Tim Burroughs is managing editor of Asian Venture Capital Journal, having joined the publication in May 2011. He is responsible for all editorial content put out under the AVCJ brand, including Asian Venture Capital Journal, AVCJtv, AVCJ Awards and AVCJ.com. Tim previously spent five years at China Economic Review, serving as editor-in-chief and then editorial director. Located in Greater China since 2003, during which time he has lived in Beijing, Qingdao and Hong Kong, Tim has been a China-based contributor for publications including The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, BBC and China Daily. Prior to moving to China, he trained and worked as a journalist in the UK. He was honored at the Society of Publishers in Asia awards in 2007, 2008 and 2010, and at the State Street Institutional Press Awards - Asia in 2012.

Jonathan Au-Yeung is a Director in the Institutional Client Group within HSBC’s Corporate & Institutional Banking business. Based in Hong Kong, he is responsible for managing HSBC’s corporate banking relationships with Financial Sponsors across the Asia Pacific region. 

Prior to joining HSBC, Jonathan had a 13-year career at ANZ across Asia Pacific, where he was focused on client coverage for Financial Institutions, Financial Sponsors, and various M&A and Strategy roles. Jonathan also previously worked at Macquarie Capital, where he was part of the Investment Banking coverage team for Financial Institutions in Australia focusing on M&A and Capital Markets activities.

Jonathan has a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie Business School, Bachelor of Commerce & Bachelor of Laws from Monash University. 

Mr. Chen is a managing partner at L Catterton, where he oversees the firm's Asia and RMB fund strategies. 

Prior to joining L Catterton in 2020, Mr. Chen spent nearly 20 years at TPG investing across the broad consumer and healthcare landscape throughout Asia Pacific, most recently serving as a partner and managing director. During his second decade at TPG, he also led the firm’s investments in Greater China and drove the expansion of its China franchise. Before joining TPG, Mr. Chen worked in the Technology Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Lehman Brothers in New York.

Mr. Chen received a BS in Business Administration with honors from the University of Colorado.

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.

Pongpat Tantivashinchai, known as Pom, is a Partner at our Bangkok office, bringing a wealth of experience and a global perspective to private equity investments in Thailand and the Indochina region. At Navis, Pom plays a crucial role in driving investments Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. He oversees portfolios in critical sectors such as K-12 education platform, healthcare, consumer-related businesses, and sustainable manufacturing, leveraging his industry knowledge and strategic executions of growth initiatives. Pom began his career in investment banking at RBS in London, focusing on M&A and ECM across Europe, before joining Standard Chartered Thailand as AVP in Commodities and Agribusiness, managing major agribusiness clients and developing sector insights. He holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Economics from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from INSEAD, France.

Matt joined Pacific Equity Partners in 2009. Prior to joining PEP, he was a consultant with Bain & Company in Australia. Matt was an Innovation Scholar at Macquarie University, where he received a Bachelor of Commerce (Actuarial Studies) and was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Commendation for Academic Excellence.

Nikhil Srivastava is a Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity at PAG, responsible for supervising the operations and management of PAG’s Private Equity strategy. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee.

Nikhil joined PAG in 2019 after working across India, Singapore, and the United States markets with KKR for nearly a decade. Prior to that, he worked at Goldman Sachs and Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI). Nikhil holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a master’s in electrical engineering from Stanford, and a bachelor’s in electrical and electronics engineering from BITS Pilani. Nikhil is also the author of several patents.

Brooke Zhou is Partner of LGT Capital Partners, she co-leads LGT CP’s private equity business in Asia. LGT Capital Partners is a leading institutional alternative asset and fund of funds manager, currently managing over USD 100 billion AuM on a global basis and over 600 private equity professionals worldwide. The firm is headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland (near Zurich) and has offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Sydney, New York, Raleigh, Dublin, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Vaduz and Dubai.

Prior to joining LGT Capital Partners in 2010, Ms. Zhou was with CDH Investments, a leading Chinese private equity manager, based in Beijing. Prior to CDH Investments, Ms. Zhou spent her career at Bain & Company in Shanghai, as well as Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores, California.

Ms. Zhou earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ms. Zhou grew up in Shanghai and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Daniel Zhang is the Managing Partner of FirstLight Capital. FirstLight Capital is a private equity manager specializing in Buy & Build strategy with c.US$2.3 billion in managed assets. The firm focuses on acquiring China-related opportunities and driving their transformative growth through business and financial engineering.

Before joining FirstLight Capital in March 2024, Daniel spent 16 years at Alibaba Group, where he was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2015 and Chairman of Alibaba Group in September 2019. He is a founding member of the Alibaba Partnership.

 During his tenure at Alibaba, Daniel was a driving force behind key strategic initiatives including launch of Tmall, transformation of Alibaba towards a mobile-first ecosystem, creation of Double-Eleven Shopping Festival, establishment of Cainiao Network and Alibaba Business Operating System. His “New Retail” strategy transformed traditional commerce models globally. Daneil also led the integration of Alibaba’s data platforms and migration of core systems to Alibaba Cloud, where he later took on key executive roles. 

 Daniel is currently a member of the China Advisory Council of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, as well as an independent non-executive director on the boards of the Saudi Tourism Authority and Hysan Development Company Limited. He previously served as a member of the World Economic Forum International Business Council and as the Co-Chair of the Consumer Goods Forum in both its Global and China divisions. Daniel graduated from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics with a bachelor’s degree in finance. 

Xun Zeng is an investment funds partner at Cooley and partner in Cooley’s Singapore office.

Xun’s practice focuses on the formation, structuring and operation of a wide variety of investment funds, including venture capital, private equity, hybrid and co-investment funds. She advises fund sponsors on the marketing, formation and operation of their funds, as well as upper-tier arrangements, carried interest plans, strategic joint venture arrangements and various governance matters. Xun also has extensive experience in representing institutional investors in connection with investments in private funds across Asia, including China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. 

She also advises clients on the structuring and operation of cryptoassets funds and Web3 investment vehicles, including those focused on blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi), digital assets, and tokenized investment strategies. She also assists clients navigate global regulatory frameworks.

Xun is a lecturer in Law on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School where she teaches Private Investment Funds. She is admitted to practice in New York and Hong Kong and is a native Mandarin and Cantonese speaker.

Prior to founding A91 Partners, Mr. Abhay Pandey (Abhay) was a Managing Director at Sequoia Capital India Advisors Private Limited from 2008-2018, which he joined in June 2007. At Sequoia Capital India Advisors Private Limited, Abhay has partnered with passionate founders in Consumer and Healthcare sectors focused on a few themes, including, creating challenger brands in large categories, supporting superior execution capabilities in massive market opportunities and building companies in new emerging categories. His investment track record and board positions include Vini Cosmetics, Indigo Paints (NSE: INDIGOPNTS), B9 Beverages, Faces Cosmetics; PI Industries (NSE: PIIND), La Renon, Koye Pharmaceuticals, Curatio Healthcare, ASG Eyecare; and Awfis, MedGenome Inc. Prior to Sequoia Capital, Abhay worked as an investment banker with DSP Merrill Lynch (2004-07) and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. (Mumbai and Johannesburg) offices (1996-2002) where he served leading clients in media, industrials and automotive verticals on a wide range of strategic and operational issues.

Abhay received his PGDM (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management Kolkata (1996) and a B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay (1993).

