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

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

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

Darren Massara is Managing Partner of TPG NewQuest based in Singapore, overseeing the platform’s strategy and chairing the Investment Committee. With over 27 years of private equity experience, Darren also sits on several other investment committees across TPG.  Prior to co-founding TPG NewQuest, Darren was Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) where he led the Asia Private Equity Group based in Hong Kong. Prior to BAML, he served in various roles at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank based in Washington DC. Darren has an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Masters from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.

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

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

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

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

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

Edward J. Grefenstette serves as President/CIO of The Dietrich Foundation, a ~$1.7 billion foundation formed following the passing of Bill Dietrich II in 2011 that supports higher education institutions and other civic organizations in Pennsylvania.  Ed previously served as Treasurer/CIO of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Prior to CMU, he co-founded a PE fund, following a career in investment banking and law.  He earned his AB in Economics and JD from Georgetown University and an MBA from CMU.  He serves on several boards/investment committees, including CMU, the University of Pittsburgh, and UPMC.  He is a frequent speaker on topics related to PE/VC, particularly in the emerging markets. 

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.

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.

Jeff Diehl is the Managing Partner and Head of Investments at Adams Street Partners, an employee-owned global private markets investment manager with $76 billion1 in assets under management across private equity and private credit strategies. He oversees the firm’s investment activities and is responsible for the overall management of the firm.

Under Jeff’s leadership, Adams Street has expanded its global footprint and scaled its investment platform to deliver long-term value for institutional and wealth investors. The firm currently has more than 340 professionals across 14 offices worldwide.

Prior to taking over as Managing Partner in 2015, Jeff served as a Partner, executing minority equity investments in growth-stage private technology companies. Jeff joined Adams Street in 2001 after serving as a Principal at the Parthenon Group, a Boston-based strategy consulting and principal investing firm. 

Jeff is Chairman of both Adams Street’s Portfolio Construction Committee and Executive Committee and is a member of the Direct Venture Growth Investment Committee and New Product Committee.

CURRENT INVESTMENTS
Jeff led the Venture Growth Team’s investments in CBANC Network, Homeward, Inspira Financial Trust, Q2 Holdings (QTWO), and Turnkey (merged with VCSA).

PAST INVESTMENTS
Past Adams Street investments include AMWINS (acquired by New Mountain), Ancestry.com (ACOM), Apto (acquired by BuildOut), ArrowEye, BoomTown (acquired by Inside Real Estate), CBeyond (CBEY), Dolex, Gevity HR (GVHR), LogRhythm (acquired by Thoma Bravo), MagicJack (acquired by RILY), MxLogic (acquired by McAfee), Paylocity (PCTY), Peerless Networks (acquired by Infobip), SnagAJob, Setanta, Spiceworks (acquired by Ziff Davis), Stratavia (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), Sympoz (acquired by Comcast), T3Media (acquired by VERI), TicketsNow (acquired by Ticketmaster) and Trendkite (acquired by Cision).

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

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

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

Mr. Coppinger is the Head of Private Equity Asia at Manulife and is actively involved with transaction origination, execution, and overall portfolio management.   He joined Manulife in 2006, starting in the Investment Division Rotational Program. Mr. Coppinger then joined the private equity group in 2008, spending eight years in the Toronto office before relocating to Hong Kong in 2016 to build-out the business in Asia.   Mr. Coppinger holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and is a CFA charterholder.   Mr. Coppinger is an active industry member, serving on the Board of the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and on the Asia Leadership Council for the Global Private Capital Association.  

Mervin has over 16 years of private equity, alternatives, and consulting experience. He was a founding member and Director of Quadria Capital, one of Asia’s largest private equity firms with over US$2.6 billion in assets under management, where he spent the last 10 years driving its Southeast Asia business. Previously, he spent 4 years across alternative investments and management consulting at Mizuho and PwC, respectively.

He holds a Master of Science in Applied Finance from Singapore Management University, Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and completed the Mini MD executive education program at ESSEC Business School.

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.

Niladri is a managing director in the External Investing Group (XIG) within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, leading the group’s growth and technology co-investing activities. He is a member of the XIG Private Co-Investment Strategies Committee and the Goldman Sachs Investment Partners Global Private Opportunities Partners Investment Committee.

Previously, Niladri was a managing director in the Merchant Banking Division, focused on growth equity and corporate equity investing. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2010 in the Asian Special Situations Group, concentrating on principal investing and lending across the capital structure with a focus on India, Middle East and South East Asia. Niladri was named managing director in 2015.

Prior to joining the firm, Niladri worked at Morgan Stanley in New York in the Distressed Trading and Investing Group and in investment banking.

Niladri earned a BS in Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, from Bucknell University in 2001 and an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School in 2006.

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

Peter Kim is a Partner, member of the Executive Committee, and Head of APAC, based in Hong Kong. He has played a key role in building and leading the firm’s Asia Pacific presence and serves on the firm’s global Executive Committee.

Prior to joining Coller Capital’s investment team in London in 2009, Peter worked 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 holds a BSc in Biochemistry from Imperial College London and an MPhil in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge.

Prakul heads CPP Investments’ Private Equity Asia business, and has leadership responsibility for the firm’s APAC private equity franchise across funds, direct/co-investments and secondaries.

