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.

Peter Kim is a Partner, Head of Asia and RMB. He opened the firm’s Hong Kong office in 2012, the Beijing office in 2021, and the Seoul office in 2022. He serves on the firm’s global ExCom.

Prior to joining Coller Capital’s investment team in London in 2009, Peter was in the Healthcare Investment Banking Team at Merrill Lynch. Previously, he worked in the Real Estate, Corporate Securitisation and Infrastructure Finance team at Barclays Capital in London.

 Peter has a BSc in Biochemistry from Imperial College London and an MPhil in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge.

Michael leads Allstate's Chicago and London based infrastructure and private equity teams.  Prior to Allstate, Michael worked at Pritzker Group Private Capital, CIVC Partners, and Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup). Michael earned his MBA from the University of Chicago and his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Raymond joined BC Partners in 1992. He is Chairman of the Firm, Chairman of the Management Committee and the Private Equity Investment Committee. Alongside shaping the Firm’s strategy, Raymond continues to source new investment opportunities and remains actively involved in portfolio company operating reviews. He has over three decades of investing experience across a range of sectors and geographies and leads private equity coverage of the Telecom and Media sector in North America.

Mike is global head and chief investment officer of the External Investing Group (XIG) within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. XIG invests in leading private equity, hedge fund, real estate, infrastructure, credit, public market and Impact managers as a limited partner, secondary-market investor, co-investor or management company partner. He also serves on the group's investment committees across asset classes. Mike also serves as a member of the Partnership Committee.

 Previously, Mike was co-head of the Goldman Sachs Vintage Secondaries platform. Before joining XIG, he was a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Group, focusing on high yield and emerging market debt. Mike joined Goldman Sachs as an associate in the Investment Management Division in 1995 and was named managing director in 2004 and partner in 2012.

Mike serves as a member of the Advisory Board at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

 Mike earned a BA in International Affairs from the University of California, Davis, an MBA from Columbia Business School and an MIA from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is a CFA charterholder.

Teia is a Senior Investment Director in the Private Equity Funds and Co-Investment team at USS Investment Management (~£75bn AUM), the corporate pension plan for universities in the United Kingdom. She is responsible for leading the execution and management of private equity funds and co-investment allocations across all sectors and geographies, and sits on various supervisory boards. From June 2020 to June 2025 Teia was a member of the ILPA Board of Directors of which she served the last 2 years as Chair of the Board. Following her role on the board Teia is now a member of the ILPA Policy committee, engaging in policy, regulations and standard setting for the Private Equity Industry. Prior to joining USS in 2011, Teia was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in the Healthcare division. She holds a MSc in Applied Economics and Finance from Copenhagen Business School, and her university studies included an MBA term at IIM Ahmedabad, India.

Jean Eric Salata is the Chairman of EQT Asia and Head of Private Capital Asia. He previously founded Baring Private Equity Asia in 1997 and led the management buyout that established BPEA as an independent firm, which eventually became one of the largest private equity firms in Asia. In 2022, BPEA merged with the Swedish-listed firm EQT to create a global private markets firm spanning the US, Europe, and Asia.

 EQT in Asia has 350 team members across 8 offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai, Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, and Sydney. EQT has invested approximately USD35 billion in the Asia Pacific region since 1997 in over 180 transactions across our Private Capital, Infrastructure, and Real Estate strategies. EQT’s portfolio in Asia employs more than 410,000 people.

 Mr Salata brings an international perspective, having lived in Chile as a child, completed his education in the United States and lived and worked in Asia since 1989. Mr. Salata graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Finance and Economics.

Sunil leads the Primary Investment Team’s practice in Asia and specializes in fund selection, due diligence, negotiations, and monitoring of Asian investments ex-China, specifically in India, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Korea. He also actively participates in all fund investment decisions and is involved in the sourcing, screening, execution, monitoring, and exiting of growth and buyout co-investments.

Prior to joining Adams Street, Sunil worked for Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore performing financial and business analyses of local and regional companies. Previously, he worked in India as an Investment and Strategy Associate in Tacogroup, the automotive technology and engineering investment arm of the Tata Group of India, where he worked on business planning, feasibility studies, and localization plans for new ventures. 

Sunil manages relationships with several of Adams Street’s managers and sits on advisory boards of more than a dozen private equity firms within the Adams Street Partners portfolio. He is currently Chairman of the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) and has been a member of the SVCA Board since 2016.

He is a member of Adams Street’s Impact Investment Committee.

Mr. Sanjay Kukreja is a partner and part of the founding team of ChrysCapital, India’s leading Private Equity Firm with over $8 bn in AUM across ten funds and a CV. He is currently the Chief Investment Officer at ChrysCapital, overseeing all the firm’s investment activities.   Mr. Kukreja currently serves on the Boards of Hero Fincorp, Intas Pharmaceuticals, Theobroma, Xoriant, ResultsCX and has previously also served on the boards of several other companies such as HDFC Credila, KPIT Technologies, LiquidHub, Infogain, Gebbs, Shriram Transport Finance Company etc.   Mr. Kukreja holds an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Shriram College of Commerce, Delhi University.   Apart from investing, Sanjay is passionate about Education and is a Founder & Trustee at Ashoka University and Plaksha University & also Chairs the Private Equity Committee of FICCI and is an active member of YPO Gurgaon.

Managing Partner, joined in 2006. Hans is based in Hong Kong and is the head of our Greater China business and the Regional team. Prior to joining CVC, Hans was Head of M&A (Asia Pacific) at InBev SA. Hans holds a BSc degree from Columbia University, an MSc from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, US.

Cindy Yan leads the investment activities and portfolio management for Private Capital direct investment in the Asia-Pacific region for Ontario Teachers’. She is based in Ontario Teachers’ Singapore office.

She has over two decades of combined experience in Private Equity, Management Consulting and General Management/Corporate Operations.  Prior to joining Ontario Teachers, Cindy was a Partner with Advantage Partners, an established Japan and Asia focused mid-cap buyout firm, where she led various buyout and late-stage growth investments, and Japan/Asia cross border portfolio value creation in Asia Pacific countries including Japan, Greater China and Southeast Asia.  The investments are across Technology, Industrial, Business Services, and Health/Consumer sectors.  Prior to that, she worked at Boston Consulting Group and the 999 Group.

Cindy holds a BA from Sichuan International Studies University and MBA from Harvard Business School.

With over 20 years of experience in the financial media and information industry, Yana Morris a passionate and innovative leader who thrives on creating and delivering high-quality content and solutions to global clients. As the Chief Content Officer she is responsible for the content strategies, distribution and compliance of ION Analytics core service brands: Debtwire, Dealogic, Mergermarket and Infralogic. 

Gaurav Trehan (Mumbai) joined KKR in 2020. He is a Partner, Co-Head of KKR Asia Pacific, Head of Asia Pacific Private Equity, and Chief Executive Officer for KKR India. Prior to joining KKR, he spent more than fifteen years with TPG Capital Asia and was most recently a partner in its India office. He has led and executed private equity transactions across a diverse range of sectors in India from financial services to retail and healthcare. Prior to joining TPG, he worked in the mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring department of Morgan Stanley with a focus on the technology sector. Mr. Trehan holds a BS in mathematics/applied science and economics from UCLA.

Xiaoxi Lin is a partner based in Morrison Foerster’s Hong Kong office. Xiaoxi Lin has over 15 years’ experience advising private equity and investment fund clients on their most complex and strategic transactions, including control and leveraged buyouts, growth capital investments and public takeovers.

Xiaoxi is one of the most experienced practitioners in Asia in U.S. public transactions, including take privates, PIPE (private investment in public equity) and SPAC/de-SPAC transactions.

He has significant experience advising both financial sponsors and corporations on M&A transactions, with a particular focus on the technology, healthcare and energy sectors, as well as inbound and outbound investments related to China and the U.S.

Xiaoxi has advised a wide range of financial sponsors across the U.S. and Asia, including Advantage Partners, Bain, Baring Private Equity Asia (now EQT Private Capital Asia), Carlyle, Centurium Capital, China Everbright, CITIC Capital/Trustar Capital, C Capital, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), DCP, Evenstar Capital, Genesis Capital, GF Capital, GP Investments, Hammer Capital, Hillhouse, KKR, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala, Ocean Link, Orchid Asia, PAG, Snow Lake, Thomas H. Lee Partners, TPG and Warburg Pincus.