Abhay is passionate about supporting philanthropy and giving back to society in education. He is a Trustee at Ashoka University, and a Trustee of BECT, a charitable trust for primary and secondary education.

Yinwei joined East Ventures in 2019 and leads investment projects out of the Firm’s Singapore office. Yinwei has over 12 years of experience in venture capital. Yinwei previously served as an Associate at the private equity and venture capital arm of Tiger Global Management, where he worked with start-ups from India, Latin America and South Africa.

Prior to Tiger Global Management, Yinwei was involved in policy planning, technology ecosystem development and venture investing at the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, a Singapore government agency.

Yinwei received a Master’s in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a Double Degree in Systems Engineering and Finance from the University of Pennsylvania.

Shane Chesson is a Founding Partner of Openspace Capital, a multi-strategy asset manager with a long-established specialist focus on Southeast Asia. Since 2014, the platform has expanded from Early Stage to Growth Stage, Web3 (Ocular), Credit (Onyx) and Listed Equities (Orbit) investment strategies.

Shane has overseen investments into more than 80 Openspace companies since 2014 and has served on the Board or as an Observer for companies including Gojek (Exit GOTO:JK), HaloDoc, Whispir (Exit WSP:AU), Finnomena, Kredivo, Topica, CXA (Exited), Tradegecko (Exit to INTU:US), Amp, Abacus, CoPilot, Validus, Pluang, Envisso, Neuroglee and BeautyMNL (Exited).

Shane is also Vice-Chairman of SVCA (Singapore Venture & Private Capital Association) which represents the community and interests of over 300 members focused on private markets.

He was previously Managing Director and Co-Head (Technology Investment Banking, of Citigroup Asia-Pacific.

Shane has an MBA with distinction from INSEAD Singapore where he was a recipient of the IAA Asian Campus scholarship and has an LLB/BCom from University of Western Australia.

Dr. Goji is Co-founder, Managing Partner, CEO & President of UTEC (The University of Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.).

Since 2004, he has raised and managed six UTEC funds surpassing 1 billion USD, strategized investment and value-adding in university-related startups, built the investment team, and guided UTEC's investments and exits. 22 investees were acquired and 20 have achieved IPO until July 2025.

In his previous career at the Japanese government, he authored "The Limited Partnership Act for Venture Capital Investment" (enacted in 1998) in 1997-1998, which became the foundation of Japanese VC funds thereafter, and its related accounting/tax rules as well as VC fund performance measurement reports at the then Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI, now known as METI: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry). He also authored "The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program" (enacted in 1999, as part of "Industrial Revival Act") at METI, "Copyright Management Business Act" (enacted in 2001) at Cultural Agency, and intellectual property-related articles of "Trust Business Law" (enacted in 2003) at Financial Services Agency. He left the government to initiate UTEC in 2004 to execute the ethos of the Limited Partnership Act.

Dr. Goji received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo's School of Engineering, earned his MBA at Stanford University, and graduated from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Law. During his doctoral research at the University of Tokyo's School of Engineering, he modeled the success factors of startups founded on science and technology, based on data science and network analysis, and demonstrated the importance of academic papers and other factors.

At JVCA, he has been involved in policies such as the revision of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law, the revision of the Foreign Exchange Law, and the planning of public procurement for startups, as well as JVCA's Sample of Limited Partnership Agreement, as Executive Director & Section Chairman of the Policy Subcommittee since July 2015 and Vice Chairman & Section Chairman of the Policy Subcommittee since July 2022. Became Chairman in July 2023.

Christine Wang has been working in the Foreign Direct Investments field since 2010. She has a great deal of experience on advising international clients to localize business for the Greater China market in terms of market entry strategy, company structure, licensing, business scope, regulatory compliance and international taxation.

With deep expertise in the private fund industry, Christine supports private equity (PE) and private equity real estate (PERE) firms across fund formation, fund accounting and administration support, financial and tax, payroll and compliance services as well as SPVs and portfolios management. She has been working with many asset management and private fund clients and provide tailor made solution to mid & back-office services for their business expansion in Greater China, Asia and beyond.

As head of the Greater China commercial team for fund solutions, Christine supports international asset management companies and private fund managers with market entry, business setup and operation, regional expansion. Her regulatory insight and operational expertise have empowered leading foreign and Greater China-based asset management companies and private fund managers to achieve strategic positioning and sustainable growth across regional and global markets.

Henry Cai is the Chairman and Founding Partner of AGIC Capital. Boasting a notable career that extends over twenty years in investment banking, Henry has occupied significant roles at top financial institutions, such as BNP Paribas and UBS, and most recently as the Executive Chairman of Investment Banking Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank. His profound experience has played a crucial role in advising more than 200 Chinese companies on their overseas IPOs, successfully raising in excess of US$100 billion in total. 

Widely regarded as the leading specialist for international listings, Henry excels in refining business models, restructuring operations, and devising growth strategies for expansion into European and U.S. markets. His deep understanding of global markets and strategic acumen make him a key advisor to businesses seeking to navigate complex financial landscapes and achieve international success.

Andrew Gray is the Founder and Managing Director of Potentia Capital, the regions leading software focused private-equity firm with A$2 billion in committed capital, 29 investments across the  software landscape having already returned a 3.0x DPI for Potentia’s 2019 Fund I. He founded Potentia to invest in technology that multiplies what people and organisations can achieve, building a firm defined by integrity, accountability, ownership, and excellence. Andrew previously held senior leadership roles at Archer Capital, Francisco Partners and Genstar Capital, and holds degrees from the University of Sydney and Harvard Business School.

Kyle is the Founder and Managing Partner of ShawKwei & Partners, a private equity investment firm established in 1998.   ShawKwei & Partners has offices in Singapore, San Francisco and Shanghai managing investments in Asia, Europe, and the USA.   Kyle’s private equity experience before ShawKwei & Partners included managing Asian private equity businesses for Security Pacific National Bank (Hong Kong) and then the Tudor Group (Shanghai) as well as in the energy industry with Union Texas Petroleum (Houston), Tidewater (Louisiana & Singapore) and McDermott (Indonesia).  Kyle has served as a director of several Asian and European industrial and service companies including as founder and director of Flex Ltd. (formerly known as Flextronics International Ltd).

Kyle received an MBA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, a BS in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, as well as studied Mandarin Chinese at Taiwan’s National Normal University.

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 deal sourcing and execution, investments in the financial services sector, and building the firm's capital base and global networks.

Before co-founding Longreach, Mark served as Chief Executive Officer and President of UBS Securities Japan, 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 this role in Japan, 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.

Rachel is Mergermarket’s Head of Auctions and co-Head of News, overseeing the publication's private markets and M&A coverage in Europe

Carolina Espinal joined HarbourVest in 2004 to focus on partnership investments in Europe and other emerging markets and became a Managing Director in 2015. Carolina focuses on managing European venture capital and buyout partnership investments and has collaborated with the secondary and co-investment groups on several investment opportunities. Carolina is also the Chair of the Firm’s Primary Investment Committee. She serves on the advisory boards of funds managed by CVC Capital Partners, Inflexion, and Advent International.

Her previous experience includes two years as a financial analyst with the Merrill Lynch Energy and Power mergers and acquisitions team in Houston.

Carolina graduated from Rice University with a BA in Managerial Studies, Policy Studies, and Economics in 2000. She received an MSc in Finance from the London Business School in 2003. Carolina speaks fluent Spanish and French.

