Portfolio management: Manifesting the exit
- How do GPs align operational improvement with exit planning?
- What approaches are required for founder-led business versus corporatized businesses?
- How does AI feature in value creation now – and how is that likely to change?
- What are the best ways to use operating partners to achieve optimal outcomes?
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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.