee. She joined AlpInvest Partners in 2007 from Macquarie Funds Management, where she was Senior Vice President of Asia-Pacific regional private equity fund investments and co-investments. Previously, Wendy was a Director with Deutsche Bank Asset Management and an Associate Director at MetLife. Wendy received a BS in Business Administration and an MS in Accounting from the University of Southern California. She represents AlpInvest Partners on various Advisory Boards.
Jonathan Lo,
CEO, ALPS Advisory (HK)
Jonathan is the Chief Executive Officer of ALPS Advisory (HK) Ltd, a Multi-Family Office established in 2003 to represent a small group of ultra high net worth families manage their assets globally. Prior to joining ALPS in 2017, Jonathan was an entrepreneur in a transportation technology platform based in Latin America. Jonathan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics and International Affairs from George Washington University, U.S.A.
Praneet Garg,
Managing Director, Asia Alternatives Advisor Hong Kong
Praneet Garg is a Managing Director in Asia Alternatives’ Hong Kong office. Mr. Garg co-leads Asia Alternatives’ investments in India, Australia and South East Asia, and is primarily responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence, deal execution and portfolio management of private equity fund investments and direct co-investments in these geographies. Mr. Garg also leads Asia Alternatives’ market research function. Prior to joining Asia Alternatives, Mr. Garg had over five years of consulting and research experience with the Private Equity Practice at McKinsey & Company in the Delhi and London offices. He worked with McKinsey Private Equity client teams on issues of Private Equity strategy, organization, performance and due diligence. He also led the Private Equity research team and authored several market research pieces on Asia Private Equity and other related topics. Mr. Garg holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and an MBA from Mumbai University. Mr. Garg is fluent in Hindi, Punjabi and English. Mr. Garg currently serves on the Advisory Boards of several of Asia Alternatives’ Pan Asian, Indian, Australian and Indonesian funds. Asia Alternatives Management, founded in 2006, is a solution platform dedicated to helping institutional investors make investments in private equity across Asia. The firm’s research, investment and client service infrastructure is solely dedicated to Asian private equity fund investments from offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and San Francisco. Asia Alternatives diversifies its investment program by targeting private equity fund managers in Asia.
Anil Gorthy,
Senior Portfolio Manager, Avenue Capital Group
Mr. Gorthy is the Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for directing the investment activities of the Avenue Asia Strategy and has over 23 years of investment experience in Asia. Prior to joining Avenue Capital Group in 2014, Mr. Gorthy was a Managing Director and Partner at Pacific Alliance Group (“PAG”) in Hong Kong, where he was a Senior Portfolio Manager focusing on special situations and distressed investments. Prior to PAG, Mr. Gorthy was a Director in Deutsche Bank’s Asia-Pacific Distressed Products Group. Previously, he was a Director at Beacon Advisory Pte Ltd in Singapore, providing consulting and advisory services to Asian corporates and, before that, Mr. Gorthy worked in Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Finance and Investment Banking division.
Mr. Gorthy received a Bachelor of Technology (First with Distinction) from National Institute of Technology Warangal (1996) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (2000).
Collin Lau,
CEO, BEI
Collin Lau is the CEO of BEI, a real estate and alternative investor and operator. BEI is the founding shareholder of Virtus Medical (www.virtusmedical.com).
Collin was previously a managing director, head of global RE and European PE at China Investment Corporation. Before CIC, he had been a MD at Starr and BPEA.
Collin holds a Master of Laws degree with distinction in Corporate and Financial Law from the University of Hong Kong. He was ranked 25th of the top 100 most influential global industry figures by PERE for the last decade (2005-2015) in 2015.
Frank Feng,
Managing Director, EQT Private Capital Asia
Frank Feng is a Managing Director with BPEA EQT focused on the firm’s Cross Border investment strategy. Frank is responsible for BPEA EQT’s APAC sector coverage in corporate and compliance technology and services, and has led the firm’s investments including Vistra, Tricor, and SAI360.
Prior to joining BPEA EQT, Frank was a Vice President at H.I.G. Capital based in Boston, focused on buyout investments in Business Services and Enterprise Software. Frank previously was an Associate at Advent International and began his career at Lazard in New York.
Frank holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University.
Sean Lu,
Senior Managing Director, Private Equity & Head of MedTech & Services, CBC Group
Sean has over 20 years of private equity, investment banking and healthcare industry experience. Prior to joining CBC, he was most recently the President of Fosun Private Equity, where he managed over 30 investment professionals and US$1.5b private equity investments, with a focus on healthcare, consumer and cross-border transactions. Prior to Fosun PE, he was Head of China and Managing Director for Carlyle Asia Growth Fund, a private equity platform managing over US$2b, leading a team of 10 professionals, investing in mid-sized growth and buyout transactions in Greater China. Prior to Carlyle, Sean was a co-founder and partner of Kaisen Capital, primarily investing in growth stage RMB transactions. Prior to Kaisen, he was Head of China for Lehman Brothers Asia Special Sits Group, Managing Director of Temasek China, among other private equity roles. Sean holds an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business with High Honors, a Master’s Degree in Biochemistry from University of Utah, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from University of Science and Technology of China.
Yiqiao Ren,
Managing Director, CDH Private Equity
Mr. Ren is a well-known private equity investor with a strong focus on industry technology and renewable energy industry. Mr. REN currently is the Managing Director, head of Industry Technology and Renewables team and member of investment committee of CDH Private Equity, one of the largest alternative asset management companies in greater China and Asia Pacific. With a total amount of US$ 1 billion invested as of March 2023, Mr. Ren stands out as one of the most knowledgeable investors in technology space in Greater china.
After graduate from MBA in IMD Switzerland and EECS from Shanghai Jiaotong University China, Mr. Ren joined McKinsey in the end of 2003 and was responsible for TMT and serving PE for transactions in China. Then he started his investment career in CV Starr (Ex AIG’s holding company).