John focuses on private equity fund commitments and equity co-investments in the Asia-Pacific region. He joined Manulife in 2009 and was based in Toronto until relocating to Hong Kong in 2014. 

John holds a B.A. from the Ivey Business School of Western University and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. 

Jinwen Chen is Director of Investments at the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Investments, where she helps steward the Institution’s $2.8 billion endowment. She leads portfolio strategy, sourcing, and manager relationships across private equity, venture capital, and real assets. Jinwen is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Virginia, and she was recognized by Chief Investment Officer magazine as one of the industry’s “NextGen” leaders shaping the future of institutional investing.

Bei is the Chief Investment Officer of Advance Treasury and Fingerboard Family Office, where she is responsible for the investment of the single-family office, the family foundation, as well as the Advance corporate liquid assets. Headquartered in New York City, Advance is a private, family-owned enterprise for the past 100 years, with businesses spanning across media, entertainment, communications, technology and education globally. Advance’s portfolio of exceptional companies includes Condé Nast, Advance Local, Stage Entertainment, The IRONMAN Group, American City Business Journals, Leaders Group, Turnitin, and POP. Advance is also among the largest shareholders in Charter Communications, Warner Bros. Discovery and Reddit. Bei has established a reputation as a long-term investor with a significant background in portfolio management, alternative investments and strategic planning. Prior to Advance, Bei was the CIO for Endowments and Foundations at Northern Trust, where she was the Chairwoman for the Endowments and Foundations Investment Committee and a voting member of the Investment Oversight Committee of the OCIO program of $130B+. Previously, she was the Director of Alternatives at Helmsley Charitable Trust. Before that, she held senior investment and management positions at Pfizer, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan. Bei is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria Foundation and the Knowles Foundation. She is a member of the Advisory Council for Alternative Investments at the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity. 

Amanda Chen joined HarbourVest in 2017 and focuses on sourcing, reviewing, executing, and monitoring primary fund investments in the Asia Pacific region.

Amanda joined the Firm from AlpInvest Partners in Hong Kong, where she was a senior associate responsible for sourcing, conducting due diligence, and executing private equity and venture capital fund opportunities in Asia. Prior to that, she was an investment banking analyst in the Asia Pacific Industrials Group at Citigroup Global Investment Banking.

Amanda received a BS in Finance from New York University in 2010. She speaks fluent Mandarin.

Yangge Seaman is Head of Private Investments at the Children’s Health Foundation in Dallas, TX. In this role, she has built and scaled the foundation’s private investment program across buyouts, venture capital, and illiquid real assets. Beyond primary allocations, she is actively involved in co-investments and secondary transactions.

Prior to joining Children’s Health, Yangge held senior investment roles at ICMA-RC and Texas Children’s Hospital Foundation. She began her career in endowment and foundation investing at UNC Management Company. Yangge earned her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and is a CFA® charterholder.

Brooke Zhou is Partner of LGT Capital Partners, she co-leads LGT CP’s private equity business in Asia. LGT Capital Partners is a leading institutional alternative asset and fund of funds manager, currently managing over USD 100 billion AuM on a global basis and over 600 private equity professionals worldwide. The firm is headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland (near Zurich) and has offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Sydney, New York, Raleigh, Dublin, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Vaduz and Dubai.

Prior to joining LGT Capital Partners in 2010, Ms. Zhou was with CDH Investments, a leading Chinese private equity manager, based in Beijing. Prior to CDH Investments, Ms. Zhou spent her career at Bain & Company in Shanghai, as well as Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores, California.

Ms. Zhou earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ms. Zhou grew up in Shanghai and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Luise Dziobek-Garrett is a Manager at Northwestern University’s Investment Office where she focuses on public and private equity investments and leads the endowment’s asset allocation strategy. In this capacity, Luise conducts research and analysis across global markets, evaluates investment opportunities, and helps inform strategic decisions that align with the University’s long-term objectives. Northwestern University’s Investment Office, located in Evanston, IL, outside of Chicago, manages $15 billion to support the mission of the University. 

Prior to joining Northwestern, Luise served as an investor at Cornell University’s endowment. Luise received her B.Sc. in Physiology and Physics from McGill University and her M.Sc. in Complex Systems Modelling from King’s College London. Luise is a CFA charterholder. 

Edward J. Grefenstette serves as President/CIO of The Dietrich Foundation, a ~$1.5 billion foundation formed following the passing of Bill Dietrich II in 2011 that supports higher education institutions and other civic organizations in Pennsylvania.  Ed previously served as Treasurer/CIO of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Prior to CMU, he co-founded a PE fund, following a career in investment banking and law.  He earned his AB in Economics and JD from Georgetown University and an MBA from CMU.  He serves on several boards/investment committees, including CMU and UPMC.  He is a frequent speaker on topics related to PE/VC, particularly in the emerging markets. 

Victor is a global M&A partner, Global Co-Head of the firm’s Technology practice, and partner lead on Asia/China coverage of the firm’s Middle East practice, based in A&O Shearman’s Hong Kong office. He has extensive experience of working on Asian and PRC-related transactions, having lived and worked in the region since 1991.

Victor represents clients including private equity investors, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors as well as multinational corporates on their China-related matters, and Chinese clients investing globally. As a strategic adviser to his key clients, Victor’s corporate and M&A practice encompasses a wide range of cross-border transactions, as well as sensitive, significant regulatory and compliance issues.

Victor has spearheaded the build-out of A&O Shearman’s multidisciplinary China platform, including actively leading the development of the group’s antitrust, data, IP, regulatory and compliance offerings. Increasingly, this has involved advising clients on the development of their China-related strategies, in which M&A, antitrust, data, digitalisation, partnerships and IP play key and integrated roles. Victor speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Bhavik Vashi is the Managing Director for Asia Pacific & Middle East at Carta. Carta is a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow. Carta manages over two trillion dollars in equity for nearly two million people globally and is trusted by more than 30,000 companies, over 5,000 investment funds, and half a million employees for cap table management, compensation management, liquidity venture capital solutions, and more.

Prior to this, Bhavik was Area Vice President & General Manager for Asia at Anaplan, a global cloud-based planning software company that empowers customers to be agile and resilient to change, and make better, faster decisions by enabling connecting planning across the enterprise. Bhavik was an early employee at Anaplan and spent nearly a decade there, serving in various different GTM roles in both the AMER and APAC regions. He helped build and scale the company from a disruptive start-up with ~80 employees and

Bhavik is passionate about supporting the startup ecosystem, and is an active angel investor and advisor to startups globally. He has also previously been interviewed on numerous podcasts and Singapore radio stations, such as MoneyFM, and has spoken at a range of events within the tech and finance space, including the Future of Finance Summit.

Gregory R. Hara oversees all investment and divestment decisions made at the Firm, as well as its strategic direction. Mr. Hara has been responsible for the investment activity of the Firm since 2006 when he, together with other founding Partners, formed J-STAR Co., Ltd. Before that, Mr. Hara was a Senior Manager of Tokyo based JAFCO Co., Ltd., the largest private equity investment firm. Before that, he was a Vice President of Lehman Brothers Inc, based in Tokyo, and prior to that a Vice President of The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, based in Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Chicago.

Education / Others Mr. Hara graduated KEIO University in 1987 in Tokyo with an LL.B in Political Science. He is a C.P.A (Illinois, inactive) and a Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan.