Xiaoxi has been ranked as “Next Generation Partner” for Private Equity in Hong Kong by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and recommended for Private Equity in China and Hong Kong.

Thomas is Managing Partner and Head of Southeast Asia at CDH Investments, a leading alternative asset manager in Asia. Based in Singapore, Dr. Lanyi and his team pursue structured investment opportunities across all major markets in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Vietnam, covering a broad range of sectors, transaction types and stages. Dr. Lanyi also co-leads CDH’s global China cross-border practice.  

 Dr. Lanyi has worked in Private Equity in Asia since the late 1990s. Prior to joining CDH in 2012, he held senior management roles at Mekong Capital in Vietnam and Templeton Private Equity in Singapore. 

Dr. Lanyi earned a Doctorate with distinction in Capital Markets Theory & Econometrics from the Vienna University of Economics and obtained a CEMS Masters degree in International Management from HEC Paris. 

 He has been actively involved with developing the regional alternative assets management industry and community, chairing the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) between 2017 and 2021. Dr. Lanyi makes an impact by serving on a number of corporate and charitable boards such as the German European School of Singapore, and he acts as an advisor to the Vietnam Private Capital Association (VPCA).

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.

Steve Duncan is a Business Unit Partner at TPG Capital Asia based in Melbourne and has been with TPG since 2020. Steve is the Chairman of Made Group, one of Australia’s largest healthy food and beverage businesses and Five Good Friends, a technology-enabled homecare provider. He was previously a director of iNova Pharmaceuticals and logistics software company Containerchain.

Prior to joining TPG, Steve worked with CPE Capital across their Australia and Singapore offices for approximately nine years. 

Steve holds a B.Commerce (Hons) Finance & Accounting from the University of New South Wales and an MBA jointly issued by Columbia Business School and London Business School.

Hemal Mirani leads the firm’s efforts in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. As Head of APAC, she is the lead executive responsible for our business in the region. Hemal also works closely with the firm’s regional leaders in the Americas and Europe and the Middle East (EMEA). Together, they ensure global alignment on key initiatives and the continued delivery of excellence across our business around the globe.

Hemal first joined HarbourVest in 1997 and spent 11 years developing relationships with leading Asian private equity managers. She also worked with our investors and consultants across the region to advance and optimize their private market investment programs. She then spent six years with CVC Capital Partners in Hong Kong, where she was head of investor relations in Asia and Chief Administrative Officer. She rejoined HarbourVest’s senior management team in Asia in 2015 to focus on investments and investor relations across the Asia Pacific region.

Hemal received a BA in Commerce from Sydenham College (Bombay) in 1989, an MA in International Studies with a Japanese language concentration from the Joseph H. Lauder Institute, and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School in 1997. The latter two were part of a joint degree program at the University of Pennsylvania. Hemal speaks fluent Japanese.

David Gross is the Co-Managing Partner of Bain Capital, a leading private investment firm with offices on four continents and approximately $185 billion in assets under management.  He also serves as Asia Managing Partner.  He joined the firm in 2000.

David is a founding member of Bain Capital’s Asia business, having launched and managed the Tokyo office in 2006. He was instrumental in the expansion of the Asia business in the region covering the firm’s activities across private equity, private credit, special situations, life sciences, and technology. David has led many of the most prominent transactions in the region over that period including Kioxia (formerly Toshiba Memory Corporation), Genpact (NYSE: G), Hero MotorCorp (NSE: HEROMOTOCO), Japan Wind Development, Macromill, Jupiter Shop Channel, Domino’s Pizza Japan, and Uniview Technologies. Prior to that, David was a key member of the team that formed the firm’s industrial and technology investment verticals, having worked on several transactions including UGS PLM Software, Innophos, US Internetworking, and MEI Conlux. 

David also led the creation of Bain Capital’s Macro function which provides macroeconomic insights and investment strategies to benefit the broader platform in investment theme development as well as portfolio and risk management. 

 Prior to Bain Capital, David was a consultant with Bain & Company from 1998 - 2000 and worked with NEC Corporation in Tokyo from 1992 - 1996.

 David earned an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

 David is active on numerous non-profit boards including the Berklee College of Music, Boston Children’s Hospital Trust Board, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Board of Overseers, and the advisory boards of the Kelly Writer’s House and the Center for the Advanced Study of India, both at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a board member of Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio S.p.A.

Will Cai is the co-chair of Cooley’s China corporate practice and a founding partner of the firm’s Asia capital markets practice. He specializes in US and Hong Kong capital markets transactions and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Over the past two decades, Will has worked on 100+ successful initial public offerings (IPOs) and follow-on offerings in the US and Hong Kong markets, with a focus on technology and new economy companies. In addition, Will has represented a significant number of leading new economy companies in their cross-border M&A transactions with an aggregate value of several billion US dollars, including many landmark deals.

Nitin is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Filter Capital, a growth investment firm which partners with India’s tech entrepreneurs from inflection point to industry leadership. The firm invests in SaaS, IT services, and technology-led businesses across consumer, B2B and financial services. Filter Capital’s current portfolio companies include Capillary (loyalty software), Chalo (mobility), Loadshare (e-commerce logistics), THB (healthcare software), M1xchange (supply chain financing platform) and R for Rabbit (online-first baby-care brand).

Prior to launching Filter Capital, Nitin spent 14 years at the India office of global private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC, including six years as Managing Director where he led the firm’s investment advisory activities in the technology sector in India. In his role as Managing Director, Nitin evaluated close to 300 opportunities in technology-led businesses including Internet and e-commerce, software and IT services, payments, logistics, education and health.

Nitin graduated with an AB from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Alister is the founder and Managing Partner of Folklore Ventures, an Australian venture capital firm with three top-decile funds under management that invests in ANZ founders building global technology companies. Alister has over 20 years of experience as an investor, advisor and founder of technology companies, with software at their core.

Emre joined Globis Capital Partners in 2014. He leads investments in IT startups targeting digital transformation of various industries. His portfolio includes Photosynth (TSE: 4379), MFS (TSE: 196A), GLM (acquired by a Hong Kong company), Sensyn Robotics (robotics software and services), New Standard (brand DX agency), Matsuri Technologies (short-term rental support systems and operations), Global Mobility Service (auto loans, IoT), Shippio (digital international freight forwarding, SaaS), CADDi (AI data platform for the manufacturing sector), Estie (commercial real estate database, SaaS), Leaner Technologies (procurement SaaS), Ascend (transportation management SaaS), Facilo (SaaS for real estate agencies), Medical Force (SaaS for self-pay clinics), and Kotoba Technologies (voice AI foundation models and applications). 

Prior to joining Globis Capital Partners, Emre worked for Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting (Tokyo) and KPMG Management Consulting (Tokyo). 

He teaches at Globis University Graduate School of Management (MBA). 

Emre graduated from Harvard Business School (MBA) and Ohio State University (Honors).

Angela Toy is Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Golden Gate Ventures, an early stage VC firm investing in internet and mobile related technology companies across Southeast Asia. Angela serves on a number of portfolio boards and is involved broadly across the entire portfolio ensuring that the portfolio gets needed to propel companies in their growth. Internally, Angela oversees the Portfolio Management, Fund Administration and Operations functions of the fund. 

Angela graduated with Honours in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University and started her career in Ernst & Young specializing in the audit of Financial Institutions such as banks and asset managers. A few notable institutions in her audit portfolio included Societe Genarale, Mizuho Corporate Bank and UOB. 

Prior to joining Golden Gate Ventures, Angela launched an ecommerce subscription business in the pet industry. Outside of work Angela has a wide range of interests and hobbies. Her dedication to holistic wellness is evidenced by her RYT200 Hot Yoga Teacher Training completion in July 2017 as well as an Executive Coaching Program in 2022. Additionally, Angela is an avid animal lover who enjoys engaging in outdoor activities such as snowboarding, diving, and volleyball, all while maintaining a passion for travel and promoting sustainable living.

Nozomi Oda is a partner based in Morrison Foerster’s Tokyo office, and she serves as Head of our Asia Private Equity practice. Nozomi’s practice focuses on cross-border public and private M&A, joint ventures, strategic investments, and life sciences. She has a particular emphasis on advising private equity and life sciences clients.