Driven by his passion for technology and innovation, Mr. Ren founded Beijing Semiconductor fund in 2013, and KYI Capital in 2017, two private equity funds (AUM of around RMB 4 billion) that focused on investing leading technology companies across the globe. Under his leadership, investments were made in countries such as mainland China, Singapore, Sweden, the United States and Israel. At the same time, the portfolio companies ranged from solar energy storage systems to optical inspection machine. As a firm believer in “value creation, ” Mr. Ren actively manages and brings value to his portfolio companies by setting up new R&D centres, sourcing talents, building new production facilities, and leading market entry into new geographies. Through his assistance, many of his portfolio companies grew into leading global players.
Mr. Ren stands out from many other private equity investors by his solid balancing of the economic value and social value that each investment brings forth, and of the interests of his investors and portfolio companies. On the former, while financial returns remain the top priority of his evaluation criteria, the vision of portfolio companies to make a positive impact on society is also an important indicator of their long-term health. On the latter, Mr. Ren’s active involvement in portfolio companies earns him the trust of management.
Deal experience: Innolight (global #1 optical module manufacturer), CIMS (global # 1 automated optical inspection, automated vision inspection machinery company in PCB and IC substrate industry), SVOLT (global top 10 EV battery manufacturer), CSI Solar (global top 5 solar module manufacturer, SH.688472), Foytec (global #2 security pigment company), SF Freight (#1 logistics company in China), Access (#1 IC substrate manufacturer in China), Silex Microsystems (global #1 pure MEMS foundry), SMIC North (China #1 foundry), NTS Air Cargo (sold to strategic player), among others.
Current board position: Innolight Pte, Foytec, CSI Solar (SH.688472); Former directorships: Silex, SMIC North, CIMS, Anji material (SH.688019)
He earned MBA from International Institute of Management (IMD), Switzerland, and Bachelor of EECS from Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Matt Cheng,
Founder & General Partner, Cherubic Ventures
Matt Cheng is the solo founder and General Partner at Cherubic Ventures, a pre-seed and seed stage fund that invests in pre-product market fit startups globally. Matt led Cherubic’s unicorn investments including Flexport, Hims, Calm, Paidy, 91APP, Bellabeat, Tezign and Astranis. Prior to Cherubic Ventures, Matt co-founded two unicorn IPOs in Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as a $500M+ M&A in the U.S. Before launching his career in startups and venture investing, Matt was no.1 junior tennis player in both singles and doubles and was a member of Taiwan’s junior Davis Cup team.
Megumi Kiyozuka,
President & Representative Director, CLSA Capital Partners Japan KK
Megumi Kiyozuka currently serves as President & Representative Director of CLSA Capital Partners Japan. In this capacity, he is responsible for the overall investment activities of the firm and serves on the board of numerous portfolio companies. Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Mr. Kiyozuka was a Director focusing on Japanese buyout opportunities in the consumer, healthcare, and industrial sectors with The Carlyle Group in Tokyo. He spent 6 years at Carlyle and was one of the founding members of Carlyle Japan. Prior to his tenure at The Carlyle Group, he was a Senior Manager at MUFG Bank, Ltd., where he accumulated over 10 years of experience in M&A and syndicated loans across various countries in Asia. Mr. Kiyozuka received a B.A. in Economics from Shiga University and an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.
Raymond Chan,
Managing Director & Head of APAC Credit, CPP Investments
Raymond joined CPPIB in October 2019 and leads our Asia credit business. He is the chair of the Asia Credit Committee and a member of our Global Credit Committee. He is the co-chair of the Credit Committee of The HKVCA. Prior to joining CPP Investments, he was a managing director at SSG Capital, responsible for special situations investments and secured lending in Greater China.
Previously, Raymond was the head of Greater China at Intermediate Capital Group, senior fund manager at RAB Capital and head of Asia Asset Management at D.B. Zwirn. He started his career with HSBC, departing as a team head of the Real Estate Sector.
Raymond holds a BSSc in Economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and an MBA from the EMBA program of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Anthony Lau,
Tax and Business Advisory Services Partner, Deloitte China
Anthony Lau is Deloitte Private’s Hong Kong Leader. He is a tax partner based in Hong Kong, specializing in Hong Kong, the PRC and international tax planning.
Anthony has rich experience in advising family offices, including working with different stakeholders and/or industry players such as private banks, law firms, multi family offices, single family offices, etc. to lead the delivery of all-round solutions encompassing tax aspects, legal/licensing considerations, succession planning, asset protection, philanthropic advisory, etc. Meanwhile, Anthony also regularly advises clients on international tax issues associated with mergers and acquisitions, inbound and outbound investment, group restructuring and other cross-border transactions involving Hong Kong, the PRC and other Asia Pacific countries.
Anthony was actively engaged in lobbying the Hong Kong SAR Government on the introduction of the unified Hong Kong tax exemption regime for all funds in 2019 and tax concession for carried interest in 2021. Anthony has also been heavily involved during the consultation stage concerning the introduction of the Hong Kong tax concession for family offices in 2022. In particular, Anthony, on behalf of Deloitte Advisory (Hong Kong) Limited, made a written submission to provide comments in response to the Hong Kong SAR Government’s consultation on the draft legislation on the family office tax concession in Hong Kong, and was invited to attend Hong Kong Legislative Council’s Bills Committee meeting to present Deloitte’s views.