Puneet is a Managing Director at Multiples Alternate Asset Management where he leads the Capital Formation and LP relations functions. He has over 20 years of experience across Financial Services in India. 

Prior to joining Multiples Alternate in 2022, Puneet was the Head of Citibank’s Private Bank in India. As a part of India senior management team, he was also a member of the Country Executive Committee, ALCO and Business Committees. During his 20 years with Citibank India, Puneet has held leadership roles across Structured Lending, Strategy, Consumer & Wealth Management businesses. 

Puneet holds a Bachelors from University of Delhi & is a Chartered Accountant where with PwC he worked in their Transaction advisory & Forensic divisions.

Rodney Muse. 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.

Pang Lee routinely advises on partnership, corporate and securities law matters related to the organization and investment in private funds and strategic investments in the tech industry. Pang has worked closely with members of the Hong Kong start-up community cultivating its emerging companies ecosystem, with a particular focus in healthcare and emerging technology companies. Pang regularly advises private fund managers and institutional investors on United States and Hong Kong regulatory, corporate governance, and risk-related matters. 

Markus is a Partner in the Antler Singapore office, where he shares the overall responsibility for Antler’s operations in Southeast Asia. Markus has worked with technology ventures in Southeast Asia for nearly a decade.   

Prior to Antler, Markus was Corporate Development Manager at Global Fashion Group (GFG) / Zalora Group working in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. He holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. LinkedIn: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbruderer/

Amish has working in the Investing and Advisory industry since 2007. Chiratae Ventures is a leading VC firm managing assets under management (AUM) of $1.2 billion. The firm has invested in over 130 companies, achieved exits in more than 50, taken 4 companies public, funded 9 unicorns, and backed over 15 market leaders. 

His experience spans Agri Tech, Consumer Tech, Enterprise Tech, Fintech, Ed Tech and Retail sectors. Experience includes M&A advisory, Fund Raising and Capital Markets. 

In recognition of his contributions, Amish was named one of the leading venture capitalists in India by IndiaStartupTimes in 2024. He has also been listed by EconomicTimes among the experts hired by VCs to help in Exits published in 2024. 

Beyond his role at Chiratae Ventures, he is serving with Jain International Trade Organization (JITO) to augment the Portfolio Review process and Volunteers with Tarun Mitra Mandal’s initiatives in Eye Donation and Blood Donation. 

Grace Lee is a Partner and Group COO of Qiming Venture Partners. She has extensive experience in the venture capital industry covering investment, portfolio management, fund operation and fund raising. Prior to joining Qiming in 2009, Grace was the Deputy CFO and Compliance Officer of C.V. Starr Asia. Previously, Grace was an investment professional dealing with private equities and listed securities when she worked at PAI Partners and JAFCO Asia. Grace was an auditor in the early part of her career life.

Grace was named the Top 10 Most Influential CFO in the China VC/PE Industry in 2017 by China Venture, and the Top 10 China VC/PE CFO in 2022 by Frost & Sullivan and Lead Leo Technology & Innovation Network.

She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of London. She is a fellow member of HKICPA and a CFA charter holder. Grace is a co-founder of Hong Kong Private Equity Finance Association, and a director of China Venture Capital Finance Organization.

Founded in 2006, Qiming Venture Partners is a leading China venture capital firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hong Kong and Singapore. Currently, Qiming Venture Partners manages eleven US Dollar funds and seven RMB funds with $9.4 billion in capital raised. Since its establishment, the firm has invested in outstanding companies in the Technology and Consumer (T&C) and Healthcare industries at the early and growth stages.

Tim Burroughs is managing editor of Asian Venture Capital Journal, having joined the publication in May 2011. He is responsible for all editorial content put out under the AVCJ brand, including Asian Venture Capital Journal, AVCJtv, AVCJ Awards and AVCJ.com. Tim previously spent five years at China Economic Review, serving as editor-in-chief and then editorial director. Located in Greater China since 2003, during which time he has lived in Beijing, Qingdao and Hong Kong, Tim has been a China-based contributor for publications including The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, BBC and China Daily. Prior to moving to China, he trained and worked as a journalist in the UK. He was honored at the Society of Publishers in Asia awards in 2007, 2008 and 2010, and at the State Street Institutional Press Awards - Asia in 2012.

Keisuke Honda is a Co-Founder and General Partner of X&. Mr. Honda is a Japanese professional soccer player, former head coach of Cambodia's national team, angel investor and entrepreneur. He achieved goals and assists in three consecutive World Cups, which is the sixth best in history. As for investments, Mr. Honda has executed more than 200 investments globally. In 2016, he launched KSK Angel Fund (Japan-focused) and in 2018 established Dreamers VC (US-focused) with Will Smith. He recently launched the X&KSK Fund, which focuses on investing in Japanese startups with global aspirations.

Yiqing Wang is Managing Editor of Mergermarket’s Asia-Pacific M&A and ECM editorial team, which specializes in breaking news on private and public M&A transactions and delivering forward-looking intelligence on corporate strategy. Yiqing spearheads the editorial strategy and oversees day-to-day operations, to deliver timely, actionable insights and analysis to help clients make better deal-making and investment decisions. Additionally, she frequently moderates panels and chairs conferences at ION Analytics events, bringing industry insights to the forefront.

She has been an investigative M&A reporter and editor since 2009, writing news ranging from healthcare, renewable energy and financial service, etc.

Yiqing achieved her master's degree of multilingual multicultural studies from New York University.

Seraph Chen has served as SVP for Offshore Fund Administration Services at CITIC Securities since 2021. 

She has been assistng global expansion for over 200 alternative investment managers by delivering end-to-end administration solutions in corporate structuring, opration compliance, and exit planning.  

Previously at HSBC, she specialized in serving institution clients with integrated securities services covering Global Custody and Fund Administration.    Seraph excels in systematic fund architecture design (including various fund structure like SPC/OFC/VCC/ELP/LPF/Master-Feeder).  

Also highly experienced in multi-jurisdictional compliance frameworks, and cross-asset allocation.

Ms. Pratibha Jain is the Head of Strategy and Group General Counsel at Everstone Group. Prior to Everstone, Pratibha was a Partner at Nishith Desai Associates where she founded their New Delhi office, and lead their Funds and Regulatory practice. She’s an alumnus of Harvard Law School, Oxford University and Delhi University. She brings with her a breadth of international and Indian experience having worked with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong, with Skadden Arps Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP in Hong Kong and Goldman Sachs in Mumbai. 

She has worked on some of the most challenging projects in financial services and regulatory sector globally and in India, including representing Ministry of Finance in setting up of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund and designing USD 1.3 billion special ‘window for funding stalled affordable and middle income housing projects’ as an AIF fund, listing of companies on US exchanges, representing private equity investors in some of the biggest investments into India such as Mubadala’s investment in Reliance Jio and reliance Ventures, Softbank’s in its investment of USD 1.4 billion in PayTM, , representing investors for facilitating listing of stock exchanges in India including BSE, IEX and NSE, representing investors in investigations by the Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation and Reserve Bank of India. \

She enjoys working and writing on public policy issues and is regularly quoted in news on various public policy issues. She sits on various important committees including IVCA Executive Committee, FICCI Capital Markets Committee and CII Financial Markets Committee. 

