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.