Qualifications
- Tax Expert in Hong Kong of the State Taxation Administration
- Divisional President of Greater China 2020 of CPA Australia
- Co-chairperson of the Taxation Committee of CPA Australia Greater China Division
- Member of Corporate Treasury Development Working Group of Hong Kong Treasury Markets Association
- Member of Technical Committee of Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
- Member of Hong Kong Academy of Finance
- Fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Fellow of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong
- Certified Tax Adviser of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong
Winnie Chiu, JP,
President and Executive Director, Dorsett Hospitality International
A real estate and hospitality leader, Ms. Winnie Chiu, J.P. is the President and Executive Director of Dorsett Hospitality International, Executive Director of Far East Consortium and the Chairman of AGORA Hospitality Group. Over the last decade, the Hong Kong-based Group has grown from 11 hotels in 3 geographies to 61 hotels in 23 cities across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore, Continental Europe and Japan. Winnie is one of the youngest Justice of the Peace appointed by the HKSAR Government and a passionate advocate for arts and culture, sustainability and impact investment.
CAREER
Upon graduating from King’s College London, and a stint working at Credit Suisse, Winnie Chiu JP founded her own burger chain, Freshness Burger, back in 2007, before joining her family’s hospitality and property development business. She is currently the President and Executive Director of Dorsett Hospitality International, Executive Director of Far East Consortium and Chairman of Agora Hospitalities. She was included in Tatler Asia’s Most Influential List in 2022 and 2021, Prestige Hong Kong’s Women of Power List in 2022, and in Forbes Asia magazine’s Top 12 Asia’s Power Businesswomen in 2014. Sustainability and ESG has also become a major focus both for Winnie personally and for her businesses. She has been giving opportunities to young entrepreneurs and is continuing to expand her impact investing portfolio.
Dr. Charles Lam,
Co-Head of APAC Diversified Funds, EQT Exeter
Dr. Charles Lam is Co-Head of APAC Diversified Funds in the EQT Exeter team. Dr. Lam worked for Baring Private Equity Asia as Managing Director, Real Estate from Nov 2011 until Oct 2022, when the company joined forces with EQT. A veteran in Real Estate industry, Dr. Lam held senior positions in various multinational real estate firms, including Pramerica Real Estate Investors (now renamed as PGIM), China Ping An Trust, and AIG Global Real Estate. Dr. Lam started his career in Sun Hung Kai Properties Group. Dr. Lam is the Permanent Honorary President of the China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong & International Chapter (CRECCHKI), an Advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF).
Amy Fong,
Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives and Sustainability, FountainVest Partners (Asia)
Amy is the Managing Director of Strategic Initiatives and Sustainability at FountainVest Partners (Asia) Limited. FountainVest Partners was founded in 2007 and is a leading Asian private equity fund with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Frankfurt and Singapore.
Prior to joining FountainVest as the Fund’s Chief Operating Officer in late 2019 , Amy worked for 4 years as the CEO of Save the Children Hong Kong. Before Save the Children, Amy spent nearly two decades in financial services with institutions including JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, and Merrill Lynch, working in the US and Asia, having worked as an investment banker, head of strategy, COO and Head of Regulatory Change Management.
Amy is a Board Member of Langdi Pharmaceutical and serves on the ESG Committee of Amer Sports, and the Board of Rädda Barnen Service AB, a Swedish social enterprise focusing on Child Rights in business.
She is a graduate of Georgetown University and has an MBA from Columbia University and she was also a Certified Public Accountant qualified in the District of Columbia, USA. Amy is a Hong Kong native and has a 22-year old daughter and a 17-year old son. She is a spiritual practitioner and teaches meditation as a volunteer on a regular basis.
Imran Jafar,
Managing Partner, Gaja Capital
lmran is a Managing Partner at Gaja Capital (www.qajacapital.com)
Gaja Capital is India’s leading mid-market growth capital investment firm with AUM of $750 million. Gaja Capital’s aim is to help create India’s next generation of market leaders in sectors such as Education, Software, Consumer, Financial Services and Healthcare.
lmran has 25 years of experience in Private Equity, Pharmaceuticals and Technology services. Prior to Gaja Capital, lmran worked in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility at Dr Reddy’s and Wipro Technologies.
At Gaja Capital, lmran leads investments in the Education, Software and Consumer clusters. He has been closely involved with Gaja Capital’s investments in Signzy (Saas platform for BFSI), LeadSquared (Sales automation Saas platform), Educational initiatives (B2B Ed-Tech). Kangaroo kids (Pre-Kand K-12), KOOH Sports (Performance Sports), Sportzvillage (Youth Sports), Eurokids (Pre-Kand K-12), John Distilleries (AlcoBev), CL Educate (Supplemental Education) and Indus World Schools (K12).
lmran has post graduate degrees in software engineering from BITS-Pilani and an MBA from IIM-Bangalore.
Jenny Lee,
Managing Partner, GGV Capital
Jenny Lee is a Managing Partner at GGV Capital and is best known for investing at the front of innovation, being the first VC to invest in flying cars. Similarly, her lifelong passion for gaming led to investments in the metaverse and desire to help tackle food insecurity around the world has led to many investments in foodtech and sustainability. Her portfolio includes 17 companies valued at more than $1 billion. She has had eight IPOs in the last five years, including two in 2021 across the NYSE, Nasdaq, ChiNext, HKSE, and SSE STAR Market exchanges, and numerous portfolio companies exits via M&A. Jenny has been named to the Forbes Midas list of to 100 global VCs for 12 consecutive years, and is the first woman to break the top 10. She is a highly respected member of the Singapore business community, serving on the boards of Temasek, SATS Ltd and Singapore’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC), which is chaired by Singapore’s prime minister. Jenny launched GGV’s first office in China in 2005 and reopened the firm’s Singapore office in 2019. She also leads the firm’s USD fundraising activities.
Dr. Yifei Wang,
Partner, GL Capital
Yifei is a Partner at GL Capital, responsible for sourcing and executing private equity transactions. Prior to joining GL Capital, Yifei was a Fund Manager at Columbia Threadneedle Investments where he focused on pan-European healthcare. Prior to this, Yifei was an Equity Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs where he performed investment research on pan-European pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Yifei received a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from MRC Centre for Development and Biomedical Genetics at the University of Sheffield and a Bachelor of Science in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Fudan University.