She is a Fellow of the Seventh Generation Class of Ananta Aspen’s Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship and member of Aspen Global Leadership Network. She received the “Woman Lawyer of the Year Award 2019” by Business World magazine. Recently, she has been recognized as a Top Individual Lawyer by Forbes Legal Power list 2020.

Brian Lee is the general counsel of FountainVest, a leading Asia-based private equity firm with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Frankfurt, Shanghai and Singapore. FountainVest’s investments are long-term oriented and target high-growth industry leaders both in China and in businesses having a strong China nexus. Its core focus is to invest in the consumer, healthcare, industrial and business services sectors. FountainVest works closely with management teams to create value in the areas of strategy, operations, human resource management, finance, industry consolidation and governance.

Prior to joining FountainVest, Brian was working in the Hong Kong office of a well-known offshore law firm. His legal experience includes (i) corporate finance and corporate restructuring matters such as fundraising transactions for venture and private equity investments, mezzanine and pre-IPO financing, IPOs on global stock exchanges such as Hong Kong, Nasdaq, NYSE, China A-share, Singapore and London, note and bond issuances of listed and unlisted entities, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and privatisations, backdoor listings and company reorganisations; and (ii) fund-related matters such as the structuring and establishment of offshore private equity and venture investment funds. He had also previously worked in the investment banking and legal fields in Singapore and as a venture capitalist in Shanghai focused on China-related investments. He received a Bachelor of Laws (honours) degree from the University of Bristol.

Shirley Choi is the founder of Shirley Choi & Co., a boutique law firm specialising in private investment funds. With over 15 years of experience across Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands, and the British Virgin Islands, she has personally advised on and structured more than 500 private funds spanning private equity, venture capital, hedge, and real estate strategies. Her practice covers the full fund lifecycle—from formation and investor negotiations to restructuring, regulatory alignment, and disputes relating to investment funds.

In addition to fund structuring, Shirley also advises on SFC-licensed entity compliance and investigations, helping clients navigate regulatory obligations and enforcement matters with clarity and discretion.

Before founding her own firm, Shirley trained and practiced at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Baker McKenzie, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and Ogier. This rare combination of global and offshore experience informs her institutional-grade counsel and agile, boutique delivery.

Renowned for her precision, commercial judgment, and ability to trans distill late complex legal frameworks into practical guidance, Shirley serves a diverse client base—from first-time fund sponsors and family offices to seasoned professionals from global managers and investment platforms. Her clients value her discretion, clarity, and long-term partnership ethos.

David has spent more than a decade working closely with VC/PE funds and high-growth technology companies on a variety of matters, including cross-border equity and debt financings, buy-side and sell-side acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, board fiduciary matters and general corporate governance. During this time, David has advised on hundreds of successful venture and growth equity transactions and has led negotiations involving investors and management teams based in the US, India, China, the Middle East, Africa, the UK/European Union, Australia and all across Southeast Asia.

David was recognized by The Legal 500 as a “Next Generation Partner” in the Startup and Venture Capital – Foreign Firms in Singapore category. He is recognized by Chambers and Partners and was named on the India Business Law Journal’s A-List as one of the top 100 India-focused lawyers at international law firms. David also was named on Asian Legal Business’ list of Asia’s 40 Under 40 Lawyers for 2022, which recognizes the top young lawyers from international and domestic firms across Greater China, South Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia and India. Recently, David spoke at the 2025 Harvard Asia Business Conference and was invited back on the “BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech” podcast to share insights on key developments in the region’s tech ecosystem.

Before joining Cooley, David was a partner at another US-based international law firm and previously practiced at firms in Silicon Valley and New York. David received his JD from Columbia Law School, where he served as the chief articles editor of the Columbia Business Law Review. He received his BS in applied economics and management from Cornell University.

David is a native English speaker and fluent in Mandarin. He is a member of the State Bars of California and New York.

Kun (Jason) Zhang is the Managing Partner of Fortera Capital, overseeing the firm’s comprehensive investment platform with nearly RMB 40 Billion（AUM). Shanghai Fortera Capital Co., Ltd. (Fortera Capital) is a leading private equity investment company in China,  with diversified strategic shareholdings from prominent industry conglomerates and investment institutions.

With over two decades of experience in the finance and investment industry, Mr. Zhang has held a number of senior leadership roles. He previously served as Managing Director and Investment Committee Member at CDB-GLP Capital (established by China Development Bank and GLP), where he was responsible for building the investment team and shaping the fund’s strategy and execution framework.  Prior to that, he was Managing Director and Investment Committee member at Prax Capital, a U.S.-dollar denominated fund based in Shanghai, leading several high-profile investments. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President in the Investment Department of ICBC International.

Mr. Zhang holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Shanghai International Studies University.

Fortera Capital, headquarters in Shanghai, spans funds of funds, secondary investments, and direct investments across multiple stages. Fortera's footprints are also in Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Mr. Steven Wang is Founder & CEO of HLC and a visiting professor of Tsinghua University. He has over 20 years of experience in industry and investment, focuses exclusively on healthcare services, medical device and pharmaceutical sectors. Before founding HLC, he is former senior partner and investment committee member of CDH. Prior to CDH, Mr. Wang served at Avenue Capital, Lehman Brothers (London) and Becton Dickinson Group. Over the last ten years, Mr. Wang was responsible for transactions totaling more than 1.5 billion dollars, including mergers & acquisitions, restructuring of publicly listed companies, growth and early stage investments.

Some of Mr. Wang's representative deals include Mindray, Wuxi, Tigermed, Phamaron, Yuwell, United Imaging, Brightgene, Genetron Health, STA, Sansure Biotech, Smoore, Zentalis, Imago, Viva and more.

Jing Shi has over 20 years of experience in venture capital and private equity buyout, with a focus on investment execution and portfolio management. In his earlier career, he worked as a strategy consultant and was an entrepreneur who created a number of startups. He specialises in deep tech, technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), consumer, and industrials in the APAC region, especially in Greater China, SEA and Japan.

Mr. Ian Zhu is a founding member of NIO Capital and played a key role in building the firm’s investment team, setting up its venture and growth funds, and establishing its operations. His investment focus includes smart electric vehicles, low carbon energy networks, mobility and logistics services and manufacturing innovations. He led NIO Capital’s investments in CATL (SZSE: 300750), Ronbay (SHSE: 688005), TUHU (HK:9690), Momenta, Pony.ai(PONY.US), Newlinks Technology, Inceptio Technology, Black Sesame Technologies(HK:2533), TrunkTech, Seyond, BoCloud, among others.

Mr. Zhu has extensive experience in investment, fund management and business management. Prior to joining NIO Capital, he was a Managing Partner and Investment Committee member of Tsing Capital, where he led investments in Lucid (LCID:NASDAQ), Jing-Jin Electric (SHSE: 688280) and Horizon Robotics. Ian also worked in both start-ups and large technology companies like AT&T, where he managed diverse functions, including sales, business development, engineering and R&D.

Mr. Zhu holds a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business and dual bachelor’s degrees in physics and economics from Peking University.

Rachel is Mergermarket’s Head of Auctions and co-Head of News, overseeing the publication's private markets and M&A coverage in Europe

Kelvin Yap joined HarbourVest’s London office in 2006 to focus on growth equity and buyout co-investments in Europe and Asia Pacific. In 2009, Kelvin transferred to HarbourVest’s Hong Kong team to focus on primary partnership fund investments and direct co-investments in Asia Pacific. Kelvin relocated to Singapore in 2021 to assist with the opening of that office.

