AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum 2023
Asia's premier private equity & venture event for the last 36 years
LIVE Broadcast & In Person
Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong & Online
14
Nov
Institutional angle: Demystifying the Asia opportunity
- Do returns alone justify an allocation to Asia?
- How helpful are the last 10 years in assessing which GPs will deliver in the next 10?
- Is now the time for a contrarian investment thesis in Asia?
- How prevalent are ESG and DEI in allocation decisions?
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SpeakersEdwin Chan Managing Director, Head of Client Solutions, Asia iCAPITAL
Rebecca Xu Co-Founder and Managing Director ASIA ALTERNATIVES
Geoff Lee Executive Director, Head, Private Markets and Head, Technology KHAZANAH NASIONALWataru Kano Executive Director, Head of Asia Investments JAPAN POST BANK
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Edwin Chan joined iCapital in 2021 as Head of Asia and Head of Client Solutions APAC. He has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, including a strong track record in private markets in the Asia Pacific region.
Before joining iCapital, Edwin successfully founded and spent a decade building the Probitas Partners business in Asia. He has worked with many private market firms across different alternative investment strategies as well as with institutional and family office investors in the Asia Pacific region. Previously, Edwin worked with AIG Global Investments, Citi, and HSBC based out of Hong Kong in various regional roles covering clients across the broad Asian geography.
He holds a MBA and a BA from the University of South Australia and is a Certified Practicing Accountant of CPA Australia.
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[1]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.
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.
Geoff joined Khazanah in September 2021 after spending over 30 years in various roles in the finance and investments industries in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. He was previously a partner at Hendale Capital, Head of Principal Investments at Korea Development Bank Asia, Head of Asian Investments at HSBC Alternative Proprietary Investments and Managing Director and co-founder of Myo Capital Special Situations Fund.
Prior to moving to the buy-side, he spent nearly a decade in investment banking, latterly as a Director of Telecommunication, Media and Technology and founding member of the Mergers & Acquisitions team at HSBC Investment Bank Asia.
Geoff is a UK Fellow Chartered Accountant and a graduate of the University of Manchester.
Head of Asia Investments for Japan Post Bank’s private equity investment program. Previously covered the US private equity investment program as well. He was heavily involved in the establishment of Japan Post Investment Corporation, a joint venture between Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance and has been instrumental in promoting its Asian co-investment program leveraging Japan Post Bank’s broad LP relationships. Prior to joining Japan Post Bank in October 2017, worked at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, where he was engaged in private equity fund investments, LBO loan financing, loan syndications and investments in asset-backed securities. During that time, he was seconded to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to support its global policy-based private equity investments.
He has a Bachelor of Law degree from the Waseda University.