Stephanie Hui,
Head of Private and Growth Equity in Asia Pacific; Global Co-head & Co-CIO of Growth Equity, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Stephanie is head of Private and Growth Equity in Asia Pacific, co-head of Asia Pacific Private Investing and global co-head and co-chief investment officer of Growth Equity within Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Stephanie initially joined Goldman Sachs in 1995 as an analyst. She worked in the Principal Investment Area in New York and then transferred to Hong Kong in 1997. Stephanie left Goldman Sachs in 1998 to attend graduate school, rejoined the firm as an associate in 2000 and became an executive director in 2003. She was named managing director in 2006 and partner in 2010.
Stephanie is a member of the Board of Trustees of Asia Society, the Board of Governors of the China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, the Board of Directors of Save the Children Hong Kong and Honorary Trustees of The Women’s Foundation.
Stephanie earned an AB in Biology, summa cum laude, from Harvard College in 1995 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2000.
Dr. Dequan Wang,
Founder & CEO, Governance Solutions Group
Dr. Wang is the founder and CEO of Governance Solutions Group (GSG), a China based ESG and corporate governance research and rating, data and software solution provider. Before founding GSG in 2017, Dr. Wang was the Greater China Managing Partner for international law firm Simmons and Simmons where his clients included China National Council for Social Security Fund, China Investment Corporation, People’s Insurance Company of China and fund managers from China and beyond. Before that he was a partner at the law firm of King & Wood and a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley.
Dr. Wang is a founding Council Member of the China Finance 40 Forum. He is also an invited expert on China’s ESG30 Forum, Vice Chair of the ESG Committee of Hong Kong Chinese Asset Managers Association, a member on the ESG and Sustainable Investment Committee of China Assets Management Association, and an Advisor on the ESG and Responsible Investment Committee of Insurance Asset Management Association of China. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. Dr. Wang holds a bachelor degree from Peking University, an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School, and he earned his SJ.D. in corporate governance and securities regulation from Stanford University.
Benjamin Lohr,
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Benjamin advises international and regional sponsors on fund formation matters, including on the establishment of closed-ended funds, hybrid funds and bespoke transactions such as secondary transactions, joint ventures, club deals and managed accounts.
He works closely with the firm’s M&A practice to advise private capital clients on transactions with fund elements.
Benjamin also advises sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors on their investments in private funds. Over recent years, he has advised investors on several billion US dollars’ worth of commitments to private funds. He is well versed in the fund terms typically seen in Asian and US buy-out funds, real estate funds and technology-focused funds.
Amit Dabas,
Director, HQ Capital
Amit Dabas is a Director at HQ Capital and is responsible for private equity fund investments, secondaries and co-investments in Asia. Prior to joining HQ Capital, Amit was a Director at Creador, where he focused on direct private equity investments in Southeast Asia and India. Prior to this, he was an investment professional at Guggenheim Partners. He holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi.
Bo Hu,
Head of Private Credit, HSBC
Bo Hu is a Managing Director who leads the HSBC Private Credit Trading business in APAC. She oversees a business including par loan, special situations trading in bond and loan as well as primary/secondary private credit investment opportunities.
Bo has over a decade of experience in APAC credit market with roles spanning banking, structuring and trading. She started her career in Lehman Brothers IBD and later on joined JP Morgan and Credit Suisse in credit trading roles.
Bo graduated from Swarthmore College with dual BA/BS degree in Physics and Electrical Engineering. She also holds a Master degree from UC Berkeley.
Ryan Chung,
Managing Director & Head of Principal Investment, Huatai International
Ryan Chung is the head and founder of Huatai International’s private credit investment team. Ryan has over 20 years of experience in secured private debt and private equity investments. He specializes in infrastructure, energy and natural resources industry. Ryan was responsible for an aggregate of over US$2 billion private capital investments throughout Asia across 12 countries.
Prior to Huatai, Ryan was a founding partner of the semi-sovereign China-ASEAN Investment Fund specializing in private equity investments in the ASEAN region. He has also worked at UBS Investment Banking Division and Citi’s leverage finance team. Prior to that, Ryan was also a Chartered Civil Engineer registered in the U.K. and Hong Kong. He has two master degrees in Civil & Environmental Engineering and in Finance from Imperial College London and Cass Business School London respectively.
Hae-Joon Joseph Lee,
Partner, IMM Private Equity, Inc.
IMM is one of the leading private equity investment firms in Korea with approximately US$10 billion AUM. At IMM, Joseph is responsible for investments in Korea and Asia and cooperating with Korean and international investors on fund and co-investment opportunities. Key sector focus for Joseph has been healthcare, media, technology-driven services, and value-added manufacturing.
Previously, Joseph was with Fortress Investment Group in New York. Prior to joining Fortress, he was at Morgan Stanley’s New York office. Joseph served in the Republic of Korea Army as an officer and prior to that was an M&A attorney at Skadden, Arps in New York.
Joseph graduated from Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Paul Mclnerney,
General Partner, Incubate Fund
Paul joined Recruit Co., Ltd. in 1997 and co-led digital business building and corporate venture capital investing efforts. While at Recruit, Paul was also a founding member of Golfport (an online golf reservation site) – subsequently sold to Rakuten in 2002.
He joined McKinsey & Company’s Tokyo Office in 2002, was elected Partner in 2007 and Senior Partner in 2014. He supported clients in the retail, consumer products, media, telecommunications, finance, and pharmaceutical industries with growth strategy, digital and AI, branding, marketing, and M&A.
He has served as head of the Asia Pacific Marketing & Sales Group, head of the Asia Pacific Analytics Group, head of the Asia Pacific Consumer Goods & Small Business Group, and Managing Partner of QuantumBlack Japan
Paul joined Incubate Fund as a General Partner in March 2021.
