Frederic Neumann, PhD, is Managing Director, Chief Asia Economist, and Co-Head Global Research Asia, based in Hong Kong. Before joining HSBC in 2006, Frederic was an adjunct professor at a number of US universities, including Johns Hopkins University, teaching graduate courses on Asian sovereign risk analysis, financial markets, monetary policy, and Southeast Asian political culture. He also served as a consultant to international organizations and governments, and as a research associate of the Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC. A former Fulbright scholar, Frederic holds a PhD in International economics and Asian Studies.

Oliver Stratton is a Managing Director for Alvarez & Marsal's Asian practice in Hong Kong. With 30 years of experience in consulting and private equity in Asia, his primary areas of concentration are business strategy, performance improvement, operational turnarounds and M&A. Mr. Stratton has worked with private equity and corporate clients across a range of industries including financial services, telecommunications, consumer goods and retail, industrial products and services, education, transportation and logistics and energy and resources.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Stratton spent 20 years with Bain & Company, including 10 years as a Partner. Mr. Stratton also spent two years as a Managing Director with Candover as part of its Asia leadership team.

In these roles Mr. Stratton has served many of the global, regional and major local country funds operating in Asia. Working with those clients, he has led operational and commercial due diligence and portfolio company performance improvement assignments across a range of industry sectors in Greater China, Korea and Southeast Asia.

Mr. Stratton earned an MA in engineering from Cambridge University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. A British national, Mr. Stratton has been based in Hong Kong since 1988.

Rodney Muse. Mr. Muse is one of two Managing Partners of Navis and an Investment Committee member. At Navis, Mr. Muse leads investment teams in making, monitoring and exiting investments and sits on the boards and/or executive committees of several Navis portfolio companies. He has been active in many of Navis’ investments in consumer goods, food, business services, industrial goods and services.

Mr. Muse co-founded Navis in 1998 with Mr. Bloy and Mr. Foyston, with whom he worked while at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). At BCG, he worked in Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, where he gained experience in a number of industries including consumer goods, retail, oil and gas, distribution, primary resources and more. He started his career with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1985 in New York and Hong Kong.

Mr. Muse has been a resident in Asia since 1993, having been raised and educated in the US. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Hons degree from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mark Chudek is a Partner of Affinity Equity Partners and Head of its Australian and New Zealand investment team.

Mark is a member of Affinity’s investment committee and first joined Affinity in 2013. Prior to rejoining Affinity in 2023, Mark spent 2 years at Quadrant Private Equity within Quadrant’s flagship buyout fund between 2021 and 2023.

Before Mark’s private equity career commenced in 2013, he spent 3 years at Credit Suisse within their investment banking team in Sydney.

Mark’s private equity career spans 7 completed platform investments, serving on 14 investee company boards, completing 20 financings across his portfolio of investee companies and exiting 4 platform investments.

.Shane Lauf is a Managing Director - Operations in the EQT Private Capital Asia team, covering value creation and due diligence of new investment opportunities from a commercial and operational perspective. Prior to joining the firm, he led the Portfolio Group in Asia at Permira. Earlier in his career, Shane spent six years with KKR Capstone and also worked with McKinsey & Company.

 Shane holds an MBA and an MS from Stanford University, and undergraduate degrees in Computer Engineering and Japanese Language from the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is fluent in English and Japanese and has worked on investments across Asia, including Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Mainland China and India.

Zubin Irani is Partner and Head of Operations for TPG in Asia, where he is responsible for the performance of TPG’s portfolio across Asia Pacific. He brings over 27 years' experience in building strong teams, driving performance, and managing change within businesses. 

For the last 10 years with TPG, Zubin has built TPG’s value creation capability and operations team in Asia. He has worked across the consumer, healthcare, financial services, technology and industrial sectors. Zubin works closely with the management teams in TPG’s portfolio companies, guiding the execution of the value creation plan and driving performance improvement. He has also been an Exco/Board member for several TPG portfolio companies in Asia over the past few years. 

 Zubin joined TPG from United Technologies Corporation (UTC) where he was the India Region President with P&L responsibility for Carrier Air-conditioning and Refrigeration, Otis Elevators and UTC Fire & Security. Zubin started his career at McKinsey & Company, working in the Cleveland, Detroit, Copenhagen, and Mumbai offices. 

 Zubin received his MS in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his BTech in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is a Funding Board Member for MIT Sandbox (MIT’s seed fund for students / alumni ventures) and a member of the Board of Governors to the School of Engineering at Brown University. He is also a member of the YPO Delhi and Singapore Chapters.