In addition to her work in private practice, Nozomi previously spent two years with Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) as a deputy director of the corporate disclosure department, where she participated in the drafting of the FSA’s regulations on disclosures regarding tender offers, private placement offerings and director compensation.

Nozomi is recommended by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Japan: Corporate and M&A and also has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan for Capital Markets Law, Corporate and M&A Law, Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law. Nozomi is also ranked as “Highly Regarded” and “Women Leader” by IFLR1000 for Japan: M&A – Foreign.

Nozomi is a bengoshi admitted to practice in Japan and New York, and is a member of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association.

Mr. Kita joined Advantage Partners in 2003 and leads all activities for the Japan Buyout team. Mr. Kita has also directly led many investments including CommunityOne, Katitas, Net Protections, Yaruki Switch Group and Cosmolife. He currently serves as a Director on several investments including Material Group,  Energywith, NFC Holdings, Net Japan and Daiho Industrial.

Prior to joining Advantage Partners, Mr. Kita was at Bain & Company Japan and focused on projects in the auto, finance, telecommunications, food products, trading houses, and healthcare sectors. Mr. Kita holds an undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo, and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley.

Satoru Arakawa has been an investment professional at J-STAR since 2007, and has focused on small-cap buyouts in Japan. Based in Tokyo, he has been involved in nine transactions and value-added activities for portfolio companies in the industrial and healthcare sectors.  Prior to joining J-STAR, Arakawa worked for eight years in strategic consulting at Nomura Research Institute, where he engaged in strategic advisory and business improvements for a broad range of sectors, including PE-backed companies.

Shota Kuwaki currently serves as Managing Director of Sunrise Capital KK. In this capacity, he is responsible for the overall investor relations activities of the firm. Prior to joining the firm in 2016, Mr. Kuwaki previously worked as an investor relations professional at domestic buyout fund, Advantage Partners, where he engaged with both overseas and domestic investors. Prior to his tenure at Advantage Partners, he was involved in equity research at Macquarie Securities and Mizuho Securities. Additionally he has experience in the field of insurance at AIG. Mr. Kuwaki received a B.A. in Economics from Keio 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.

Phillip Wong is responsible for private markets investments in buyout, technology, infrastructure and private credit at the HKMA.  Mr Wong joined the HKMA in 2013 and has been covering private equity investments before taking up his current role in 2022.  Prior to joining the HKMA, Mr Wong worked in Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs.  Mr Wong received a Bachelor’s degree in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.  

Mr. O’Leary serves as co-Chief Executive Officer, primarily focused on overseeing the organization and performance of Oaktree’s investment teams. He is also portfolio manager for the firm’s Global Opportunities strategy, leading the group’s investment activities in North America.  In this capacity, he contributes to the analysis, portfolio construction and management of both the Global Opportunities and Value Opportunities strategies.  Prior to joining Oaktree in 2002, he worked at McKinsey & Company, where he was a consultant, and Orion Partners, a private equity firm, where he focused on investments in private companies.  Mr. O’Leary graduated magna cum laude from Pomona College with a B.A. degree in economics, and he received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Pamela is a partner and investment committee member for the Morgan Stanley Private Equity Solutions Team and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, Pamela was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company's corporate finance practice in Hong Kong, responsible for investment opportunity identification, deal advisory, merger management and strategy development. Previously, she was a management consultant with Monitor Group, specializing in marketing strategy for clients across Asia, and a member of the corporate finance team with Lehman Brothers in Hong Kong. Pamela has a Law degree (first class honors) from the University of Hong Kong and an M.B.A. with honors in finance and management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Saurabh Chatterjee is a Managing Director at ChrysCapital where he manages the Fundraising and LP Relations functions, and is also a voting member of the firm’s investment committee. Prior to joining ChrysCapital in 2016, he was with Providence Equity Partners’ investment team in their New Delhi Office. Before Providence, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group and CIVC Partners, a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm. Saurabh received an MBA from Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Economics from Carleton College.

Imran is a Managing Partner at Gaja Capital. He is responsible for investing activities, operations and team development. At Gaja Capital, Imran leads investments in the Education, Software and Consumer clusters. He has been closely involved with Gaja Capital’s investments in Amber Student (Global marketplace for student accommodation), Signzy (SaaS platform for BFSI), LeadSquared (Sales automation SaaS platform), Ei (B2B Learning Software), Sportz Village (Youth Sports), Lighthouse Learning (Pre-K and K-12), John Distilleries (AlcoBev) and CL Educate (Supplemental Education.

He holds a master’s of science degree in software engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan and has completed a post-graduate diploma in management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Karnataka. He has over 26 years of experience in various industries which includes 19 years of experience in private equity.

Manish Kejriwal is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kedaara Capital. Kedaara is a private equity firm pursuing control and minority investment opportunities in India. It currently manages over ~US$ 3.6 billion through investments in several market-leading businesses across a variety of sectors, including consumer, financial services, pharma/healthcare, technology / business services and industrials. Kedaara’s operating partner model comprising former CEOs with proven track records of building market leading businesses.

Since its inception, Kedaara has remained singularly dedicated to its stated strategy of focusing on investments built through trust-based relationships with best-in-class entrepreneurs and management teams across secular fast growing end markets. Kedaara combines the strengths of a well-networked, highly experienced local investing and operating team with the experience of their strategic partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a global private equity firm.

In early 2004, Manish founded the India office of Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd., where he headed all its investments and other activities till September 2011. During this time, Temasek invested over US$4 billion in India. He was a Senior Managing Director and also held multiple responsibilities in Temasek, Singapore.

He was a core member of its senior leadership team and a key member of Temasek Holding’s Senior Management Committee (SMC), and its Senior Investment & Divestment Committee (SIDC). He was also tasked to lead the firm’s global investments in the FIG sector and its investments in Africa, Middle-East and Russia. Manish brings over 30 years of experience in investing, encompassing the full cycle of experiences in private equity across a variety of industries and sectors in private and public companies and consulting.

Prior to Temasek, Manish was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. and was part of their New York, Cleveland and Mumbai offices. He helped found “The Private Equity Practice” during his years in New York and was instrumental in conceiving and co-authoring the widely followed “NASSCOM McKinsey reports”.

Prior to McKinsey, Manish had worked at the World Bank in Washington D.C. and with Goldman Sachs (Principal Investment/Corporate Finance) in HK.

Manish received an AB from Dartmouth College, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Major in Economics and Engineering Sciences and where he received the Dean’s Plate. He holds an MBA from Harvard University, where he graduated with high distinction as a Baker Scholar.

Manish is currently the lead independent director at Bharti Airtel, on the boards of Bajaj Finserv Limited and Bajaj Holdings Investment Limited and various Kedaara investee companies. He is also a Member of the Governing Board at K Raheja Corp. Over the years, he has been on the boards of various portfolio companies: Temasek Holdings Advisors India, Parksons Packaging, ICICI Onesource, Punj Lloyd, Bharti Infratel, Fullerton Financial Holdings and Fullerton India Credit Company. He is passionate about driving a few select education initiatives, reflected by his ongoing involvement in the United World College movement as a founder trustee at Ashoka University and a former member of the Harvard Alumni Board.

Manish is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and was named a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. Manish is the Co-chair of the CII National Committee on Private Equity and Venture Capital and was also a member of the Alternative Investments Policy Advisory Committee, constituted by the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He has authored various articles on PE in India and has been profiled in various newspapers and periodicals. He is a sought-after speaker at numerous conferences in India, Asia and North America. He was profiled as one of the “25 hottest young executives in India” by Business Today.

Ms. Renuka Ramnath is the Founder, Managing Director, and CEO of Multiples Alternate Asset Management, a private equity manager and advisor to funds of ~ USD 3 bn in AUM.

Renuka Ramnath is one of the most experienced private equity fund managers in India, with a career of over 35 years in financial services across private equity, investment banking, and structured finance. Ms. Ramnath started her career with the ICICI group, which culminated in becoming the MD & CEO of ICICI Venture. She was instrumental in building it into one of the largest private equity funds in the country. In 2009, she took an entrepreneurial turn and founded Multiples, an India-focused private equity platform. Renuka is driven by the ripple effects of supporting entrepreneurs in building sustainable businesses, resulting in employment generation, economic simulation, and facilitation of nation-building. She is a Board member of GPCA, the global industry association for private capital. She is the Chairperson of Tata Communications Limited, a public company in the TATA Group.