Paul has authored articles in the Harvard Business Review, Nikkei Business, Toyo Keizai and speaks regularly at industry events. Paul grew up in Australia and has been a resident of Japan for the past 30 years. He is a co-founder and board member of UWC ISAK Japan.
Tsuyoshi Yamazaki,
Partner, Integral Corporation
Mr. Yamazaki has engaged in private equity investment since the early 2000s consistently.
In addition to investment analysis and execution, he has a wealth of experience in participating in the management of portfolio companies for value-creation on hands-on basis and in fund-raising from institutional investors.
He joined Integral Corporation in 2009, and has been mainly responsible for investments in Yohji Yamamoto, FiBest, Aderans, Toyo Engineering, Sanden Retail Systems, JRC, Primo Global Holdings, and Toppan Photomask.
Prior to joining Integral Corporation, he worked at Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ) from 2004 and was mainly involved in corporate revitalization project of small and middle-sized manufacturing company.
Before joining IRCJ, he worked at Strategic Business Transformation division of Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting (now known as Abeam Consulting) and was involved in several business process transformation projects.
Personal history
- BA Economics, the University of Tokyo, MBA, Harvard Business School
- 2001 Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting(now known as Abeam Consulting)
- 2004 Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan
- 2009 Integral corporation
- 2020 Promoted to Partner at Integral Corporation
Carol Park,
Managing Director, Lending Ark Asia Secured Private Debt / CLSA Capital Partners (HK)
Ms. Park is responsible for overall fund operations, origination, overseeing execution, and portfolio monitoring. Ms. Park is also a member of Lending Ark’s Investment Committee and Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association’s Private Credit Committee. Ms. Park has over 29 years of experience across investment banking, private equity, and private debt investments in New York and Hong Kong with J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Henderson Global Investors. Ms. Park is a co-founder of Lending Ark Asia Secured Private Debt Holdings Limited. Ms. Park has extensive experience investing in specialty lending and consumer finance companies in Asia during her private equity and private debt investment roles. Ms. Park currently is a director on the board of Techmate Korea Daebu Co. Ltd, a Korean consumer finance company and an observer on the board of PeopleFund Company Inc., a leading marketplace lender in Korea. She speaks fluent Korean and received a BA in economics from Vassar College.
Tim Huang,
Partner, Lexington Partners
Tim Huang is a Partner of Lexington Partners and a member of the Secondary Investment Committee. Based in Hong Kong, Tim is responsible for Lexington’s Asia business and primarily engaged in the origination and evaluation of secondary purchases of non-U.S. private equity and alternative investments, and the origination of non-U.S. equity co-investments.
Prior to joining Lexington in 2011, Mr. Huang was an Executive Director in private equity at LGT Capital Partners and prior to that, he spent time with Investment AB Kinnevik, Merrill Lynch and Gartner Group.
Mr. Huang graduated from Cornell University with a BS in business administration and from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with an MBA.
Rochelle Dsouza,
Managing Director, Lighthouse Funds
Rochelle Dsouza is a Managing Director at Lighthouse Funds and co-leads the Investment Team. She specializes in food, healthcare and agri sectors.
Rochelle is currently one of the Executive Committee members of IVCA (Indian Venture Capital Association) and one of the ambassadors for WINPE (Women in Private Equity).
By qualification, she is an engineer in Electronics and Communication and has earned a MBA in Finance.
Harry Wang,
Founder and CEO, Linear Capital
Harry Wang, founder and CEO of Linear Capital, made his mark as Facebook’s second Chinese engineer and first engineering manager, playing a key role in the development of News Feed and Social Ads, and leading virtual currency and payment security/backend projects. His expertise extended to advising CEOs at Dianping.com, Baixing.com, and CSDN. An author of the bestseller “Building up Facebook,” Harry holds a master’s degree from Stanford in Management Science and Engineering, and a bachelor’s in Computer Science from Zhejiang University. His leadership is acknowledged through his roles as a Fellow in the China Fellowship Program, a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, and a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum, Class of 2018.
Established in 2014, Linear Capital focuses on investments in ‘frontier technology + industry’, encompassing artificial intelligence, next-generation infrastructure, robot technology, and advancements in biomedicine, materials, and energy. The firm is dedicated to boosting industry productivity and addressing major challenges, contributing to significant value growth in these sectors. Managing ten funds with a total asset of about $2 billion, Linear Capital has been an early investor in over 150 entrepreneurial teams. The total valuation of its portfolio companies is estimated at around $20 billion.
Ronald Tham,
Chief Corporate Development Officer, Link Asset Management
Mr Ronald Tham is the Chief Corporate Development Officer of Link REIT and is responsible for its corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and capital transactions. He has held senior roles in multinational and global financial institutions including Swire Group, HSBC, SMBC and Macquarie Capital, where he was Head of Real Estate Investment Banking, Asia. He graduated with M.Eng in chemical engineering from Imperial College and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
Henry Lin,
Founder and CEO, Linnovate Partners
A passionate entrepreneur and expert in the fields of alternative investment and FinTech, Henry established Linnovate Partners in 2016 in response to the alternative investment industry’s pressing need for an integrated suite of solutions. Driven by a transformative vision, Henry aims to revolutionize the industry with a unique combination of cutting-edge technology solutions and platforms, building an ecosystem connecting fund managers, investors, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders in the alternative investment scene.
Henry acted as Managing Director for eFront, one of the world’s leading technology solutions providers for alternative investment professionals before establishing Linnovate Partners. He started his career as a software engineer specializing in developing advanced solutions, such as Augmented Reality, the Internet of Things, Product Lifecycle Management and Computer Aided Design for industrial companies.
Henry has been recognized as one of 100 Global Outstanding Chinese by Forbes and awarded as Executive of the Year by Hong Kong Business Excellence Awards.