Previously, he was Managing Partner at MSA Capital, where he oversaw the firm’s institutional fundraising and operations. Before MSA, Chris was a Global Partner and Head of Asia at Eaton Partners, where he revitalized a dormant business, building one of Asia’s leading private markets practices in fund placement and secondary advisory. Under his decade-long leadership, Eaton won multiple industry awards, including Private Equity International’s Fund Placement Firm of the Year in Asia for four consecutive years and Secondary Advisor of the Year twice.

 Mr. Lerner began his career with Citigroup and its predecessor firms, Salomon Brothers and Smith Barney, as the firm’s first investment banking expatriate in Mainland China. He later relocated to Hong Kong, where he helped establish and expand the Asia Pacific Financial Institutions Group.

 He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Tufts University, and is an active, long-standing member of Young President’s Organization and a Kauffman Fellow.

Joe is a Principal in the Secondary and Portfolio Finance team at Carlyle AlpInvest, where he is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing transactions in Asia. He joined Carlyle AlpInvest in 2013 from Morgan Stanley where he worked within the investment banking division. Joe received a BS in Business Administration from the University of California in Berkeley.

Brian Lam joined J.P. Morgan’s Private Equity Group in Hong Kong in 2021, where he focuses on private equity and venture capital managers, co-investments and secondary investments across the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, he was a Principal at CPP Investments’ Private Equity team, where he focused on direct investments across the Asia-Pacific and North American regions. Prior to this, he was in the Investment Banking Division at TD Securities, covering the Technology, Media and Telecom sectors.  Brian holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University.

John JongSeong Kim is a Director on the Secondary team primarily focused on the evaluation and monitoring of non-U.S. secondary opportunities including partnership and GP-led transactions. Prior to joining Lexington in 2023, John was a principal at Cota Capital, a venture capital firm in San Francisco, where he led the firm’s investments in healthcare. 

Prior to Cota Capital, John held senior investment positions at Glenview Capital in New York and Copernicus Capital in San Francisco, where he invested across various healthcare subsectors. During his tenure at Glenview Capital, John took a hiatus and served in the Republic of Korea Army. He began his career at Morgan Stanley where he was an investment banking analyst in Hong Kong and New York, focusing on cross-border mergers and acquisitions.   

John graduated cum laude from Columbia University with a B.S. in operations research and earned an M.S. in Management (Sloan Fellow) from Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

Peter Lui is a Principal at LGT Capital Partners in Hong Kong. At LGT CP, Mr. Lui focuses on origination, due diligence, execution, and monitoring of Asian private equity investments, and has been involved in deploying over USD 3 billion of capital in Asia for the firm since 2014. He is currently an Investment Committee member for LGT CP's Asian fund investments and direct co-investments. Mr. Lui also serves on the advisory boards of a number of private equity funds in Asia. Prior to joining LGT CP, Mr. Lui was an analyst in Morgan Stanley’s investment banking division in Hong Kong, where he focused on M&A transactions in the Asia-Pacific region. Mr. Lui holds a BSc in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Alex Shum is a Partner with TPG NewQuest, based in Hong Kong. Alex joined TPG NewQuest in 2011 and is responsible for the sourcing, execution and portfolio management of investments for the firm. Alex also leads TPG NewQuest’s China investment teams and has a focus on structuring complex fund solutions transactions. Alex also has a track record of navigating direct investment situations with heavy hands-on involvement, driving the companies throughout its investment lifecycle to successful exits. Alex has more than 15 years of experience in finance, encompassing investments, capital raising, M&A and corporate advisory. Prior to joining TPG NewQuest, he was an Associate at Credit Suisse’s Investment Bank, where he worked in the corporate finance and equity capital markets departments. Alex received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Duke University in Durham, NC. Alex is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Nisa Leung is founding Managing Partner at Aulis Capital. She served as Managing Partner at Qiming Venture Partners, where she founded and led the firm's healthcare practice since 2006. Under her leadership, Qiming became a pioneering investor in healthcare and biotech sectors, backing some of the most innovative companies in the industry.  

Nisa has been consistently recognized as one of the most influential investors in the industry. She has been featured on the Forbes Midas List for seven consecutive years (2019–2025). In 2024, she was honored as one of Fortune Asia’s Most Powerful Women (MPW Asia).  