Prakul joined CPP Investments in 2012, where he started out in the London-based Infrastructure team within Real Assets. He subsequently moved to the direct investment team in Private Equity Asia, where he worked in the Hong Kong office for a number of years helping build out platform capabilities across the region, and also spent a few years in the Mumbai office leading and building the India business. Prior to CPP Investments, Prakul worked at Goldman Sachs in the Technology, Media and Telecom M&A group and subsequently in the Securities Division. Prakul has also worked at General Electric in the U.S. and India.

Prakul holds a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Sarah is the Head of Private Equity for Europe and Asia at Allstate Investments, covering primary fund commitments and co-investments alongside growth equity and buyout managers.  Prior to joining Allstate Investments, Sarah was running the international private equity platform of a large American family office based out of Switzerland.  Sarah is originally from a direct investing and investment banking background and has worked in private equity for more than 20 years.  She is a Chartered Accountant.

Serena Chan is a Executive 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 2020, Serena was an analyst in investment banking at J.P. Morgan. 

She graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics.

‘Adrian is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Black Kite.

Before founding Black Kite, Adrian spent seven years at IFM Investors as Executive Director. Prior to this, he served as Head of Private Capital at Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC). He also spent significant time at CHAMP Ventures.

Adrian is equipped with over 17 years of experience in private equity, as both general and limited partner and brings extensive top-tier experience across finance and private equity, having also held various operational and strategic leadership roles at Woolworths

Adrian is the Chair of PRP Diagnostic Imaging and is a Non-Executive Director of 13Sick, Splend, Tally Group and Render Networks. He previously led the successful investments in Payapps, SG Fleet, TSmarine, Macpac, APB, and Lorna Jane.

Adrian has a Bachelor of Applied Finance and Bachelor of Commerce (Macquarie University) and is a Chartered Accountant.

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.

Anthony Shontz is the Co-Head of the Private Equity Partnership Investments business unit, and a member of Global Investment Committee for private equity Secondaries, Primaries and Co-Investments. He has been with Partners Group since 2007 and has 24 years of industry experience, previously working at Pacific Private Capital and Prudential Capital Group. Anthony holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Brigham Young University, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. 

Atul Patel is APAC Head of SAP Global Private Markets across Asia Pacific Japan. He leads the regional Private Markets business in collaborating with Private Equity, Venture Capital, Family Offices and Sovereign Wealth Funds. Partnering with Deal teams, Deal advisory and C-suite to implement technology-led innovations and AI adoption, he successfully spearheaded Cloud transformation projects, enhancing operational efficiency and client satisfaction.

A rare proven IT & Blockchain revenue leader with blend of corporate, startup and fintech leadership experience, Atul has significant achievements in Commercial & Strategic regional roles across Oracle, SAP, Anaplan and dltledgers. His expert experience in Permissioned Blockchain such as Hyperledger and R3 Corda and great understanding of Layer 1 Ethereum, Solana and Layer 2 Polygon and Web3 Wallets such as MetaMask, Coinbase has supported him with deep Fintech relationships with large Financial Institutions across globe including Asia and Middle East. He has also built a strong rolodex of CXO relationships with Enterprise Customer, FSI & SI/Channel/Tech Partners across Asia & Middle East Africa.

Ben Hart is a senior managing director and head of Evercore’s Asia Private Capital Advisory division. He is based in Singapore.

Mr. Hart has more than 20 years of experience in private markets fundraising, institutional investor relations, capital formation and business development across the Asia-Pacific region. He previously served as partner and head of investor relations (Asia) at Adams Street Partners, where he led the firm’s business development and client-service efforts across institutional and private wealth channels.

Ben McLean is part of the Private Equity Direct Investments leadership team and is Global Head of Business Development, based in Zug. Ben brings investment leadership experience with over 18 years at UBS, Credit Suisse, and Citi where he invested across private and public markets and advised both global family offices and institutional investors on Alternative Investments based out of New York, London, and Zurich. He holds a BSc. in Economics from the University of Nottingham, UK

Bosco is a managing director in the Client Solutions Group within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He serves as head of Alternatives for Third Party Wealth (TPW) in Asia Ex-Japan. In this role, Bosco is responsible for overseeing client strategy for the firm’s TPW clients and delivering the Goldman Sachs Alternatives investing platform to a broad set of individual investors through our partnerships with financial intermediary clients and their advisors.

Bosco has more than 20 years of experience in alternatives and wealth management globally. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a managing director and head of Product Management for Asia at Ares Management. Bosco's career has also spanned senior sales and product roles at BlackRock, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank in New York, London, and Hong Kong.

Bosco earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and BBA from University of Bath. He is a CFA charterholder.

Chenhua Shen is a Fund Partner of I Squared Capital, where she is focused on investments and asset management in Asia. She is a member of the Operating Committee and leads the ESG Subcommittee. In 2023, Chenhua was recognized by PEI’s Infrastructure.