Alexander Imseeh,
Senior Manager, Investment Funds, Capital Markets, London Stock Exchange
Alex Imseeh has 10 years’ worth of experience in financial markets and data infrastructure. He commenced his journey in September 2014 with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), where he presently serves as a senior business development manager in the funds team in the capital markets division at the London Stock Exchange. In this capacity, Alex advises fund managers on the process of raising, listing, and trading closed-ended funds.
His earlier contributions at the London Stock Exchange included valuable involvement in the debt capital markets team, where he supported sovereigns and corporates in raising international capital. Notably, Alex played a pivotal role in shaping the sustainable bond market during this period.
Before joining the London Stock Exchange, Alex honed his skills at the London Clearing House (LCH), an LSEG business, in SwapClear as a risk operations analyst. In this role, he provided critical support to large investment banks in clearing interest rate derivatives.
Prior to his time at LSEG, Alex spent a year in technology strategy at Capgemini.
Alex holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Patras and a Master’s degree in Nanotechnology from University College London (UCL).
Harry Man,
Partner, Matrix Partners China
In 2008, Harry joined Matrix Partners China as one of the founding members. He focuses on investment in deep tech and advanced manufacturing sector. Prior to Matrix, Harry was a Partner at WI Harper Group and led investments in the China office in the TMT sector. Before WI Harper, Harry was in charge of the investment and M&A departments of two Nasdaq-listed companies. He helped Linktone Ltd. (NASDAQ: LTON) and Chinadotcom (Nasdaq: CHINA) in investment and M&A work. Harry started his career as a management consultant at Arthur Andersen in 1998, responsible for consulting projects in the TMT industry.
The investment cases that Harry has led and engaged in include X-peng (NYSE: XPEV), DIDI (NYSE: DIDI), Hello Group (NASDAQ: MOMO), JD Technology, VNET(NASDAQ: VNET), Career International (SZ: 300662), Egls (SZ: 002619), Umeng, Moody, Kaitaiming, Flight Master, BaoZhunNiu etc.
Harry has been awarded as Forbes Top 100 Best Investors and China’s Top Venture Investors by Jiemian, Toutiao, etc.
Kuo-Yi Lim,
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Monk’s Hill Ventures
Kuo-Yi is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Monk’s Hill Ventures, a leading early-stage venture capital firm in Southeast Asia. He is based in Singapore and serves on the boards of Ninja Van, Padlet, KKday, URBANMETRY, GoGet, Hypefast, Upmesh, CROWDE and DELOS.
Prior to founding Monk’s Hill Ventures, Kuo-Yi was CEO of Infocomm Investments, a $200M global growth-stage venture fund based in Singapore. He was a founder/early employee of several tech startups in Boston, San Francisco and Singapore with multiple exits.
Kuo-Yi currently serves as a board member on several Singapore government entities, including the Infocomm Media Development Authority, Health Promotion Board and SEEDS Capital. Kuo-Yi graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering with specialization in nanophotonics. He started his career at the Boston Consulting Group.
David Yang,
Head of Asia PE, Mousse Partners
David is the Head of Asia PE at Mousse Partners, based in Hong Kong. Previously David was the Head of China PE at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority where he oversaw the institution’s direct, fund and secondaries businesses in Greater China. Prior to ADIA, he spent a dozen years in private equity in Asia, including with CVC Asia and Warburg Pincus, and also worked at McKinsey and FMR in the US. He holds a S.B. from MIT, MBA from Columbia and is a CFA charter holder.
Rodney Muse,
Managing Partner, Navis Capital Partners
Mr. Muse is one of two Managing Partners of Navis and an Investment Committee member. At Navis, Mr. Muse leads investment teams in making, monitoring and exiting investments and sits on the boards and/or executive committees of several Navis portfolio companies. He has been active in many of Navis’ investments in consumer goods, food, business services, industrial goods and services.
Mr. Muse co-founded Navis in 1998 with Mr. Bloy and Mr. Foyston, with whom he worked while at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). At BCG, he worked in Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, where he gained experience in a number of industries including consumer goods, retail, oil and gas, distribution, primary resources and more. He started his career with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1985 in New York and Hong Kong.
Mr. Muse has been a resident in Asia since 1993, having been raised and educated in the US. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Hons degree from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Hiroyuki Fukuda,
Principal, Private Equity, Neuberger Berman
Hiroyuki Fukuda joined the firm in 2019. He is a Principal on the Asia Private Equity investment team and primarily focuses on the investments in Japanese private equity market. He has over 10 years of private equity investment experience in Japan at both local and international firms. Most recently, he was a director at Principal Investments Ltd. of Mitsui & Co. Prior to that, he was with Morgan Stanley’s Private Equity Asia Group as a vice president and Ant Capital Partners’ Secondary PE Investment Group as a principal. He also worked for UBS Investment Bank in Tokyo at Financial Sponsors and Consumer groups. He started his career at Kokusai Asset Management. He holds an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business and a BA in Economics from Keio University. He is a CFA charter holder.
Luke Mason,
Senior Vice President, Neuberger Berman
Luke joined the Private Equity team at Neuberger Berman in October 2023 with a focus on Investor Relations. Prior to joining he was Head of IR and Business Development for the Closed End Funds business at abrdn focusing on UK wealth management and institutional client. He started his career at JP Morgan Cazenove in the UK Funds team and then at JPMorgan Asset Management looking after their closed end fund sales team. He joined JPMorgan in 2015 from the British Army where he served as an Infantry Officer for 5 years.
Angela Lee,
Head of Credit Investments, New World Strategic Investmemts
Angela Lee is the Head of Investments for New World Strategic Investmemts, where she has started and responsible for the private credit investment strategy since mid 2019. NWSI invests in Asia Pacific with focus in real estate. She has over 23 years of investment experience in private debt, debt structuring, special situations, and alternative investments across a range of sectors. Prior to NWSI, Angela was the Managing Director, head of Leverage Finance China with Standard Chartered and is responsible for building up SCB corporate finance portfolio (Leverage Finance/ Structured Trade Finance) since 2007. She has also worked in other Standard Chartered teams such as Credit Portfolio Management and risk analytics London. Angela holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from University of Manchester, UK and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Australia).