She has invested in and served as a board director for numerous leading healthcare and life sciences companies, including Zai Lab (NASDAQ:ZLAB; HKSE:9688), Gan & Lee (SSE:603087), Cansino Biologics (SSE:688185; HKSE:6185), Insilico Medicine, SinoCellTech (SSE:688520), Sino Biological (SZSE:301047), Schrödinger (NASDAQ:SDGR) , Structure Therapeutics (NASDAQ:GPCR), Berry Genomics (SZSE:000710), CITIC Pharma (acquired by Shanghai Pharmaceutical HKSE: 2607), Apollomics (NASDAQ:APLM), Crown Bioscience (acquired by JSR Life Sciences), Caidya, Belief BioMed, Alamar Biosciences, Pluslife, Horizone, SinoUnited Health, Aeonmed, Novast, Nurotron, Origene Technologies (acquired by VCAN Bio SSE:600645), MedX, Goodwill (SSE:688246), Jacobio (HKSE:1167), Hope Medicine, Chain Medical Labs, Sinotau, Zencore Biologics, Cognitact, Silicon Gene, Vision Pro, Thorough Future among many other groundbreaking companies in the life sciences and healthcare sectors globally.   

Prior to joining Qiming, she was co-founder of Biomedic Holdings with operations and investments in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and health care services including Novamed Pharmaceuticals (acquired by SciClone NASDAQ:SCLN) and U-Systems (acquired by GE Healthcare). Nisa was Venture Partner of PacRim Ventures in Menlo Park and was previously with Softbank/Mobius Venture Capital.  

Nisa earned her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS from Cornell University. She is visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School, a trustee of the Hotchkiss School, serves as a member of the Hong Kong University Court, Cornell University International Advisory Council and Stanford University International Advisory Council.

Ling Yang is a Managing Director and serves as Co-Head of Healthcare for Carlyle in Asia.

Ms. Yang began her career at Carlyle in 2005 with the firm’s U.S. healthcare buyout team and subsequently joined Carlyle’s Asia buyout team in 2011. Since joining Carlyle Asia, she has led investments into leading healthcare companies in China including ADICON Holdings Limited, Ambiopharm, Microport Scientific Corporation, Hutchmed, Meinian Onehealth, and Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals. She currently chairs the board of ADICON Holdings Limited and serves as a board member of Ambiopharm and Hutchmed.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Ms. Yang worked at KKR in Asia and in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in the U.S. 

Ms. Yang graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Economics and Computer Science from Smith College and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. 

James Zhao is the Founder and Partner at LYFE Capital. Driven by a deep passion for bringing people together, he thrives on creating environments where diverse talents and perspectives merge into cohesive, high-performing teams. His ability to see connections where others see barriers is a hallmark of his leadership style.

Bringing over 20 years of healthcare investment expertise across the U.S. and Asia, James has led LYFE Capital evolve from a regional firm to a transpacific healthcare investment platform with $2B in assets under management. 

Prior to founding LYFE, he built up the Asia practice for Vivo Capital as a Managing Partner. He also worked as a Consultant with the Monitor Group. He holds an MBA from the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Science in Molecular Biology from Vrije Universiteit Brussels.

Tejinder Singh is Principal at DigitalBridge Investment Management. Based in Singapore, Mr. Singh is part of the Asia-pacific investment team and involved in the identification, evaluation, and management of digital infrastructure investments and opportunities in that region. He has over 14 years of infrastructure experience.

Prior to joining DigitalBridge, Mr. Singh was a Senior Vice President with Macquarie Asset Management (MAM). During 10 years with MAM, Mr. Singh was involved in building MAM's business in India and South-East Asia. In India, he led the acquisition of solar platform from Hindustan Power and the divestment of MAM's investment in GMR Airports. Mr. Singh was responsible for MAM's entry in Indonesia as he originated and executed their investments in Tower Bersama, one of the largest telecom tower companies in Indonesia. Mr. Singh started his career as an associate at SBI Capital Markets.

Mr. Singh received a Bachelor of Technology from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode.

Amy Zhu is an Investment Director in Infrastructure at IFM Investors. She joined the firm in March 2014 in the New York office and was seconded to the Hong Kong office in October 2018. Amy holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) with double majors in Mathematics and Economics from Yale University and is a CFA charterholder.

In her current role, Amy is responsible for the origination, analysis, structuring, and execution of fund investments, as well as the ongoing management of portfolio assets. Prior to joining IFM Investors, she worked as an investment banker at Citigroup. Amy also serves as a board member of VTTI.