Renuka was the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association 2020 – 2022. Under her helm, IVCA took comprehensive steps to engage deeply with the government and regulators to bring focus on increasing deployment of domestic long-term capital and positioning India as an attractive investment destination through Maximum India Conclave. Recognizing the role of alternative assets as an important currency for economic growth, her endeavour has been to enlarge and encourage industry participants, empower them with knowledge, and focus on growth balanced by good governance.

As Asia Pacific private credit leader, I am focused on connecting clients to KPMG’s breadth of services to assist with fund structuring, deal sourcing, fund performance and the growth of our clients.

I regularly advise on a range of assignments across private credit, including direct lending, distressed and special situations, asset-backed lending, restructurings (including debt-to-equity transactions) and various business turnaround & value creation assignments.

Our deal team are uniquely placed to provide transaction services, debt advisory, tax structuring, turnaround and restructuring services, deal strategy, value creation, M&A, reporting and monitoring, options analysis and compliance services. 

Celia Yan is a Partner and Head of APAC Hybrid at Apollo Global Management, where she leads the firm’s hybrid investment platform across Asia Pacific. She is responsible for origination, execution, and strategic expansion of hybrid strategies across private market opportunities, spanning opportunistic credit to structured equity.

 Previously, Celia was Head of APAC Private Credit at BlackRock, where she served as Portfolio Manager for the firm’s APAC Private Credit funds and Chair of the Investment Committee. She also held leadership positions on BlackRock’s APAC Operating Committee and Global Private Debt Executive Committee.  Prior to BlackRock, Celia was Head of Greater China at ADM Capital, focusing on private credit investments across Asia and globally, with a strong emphasis on Greater China linked opportunities. She began her career at National Australia Bank and Equity Trustees in Melbourne.

 Celia is also committed to community engagement and currently serves on the Advisory Committee of WEMP in Hong Kong, a foundation established to promote children’s mental health. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Applied Econometrics from Monash University.

Mr. Mohinani is a Partner in Ares Asia, where he focuses on credit. Additionally, Mr. Mohinani is a member of the Secured Lending Funds Investment Committee. Prior to joining Ares in 2020, Mr. Mohinani was the Managing Director of the SSG Group since 2015 and was instrumental in growing the firm's Asia business, including identifying opportunities, structuring investments and asset management. Previously, Mr. Mohinani was responsible for Nomura's Asia credit desk analysis, overseeing high grade, high yield, illiquids and distressed across sovereigns, banks and corporates. In addition, Mr. Mohinani was at Lehman Brothers from May 2005, where he also headed the bank's Asia Pacific credit research effort. Mr. Mohinani began his career in research roles at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. At JP Morgan, he followed the Asian distressed credit market and, subsequently became responsible for the bank's Asia high grade credit research. Mr. Mohinani holds a degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School in Economics. Mr. Mohinani is a CFA® charterholder.

Andrew Schantz joined Bain Capital in 2023. He is a Partner on the Credit team.

Prior to joining Bain Capital, Andrew was a Managing Director with CPP Investment’s APAC Credit team and an Executive Director with Tor Investment Management. He began his career with Citi’s Special Situations and Credit Portfolio teams in New York.Andrew received an MS from Boston College, a BS from Florida State University, and is a CFA Charterholder. 

Chris Mikosh is the Portfolio Manager and Co-Founder of Tor Investment Management, a leading independent alternative credit manager in Asia with over $2.4 billion under management. Chris has over 25 years of direct credit investing and trading experience. Prior to Tor, he was Managing Director and Head Trader of the Asian Special Situations Group (ASSG) at Goldman Sachs (2000–2012). During his tenure, Chris was responsible for managing, sourcing, trading, and hedging a multi-asset class portfolio that averaged $3 billion. While at Goldman, Chris sat on the Asia Risk Committee and the Board of Goldman Sachs (Asia) Finance, the firm’s main investing entity in the region. Chris also sat on the Liquid Investing Committee for Non-Japan Asia, the Liquid Investing Committee for Japan, and the Illiquid Investing Committee in the US. Prior to Goldman, Chris spent four years at Lazard Frères as a desk analyst and then as Head Trader of the distressed and high-yield debt desk. Prior to that, he spent two years as a banker in Chase Securities’ high-yield origination group. Chris earned a dual degree BS in Finance and Computer Science/Management Information Systems from Boston College in 1994. He is a member of the board of the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation in Hong Kong.

Praneet Garg is a Managing Director in Asia Alternatives’ Hong Kong office. Mr. Garg is on the Firm’s Investment Committee. Mr. Garg co-leads Asia Alternatives’ investments in India and Southeast 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 co-leads the Firm’s Special Situations and Secondaries efforts and 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 M.B.A. from Mumbai University. Mr. Garg is fluent in Hindi and Punjabi.

Mr. Garg currently serves on the Advisory Boards of several of Asia Alternatives’ India, South East Asia and Special Situations funds. Mr. Garg also serves on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI).

Greg is the Global Co-Head of Private Equity at APG Asset Management US Inc.

Prior to joining APG US, Mr. Jania was a Managing Director, Partner, and member of the investment committee at WP Global Partners, a 25-person, $2 billion private equity firm founded in 2005. WP Global’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, international insurance companies, endowments, and pension plans. WP Global invested in global buyout, debt, and venture funds and was also an active co-investor.

Prior to that, Mr. Jania was a Senior Vice President in the Investment Management Group of GE Commercial Finance, which managed a $2.5 billion private equity portfolio consisting of over 230 buyout, mezzanine, and venture funds and direct equity investments.  Prior to joining GE, he was Vice President at One Equity Partners, a subsidiary of Bank One that invested more than $1 billion in private equity funds during his tenure and managed a $2.2 billion private equity portfolio with over 125 fund investments. Mr. Jania started his career in credit analysis and debt underwriting at American National Bank, a subsidiary of Bank One in Chicago.

 Mr. Jania received an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago and earned a B.A. in political science and economics, magna cum laude, from Wabash College where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Harj Shoan is a Senior Managing Director at Ontario Teachers’. Based in Toronto, he leads activities globally in both Funds and Sustainable Energy Transition within our Private Capital team. Harj joined Ontario Teachers’ in 2014 and has over two decades of experience in international private equity, investment banking, and corporate finance. He is also a member of the Equities Underwriting Committee.

Since joining the organization, Harj has led a number of transactions, including Arterra Wines, Shearer’s Snacks, Traeger Grills, Munchkin, BRG (Bell/Riddell/Giro), Bass Pro/Cabela’s, Unifoods, and Alqueria. Harj currently sits on the boards of Arterra Wines and Traeger Grills.

Prior to his current roles, Harj has held numerous leadership positions within Private Capital, including responsibility for the global Portfolio Management practice, as well as being a lead member of the Consumer & Retail direct investing team.

Previously, Harj worked for Imperial Capital, Morgan Stanley Private Equity (U.K.), Shoppers Drug Mart, and BMO Nesbitt Burns.

Harj holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Anders Strömblad is a senior investment executive with over 25 years of experience managing institutional portfolios. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor at the Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2).

Anders is globally recognized for developing well-thought-out strategies and successfully implementing and managing portfolios. He has been a cornerstone in building the internationally respected AP2 brand.

Until 2024, Anders was Head of Alternative Investments at AP2, where he led the alternative investment portfolio—including private equity, farmland, timber, real estate, infrastructure, and private debt. Under his leadership, the alternative portfolio grew from zero to represent more than one-third of AP2’s total assets under management, exceeding $45 billion USD.

In addition to overseeing all alternative assets, Anders was responsible for all externally managed public assets and led the global evaluation and selection of external asset managers.

A recognized pioneer in sustainable investing, Anders spearheaded AP2’s groundbreaking commitment to global farmland, positioning the fund at the forefront of biodiversity-conscious investment. He has consistently driven impact and climate-related investments without compromising financial returns.

Anders has integrated ESG principles across all alternative investments and actively advances responsible investment practices. He has served as Chair of the UN PRI 

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.

Nozomi Oda is a partner based in Morrison Foerster’s Tokyo office, and she serves as Head of our Asia Private Equity practice. Nozomi’s practice focuses on cross-border public and private M&A, joint ventures, strategic investments, and life sciences. She has a particular emphasis on advising private equity and life sciences clients.