Kelvin joined HarbourVest from Deloitte in London, where he managed merger and acquisition (including demergers and IPOs) due diligence for both private and public transactions. Prior to that, Kelvin was a senior associate at PwC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

He received a BC with a double major in Accounting and Finance from Monash University in Australia in 2001. Kelvin is a Chartered Accountant with The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. In addition, he received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2007 from the CFA Institute. He speaks fluent Cantonese, Indonesian, and Malay.

Brian is a Partner and Head of Pantheon’s Asia and Emerging Markets Investment teams, and is a member of Pantheon’s International Investment Committee, its Asian and Global Co-investment and Primary Committees.

 Prior to joining Pantheon, Brian was a Portfolio Director at CDC Group where he helped build their Asia and Emerging Markets private markets portfolio, and before that he worked at Watson Wyatt.

 Brian is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, and holds an MBA from the London Business School, and a BSc in Actuarial Science from City University of London. Brian is a member of the GPCA Board of Directors and the Chair of its Asia Council.

Lorna Chen is A&O Shearman’s Co-Managing Partner of Greater China, and Regional Co-Head of Funds and Asset Management. 

Lorna has 29 years of experience across the United States, Europe, and Asia in the corporate law area, including 25 years in the investment funds and private equity field. She advises clients on 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 representing investors in making investments in private funds and co-investment projects around the globe. She is also respected by clients as an expert on regulatory and compliance matters related to investment funds and their managers.

Ben Hart is a Partner and Head of Investor Relations (Asia) at Adams Street Partners, where he focuses on the firm’s institutional and private wealth relationships across the region. Ben is a 25-year Asia resident with over 20 years’ experience in the venture-backed tech and private equity markets.

Prior to joining Adams Street, Ben worked at Swiss-based private equity firm Capital Dynamics, where he served as Managing Director and COO, Asia, overseeing the firm’s business development efforts in Asia and North America.

Before joining Capital Dynamics, Ben spent over a decade working with VC and PE-backed tech firms in China and across Asia on their market development strategies. He served as Managing Director, Asia, at Aircom International, and also held senior positions at Convergys Corporation, Alliance Digital, Inc., and the JM Network.

Education:

University of Colorado, BBA

Investment/operational experience: 21 years

Languages: English, Mandarin Chinese

Richard Kunzer is a Founding Partner of Integrum Holdings and member of the Investment Committee.

Previously, Richard was a Partner and Co-Head of Investor Relations for the transatlantic private investment firm BC Partners, based in New York, which he joined in 2009. Whilst at BC Partners, Richard spearheaded and was involved in the raising of over $33 billion in equity and debt capital across funds, co-investments and separately managed accounts.

Richard has led or was involved in the syndication of almost $10 billion in equity and debt co-investment in over 20 companies across the TMT, business and financial services, healthcare, consumer and retail and industrial sectors.

Other companies he previously worked at include Credit Suisse in New York and London, Paribas, and Singer & Friedlander in London, where he helped facilitate the sale of the bank to another financial services institution.

Richard has strong links across the global investor and financial sponsors community globally where he is close to senior decision makers to these organizations.

Before working in finance, Richard spent four years in the British Army as a Captain in an Armored Reconnaissance regiment. Postings included Canada and Germany, as well as an active-duty tour of Bosnia.

Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne in the north of England, Richard is a U.S. and British Citizen and has lived in New York since 2004.

He holds a B.A. Honours degree from University College London.

Stephanie is Head of Capital Formation in Asia and also heads LP coverage in Asia.

 Prior to joining Permira, Stephanie was the Investor Relations Director at EQT covering the Asia region for six years. Before that, she worked for JPMorgan Cazenove in their Investment Banking Division and Roland Berger as a consultant. Stephanie has also started her own ventures.

 Stephanie has a degree in Economics and Management from Oxford University, England.

Shashwat advises on the full spectrum of debt and equity capital markets transactions across India and Southeast Asia, including initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on equity offerings, investment-grade and high-yield bond issuances, medium-term note (MTN) programs, liability management exercises and restructurings. He represents issuers, underwriters and other stakeholders across a variety of industries, such as technology, life sciences, financial services, manufacturing, real estate, infrastructure and aviation, and has also advised sovereigns and state-owned entities.

Xiao Xiao has more than 7 years of experience in VC/PE. Previously served as the Chief Analyst at Huobi Research. Before that, she worked at Hon Hai Capital Management and Butler Capital Partners. She is a graduate of ESSEC Business School and Wuhan University.

Yinglan Tan founded Insignia Venture Partners in 2017, an early stage technology venture fund focusing on Southeast Asia and has partnered with regional champions like Carro Payfazz, Cohive, Janio and Logivan amongst others. Prior to founding Insignia Venture Partners, Mr. Tan was Sequoia Capital’s first hire and Venture Partner in Southeast Asia. He sourced multiple investment opportunities for Sequoia including Tokopedia, Go-jek, Traveloka, Carousell and Appier (where he represented Sequoia on the board). He had also been a member of the elite Singapore Administrative Service, where he served in a variety of positions in the Prime Minister’s Office (where he was part of a team that managed a S$360 million fund for innovation and enterprise), Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Defence. He was also the founding Director of 3i Venturelab China, a jointventure between private equity firm 3i (LSE:III) and INSEAD.

Mr. Tan has been named as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2012 – 2017), a WEF Technology Pioneer Selection Committee Panel (2015-2017), Eisenhower Fellow - Innovation Program (2018), Top “40 leaders under 40” by Prestige Magazine (2015), Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle (2016), one of 100 Leaders of Tomorrow by the St Gallen Symposium (2010), 100 Global Thinkers (2011) by think-tank Lo Spazio della Politica, a World Cities Summit Young Leader (2014), a WEF Global Agenda Council member on Fostering Entrepreneurship (2011-2013) and a Kauffman Fellow. He also serves on the

Singapore Government’s Pro Enterprise Panel and the Committee on the Future Economy's Sub-Committee on Future Corporate Capabilities and Innovation. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. He is also a Strategic Research Innovation Fund Investment Committee Member at Nanyang Technology University, advisory board member at Duke University CE, author of 3 books - The Way Of the VC (Wiley, 2009), Chinnovation (Wiley 2010) and textbook New Venture Creation - An Asian Perspective (Mcgraw Hill 2011). He was educated at Harvard, Stanford and Carnegie Mellon.  

Rafael Ratzel has been an integral part of TH Capital (华控基金) in Beijing since 2016, spearheading the firm's international initiatives as the head of TH Capital International. His strategic leadership resulted in the successful establishment of the firm’s inaugural USD Fund in 2023, extending opportunities for international investors to access growth capital investments in Chinese high-tech sectors. The international team at TH Capital also supports portfolio companies in introducing innovative Chinese technologies to a global customer base. 

Before his tenure at TH Capital, he held several operational roles at Siemens and Bosch in Europe and as a consultant with Roland Berger in Beijing. He further enhanced his cross-border investment expertise at CMIG Investments in Shanghai.

Rafael holds dual degrees in Engineering (Industrial and Systems Engineering) and Business Administration (Management) from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has also acquired MBA degrees from Tsinghua University in Beijing and the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 

His strategic insight and leadership are also recognized in his role as a board member of the German family office and industrial holding group AEQUITA.