Anthony is the Asia Chair and a board member of H.R.L. Morrison & Co., and a member of the firm’s global investment committee. He is also a board director of Gurin Energy and Chair of JIDA Capital Partners Limited, and has previously served on the boards of Infratil and Utilico Emerging Markets Trust PLC. 

With a career spanning senior roles as Regional Chief Investment Officer at leading global investment management firms, Anthony brings deep expertise in managing traditional and alternative assets across diverse asset classes and regions.

He has also contributed to industry leadership, having served as past Chair of the Asia Corporate Governance Association (ACGA), the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute (HKSI), and the New Zealand Society of Investment Analysts (now INFINZ).

Luv Parikh is the Head of Private Infrastructure Asia business unit, based in Singapore. He is a member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee in Asia Pacific. He has 24 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was a Managing Director in Blackstone's Tactical Opportunities Group in Singapore leading investments in the APAC region, and a Principal in Blackstone's Private Equity Group in Mumbai. Prior to Blackstone, he was at Lehman Brothers and Prudential Securities in New York, and ran an automobile distributorship in India. Luv holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, New York, USA, where he graduated as a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honors Society and was a recipient of the Board of Overseers Fellowship. He holds a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Alex is a Managing Director at PEP and member of the Partner & Client Group.  Alex joined PEP in 2011. Alex was an investor in the Private Equity strategy for the first decade, after which he joined the Partner & Client Group.  Before joining PEP, Alex was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in London and prior to then, a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Sydney. Alex received a PLD from Harvard Business School, a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Adelaide, where he was the Valedictorian.

Terence Quek is Deputy Head of the M&A practice at Rajah & Tann Singapore, with over 22 years of experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, and commercial transactions across Asia.

He has led transactions spanning technology, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, real estate, and consumer sectors, representing both investors and founders in deals from early-stage funding, to growth capital, and a number of successful exits.

Recognised by Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500, and IFLR1000 for his commercial insight and client-focused approach, Terence is noted for driving the firm’s growth in Singapore’s startup and venture ecosystem. He also has a niche specialisation in aviation transactions.

Terence was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 2002 and to the Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales in 2008. He previously served as a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee, and has been recognised among Singapore Business Review’s “40 Most Influential Lawyers Under 40.”

CG is a co-founder and managing partner at Dayone Capital, a consumer specialist investment manager established in 2020 with  USD 1bn AUM. Dayone is an investor behind many household consumer brands like Popmart, Shein, Heytea, Li Auto, ZJLD (HK listed), Giant Biogene (HK listed), as well as some recent fast-growing early/growth stage companies like HOTMAXX and HESUNG.

 Before Dayone, CG was an entrepreneur in the consumer space for many years, setting up China’s first automated contact lens manufacturing facility with Vizionfocus; then launching two DTC contact lens brands, Ocufit and Ophthalab. The brands were acquired by a strategic investor in 2021 and Vizionfocus listed in Taipei in 2024.

 CG started his career as a fixed income derivatives portfolio manager in New York and Hong Kong. He a graduate from Ecole des Mines de Paris - ParisTech.

Nick is the Founder and Managing Partner of Venturi Partners, a USD 500 Million investment fund focusing on Series B to D investments in the consumer space in India & South-East Asia.

Prior to starting Venturi Partners, Nick was Managing Director at Verlinvest, a family-backed investment vehicle specialized in the consumer space. He moved to Singapore end 2014 to open their Asian office and was responsible for all investments in Asia and in consumer tech brands globally.

Nick’s focus has always been on investing in or working with brands in the FMCG, education, e-commerce and healthcare services sectors.

While leading Verlinvest’s Asian investments he successfully deployed over USD 500M of capital in India, South-East Asia and China. Nick is currently on the Boards of Livspace, Country Delight, Sula Wines and Believe and was previously on the Boards of Byju’s, Lazada, Global Fashion Group, Chewy, Epigamia, Veeba, Armonea and China Resources Verlinvest Investment Fund (majority owner of Oatly pre-IPO).

Nick started his career in London and New York in leveraged finance and private equity before joining Verlinvest in 2006. During his 13 years at Verlinvest Nick spent 5 years as an operator and as CEO of Armonea, one of the leading private nursing home operators in Europe with 15,000 residents and 8,000 employees.

 Nick is Anglo-Belgian and holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Louvain La Neuve in Belgium and has completed Executive courses at Insead and Stanford.