In addition to her work in private practice, Nozomi previously spent two years with Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) as a deputy director of the corporate disclosure department, where she participated in the drafting of the FSA’s regulations on disclosures regarding tender offers, private placement offerings and director compensation.

Nozomi is recommended by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Japan: Corporate and M&A and also has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in Japan for Capital Markets Law, Corporate and M&A Law, Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law. Nozomi is also ranked as “Highly Regarded” and “Women Leader” by IFLR1000 for Japan: M&A – Foreign.

Nozomi is a bengoshi admitted to practice in Japan and New York, and is a member of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association.

Greg is the Global Co-Head of Private Equity at APG Asset Management US Inc.

Prior to joining APG US, Mr. Jania was a Managing Director, Partner, and member of the investment committee at WP Global Partners, a 25-person, $2 billion private equity firm founded in 2005. WP Global’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, international insurance companies, endowments, and pension plans. WP Global invested in global buyout, debt, and venture funds and was also an active co-investor.

Prior to that, Mr. Jania was a Senior Vice President in the Investment Management Group of GE Commercial Finance, which managed a $2.5 billion private equity portfolio consisting of over 230 buyout, mezzanine, and venture funds and direct equity investments.  Prior to joining GE, he was Vice President at One Equity Partners, a subsidiary of Bank One that invested more than $1 billion in private equity funds during his tenure and managed a $2.2 billion private equity portfolio with over 125 fund investments. Mr. Jania started his career in credit analysis and debt underwriting at American National Bank, a subsidiary of Bank One in Chicago.

 Mr. Jania received an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago and earned a B.A. in political science and economics, magna cum laude, from Wabash College where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

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.

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.

Andrew Schantz joined Bain Capital in 2023. He is a Partner on the Credit team.

Prior to joining Bain Capital, Andrew was a Managing Director with CPP Investment’s APAC Credit team and an Executive Director with Tor Investment Management. He began his career with Citi’s Special Situations and Credit Portfolio teams in New York.Andrew received an MS from Boston College, a BS from Florida State University, and is a CFA Charterholder. 

As Asia Pacific private credit leader, I am focused on connecting clients to KPMG’s breadth of services to assist with fund structuring, deal sourcing, fund performance and the growth of our clients.

I regularly advise on a range of assignments across private credit, including direct lending, distressed and special situations, asset-backed lending, restructurings (including debt-to-equity transactions) and various business turnaround & value creation assignments.

Our deal team are uniquely placed to provide transaction services, debt advisory, tax structuring, turnaround and restructuring services, deal strategy, value creation, M&A, reporting and monitoring, options analysis and compliance services. 

Will Cai is the co-chair of Cooley’s China corporate practice and a founding partner of the firm’s Asia capital markets practice. He specializes in US and Hong Kong capital markets transactions and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Over the past two decades, Will has worked on 100+ successful initial public offerings (IPOs) and follow-on offerings in the US and Hong Kong markets, with a focus on technology and new economy companies. In addition, Will has represented a significant number of leading new economy companies in their cross-border M&A transactions with an aggregate value of several billion US dollars, including many landmark deals.

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.

Nikos joined BC Partners in 2005. He is Chairman, Europe, a permanent member of the Management Committee, a permanent member of the Private Equity Investment Committee, Chairs the Private Equity Exit Committee and plays an active role in developing the Firm’s strategy, recruiting talent, sourcing investment opportunities, and portfolio company operating reviews.

Nikos brings nearly three decades of experience in private equity across a number of sectors and geographies. He leads the Telecom and Media investment vertical in Europe and has led several investments for the Firm, including Acuris, Pharmathen, ComHem, United Group, and Springer Nature.

Previously, Nikos was a Partner at Apax Partners in London, and prior to this, worked at the Boston Consulting Group in London.

Manish Kejriwal is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kedaara Capital. Kedaara is a private equity firm pursuing control and minority investment opportunities in India. It currently manages over ~US$ 3.6 billion through investments in several market-leading businesses across a variety of sectors, including consumer, financial services, pharma/healthcare, technology / business services and industrials. Kedaara’s operating partner model comprising former CEOs with proven track records of building market leading businesses.

Since its inception, Kedaara has remained singularly dedicated to its stated strategy of focusing on investments built through trust-based relationships with best-in-class entrepreneurs and management teams across secular fast growing end markets. Kedaara combines the strengths of a well-networked, highly experienced local investing and operating team with the experience of their strategic partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a global private equity firm.

In early 2004, Manish founded the India office of Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd., where he headed all its investments and other activities till September 2011. During this time, Temasek invested over US$4 billion in India. He was a Senior Managing Director and also held multiple responsibilities in Temasek, Singapore.

He was a core member of its senior leadership team and a key member of Temasek Holding’s Senior Management Committee (SMC), and its Senior Investment & Divestment Committee (SIDC). He was also tasked to lead the firm’s global investments in the FIG sector and its investments in Africa, Middle-East and Russia. Manish brings over 30 years of experience in investing, encompassing the full cycle of experiences in private equity across a variety of industries and sectors in private and public companies and consulting.

Prior to Temasek, Manish was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. and was part of their New York, Cleveland and Mumbai offices. He helped found “The Private Equity Practice” during his years in New York and was instrumental in conceiving and co-authoring the widely followed “NASSCOM McKinsey reports”.

Prior to McKinsey, Manish had worked at the World Bank in Washington D.C. and with Goldman Sachs (Principal Investment/Corporate Finance) in HK.

Manish received an AB from Dartmouth College, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Major in Economics and Engineering Sciences and where he received the Dean’s Plate. He holds an MBA from Harvard University, where he graduated with high distinction as a Baker Scholar.

Manish is currently the lead independent director at Bharti Airtel, on the boards of Bajaj Finserv Limited and Bajaj Holdings Investment Limited and various Kedaara investee companies. He is also a Member of the Governing Board at K Raheja Corp. Over the years, he has been on the boards of various portfolio companies: Temasek Holdings Advisors India, Parksons Packaging, ICICI Onesource, Punj Lloyd, Bharti Infratel, Fullerton Financial Holdings and Fullerton India Credit Company. He is passionate about driving a few select education initiatives, reflected by his ongoing involvement in the United World College movement as a founder trustee at Ashoka University and a former member of the Harvard Alumni Board.

Manish is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and was named a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. Manish is the Co-chair of the CII National Committee on Private Equity and Venture Capital and was also a member of the Alternative Investments Policy Advisory Committee, constituted by the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He has authored various articles on PE in India and has been profiled in various newspapers and periodicals. He is a sought-after speaker at numerous conferences in India, Asia and North America. He was profiled as one of the “25 hottest young executives in India” by Business Today.

Harj Shoan is a Senior Managing Director at Ontario Teachers’. Based in Toronto, he leads activities globally in both Funds and Sustainable Energy Transition within our Private Capital team. Harj joined Ontario Teachers’ in 2014 and has over two decades of experience in international private equity, investment banking, and corporate finance. He is also a member of the Equities Underwriting Committee.

Since joining the organization, Harj has led a number of transactions, including Arterra Wines, Shearer’s Snacks, Traeger Grills, Munchkin, BRG (Bell/Riddell/Giro), Bass Pro/Cabela’s, Unifoods, and Alqueria. Harj currently sits on the boards of Arterra Wines and Traeger Grills.

Prior to his current roles, Harj has held numerous leadership positions within Private Capital, including responsibility for the global Portfolio Management practice, as well as being a lead member of the Consumer & Retail direct investing team.

Previously, Harj worked for Imperial Capital, Morgan Stanley Private Equity (U.K.), Shoppers Drug Mart, and BMO Nesbitt Burns.

Harj holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Mr. O’Leary serves as co-Chief Executive Officer, primarily focused on overseeing the organization and performance of Oaktree’s investment teams. He is also portfolio manager for the firm’s Global Opportunities strategy, leading the group’s investment activities in North America.  In this capacity, he contributes to the analysis, portfolio construction and management of both the Global Opportunities and Value Opportunities strategies.  Prior to joining Oaktree in 2002, he worked at McKinsey & Company, where he was a consultant, and Orion Partners, a private equity firm, where he focused on investments in private companies.  Mr. O’Leary graduated magna cum laude from Pomona College with a B.A. degree in economics, and he received his M.B.A. from 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.