 She initially joined ISQ in Hong Kong and has been working closely with portfolio companies in platform rollout, operation, financing, financial reporting, human resource and communication with regulators. She set up Asia Cube Energy, one of the largest renewable energy developers in Asia, invested in Asia Cube Water, a dedicated China wastewater treatment platform, and HGC Global Communications, a leading Hong Kong and international fixed line operator. She set up the ISQ Taipei office in 2021 and re-launched a renewable energy strategy in Taiwan in the name of HEXA Renewables in Fund II and further extends it to a pan-Asia renewable platform in 6 countries in Fund III. She also led the first social infrastructure investment in Asia, Formera Senior Care in Growth Market Fund. She focuses primarily in renewable, utilities and social infrastructure sectors in Asia. 

Chenhua was previously an associate on the investment team at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners. The portfolio included investments in several countries and diverse sectors including power generation, co generation, gas distribution, transmission and distribution companies, airports, toll roads and container ports. Chenhua covered the renewables, gas transmission pipeline, waste to energy, water/wastewater treatment and storage facilities sectors in China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. She participated in the Zhaoheng Hydropower deal and closed another investment in the company with a consortium of investors. 

Chenhua holds a Master of Economics from the New York University, a Bachelor of Finance from Peking University, and is a CFA charterholder (inactive)

Mr. Chris Shaw

Advisory Partner

ShawKwei & Partners 

Chris is an Advisory Partner at ShawKwei & Partners with more than 30 years of global energy and power finance experience. He has held senior investment banking positions at Marathon Capital, Moelis & Company, Barclays and Citigroup, advising on more than $200 billion of M&A and equity and debt capital markets transactions across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

His sector experience spans power, renewables, LNG, integrated energy, midstream and downstream and energy services. Chris has lived and worked across major global energy hubs including London, Houston, Dhahran, Abu Dhabi and Singapore.

Daniel Toblib is the Head of Fund Finance Origination for Asia-Pacific (APAC) at Macquarie Bank. In his role, Daniel partners with private equity, private credit and hedge fund sponsors and investors to provide fund financing solutions.

Daniel has been at Macquarie since February 2016 and covers APAC from the firm’s global headquarters in Sydney.

Notably, Daniel spent over 5 years in New York, where he led Macquarie’s Fund Finance structuring function across North America.  Over this time, he built deep expertise in providing bespoke and innovative financing solutions across the fund lifecycle, where the Fund Finance business was recognised on multiple occasions as PDI’s Fund Financier of the Year in the Americas.

Daniel has a Bachelor of Commerce (Distinction) and Bachelor of Economics (Distinction) from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Ed is Global Head of MAM Green Investments. He is primarily responsible for fund management and investment origination.

He previously served as Head of Investment Banking for the UK’s Green Investment Bank, and Head of UK and Europe for MAM Green Investments until relocating to Asia in 2022. He has more than 30 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, investment, fundraising, project development, and general management in the global clean energy infrastructure sector.

Throughout his career, he has also sat on various government-related advisory committees on climate finance.

Ed holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and politics from Monash University, a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from Bond University, and a certificate diploma in enterprise analysis and valuation from the Jones Graduate School at Rice University.

Emre has been investing in AI and enterprise application startups at early stage since 2014. His portfolio includes Photosynth (TSE: 4379), MFS (TSE: 196A), GLM (acquired), CADDi (unicorn - private), estie, Facilo, Leaner Technologies, Sensyn Robotics, matsuri technologies, Sotas, Kotoba Technologies, Kikuvi, Shippio, Atomic Software, Global Mobility Service, and New Standard. He went to Harvard Business School (MBA) and Ohio State University (undergraduate).   

Globis Capital Partners (GCP) is a leading Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1996. GCP invests primarily at the early stage, with the capacity to double down on winners in later rounds, across all sectors in Japan — almost always as lead investor — providing hands-on support throughout each company's journey. GCP manages over USD 1.5 billion in aggregate and delivers world-class performance.  

Fi Dinh is Managing Director and Head of Fund Finance APAC at MUFG Investor Services, where she leads the firm’s fund finance business across Asia-Pacific and serves on the Global Senior Management Committee. Recognised as one of the private capital industry’s leading voices, she was named one of The Drawdown’s Global 30 Most Influential Fund Finance Experts and received the 2026 Market Media Women in Finance – Trailblazer Award.

Prior to joining MUFG Investor Services, Fi held leadership and client-facing roles across global financial institutions including Citi, ING and Barclays, with experience spanning Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

A passionate advocate for diversity, leadership development and mental wellbeing, Fi has spent more than a decade mentoring emerging leaders and championing initiatives that create greater inclusion across the financial industry. She currently serves as Co-Chair of Women in Fund Finance APAC and is a frequent speaker on leadership, career development and the future of work.

Beyond her corporate career, Fi is also a practising yoga teacher, sound healing practitioner and mental health coach. Her work explores the intersection of professional success, inner wellbeing and human potential, drawing on years of meditation, contemplative practice and service.

Mr. Frank K. Tang is the Chairman and CEO of FountainVest Partners, a leading Asia based private equity firm with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Frankfurt, Shanghai and Singapore.  FountainVest actively invests in the consumer, healthcare, industrial and business service sectors. 

Prior to co-founding FountainVest, Mr. Tang was with Temasek Holdings as Senior Managing Director, where he simultaneously led China investments as well as global telecom, media and technology investments.  As a member of the senior leadership team at Temasek, Mr. Tang served on both firmwide Senior Management Committee and Senior Investment & Divestment Committee. 