Michael Zhang is the CEO of TTGG Ventures. With 15 years of experience in venture capital, Michael focuses on investment opportunities in deep tech, manufacturing, and new materials. He has received numerous recognitions, including being listed among the Top 100 Best Private Equity Investors by China Venture from 2021 to 2023.

Michael holds dual bachelor's degrees in law and economics from Peking University and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Jinjian Zhang is the Founding Partner of Vitalbridge Capital. He has over 12 years of private markets investment experience, across companies’ life cycle and China’s evolving market landscape. He is praised by industry peers as "The Most Convicted & Influential AI investor".

Jinjian founded Vitalbridge in 2019 and has established a thematic investment approach. This approach is highly selective, concentrated, and oriented towards long-term investments ahead of broad market consensus. Vitalbridge has become one of the most influential funds in the AI field in recent years. The firm was awarded "Best Asia Tech Fund Manager of the Year 2025" by SuperReturn & Pitchbook.

Jinjian holds a Master’s degree from the National Laboratory of Fudan University, majoring in neural network.

Jake Fisher is the Head of Sales for Hong Kong and the Global Head of FX Solutions at Apex Group. Based in Hong Kong, Jake is responsible for driving the growth of fund administration and asset servicing for private equity, hedge fund and real asset funds across North Asia. Jake is also responsible for leading Apex’s global FX offering, providing global treasury solutions to Apex’s clients. 

Jake was formerly the Director and Head of China Cross-Border Sales at BMO Capital Markets, based in Hong Kong. In his role he was responsible for Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income Sales to institutional investors seeking access to China’s bond market and supporting international corporations requiring foreign exchange, trade finance and cash management in Mainland China. 

Over the 15 years that Jake has covered the China market, Jake has spoken at Tsinghua University in Beijing, advised China SOEs (i.e. COFCO Trust), the Canadian Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Canada as well as the US Department of Treasury on China crossborder trade and macroeconomic policy. Jake has also lectured at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON.

Ms. Chiang joined Golub Capital in 2023 and is a Managing Director in the Global Investor Solutions group. She is the Head of Greater China and Southeast Asia and is responsible for managing existing and new client relationships in the region. 

 Prior to joining Golub Capital, Ms. Chiang was Director and Head of Greater China and Southeast Asia at Cerberus Capital Management, where she raised capital across private credit, private equity, hedge fund and real estate strategies. Prior to this position, she was a Director at Park Hill Group, of PJT Partners and formerly part of the Blackstone Group, fundraising various private market strategies in APAC. Prior to that, Ms. Chiang was an investment professional at Grosvenor Capital Management, based out of Hong Kong investing in Asian private funds. Ms. Chiang began her career in investment banking with Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered. Ms. Chiang earned her BS degree summa cum laude in Finance and Accounting from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Yan O joined IK Partners in 2024 and is an Investor Relations Director within the Investor Relations and Communications team, based in Hong Kong.

Prior to joining IK, Yan worked as a Director at an Asian family office, following roles at Mitsui & Co.'s healthcare investment platform MBK Healthcare Management and China Development Bank. She holds a BSc in Finance major and Mathematics minor from Boston College.

Shane is a Managing Director at Inflexion and leads investor coverage for the APAC region.  He is based in Singapore.  

Shane has over 20 years of PE capital raising, direct investing and M&A experience across Asia.

Prior to Inflexion, Shane spent five years as MD and Head of Evercore’s APAC Private Capital Advisory group, where he advised Asian GPs and LPs on continuation vehicle secondary solutions and PE portfolio sales. Prior to this, he spent over a decade with Australian PE firm, CPE Capital (formerly CHAMP Private Equity) across investing and capital formation functions. Before CPE Capital, Shane worked in M&A advisory at Rothschild and Macquarie Group. 

Shane graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Melbourne.

Outside of work, Shane is a keen music fan and enjoys running and powerlifting.

George is a Managing Director at Vitruvian Partners, focusing on Consumer Internet Investment and also is leading the Investor Relations effort in Asia Pacific region, based in Singapore.

Prior to Vitruvian, George was a Vice President at Apax Partners and worked across the Hong Kong, New York, and Shanghai offices.

George holds an MSc in Information and Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Joyce Wang’s practice includes all areas of corporate, partnership and securities law, with a focus on the asset management industry. Joyce advises on private offerings and fund-related primary and secondary transactions. Joyce also has deep experience representing institutional investors in their global investments in private funds. Her clients include pre-eminent fund managers, sovereign wealth funds, multi-national corporations, financial institutions and technology companies. Joyce has been at the forefront of bringing together Cooley’s expertise in funds, fintech, life sciences and artificial intelligence to craft bespoke, interdisciplinary transaction solutions for clients. Joyce also actively supports the emerging Hong Kong start-up ecosystem, with a particular focus on the intersection of law and technology. Joyce is a frequent speaker and author on legal and regulatory issues concerning private funds and complex structuring of fund investments. 

Karthik Reddy is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Blume Ventures, one of India’s leading early-stage venture funds with over $750 million in AUM. Blume invests in emerging tech and tech-led innovation from Seed to Series A and supports its standout portfolio companies through growth rounds. Over the past 14 years, Blume has backed 175+ startups across four core funds and is beginning to deploy from its new Fund V in 2025. 

At Blume, Karthik has led investments in and serves on the boards of several top portfolio companies, including Servify, Smallcase, Ultrahuman, Unacademy, GreyOrange, Exotel, IDfy etc., amongst other rising stars. 

Karthik has also held several leadership roles in shaping India’s venture ecosystem. He served as Chairperson of the Executive Committee (2022–24) and Vice Chair (2020–22) at the IVCA (Indian Venture and Alternative Capital Association) - India's apex association for Venture & PE funds, collaborating with the Indian government on policies for Alternative Investment Funds. He has also been a member of SEBI’s AIPAC (Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee) and the NSAC (National Startup Advisory Council), chaired by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. 

With prior roles at American Express Bank, Instinet (Reuters-owned), and Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (Times Group), Karthik brings diverse experience in financial markets, technology, and media across the US and India. 

He is an alumni of IIT Roorkee, IIM Bangalore and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Shin is Managing Partner at GLOBIS Capital Partners. Shin leads GLOBIS’s digital and healthcare investments. Ranked by Forbes Japan’s “Midas List Most Influential Venture Investor”1st in 2018, 7th in 2015, 10th in 2020. 

His track record includes: IPO iStyle, Aucfan, Kayac, Pixta, Mercari, and Lancers; M&A Shimauma Print System (acquired by CCC), nanapi (acquired by KDDI), and Coubic (acquired by hey). His current portfolio includes Timers, Mirrativ, FastDOCTOR, TANP, alu, Alp, Josys, AnotherBall, and newmo etc. 

Prior to Globis, Shin led management consulting projects at Arthur D. Little. He received BA in Economics from University of Tokyo (graduation thesis with Honor), and MBA from Harvard Business School (Second Year Honor). Shin has 8+ years of overseas experience in England, Holland, and the US.

As the Global Head of Financial Services, Fintech & Sustainability at InvestHK, the department of the Hong Kong SAR Government responsible for attracting Foreign Direct Investment, Mr. Leung’s mission is to attract investment and boost job creation in the financial services, fintech, and sustainability sectors in Hong Kong. Moreover, Mr. Leung and his teams also help enrich the ecosystem and contribute to raising the long-term competitiveness and innovation of the related sectors in Hong Kong. Mr. Leung achieves this goal through collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders – policy bureaus, regulators, financial institutions, investors, fintech and sustainability companies, associations, etc. in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and other major international financial, fintech, and sustainability hubs.