Mike is global head and chief investment officer of the External Investing Group (XIG) within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. XIG invests in leading private equity, hedge fund, real estate, infrastructure, credit, public market and Impact managers as a limited partner, secondary-market investor, co-investor or management company partner. He also serves on the group's investment committees across asset classes. Mike also serves as a member of the Partnership Committee.

 Previously, Mike was co-head of the Goldman Sachs Vintage Secondaries platform. Before joining XIG, he was a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Group, focusing on high yield and emerging market debt. Mike joined Goldman Sachs as an associate in the Investment Management Division in 1995 and was named managing director in 2004 and partner in 2012.

Mike serves as a member of the Advisory Board at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

 Mike earned a BA in International Affairs from the University of California, Davis, an MBA from Columbia Business School and an MIA from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is a CFA charterholder.

Anders Strömblad is a senior investment executive with over 25 years of experience managing institutional portfolios. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor at the Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2).

Anders is globally recognized for developing well-thought-out strategies and successfully implementing and managing portfolios. He has been a cornerstone in building the internationally respected AP2 brand.

Until 2024, Anders was Head of Alternative Investments at AP2, where he led the alternative investment portfolio—including private equity, farmland, timber, real estate, infrastructure, and private debt. Under his leadership, the alternative portfolio grew from zero to represent more than one-third of AP2’s total assets under management, exceeding $45 billion USD.

In addition to overseeing all alternative assets, Anders was responsible for all externally managed public assets and led the global evaluation and selection of external asset managers.

A recognized pioneer in sustainable investing, Anders spearheaded AP2’s groundbreaking commitment to global farmland, positioning the fund at the forefront of biodiversity-conscious investment. He has consistently driven impact and climate-related investments without compromising financial returns.

Anders has integrated ESG principles across all alternative investments and actively advances responsible investment practices. He has served as Chair of the UN PRI 

Chris Mikosh is the Portfolio Manager and Co-Founder of Tor Investment Management, a leading independent alternative credit manager in Asia with over $2.4 billion under management. Chris has over 25 years of direct credit investing and trading experience. Prior to Tor, he was Managing Director and Head Trader of the Asian Special Situations Group (ASSG) at Goldman Sachs (2000–2012). During his tenure, Chris was responsible for managing, sourcing, trading, and hedging a multi-asset class portfolio that averaged $3 billion. While at Goldman, Chris sat on the Asia Risk Committee and the Board of Goldman Sachs (Asia) Finance, the firm’s main investing entity in the region. Chris also sat on the Liquid Investing Committee for Non-Japan Asia, the Liquid Investing Committee for Japan, and the Illiquid Investing Committee in the US. Prior to Goldman, Chris spent four years at Lazard Frères as a desk analyst and then as Head Trader of the distressed and high-yield debt desk. Prior to that, he spent two years as a banker in Chase Securities’ high-yield origination group. Chris earned a dual degree BS in Finance and Computer Science/Management Information Systems from Boston College in 1994. He is a member of the board of the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation in Hong Kong.

Ms. Renuka Ramnath is the Founder, Managing Director, and CEO of Multiples Alternate Asset Management, a private equity manager and advisor to funds of ~ USD 3 bn in AUM.

Renuka Ramnath is one of the most experienced private equity fund managers in India, with a career of over 35 years in financial services across private equity, investment banking, and structured finance. Ms. Ramnath started her career with the ICICI group, which culminated in becoming the MD & CEO of ICICI Venture. She was instrumental in building it into one of the largest private equity funds in the country. In 2009, she took an entrepreneurial turn and founded Multiples, an India-focused private equity platform. Renuka is driven by the ripple effects of supporting entrepreneurs in building sustainable businesses, resulting in employment generation, economic simulation, and facilitation of nation-building. She is a Board member of GPCA, the global industry association for private capital. She is the Chairperson of Tata Communications Limited, a public company in the TATA Group.

Renuka was the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association 2020 – 2022. Under her helm, IVCA took comprehensive steps to engage deeply with the government and regulators to bring focus on increasing deployment of domestic long-term capital and positioning India as an attractive investment destination through Maximum India Conclave. Recognizing the role of alternative assets as an important currency for economic growth, her endeavour has been to enlarge and encourage industry participants, empower them with knowledge, and focus on growth balanced by good governance.

Phillip Wong is responsible for private markets investments in buyout, technology, infrastructure and private credit at the HKMA.  Mr Wong joined the HKMA in 2013 and has been covering private equity investments before taking up his current role in 2022.  Prior to joining the HKMA, Mr Wong worked in Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs.  Mr Wong received a Bachelor’s degree in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.  

Jean Eric Salata is the Chairman of EQT Asia and Head of Private Capital Asia. He previously founded Baring Private Equity Asia in 1997 and led the management buyout that established BPEA as an independent firm, which eventually became one of the largest private equity firms in Asia. In 2022, BPEA merged with the Swedish-listed firm EQT to create a global private markets firm spanning the US, Europe, and Asia.

 EQT in Asia has 350 team members across 8 offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai, Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, and Sydney. EQT has invested approximately USD35 billion in the Asia Pacific region since 1997 in over 180 transactions across our Private Capital, Infrastructure, and Real Estate strategies. EQT’s portfolio in Asia employs more than 410,000 people.

 Mr Salata brings an international perspective, having lived in Chile as a child, completed his education in the United States and lived and worked in Asia since 1989. Mr. Salata graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Finance and Economics.

Sunil leads the Primary Investment Team’s practice in Asia and specializes in fund selection, due diligence, negotiations, and monitoring of Asian investments ex-China, specifically in India, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Korea. He also actively participates in all fund investment decisions and is involved in the sourcing, screening, execution, monitoring, and exiting of growth and buyout co-investments.

Prior to joining Adams Street, Sunil worked for Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore performing financial and business analyses of local and regional companies. Previously, he worked in India as an Investment and Strategy Associate in Tacogroup, the automotive technology and engineering investment arm of the Tata Group of India, where he worked on business planning, feasibility studies, and localization plans for new ventures. 

Sunil manages relationships with several of Adams Street’s managers and sits on advisory boards of more than a dozen private equity firms within the Adams Street Partners portfolio. He is currently Chairman of the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) and has been a member of the SVCA Board since 2016.

He is a member of Adams Street’s Impact Investment Committee.

Teia is a Senior Investment Director in the Private Equity Funds and Co-Investment team at USS Investment Management (~£75bn AUM), the corporate pension plan for universities in the United Kingdom. She is responsible for leading the execution and management of private equity funds and co-investment allocations across all sectors and geographies, and sits on various supervisory boards. From June 2020 to June 2025 Teia was a member of the ILPA Board of Directors of which she served the last 2 years as Chair of the Board. Following her role on the board Teia is now a member of the ILPA Policy committee, engaging in policy, regulations and standard setting for the Private Equity Industry. Prior to joining USS in 2011, Teia was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in the Healthcare division. She holds a MSc in Applied Economics and Finance from Copenhagen Business School, and her university studies included an MBA term at IIM Ahmedabad, India.

Hemal Mirani leads the firm’s efforts in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. As Head of APAC, she is the lead executive responsible for our business in the region. Hemal also works closely with the firm’s regional leaders in the Americas and Europe and the Middle East (EMEA). Together, they ensure global alignment on key initiatives and the continued delivery of excellence across our business around the globe.

Hemal first joined HarbourVest in 1997 and spent 11 years developing relationships with leading Asian private equity managers. She also worked with our investors and consultants across the region to advance and optimize their private market investment programs. She then spent six years with CVC Capital Partners in Hong Kong, where she was head of investor relations in Asia and Chief Administrative Officer. She rejoined HarbourVest’s senior management team in Asia in 2015 to focus on investments and investor relations across the Asia Pacific region.

Hemal received a BA in Commerce from Sydenham College (Bombay) in 1989, an MA in International Studies with a Japanese language concentration from the Joseph H. Lauder Institute, and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School in 1997. The latter two were part of a joint degree program at the University of Pennsylvania. Hemal speaks fluent Japanese.

David Gross is the Co-Managing Partner of Bain Capital, a leading private investment firm with offices on four continents and approximately $185 billion in assets under management.  He also serves as Asia Managing Partner.  He joined the firm in 2000.