Mr. Tang worked at Goldman Sachs for nearly 11 years, first in New York and then in Hong Kong.  Mr. Tang worked in both investment banking and Principal Investment Area, the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs. He was Managing Director and Head of Telecom, Media and Technology investment banking in Asia Pacific for Goldman Sachs prior to joining Temasek.   

Mr. Tang is a board member of Amer Sports, BMTS, and previously served on the board of Accenture (a Global Fortune 500 company), Key Safety System Technology, IMAX China, and Sina Weibo (a top social media platform in China).  He has been a member of the World Economic Forum, a governor of the China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, a trustee of Donghua University, and a board member of Columbia Business School’s Board of Overseers.   

Mr. Tang was born in Shanghai, and holds a bachelor’s degree from Donghua University in Shanghai and a MBA degree from Columbia Business School in New York.  

Ganen Sarvananthan is Co-Head of Asia, Head of the Middle East, Co-Managing Partner of TPG Capital Asia, Co-Head of Southeast Asia and a member of the TPG Inc Board and Executive Committee. Prior to joining TPG in 2014, Ganen served as Head of Investments at Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the Government of Malaysia’s strategic investment fund, for almost a decade. He also worked at UBS Investment Bank based in London, Hong Kong and Singapore for more than seven years. He is a Barrister-at-Law (England and Wales) and read Law at University College London.

Gavin Geminder is the Global Head of Private Capital and a Global Lead Partner for a large PE fund at KPMG. As the Global Head of Private Capital, Gavin is dedicated to advancing the firm's growth by enhancing client experiences across the Alternatives space, delivering value across the entire deal lifecycle, and fostering strong collaboration throughout KPMG's global network. In his capacity as a Global Lead Partner, he brings the best of KPMG to support his clients and their portfolio companies, with a steadfast commitment to maximizing value.

With a career spanning nearly 30 years, Gavin has gained a wealth of experience in the private equity space, having worked in London, Hong Kong, and the United States. He has previously led the US PE Practice, served as the US PE Advisory Leader, and was the National Managing Principal for Growth & Strategy, where he worked alongside the Vice Chair to drive key growth initiatives for KPMG.

Gavin is also proud to be a member of the Executive Leadership Team for the Bay Area Heart Walk, part of the American Heart Association.

Grace Lee is a Partner and Group Chief Operating Officer of Qiming Venture Partners. Since January 2025, she has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Qiming Venture Partners’ Singapore office.

Grace has extensive experience in the venture capital and private equity industry, spanning investment, portfolio management, fund operations, and fundraising. Prior to joining Qiming Venture Partners in 2009, she served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Compliance Officer of C. V. Starr Asia. Earlier in her career, she held investment roles at PAI Partners and JAFCO Asia, where she focused on private equity investments and listed securities. 

Grace was named one of the Top 10 Most Influential CFOs in China’s VC/PE Industry by ChinaVenture in 2017. She was also recognized as one of the Top 10 CFOs in China’s VC/PE Industry by Frost & Sullivan and LeadLeo Research Institute for four consecutive years from 2022 to 2025.

Grace holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London. She is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a CFA charterholder.

Grace is a board member of the China Venture Capital Finance Organization. She also serves as a Non-Executive Director of The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts Limited and as an Alternate Director of the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.

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.

Hari Gopalakrishnan is a Partner, Co-Head of Private Capital Asia, Head of India and Global Co-Head of Services for EQT.

Hari was a founding member of the India office at Baring Private Equity Asia from 2007 until 2022, when the company joined forces with EQT. Hari has led multiple successful investments in Technology Services helping build EQT's market leading franchise in the sector.

Hari holds a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and has an undergraduate degree from the University of Kerala.

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.

Mr. YU Hong Deputy CEO, Greenwill Asset Management 

Hong Yu is Deputy CEO of Greenwill Asset Management, a Hong Kong-licensed thematic fund manager focused on the energy transition, with nearly 15 years of investment experience. In less than two years since inception, Greenwill has closed multiple funds backed by sovereign investors, financial institutions and family offices, investing in distributed new energy assets across the Middle East, ASEAN, and Oceania. Before Greenwill, he was with HOPU Investments from 2017, most recently as Managing Director. He focused on strategic investments in companies including GLP, FWD and Arm China, and served on the boards of key portfolio companies. Earlier in his career, he worked in investment banking at UBS, J.P. Morgan and Nomura. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic and Communications Engineering from The University of Hong Kong and a Master of Science in Applied Sciences and Engineering from Harvard University. He is a member of CPA Australia

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.

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

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

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

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

Jason Yao joined Ardian in 2011. He is primarily responsible for the origination, due diligence, and execution of primary and secondary fund investments in Asia. He started in the Singapore office before moving to Beijing where he heads the office and has been instrumental in developing Ardian’s Secondaries & Primaries’ platform in China. Jason equally leads the firm’s institutional investor relations within the Greater China region. Prior to joining Ardian, he was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company. He is based in Beijing.

Jenny Lee is a senior managing partner at Granite Asia and has been with the firm senior leadership since 2005. 