Since July 2019, he has served as a Vice Chairman of CT Bright Holdings, a wholly owned investment subsidiary of C.P. Group, where he coordinates investment activities and strategic partnerships for the Chairman’s office across C.P. Group companies. He has also served as a Senior Advisor to C.P. Group Chairman Soopakij Chearavanont since July 2018.   From June 2017 to June 2018, he was managing partner of R3 Capital Partners. From September 2011 to May 2017, Mr. Glodek was a Deputy CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and a Director of the Russia China Investment Fund (RCIF), where he coordinated investment activity and a number of key strategic partnerships with Sovereign Wealth Funds and Pension Funds across the world to invest in Russia and selectively in China.   Prior to RDIF, Mr. Glodek was based in Warsaw, Poland where he led a regional office of Darby Private Equity, a wholly owned private markets investment arm of Franklin Templeton and in Germany where he co-founded surplex.com, an industrial equipment internet trading platform. Earlier in his career, Mr. Glodek worked at a private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in both New York and London and as an M&A investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers in New York. Mr. Glodek received a B.A. in Economics with Honors from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Leigh is a partner in the Investment Fund Group at Han Kun Law Offices, with extensive expertise in both the RMB and US dollar fund markets. Han Kun is a premier full-service law firm headquartered in China, recognized for its expertise in private equity and venture capital, and boasts the largest investment fund practice group in the country. Since joining the firm in 2012, she has specialized in fund formation, asset management, and cross-border investments. Leigh advises both domestic and international clients on complex investment fund structures, cross-border transactions, and regulatory compliance. Based in Shanghai, she maintains active engagements across Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Leigh is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, and Korean.

Jim Dubow is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal, splitting his time between Hong Kong and San Francisco. He leads A&M North Asia, one of the firm’s most dynamic and rapidly growing areas.

Mr. Dubow and the Asia team bring A&M’s hands-on and action-oriented approach to private equity, banking and corporate clients in all our disciplines, including pre-acquisition due diligence, performance improvement, restructuring, fraud investigations and data analytics.

Mr. Dubow assists companies and their stakeholders to grow revenue, increase profits and enhance cash return on assets. When control is important to driving change, he has taken Chairman, CEO, CFO, CRO, CTO and Director roles at private equity-owned local companies, multinationals and a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE). He has handled operating transformations and assisted companies in raising capital, restructuring debt, navigating regulatory and compliance issues, and completing trade sales. His industry experience spans retail, commodity trading, energy, healthcare and financial services.

Mr. Dubow’s key Asian engagements includes serving as Executive Chairman of a commodity trader following a major debt restructuring; serving as China CEO of a multinational retailer undergoing a comprehensive transformation of product and operations; as CEO of a distressed forestry and wood products company, leading to a sale to a strategic investor; as CFO of an Asia energy company, where he grew the company and guided it to a trade sale to a large SOE, which asked him to lead the post-merger integration; and as CTO of one of the largest Chinese luxury auto dealership groups, where he transformed operations and trade financing.

Prior to joining A&M Asia to establish its China operations, Mr. Dubow was with A&M’s U.S. corporate restructuring practice. There he helped companies improve performance while preparing to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection or sell their assets under court protection, often taking officer positions during the process. Mr. Dubow started his career assisting multinationals in negotiating joint ventures and establish operations in China.

Mr. Dubow earned a bachelor's degree in history (China emphasis), from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA (finance concentration), from the NYU Stern School of Business. He studied at Beijing University during his undergraduate program and is fluent in written and spoken Mandarin.

Michael Chen is a managing director and member of Investment Committee at Centurium Capital. Mr. Chen also serves as a Director of Luckin Coffee (OTC: LKNCY) and Co-chairman of the company’s Sustainable Development Committee, and Co-chairman of ANE Inc. (HKSE: 9956) and Chairman of the company’s ESG Committee. Mr. Chen is an experienced private equity investor in China with a proven track record of successful investments. Prior to joining Centurium, he led Warburg Pincus’ consumer and services investments in China.  Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 2011, Mr. Chen was a vice president in Crescent Point, a Pan-Asia growth capital fund. Before Crescent, Mr. Chen was an associate in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong and a consultant with Accenture in China. He received a B.A. of economics from Fudan University and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.

Mr. Hamm is the President of HOPU Investments. He has nearly 25 years of investing experience. 

 Prior to joining HOPU in 2017, he worked at Hillhouse Capital, CDH Investments and J.P.Morgan, all with a focus on the Technology and Consumer sectors. His investments have twice won AVCJ ‘Deal of the Year’ awards.  He is currently a Trustee at Choate Rosemary Hall, where he leads the Audit Committee and helps oversee the management of its endowment.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and studied at Tsinghua University.