David is a founding member of Bain Capital’s Asia business, having launched and managed the Tokyo office in 2006. He was instrumental in the expansion of the Asia business in the region covering the firm’s activities across private equity, private credit, special situations, life sciences, and technology. David has led many of the most prominent transactions in the region over that period including Kioxia (formerly Toshiba Memory Corporation), Genpact (NYSE: G), Hero MotorCorp (NSE: HEROMOTOCO), Japan Wind Development, Macromill, Jupiter Shop Channel, Domino’s Pizza Japan, and Uniview Technologies. Prior to that, David was a key member of the team that formed the firm’s industrial and technology investment verticals, having worked on several transactions including UGS PLM Software, Innophos, US Internetworking, and MEI Conlux. 

David also led the creation of Bain Capital’s Macro function which provides macroeconomic insights and investment strategies to benefit the broader platform in investment theme development as well as portfolio and risk management. 

 Prior to Bain Capital, David was a consultant with Bain & Company from 1998 - 2000 and worked with NEC Corporation in Tokyo from 1992 - 1996.

 David earned an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

 David is active on numerous non-profit boards including the Berklee College of Music, Boston Children’s Hospital Trust Board, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Board of Overseers, and the advisory boards of the Kelly Writer’s House and the Center for the Advanced Study of India, both at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a board member of Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio S.p.A.

Managing Partner, joined in 2006. Hans is based in Hong Kong and is the head of our Greater China business and the Regional team. Prior to joining CVC, Hans was Head of M&A (Asia Pacific) at InBev SA. Hans holds a BSc degree from Columbia University, an MSc from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, US.

Celia Yan is a Partner and Head of APAC Hybrid at Apollo Global Management, where she leads the firm’s hybrid investment platform across Asia Pacific. She is responsible for origination, execution, and strategic expansion of hybrid strategies across private market opportunities, spanning opportunistic credit to structured equity.

 Previously, Celia was Head of APAC Private Credit at BlackRock, where she served as Portfolio Manager for the firm’s APAC Private Credit funds and Chair of the Investment Committee. She also held leadership positions on BlackRock’s APAC Operating Committee and Global Private Debt Executive Committee.  Prior to BlackRock, Celia was Head of Greater China at ADM Capital, focusing on private credit investments across Asia and globally, with a strong emphasis on Greater China linked opportunities. She began her career at National Australia Bank and Equity Trustees in Melbourne.

 Celia is also committed to community engagement and currently serves on the Advisory Committee of WEMP in Hong Kong, a foundation established to promote children’s mental health. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Applied Econometrics from Monash University.

Cindy Yan leads the investment activities and portfolio management for Private Capital direct investment in the Asia-Pacific region for Ontario Teachers’. She is based in Ontario Teachers’ Singapore office.

She has over two decades of combined experience in Private Equity, Management Consulting and General Management/Corporate Operations.  Prior to joining Ontario Teachers, Cindy was a Partner with Advantage Partners, an established Japan and Asia focused mid-cap buyout firm, where she led various buyout and late-stage growth investments, and Japan/Asia cross border portfolio value creation in Asia Pacific countries including Japan, Greater China and Southeast Asia.  The investments are across Technology, Industrial, Business Services, and Health/Consumer sectors.  Prior to that, she worked at Boston Consulting Group and the 999 Group.

Cindy holds a BA from Sichuan International Studies University and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Satoru Arakawa has been an investment professional at J-STAR since 2007, and has focused on small-cap buyouts in Japan. Based in Tokyo, he has been involved in nine transactions and value-added activities for portfolio companies in the industrial and healthcare sectors.  Prior to joining J-STAR, Arakawa worked for eight years in strategic consulting at Nomura Research Institute, where he engaged in strategic advisory and business improvements for a broad range of sectors, including PE-backed companies.

Mr. Kita joined Advantage Partners in 2003 and leads all activities for the Japan Buyout team. Mr. Kita has also directly led many investments including CommunityOne, Katitas, Net Protections, Yaruki Switch Group and Cosmolife. He currently serves as a Director on several investments including Material Group,  Energywith, NFC Holdings, Net Japan and Daiho Industrial.

Prior to joining Advantage Partners, Mr. Kita was at Bain & Company Japan and focused on projects in the auto, finance, telecommunications, food products, trading houses, and healthcare sectors. Mr. Kita holds an undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo, and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley.

Xiaoxi Lin is a partner based in Morrison Foerster’s Hong Kong office. Xiaoxi Lin has over 15 years’ experience advising private equity and investment fund clients on their most complex and strategic transactions, including control and leveraged buyouts, growth capital investments and public takeovers.

Xiaoxi is one of the most experienced practitioners in Asia in U.S. public transactions, including take privates, PIPE (private investment in public equity) and SPAC/de-SPAC transactions.

He has significant experience advising both financial sponsors and corporations on M&A transactions, with a particular focus on the technology, healthcare and energy sectors, as well as inbound and outbound investments related to China and the U.S.

Xiaoxi has advised a wide range of financial sponsors across the U.S. and Asia, including Advantage Partners, Bain, Baring Private Equity Asia (now EQT Private Capital Asia), Carlyle, Centurium Capital, China Everbright, CITIC Capital/Trustar Capital, C Capital, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), DCP, Evenstar Capital, Genesis Capital, GF Capital, GP Investments, Hammer Capital, Hillhouse, KKR, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala, Ocean Link, Orchid Asia, PAG, Snow Lake, Thomas H. Lee Partners, TPG and Warburg Pincus.

Xiaoxi has been ranked as “Next Generation Partner” for Private Equity in Hong Kong by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and recommended for Private Equity in China and Hong Kong.

Thomas is Managing Partner and Head of Southeast Asia at CDH Investments, a leading alternative asset manager in Asia. Based in Singapore, Dr. Lanyi and his team pursue structured investment opportunities across all major markets in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Vietnam, covering a broad range of sectors, transaction types and stages. Dr. Lanyi also co-leads CDH’s global China cross-border practice.  

 Dr. Lanyi has worked in Private Equity in Asia since the late 1990s. Prior to joining CDH in 2012, he held senior management roles at Mekong Capital in Vietnam and Templeton Private Equity in Singapore. 

Dr. Lanyi earned a Doctorate with distinction in Capital Markets Theory & Econometrics from the Vienna University of Economics and obtained a CEMS Masters degree in International Management from HEC Paris. 

 He has been actively involved with developing the regional alternative assets management industry and community, chairing the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) between 2017 and 2021. Dr. Lanyi makes an impact by serving on a number of corporate and charitable boards such as the German European School of Singapore, and he acts as an advisor to the Vietnam Private Capital Association (VPCA).

Peter Kim is a Partner, Head of Asia and RMB. He opened the firm’s Hong Kong office in 2012, the Beijing office in 2021, and the Seoul office in 2022. He serves on the firm’s global ExCom.

Prior to joining Coller Capital’s investment team in London in 2009, Peter was in the Healthcare Investment Banking Team at Merrill Lynch. Previously, he worked in the Real Estate, Corporate Securitisation and Infrastructure Finance team at Barclays Capital in London.

 Peter has a BSc in Biochemistry from Imperial College London and an MPhil in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge.

Praneet Garg is a Managing Director in Asia Alternatives’ Hong Kong office. Mr. Garg is on the Firm’s Investment Committee. Mr. Garg co-leads Asia Alternatives’ investments in India and Southeast 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 co-leads the Firm’s Special Situations and Secondaries efforts and 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 M.B.A. from Mumbai University. Mr. Garg is fluent in Hindi and Punjabi.

Mr. Garg currently serves on the Advisory Boards of several of Asia Alternatives’ India, South East Asia and Special Situations funds. Mr. Garg also serves on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI).

Steve Duncan is a Business Unit Partner at TPG Capital Asia based in Melbourne and has been with TPG since 2020. Steve is the Chairman of Made Group, one of Australia’s largest healthy food and beverage businesses and Five Good Friends, a technology-enabled homecare provider. He was previously a director of iNova Pharmaceuticals and logistics software company Containerchain.

Prior to joining TPG, Steve worked with CPE Capital across their Australia and Singapore offices for approximately nine years. 

Steve holds a B.Commerce (Hons) Finance & Accounting from the University of New South Wales and an MBA jointly issued by Columbia Business School and London Business School.