Jenny brings decades of experience investing in innovation and technology across Asia and globally, with a proven track record of translating capital into real economic impact. At Granite Asia, she has led the firm through a significant evolution — from a venture capital specialist into a multi-asset investment platform spanning private credit and growth equity. 

A self-starter, an investor and an entrepreneur, she has been instrumental in backing technology-enabled businesses that drive productivity, digitization, and new innovative consumer applications and products. Connecting businesses and founders across markets, industries and applications with technology innovation, she is best known for investments in sectors like Consumer Tech, Food and Agritech, Energy Sustainability and Automation Technologies. Her portfolio includes 21 companies valued at over $1 billion each. She has had 18 IPOs up to date, including 5 recent IPOs since 2021, across 5 different global exchanges, and numerous portfolio company exits via M&A. 

Jenny’s global investment track record over two decades and early operation and finance work experience with Singapore Aerospace in Singapore; Morgan Stanley, and JAFCO Asia in Hong Kong enhanced her role as a preferred board member with deep domain expertise and global investment experience. 

Born and raised in Singapore, Jenny is highly respected in the Asia business community and serves as a board member of Temasek since 2022. She also serves on the governing board of Duke-NUS Medical School. In addition, she is also a member of Singapore’s RIEC; Singapore Business Federation; Asia Business Council; and the International Advisory Council of Edmond de Rothschild. 

Jenny has been a member of the Forbes Global 100 VC Midas list since 2012 and was the first woman to break the top 10 in 2015. She was also recognised by Forbes as one of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in the past 3 years (2022-2024). In 2019, Jenny was named to the Forbes Asia Power Businesswomen 25 list and received the Business Times’s Outstanding Overseas Executive Award. In 2016, she was named to the Vanity Fair New Establishment list, Fast Company Most Creative People in Business list, and is consistently recognised by The New York Times and CB Insights among the top 100 venture capital investors worldwide, ranking #8 among top venture capitalists in Asia. 

Jenny graduated from Cornell University with an M.S. and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. 

Jingyi Xu is a partner of Cooley’s fund formation practice. Her practice focuses on the formation and representation of private investment funds both in the United States and internationally. In particular, Jingyi specializes in representing fund managers investing in China in connection with the formation of their USD-dominated funds, including venture capital funds, private equity funds and project funds, as well as upper-tier arrangements, carried interest plans and various governance matters.  Jingyi also represents institutional investors (including sovereign wealth funds and funds of funds) and other investors in connection with investments in private funds.

Jingyi was recognized as a "Next Generation Partner" and "Rising Star" for investment funds practice in China by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 and 2021 editions respectively. She is also recognized as one of the "2022 Rising Stars" by China Business Law Journal.

Jingyi is a native Mandarin speaker and is fluent in English.

Ms. Wang has over 15 years of legal experience in investment funds and financial-related matters.

Ms. Wang has represented multiple international and regional fund managers in designing and establishing USD and RMB funds with diverse investment strategies.  The fund types involved include closed-end, open-end, and semi-liquid types and include fund organization forms such as partnerships, corporations, and contractual forms, and the fund structures involved include master-feeder, umbrella, and parallel structures, among others.

Ms. Wang has led the completion of over a dozen semi-liquid private fund projects that have raised capital from high-net-worth individual investors covering core Asia-Pacific markets such as China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Thailand, and Taiwan region.  The investment strategies span private equity, real estate, credit, life sciences and technology, and other sectors.

She has represented numerous investment institutions for their investments in reputable global funds.  Ms. Wang also offers full-scope legal services for fund management and operations, including fund management, fund operations, fund compliance matters, and fund interest distributions.

Prior to joining Han Kun, Ms. Wang worked at Blackstone, Morrison & Foerster and Shearman & Sterling.

Master of Finance, University of Cambridge; Bachelor of Business Administration, National University of Singapore; CFA® Charterholder.

Mr. Jopy Chiang was appointed Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Keppel Ltd. on 1 January 2025 and Chief Investment Officer, Infrastructure, Keppel Ltd. on 1 October 2023. Prior to that, he was CEO of Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management, the Trustee Manager of Keppel Infrastructure Trust from August 2021 to September 2023.

Mr. Chiang has over 15 years of experience across infrastructure private equity and investment banking, with more than US$10 billion of transaction and advisory experience in developed and emerging markets of Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and North America. Mr. Chiang’s investment experience spans the infrastructure spectrum across renewables, regulated utilities, conventional energy, distribution & transmission, transportation, water, waste and digital infrastructure, with a track record of successful returns to investors.

Prior to joining Keppel, Mr. Chiang worked at Partners Group, Arcapita and Barclays Capital, and was based in Hong Kong, London and Singapore over the tenure of his career. 

Josephine Koh is the Senior Director of Customer Experience, Funds for Asia Pacific, Middle East& Africa at Carta and was an integral part of the international expansion team when Carta launched its first international office in 2021. Carta is the connected platform and AI-native ecosystem for private capital. Built to replace fragmented tools with a single system of record, Carta brings together the software, services, and legal infrastructure that founders use to manage equity, fund managers use to run administration and reporting, and legal teams use to close transactions. Its fund administration platform supports over 10,000 funds and SPVs and represents over $250B in assets under administration, trusted by more than 55,000 companies across over 160 countries.
 