Katrina Chik,
Director, Account Management, Ontra
Katrina works at Ontra as an account management director in APAC. Prior to joining Ontra, she was trained and practised law in Hong Kong with King & Wood Mallesons from 2011 to 2021, mainly advised on matters relating to joint venture, multi-jurisdictional M&A and private equity (M&A) transactions. She also worked briefly at Binance as a senior legal counsel.
Shane Chesson,
Partner, Openspace Ventures
Shane is Founder and Partner of Openspace Ventures, a Singapore-headquartered VC focused on investments in Southeast Asia-based technology companies. Openspace manages 6 funds with total committed capital of over US$800M from global investors. Selected Openspace investments overseen by Shane include Gojek (Exit GOTO:JK), Halodoc, Biofourmis, Whispir (Exit WSP:AU), Tradegecko (Exit to INTU:US), Finnomena, Pluang, Abacus Digital and Octopus.
Openspace was awarded Best Venture Capital House – Asia 2023 by FinanceAsia Achievement Awards. Openspace funds are ranked upper quartile performing according to Cambridge Associates PE & VC benchmarks. GoTo, an Openspace portfolio company with Shane as board member and deal lead, was the winner of SVCA Exit of the Year Awards for 2022. Openspace Fund III is the winner of “Fundraising of the Year” for SVCA Awards 2021.
Shane was previously Managing Director and Co-Head of Technology Investment Banking of Citigroup Asia-Pacific. As a technology banker, he spent over thirteen years advising Asian technology companies and financial sponsors on capital raising and M&A strategies. Over this time, his clients have included strategic players such as Qihoo, Mediatek, Pactera, Acquity, Hisoft, ASE, SAS and sponsors such as Temasek, Khazanah, ATIC, GGV, CVCI and DCM. Shane has acted as advisor on many technology M&A transactions including SaS acquisition of Covalent, sale of Singapore Computer Systems to NCS in 2009 and the private equity buyouts of SPI, Unisteel, MMI and Acument. Prior to his banking career, Shane was a strategy consultant with Bain and Company and GEM Consulting in Australia.
Shane currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Singapore Venture Capital Association (SVCA), as well as the Chairman of the Investment Committee of AIDHA.
Shane has an MBA with distinction from INSEAD Singapore where he was a recipient of the IAA Asian Campus scholarship and a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Commerce from UWA.
Jeffrey Chan,
Founding Partner , Oriental Patron Financial Group
Mr. Jeffrey Chan is a founding partner of Oriental Patron Financial Group and responsible for its overall management oversight of its regulated activities. Mr. Chan has over 30 years of experience in the securities and investment industries.
Mr. Chan is a Permanent Honorary President of the Hong Kong Securities Association and was its Chairman from 2013-2015. He is currently a member of the Process Review Panel of the Securities and Futures Commission, Main board and GEM Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the Supervisory Board of Micro Connect (Macao) Financial Assets Exchange Co., Ltd. He was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission (2015-2021), Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal Panel (2015-2021) and Investment Sub-Committee of the Beat Drug Fund (2017-2023).
Mr. Chan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Queensland, Australia and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, CPA Australia and a fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
Dr. Steven Wang,
Partner & Senior Managing Director, OrbiMed Healthcare Fund Management
Steven D. Wang, Ph.D., CFA, is a Partner and Senior Managing Director on the Asia team. Prior to joining OrbiMed, Dr. Wang served as a Managing Director focusing on healthcare at CITICPE, one of largest domestic private equity houses in China. Previously, Dr. Wang was a Managing Director and Head of the APAC Healthcare Investment Banking at Credit Suisse. He has also worked on healthcare capital markets and M&A transactions at Morgan Stanley, UBS and Rothschild both in Hong Kong and in New York. Before moving to Asia, he worked in asset management funds at ADAR Investment Management and Clinton Group in New York. Dr. Wang started his career as a Senior Research Scientist in Allergy and Immunology at the Research Institute of Schering-Plough (now Merck). Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from Johns Hopkins University and his MBA in Finance with Distinction from New York University.
Rohan Wolfers,
Managing Director - Private Equity, Pacific Equity Partners
Rohan is a Managing Director at Pacific Equity Partners, having joined the firm in 2010. Before joining PEP, Rohan was with Navis Capital Partners, and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity in Australia, Asia, and North America. Rohan received a PLD from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.
Jie Gong,
Partner, Pantheon Ventures (HK)
Jie Gong is a Partner at Pantheon, and a member of the firm’s Asia Regional Investment Committee and the Global Co-investment Committee. Jie joined Pantheon from Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners’ private equity fund of funds group, where she led Asian investment activity and was a member of the Global Investment Committee. Before that she was a Vice President at JPMorgan responsible for leverage finance deal origination, structuring and execution in Greater China. Previously she worked at the International Finance Corporation on emerging market debt and equity investments. Jie received a Masters in Finance from London Business School, an MA in Economics from University of Miami and a BA in Economics and International Trade from Shanghai International Studies University. Jie is Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA) and serves on its board. She founded and chairs HKVCA’s ESG committee, and co-chairs its LP committee. She is also a committee member of United Nation Principle of Responsible Investment Private Equity Advisory Committee (UNPRI PEAC).
Kyle Stanford,
Lead Research Analyst, Venture Capital, PitchBook
Kyle Stanford is the lead US venture capital research analyst at PitchBook, where he oversees a team of analysts covering the US venture market. He has developed PitchBook’s coverage areas within nontraditional VC investment, venture debt and VC ecosystem development, as well as our breakout of the venture growth stage of the VC market. He also contributes to quarterly core reports, produces thematic analyst notes on various topics and speaks at industry conferences such as SXSW and Collision. Prior to this role, he worked on PitchBook’s publishing team, building and designing custom reports across all asset classes while also supporting the analyst team’s core report development. He is regularly cited in top-tier publications including Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and Axios, and has been featured in segments on CNBC, Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance.