Prior to joining the government, Mr. Leung had a diverse private sector background as a serial tech entrepreneur, angel investor, fintech lecturer where his first data-related startup was established through seed investment from Credit Suisse. His startup served numerous world-renowned financial institutions in wealth management, insurance, personal finance, etc. Prior to embarking on his entrepreneurial journey, King was a management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton and KPMG Consulting in the US, as well as a venture capitalist at Innovate@, a technology fund jointly managed by Booz Allen & Hamilton and Lehman Brothers in the US.

King received his MBA in Finance and Strategy (honors) from the University of Chicago and BSc in Mechanical Engineering (honors) from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Ben Eum is a Partner at Scale Asia Ventures, a Silicon Valley–based venture capital firm backing AI-native infrastructure and applications, then scales them globally through a network of institutional investors and corporate LPs across the U.S., Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. Prior to SAV, he led Asia partnerships at Element AI and Armilla AI and served as Vice President of Technology Planning at Hyundai Card. He has also been AI Strategy Advisor for LG CNS and KB Kookmin Bank and Head of AI Strategy at Kakao. Earlier in his career, he worked in management consulting at Monitor, Booz, and Accenture, advising large enterprises on digital and data-driven transformation across Asia and North America.

Michelle Shi is a seasoned financial executive with over 25 years of experience building and allocating capital to alternative investments. She currently advises asset managers on strategic initiatives, leveraging on her unique, multi-faceted perspective gained as a GP, LP and most recently allocator for private wealth. Michelle joined UBS in 2022 as head of CIO Investment Management Alternative Solutions APAC, where she set up and was responsible for the bank’s Alternative fund offerings for their private wealth clients in the region.   Before UBS, she spent a decade with State Street Global Advisors and GE Asset Management where her last role was Head of Asia Private Equity, overseeing the Asia portfolio including funds, direct investments, and co investments on behalf of a large US pension fund. Prior to that, she was a senior investment member at ADM Capital, which is one of the leading private credit hedge funds in the region, where she successfully originated and led direct investments in the region. 

Michelle received a B. of Acc (Banking and Finance) from NTU Singapore, and holds the CFA, CAIA and CA charters. 

Mr. Lee is a Partner and Head of Ares Asia Wealth Management Solutions. Prior to joining Ares in 2022, Mr. Lee was a Managing Director and Global Head of Alternative Investments and Global Head of Discretionary Portfolio Management at HSBC Private Bank. Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Alternative Investments Ltd. in the UK, which provided third-party hedge fund, private equity and real estate investment and research services to institutional and private bank clients. Mr. Lee holds a B.A. from Brown University in Political Science and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in Comparative Politics.

Brad McCarthy is a Managing Director and Head of Asia-Pacific for Carlyle Global Wealth. He is responsible for expanding Carlyle’s wealth platform across the region. He also oversees the institutional wealth channel for Carlyle in Australia and New Zealand. He is based in Singapore.

Mr. McCarthy has more than 25 years of experience in wealth and asset management, where he has led sales and client servicing teams, product launches, and distribution strategies. He joined Carlyle from Citi Private Bank and Global Wealth, where he was a Managing Director and Asia-Pacific Head of Alternative Investment Sales.

Before Citi, Mr. McCarthy was Head of Asia at Permal, where he was responsible for growing the firm’s regional business as an alternative investment provider. He has also held various investment and wealth management roles at ABN AMRO Asset Management and BT Financial Group.

Mr. McCarthy holds a Bachelor of Business from Queensland University of Technology in Australia and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

Marie is the Head of Private Wealth Asia, based in Singapore. She has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining CVC, she worked at UBS Global Wealth Management as Head of Funds & Alternatives, Advisory & Sales for South-East Asia.  Marie holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Finance) from the National University of Singapore.

Doug Coulter joined LGT Capital Partners in 2007 to lead its Asia-Pacific private equity investment activities. Prior to LGT, Doug was a Senior Investment Officer at the IFC, the private sector investment arm of the World Bank, responsible for direct investments in the TMT, retail & consumer and healthcare sectors. He previously worked at Nomura Securities in Hong Kong and as a lawyer at Fasken in Toronto. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, a M.Sc. from the LSE, a law degree from the University of Western Ontario and a B.A. from Queen’s University in Canada.

LGT Capital Partners is a leading alternative investment specialist with over USD 100 billion in assets under management and over 800 private equity professionals worldwide. Headquartered in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland, the firm has offices in New York, Dublin, London, Paris, Frankurt, Vaduz, Dubai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney. LGT Capital Partners was selected as Alternatives Manager of the Year in Asia in 2016 and 2017 and Alternatives Fund House of the Year in 2018 by AsianInvestor, was named Fund of Funds of the year in Asia in 2018 and 2019 by Private Equity International, and was named Alternatives House of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024 by Asia Asset Management.

Pavan has over 20 years experience in finance and banking starting his career in Australia working as a lawyer. He then moved to New York to take up a number of roles at Citigroup, including Investment banking and working on their Private Equity Fund of Funds. He then returned to Australia in 2011 to work for Quentin Ayers, one of Australia’s premier alternative asset consultants, where he advised Australian Superannuation funds on their private equity, credit and infrastructure portfolios. In 2016 he moved to Singapore to join a new family office, Golden Alpha, where he is currently leading the private market investments globally. 

Tadasu Matsuo leads JST’s alternative investment from January, 2022.

Before joining JST, he led HarbourVest Partners Japan as a managing director and co-head from April, 2020.  As a head of alternative investment, he oversaw Japan Post Insurance’s alternative investment, ranging from private equity and infrastructure funds to real estate and hedge funds since September 2016.  Before joining JP Insurance, he headed Daido Life’s alternative investment. 

Served as Senior Managing Director, he also engaged in private equity fund investment and headed a business development of Alternative Investment Capital (AIC), a leading private equity FOF manager and gatekeeper in Japan. Before seconded from Daido Life to AIC, he managed Daido Life's private equity and other alternative investment for five years. Previously he was in charge of group's business development and investor relations at T&D Holdings, a listed holding company of Daido Life.

Prior to joining Daido Life, Mr. Matsuo held such posts as Director and Managing Director and served as an M&A advisor to various insurers' transactions at PwC Financial Advisory Services Japan from 1999 to 2002. Earlier in his career, he worked for Nippon Life Insurance Company for 13 years, where he managed overseas sovereign credit loans and investments.

Mr. Matsuo received his MBA from Duke University and BA in Economics from The University of Tokyo. He passed the US CPA exams.

Doug joined the Guardians of NZ Super in 2018 and is the strategy lead for Private Equity where he oversees the strategy and global implementation across PE, Growth & VC. His role straddles asset allocation and portfolio management, with the application of a total portfolio approach being a key focus.  

Doug’s career spans over 25yrs where he has held a variety of buy-side and sell-side investment roles. He was Head of Equities for ANZ Private Bank (NZ) before moving to Hong Kong with HSBC (2013-2018) where he spent much of his time in the Global Research division (part of Global Banking & Markets) helping to establish and run their research offering to wealth clients. Originally from the UK, Doug started his career in the technology field.

Doug holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Physics from the University of Manchester, UK and an MBA (dist.) from the University of Canterbury, NZ.