Prior to joining Carta, she was the co-founder and COO at Insignia Venture Partners (a Southeast Asia focused fund), setting up operations for the firm and raising over US$300M from institutions, family offices and high net worth individuals.

Joyce Wang focuses her practice on core areas of corporate, partnership, and securities law, with a particular emphasis on the asset management industry and cross border fund transactions. She has extensive hands-on experience advising on the formation of private investment funds, global asset allocation by institutional investors, and highly complex, cutting-edge fund adjacent transactions, including fund restructurings, liquidity solutions, and the tokenization of fund interests.

As a key member of Cooley’s funds practice, Joyce is spearheading the firm’s “Funds+” initiative, built on a strong foundation of core fund formation capabilities. This innovative approach integrates traditional fund legal services with the evolving needs of high growth sectors such as digital assets, fintech, life sciences, and artificial intelligence. Through multidisciplinary and tailor-made legal solutions, she helps corporate clients expand into new business areas and efficiently execute strategic initiatives.

Joyce has been at the forefront of supporting Hong Kong’s emerging start up ecosystem, with a particular focus on the intersection of law and technology. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and a regular contributor to leading financial media on legal and regulatory issues relating to private funds and forward-looking fund structuring.

Joyce also has experience in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance, capital markets and general corporate matters. Her legal training, transactional background and cross-border experience gained through practicing in New York, Shanghai and Hong Kong allow her to bring a unique perspective to clients when advising on their innovative, multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Joyce is a native Mandarin speaker and is fluent in English. 

Kaiting Yang focuses her practice on initial public offerings (IPOs) and other equity capital markets transactions on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), pre-IPO investments, public takeovers, and listing rules and securities regulations compliance. Kaiting has been actively involved in the pre-IPO financing and IPO process for biotech companies seeking to list on the HKEX, as we l as in regulatory compliance for biotech companies listed on the HKEX, in particular, Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX: 1672), the first pre-revenue biotech company listed on the HKEX under the new listing regime for companies in emerging and innovative sectors. Prior to joining Cooley, Kaiting has worked at the Hong Kong office of another leading US law firm. Kaiting is a native Mandarin speaker and is fluent in English and Cantonese.

Karthik Reddy is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Blume Ventures, one of India’s leading early-stage venture funds with over $900 million in AUM. Blume invests in emerging tech and tech-led innovation from Seed to Series A and supports its standout portfolio companies through growth rounds. Over the past 14 years, Blume has backed 175+ startups and has been investing from its new Fund V since H2 2025. 

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

Karthik has also held several leadership roles in shaping India’s venture ecosystem. He served as Chairperson of the Executive Committee (2022–24) and Vice Chair (2020–22) at the IVCA (Indian Venture and Alternative Capital Association) - India's apex association for Venture & PE funds, collaborating with the Indian government on policies for Alternative Investment Funds.   With prior roles at American Express Bank, Instinet (Reuters-owned), and Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (Times Group), Karthik brings diverse experience in financial markets, technology, and media across the US and India. 

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

Kenny Chen is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Turbo Net Zero, a pure-play sustainability consultancy dedicated to advancing sustainability integration and unlocking value for investors and businesses. He has a proven track record of guiding leading private equity firms and corporates through complex sustainability challenges, embedding sustainability principles into the investment lifecycle, portfolio operations, and corporate frameworks.

Under Kenny’s leadership, Turbo Net Zero has become the partner of choice for global investors and corporates, delivering practical and measurable solutions aligned with long-term strategic goals. The firm has been recognized as the Best ESG Advisor in Private Equity by the Drawdown Awards, underscoring its industry leadership and impact. Kenny is also the host of the Turbo Impact Podcast, the most widely followed sustainability podcast in private markets, where he engages top investors, institutional allocators, and entrepreneurs in exploring how sustainability shapes investment and corporate strategy. He has also been featured at leading industry forums, including the Mergermarket Influencers Fireside Chat, where he shared insights on how sustainability is reshaping private capital strategy.

Before founding Turbo Net Zero, Kenny built and scaled a leading sustainability insights company, which was successfully acquired by a NYSE-listed data and analytics firm. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and professional designations including the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) credential under the IFRS Foundation, and a Carbon Trader certificate.

KY Tang founded Affinity Equity Partners in 2002, after amassing more than thirty years’ experience in the private equity and banking sectors. KY, together with other former senior partners of UBS Capital Asia Pacific, spun off and formed Affinity Equity Partners. Prior to establishing the Firm, he held leadership positions with UBS, including Chief Executive for Investment Banking, East Asia for the Union Bank of Switzerland. When the Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation were merged into UBS, he was named Chief Executive, Hong Kong for UBS Group and Head of Investment Banking, Asia for UBS Investment Bank. His last position with UBS Group was as Chairman of UBS Capital Asia Pacific.

KY holds a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting) with first-class honours from the University of Malaya.

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.

Lorna Chen is A&O Shearman’s Regional Head of Funds and Asset Management for CEMA (Continental Europe, META and APAC).  

She has nearly 30 years of experience across the United States, Europe, and Asia in the corporate law area, including 25 years in the investment funds and private capital field. She advises clients on the structuring, restructuring, formation and operation of alternative investment products, including private equity funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds, real estate funds, funds of funds, project funds, and co-investment structures.  