Stanford received a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Washington. He is also a CAIA charter holder. He is based in PitchBook’s Seattle office.
Jeffrey Lau,
Partner & Head of Private Credit and Special Situations, Primavera Capital Group
Jeffrey is Partner and Head of Private Credit and Special Situations at Primavera Capital Group.
Prior to joining Primavera, Jeffrey led and managed private investments in partnership with leading sovereign wealth funds, corporates and family offices. He was an investor and director of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group between 2012 and 2017. Previously, Jeffrey oversaw special situations, structured credit and equity investments in Greater China for Och-Ziff Capital Management Group. Prior to Och-Ziff, Jeffrey worked at The Blackstone Group in New York, and in the Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring Department at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, Los Angeles and New York.
Jeffrey earned his AB in Social Studies from Harvard University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude and as a John Harvard Scholar. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Lorna Chen,
Asia Regional Managing Partner & Head of Greater China, Shearman & Sterling
Apart from serving as regional leader, Lorna Chen is also a member of the firm’s Executive Group. Lorna founded and leads our asset management and investment funds practice in Asia. Lorna has 27 years of experience across the United States, Europe and Asia in the corporate law area, including 23 years in the investment funds and private equity field. She advises clients in the structuring, restructuring, formation and operation of alternative investment products, including private equity funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds, real estate funds, funds of funds, project funds and co-investment structures.
Lorna has extensive experience in cross-border transactions representing top global institutional clients such as the world’s major sovereign wealth funds, wealth management platforms, commercial and policy banks, insurance companies, as well as family offices and start-up companies.
Lorna is a frequent speaker at major regional conferences and is regularly interviewed by the financial media in Asia. She has also been consistently rated a leading lawyer by various independent ranking publications.
Mark Chiba,
Group Chairman & Partner, The Longreach Group
Mark Chiba is Group Chairman and Partner of The Longreach Group. The Longreach Group is an established independent private equity firm with offices in Hong Kong and Tokyo. The Firm focuses on Japan and related Greater China control buyouts in the mature industrial and technology, consumer, business services and financial services sectors. The Firm manages three Funds which have accumulated approximately US$2.1 billion of committed limited partner and co-investment capital.
Mark co-founded The Longreach Group in late 2003. Mark’s lead responsibilities at Longreach include firm management, senior relationship driven investment sourcing and execution, and building the firm’s global capital base and networks.
Before co-founding Longreach, Mark served as Chief Executive Officer and President of UBS Securities Japan, Member of the Global Investment Banking Management Committee and Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Investment Banking Management Committee, Head of Japan Investment Banking and as a member of the UBS Global Investment Bank Board. Previous to these roles, Mark headed the UBS Asia-Pacific Financial Institutions Group.
Mark is an Australian citizen, resident in Hong Kong. He holds First Class Honours degrees in Economics (University of Melbourne) and Law (University of Sydney). Mark is a Rhodes Scholar with a Master of Philosophy degree in International Relations (with Distinction) from Oxford University.
Danny Koh,
Founder & CEO, Tower Capital Asia
Danny is the founder and CEO of Tower Capital Asia. He has over 15 years of private equity experience in Southeast Asia and has invested and originated over US$1b of transactions. He began his private equity career with 3i where he invested in and exited several successful deals. More recently, he led the Southeast Asia private equity team at Actis before he founded Tower Capital Asia in 2016. Danny started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Danny has a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is also a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.
Besides being on the boards of portfolio companies, he sits on the Services Committee of the National Council of Social Service and is Vice Chairman of Community Chest., Singapore.
Frederic Azemard,
Managing Partner, TR Capital
Frederic Azemard is a Managing Partner at TR Capital. He joined the firm in 2012 and focuses on deal screening, quantitative analysis, due diligence, deal monitoring and exit of transactions. Mr. Azemard is a board member of a number of TR Capital’s investee companies. Mr. Azemard began his career at Bain & Co. in Los Angeles. In 2005, he joined Electra Partners in Europe, before becoming the CEO of Sunnco GC. Mr. Azemard is also a former Officer of the French Navy.
Mr. Azemard holds a Master in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, and graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and ENST.
Tommy Yip,
Founder & Managing Partner, Unicorn Capital Partners
Tommy Yip is the Founding Partner of Unicorn Capital Partners, a tech-focused venture capital platform specialized in primary fund investments, secondaries, and direct investments in China. Prior to founding Unicorn, Tommy spend a decade as Partner & Head of North Asia for Emerald Hill Capital Partners, an emerging manager focused fund-of-funds in Asia. Before that, Tommy was Head of Research at the AVCJ Group.
Danny Lee,
Managing Partner, VCA Capital
Danny Lee is an experienced investor with over 25 years of global private equity experience spanning venture, growth and buyouts. He is currently managing VCA Capital Fund I, helping individuals and family offices manage their private equity portfolio globally through both fund and direct investments. Danny is also a senior advisor to Blue Pool Capital where he was a partner running global private equity since 2015. Before that he was a managing director at Bain Capital and Vice President at Investor AB, the largest industrial holding company in the Nordic region. He started his career with Lehman Brothers in NY. Danny has a BA in Economics from Columbia and is a CFA Charter holder.
Danny is an Aspen Finance Fellow and Edmund Hillary Fellow. He sits on the investment committee for New Zealand Elevate Venture Fund, on the board of the HK Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, and is the chairman of Seed Foundation, a youth education NGO sponsored by Alibaba Entrepreneur Fund. He is also a committee member at the Financial Services Development Council, an advisor to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Our Hong Kong Foundation, and a founding Patron to the HK Palace Museum.
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