Imran is a Managing Partner at Gaja Capital. He is responsible for investing activities, operations and team development. At Gaja Capital, Imran leads investments in the Education, Software and Consumer clusters. He has been closely involved with Gaja Capital’s investments in Amber Student (Global marketplace for student accommodation), Signzy (SaaS platform for BFSI), LeadSquared (Sales automation SaaS platform), Ei (B2B Learning Software), Sportz Village (Youth Sports), Lighthouse Learning (Pre-K and K-12), John Distilleries (AlcoBev) and CL Educate (Supplemental Education.

He holds a master’s of science degree in software engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan and has completed a post-graduate diploma in management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Karnataka. He has over 26 years of experience in various industries which includes 19 years of experience in private equity.

Michael leads Allstate's Chicago and London based infrastructure and private equity teams.  Prior to Allstate, Michael worked at Pritzker Group Private Capital, CIVC Partners, and Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup). Michael earned his MBA from the University of Chicago and his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Emre joined Globis Capital Partners in 2014. He leads investments in IT startups targeting digital transformation of various industries. His portfolio includes Photosynth (TSE: 4379), MFS (TSE: 196A), GLM (acquired by a Hong Kong company), Sensyn Robotics (robotics software and services), New Standard (brand DX agency), Matsuri Technologies (short-term rental support systems and operations), Global Mobility Service (auto loans, IoT), Shippio (digital international freight forwarding, SaaS), CADDi (AI data platform for the manufacturing sector), Estie (commercial real estate database, SaaS), Leaner Technologies (procurement SaaS), Ascend (transportation management SaaS), Facilo (SaaS for real estate agencies), Medical Force (SaaS for self-pay clinics), and Kotoba Technologies (voice AI foundation models and applications). 

Prior to joining Globis Capital Partners, Emre worked for Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting (Tokyo) and KPMG Management Consulting (Tokyo). 

He teaches at Globis University Graduate School of Management (MBA). 

Emre graduated from Harvard Business School (MBA) and Ohio State University (Honors).

Angela Toy is Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Golden Gate Ventures, an early stage VC firm investing in internet and mobile related technology companies across Southeast Asia. Angela serves on a number of portfolio boards and is involved broadly across the entire portfolio ensuring that the portfolio gets needed to propel companies in their growth. Internally, Angela oversees the Portfolio Management, Fund Administration and Operations functions of the fund. 

Angela graduated with Honours in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University and started her career in Ernst & Young specializing in the audit of Financial Institutions such as banks and asset managers. A few notable institutions in her audit portfolio included Societe Genarale, Mizuho Corporate Bank and UOB. 

Prior to joining Golden Gate Ventures, Angela launched an ecommerce subscription business in the pet industry. Outside of work Angela has a wide range of interests and hobbies. Her dedication to holistic wellness is evidenced by her RYT200 Hot Yoga Teacher Training completion in July 2017 as well as an Executive Coaching Program in 2022. Additionally, Angela is an avid animal lover who enjoys engaging in outdoor activities such as snowboarding, diving, and volleyball, all while maintaining a passion for travel and promoting sustainable living.

Nitin is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Filter Capital, a growth investment firm which partners with India’s tech entrepreneurs from inflection point to industry leadership. The firm invests in SaaS, IT services, and technology-led businesses across consumer, B2B and financial services. Filter Capital’s current portfolio companies include Capillary (loyalty software), Chalo (mobility), Loadshare (e-commerce logistics), THB (healthcare software), M1xchange (supply chain financing platform) and R for Rabbit (online-first baby-care brand).

Prior to launching Filter Capital, Nitin spent 14 years at the India office of global private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC, including six years as Managing Director where he led the firm’s investment advisory activities in the technology sector in India. In his role as Managing Director, Nitin evaluated close to 300 opportunities in technology-led businesses including Internet and e-commerce, software and IT services, payments, logistics, education and health.

Nitin graduated with an AB from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Alister is the founder and Managing Partner of Folklore Ventures, an Australian venture capital firm with three top-decile funds under management that invests in ANZ founders building global technology companies. Alister has over 20 years of experience as an investor, advisor and founder of technology companies, with software at their core.

Pamela is a partner and investment committee member for the Morgan Stanley Private Equity Solutions Team and has 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, Pamela was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company's corporate finance practice in Hong Kong, responsible for investment opportunity identification, deal advisory, merger management and strategy development. Previously, she was a management consultant with Monitor Group, specializing in marketing strategy for clients across Asia, and a member of the corporate finance team with Lehman Brothers in Hong Kong. Pamela has a Law degree (first class honors) from the University of Hong Kong and an M.B.A. with honors in finance and management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Mohinani is a Partner in Ares Asia, where he focuses on credit. Additionally, Mr. Mohinani is a member of the Secured Lending Funds Investment Committee. Prior to joining Ares in 2020, Mr. Mohinani was the Managing Director of the SSG Group since 2015 and was instrumental in growing the firm's Asia business, including identifying opportunities, structuring investments and asset management. Previously, Mr. Mohinani was responsible for Nomura's Asia credit desk analysis, overseeing high grade, high yield, illiquids and distressed across sovereigns, banks and corporates. In addition, Mr. Mohinani was at Lehman Brothers from May 2005, where he also headed the bank's Asia Pacific credit research effort. Mr. Mohinani began his career in research roles at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. At JP Morgan, he followed the Asian distressed credit market and, subsequently became responsible for the bank's Asia high grade credit research. Mr. Mohinani holds a degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School in Economics. Mr. Mohinani is a CFA® charterholder.

With over 20 years of experience in the financial media and information industry, Yana Morris a passionate and innovative leader who thrives on creating and delivering high-quality content and solutions to global clients. As the Chief Content Officer she is responsible for the content strategies, distribution and compliance of ION Analytics core service brands: Debtwire, Dealogic, Mergermarket and Infralogic. 

Gaurav Trehan (Mumbai) joined KKR in 2020. He is a Partner, Co-Head of KKR Asia Pacific, Head of Asia Pacific Private Equity, and Chief Executive Officer for KKR India. Prior to joining KKR, he spent more than fifteen years with TPG Capital Asia and was most recently a partner in its India office. He has led and executed private equity transactions across a diverse range of sectors in India from financial services to retail and healthcare. Prior to joining TPG, he worked in the mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring department of Morgan Stanley with a focus on the technology sector. Mr. Trehan holds a BS in mathematics/applied science and economics from UCLA.

Shota Kuwaki currently serves as Managing Director of Sunrise Capital KK. In this capacity, he is responsible for the overall investor relations activities of the firm. Prior to joining the firm in 2016, Mr. Kuwaki previously worked as an investor relations professional at domestic buyout fund, Advantage Partners, where he engaged with both overseas and domestic investors. Prior to his tenure at Advantage Partners, he was involved in equity research at Macquarie Securities and Mizuho Securities. Additionally he has experience in the field of insurance at AIG. Mr. Kuwaki received a B.A. in Economics from Keio University. 

Saurabh Chatterjee is a Managing Director at ChrysCapital where he manages the Fundraising and LP Relations functions, and is also a voting member of the firm’s investment committee. Prior to joining ChrysCapital in 2016, he was with Providence Equity Partners’ investment team in their New Delhi Office. Before Providence, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group and CIVC Partners, a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm. Saurabh received an MBA from Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Economics from Carleton College.

Mr. Sanjay Kukreja is a partner and part of the founding team of ChrysCapital, India’s leading Private Equity Firm with over $8 bn in AUM across ten funds and a CV. He is currently the Chief Investment Officer at ChrysCapital, overseeing all the firm’s investment activities.   Mr. Kukreja currently serves on the Boards of Hero Fincorp, Intas Pharmaceuticals, Theobroma, Xoriant, ResultsCX and has previously also served on the boards of several other companies such as HDFC Credila, KPIT Technologies, LiquidHub, Infogain, Gebbs, Shriram Transport Finance Company etc.   Mr. Kukreja holds an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Shriram College of Commerce, Delhi University.   Apart from investing, Sanjay is passionate about Education and is a Founder & Trustee at Ashoka University and Plaksha University & also Chairs the Private Equity Committee of FICCI and is an active member of YPO Gurgaon.

Raymond joined BC Partners in 1992. He is Chairman of the Firm, Chairman of the Management Committee and the Private Equity Investment Committee. Alongside shaping the Firm’s strategy, Raymond continues to source new investment opportunities and remains actively involved in portfolio company operating reviews. He has over three decades of investing experience across a range of sectors and geographies and leads private equity coverage of the Telecom and Media sector in North America.