Lorna has extensive experience in representing investors in making investments in private funds and co-investment projects around the globe. She is also respected by clients as an expert on regulatory and compliance matters related to investment funds and their managers.  Drawing on her experience advising leading global asset managers and institutional investors, she provides practical insights into how AI is transforming capital formation, investment decision-making, portfolio management and value creation across alternative asset classes.

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.

Marcus Brennecke joined EQT Partners in January 2005. Marcus graduated from the University St. Gallen, CH (HSG).

Prior to joining EQT Partners he spent seven years at Axel Springer Publishing Group (1987-94) and ten years in PE (1994-04).

Marcus is a member of the Equity Partners Investment Committee and the Portfolio Performance Review Committee (PPR) within EQT Equity, EQT Growth and EQT Future as well as a member of the Global Investment Forum (GIF).

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 related control buyouts in the mature industrial and technology, consumer related and business services sectors. The Firm manages four Funds which have accumulated approximately US$2.7 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 investment sourcing and execution, and building the firm's global capital base and networks. 

Before co-founding Longreach, Mark served as Chief Executive Officer of UBS Securities Japan, Member of the Global Investment Banking Management Committee and 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 these roles, Mark headed the UBS Asia-Pacific Financial Institutions Group. 

Mark is an Australian citizen, resident in Hong Kong. He holds First Class Honours Bachelors degrees in Economics (University of Melbourne) and Law (University of Sydney). Mark is a Rhodes Scholar with a Masters degree in International Relations (with Distinction) from Oxford University.

Martin Brand is Head of Blackstone Capital Partners. He also serves as a member of several of the firm’s investment committees. Mr. Brand was involved in a number of Blackstone’s private equity investments including Refinitiv, IntraFi, Bumble, Liftoff, Blue Yonder, Ultimate Software, Kronos, Knight Capital, Exeter, PBF Energy, Lendmark, Optiv, Ipreo, NCR, Paysafe, First Eagle and Bank United. He currently serves as director of London Stock Exchange Group, Smartsheet, Bumble, UKG Software, Liftoff Mobile, CVENT, and First Eagle. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Brand worked as a derivatives trader with Goldman Sachs in New York and Tokyo, and with McKinsey & Company in London.

Mr. Brand received a BA/MA in Mathematics and Computation, First Class Honors, from Oxford University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is a Trustee of the American Academy Berlin and the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach.

Mathieu is currently Global Head and Asia Pacific Head of Alternatives, Wealth and Premier Solutions at HSBC International Wealth and Premier Banking, based in Hong Kong. In this capacity, he oversees the offering of hedge funds, private equity funds, Real Estate funds and other private investment opportunities to HSBC’s private banking and wealth customers.

Prior to joining HSBC, Mathieu set-up the private markets offering of Antarctica Asset Management, a global platform allowing wealth managers to offer their clients access to a curated offering of hedge funds and private market funds. Before that, Mathieu set up and grew the Asia operations of Moonfare, an online platform allowing private individuals to invest in Private equity funds. 

In the earlier part of his career, Mathieu held various leadership roles at UBS, including leadership of the Wealth Management Private Markets Distribution team and the Institutional Investments group for APAC. Mathieu also held equity capital markets, structuring and derivatives positions in the investment banking divisions of UBS, Merrill Lynch and Calyon in London and Paris.

Mathieu holds a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics for Finance from Ecole Centrale Paris.

Melissa C. Guzy is the Founder and Managing Partner of Arbor Ventures. Before the founding of Arbor Ventures, Melissa was a Managing Partner and a member of the Investment Committee at VantagePoint Capital Partners, where she invested in early stage technology companies in Asia, Europe and Silicon Valley. Her current board positions include EverCompliant, Fundbox, InCountry, Tabby, Planck Re and TrueAccord. Melissa was the investor board member of Paidy which was acquired by Paypal for $2.88 billion. Melissa also sits on the Board of Trustees of The Jackson Laboratory whose mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health. 

Melissa attended Wellesley College and earned a master’s degree in Finance from the University of Florida. She is the author of the paper “Venture Capital Returns and Public Market Performance”. Melissa is the Co-Chair of the Hong Kong Venture Capital Association (“HKVCA”) Venture Committee, a member of the Board of Directors of the HKVCA and the Singapore Venture Capital Associate and a former member to the Hong Kong SFC on Innovation. Additionally, she was a guest lecturer on the Venture Capital Industry at the University of Florida, Hong Kong University, Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Melissa is also a Hopkins Fellow and participated in the Women’s Leadership Program at Harvard University. She has been recognized as a Top 100 Influencer in Fintech (NxtBnk), AlwaysOn Fintech Power Player, as well as one of the Top 13 Women in Asia of Tech Influencers.

Melvyn Yeo is the Founder and Managing Partner of Singapore-based, TRIREC, which is the pioneer and leading venture capital firm that invests globally with a decarbonisation mandate driving the climate change agenda since 2015.

Melvyn started his career in 2000 and spent more than a decade in Goldman Sachs (Asia) managing global multi-asset portfolios and was also a senior member of the equity derivatives team. He then co-founded Thirdrock Group which was the leading Singapore-based multi-family office investment firm which was acquired by UK-based Schroders in 2019.