Derek Poon is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Hong Kong office and a member of the Firm's Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions practice groups. He is also the head of Baker McKenzie's Asia Pacific Private Equity Group and a member of the Global Private Equity Steering Committee. Derek has extensive experience representing private equity firms, investment banks, and major corporations on a wide variety of corporate matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, real estate private equity, and distressed M&A transactions. Earlier in his career, Derek spent time on client secondment with Bain Capital with the Asia Private Equity team. Derek is recognized as a "Leading Individual" by Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Private Equity, "Up and Coming" lawyer by Chambers Greater China for Private Equity, and "Highly Regarded" in M&A and Private Equity by IFLR1000.

Practice Focus Qualified in the US, Hong Kong, UK, and Australia, Derek has worked on several significant transactions in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Australia, ASEAN countries, as well as on outbound deals into Europe and North America.

Nick Thorn is a Managing Director in the Client Relations and Capital Raising team at EQT. Prior to joining BPEA, Nick worked within the private equity fund placement team at Campbell Lutyens in both London and Hong Kong, where he raised multiple funds for Asian private equity firms across the region.

Alex is a Managing Director at PEP and member of the Partner & Client Group.  Alex joined PEP in 2011. Alex was an investor in the Private Equity strategy for the first decade, after which he joined the Partner & Client Group.  Before joining PEP, Alex was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in London and prior to then, a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Sydney. Alex received a PLD from Harvard Business School, a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Adelaide, where he was the Valedictorian.

Mr. Singh leads investor relations for PAG Private Equity, based in Singapore. Previously, he led investor relations for True North (India) and spent nine years at KKR in Hong Kong with a focus on fundraising and capital markets activities in Asia.  Mr. Singh started his career with Goldman Sachs investment banking (IBD) in Singapore and holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from BITS Pilani and a master’s degree in engineering management from Duke University.

Paul Mace serves as Managing Director focusing on private equity (buyouts, venture capital, and real estate). Prior to joining the Investment Office in 2023, Mr. Mace was a Director of Investments at Tufts University Investment Office. Before he was at Tufts, he was a Senior Associate at Regent Associates International. Mr. Mace holds his M.B.A. from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and his B.S. in Business Administration from Trinity University. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Steffanie Yuen is Managing Director and Head of Hong Kong at Endowus, Asia’s leading independent wealth advisory and investment platform with more than US$10 billion in assets under advice.

With entities licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and Monetary Authority of Singapore, Endowus is dedicated to helping investors grow their money with expert advice and access to institutional financial solutions at low and fair fees, through a personalised digital wealth experience.

Before joining Endowus, Steffanie was Managing Director at Value Partners responsible for leading the Group's Direct Distribution, Marketing, Communications and Investor Relations functions, as well as other key strategic growth initiatives. Prior to Value Partners, she was Business Development and Strategic Partnerships Director at Alibaba's fintech affiliate Ant Group, where she was responsible for driving strategic collaborations and partnerships with international financial institutions.

Steffanie started her career in the investment banking divisions of Deutsche Bank and Barclays in Hong Kong. She holds a BS in Finance and Accounting degree from New York University’s Stern School of Business and is currently a Board Director of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong.

James Burdis, Managing Director, is the Head of J.P. Morgan Global Strategic Relationships Client Group and Private Wealth Alternatives business in APAC. James is responsible for overseeing strategic client relationships with key global distribution partners, consultants and platforms, focusing on investment strategy and capital markets insights to drive fund solutions. Based in Hong Kong, James has spent 19 years with J.P. Morgan Asset Management across APAC and EMEA, including Hong Kong, Singapore and London, covering global strategic relationships for the firm. James read Business, Economics and Finance at the University of Durham, UK.

Henry Chui is the Co-Head of Asia & Head of private wealth for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong where he co-leads Partners Group’s overall business strategy and client engagement activities in Asia with a focus on the private wealth business for the region. Henry is also the head of the Hong Kong office and is the chairperson of the board of Partners Group (Hong Kong) Private Limited. Henry has over 15 years of experience in the financial industry and prior to joining Partners Group, he built and led private wealth businesses for Nuveen and PIMCO and has worked at Invesco and Schroders earlier in his career. Henry holds a bachelors degree in finance and economics from the University of Toronto and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

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

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