He was the Deputy CEO (Asia), Chairman of the Asia Investment Committee, Co-Chair of the Private Assets Investment Committee for Schroders Wealth globally. Melvyn was on the boards of the Singapore and Hong Kong entities of the firm’s wealth management business during his tenure at Schroders.

Melvyn is currently on the board of the Singapore Land Authority since 2023. Melvyn served as a District Councillor for 6 years in the Environment Functional Committee with the South West Community Development Council. He also served as a Technical Advisor to the National Research Foundation Central Gap Fund for 2 years. 

He is a Council Member of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) and is the Chairman of the Sustainable Energy StartUp Network. Melvyn was a founding member of the Climate Solutions Committee in the Singapore Venture Capital Association. Melvyn was appointed to the inaugural Sustainability Committee of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2025.

He was the first investor into Sunseap Group in 2011, sat on the board and was also a member of the firm’s audit & risk, remunerations, and executive committees until its acquisition in 2022.

In 2018, Melvyn was selected and has been a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corp, which was founded by United States ex-Vice President Al Gore, to spread awareness, shape public opinion, influence policy, and inspire our communities to act on climate change.

Melvyn serves on the Strategic Advisory Board of the Accelerate Blue Fund of the University of Michigan that is dedicated to bringing the research and development of technologies within its faculties across disciplines to commercialization.

He is currently on the board of Halogen, that is a Singapore-based non-profit organisation with a mission to build character, mindsets, and skill sets that will inspire youths to step up and catalyse change in their communities.

Melvyn graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business in 2000. He is a Singaporean and is married with 2 boys.

Mr. Octoman is a Senior Partner at Navis and an Investment Committee member of the Navis Asia Private Equity and Credit Funds.

Mr. Octoman joined Navis in 2000. His primary responsibility is to manage the Navis Asia Credit Fund, as a senior member of the team, and to ensure that synergies with Navis’ Private Equity platform are optimized. He also oversees the ESG Portfolio Operations team and drives the strategic focus of ESG at Navis. He has extensive private equity investment experience across multiple Navis funds investing in the ASEAN region and was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Navis, overseeing the Navis Private Equity Funds’ Investment Committee decision-making process, the Portfolio Operations group, human capital, and Navis’ strategic banking relationships.

Prior to joining Navis, Mr. Octoman worked with Price Waterhouse Coopers with a focus on capital market transactions and financial due diligence in emerging markets. Mr. Octoman also worked for KPMG in Australia and Canada in Business Advisory services.

A lifetime resident of Australasia, having been raised and educated in Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accountancy from the University of South Australia and is an Australian qualified Chartered Accountant. He is a former member of the UNPRI PEAC committee.

Mike Zimmerman is a Partner at Main Sequence, a deep tech venture capital firm backing companies that tackle the planet's greatest challenges in food, health, climate, space, national security and industrial resilience. Founded in partnership with the Australian Government and CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, Main Sequence turns world-leading science and engineering research into category-defining companies. The firm manages more than A$1 billion across 70+ portfolio companies.

Mike brings more than 20 years of experience as a founder, executive and investor across Australia and the United States, and began his career at Bain & Company and Goldman Sachs.  He is a Director of the Australian Investment Council and a Board Member of the Business School Fund at Stanford Graduate School of Business.  He holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BA with honours from Amherst College.

Monica’s practice focuses on representing high-growth emerging companies, as well as venture capital and other investors, on cross-border transactions in different industries across Asia, the US and worldwide. Her practice includes various stages of venture capital and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, formations and restructurings, joint ventures, spinoffs, foreign direct investments, outbound investments, research and license collaborations, employee equity incentives, corporate governance matters, manufacturing and distribution arrangements, other corporate and strategic transactions, and general corporate matters. Monica counsels companies from startups to well-established organizations in industries including life sciences, biotechnology, healthcare, medical devices, technology, media, telecom, high tech, fintech, ecommerce, edtech, software, digital health and many others.

Before joining Cooley, Monica worked at a leading law firm in China. She is a registered attorney in New York and qualified to practice law in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

Monica is a native Mandarin speaker and is fluent in English.

Murong Yang is a Partner at Future Capital, where she leads global capital formation, institutional investor partnerships, capital markets and international initiatives. Her responsibilities span flagship fundraises, separately managed accounts (SMAs), co-investments and other strategic investment vehicles, working with sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, family offices and other institutional investors globally. She has played a leading role in developing Future Capital’s institutional LP franchise and strategic capital partnerships.

Murong also serves on the Investment Committee of Future Capital’s USD funds and is involved in the evaluation and execution of co-investments and strategic investment vehicles. She works closely with portfolio companies on capital markets, international expansion and strategic financing. Future Capital is an early-stage technology investor with a focus on AI and frontier technologies. Representative investments include MiniMax (HKEX), Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI), NIU Technologies (NASDAQ: NIU), iMotion Automotive Technology (HKEX: 1274), PingCAP, LiblibAI, Genspark and Wuji Robotics.

Prior to joining Future Capital, Murong held senior operating roles in China and previously worked in the Investment Banking Division at Credit Suisse and the Investments Division at JLL. She holds a B.A. from Yale University and an MBA from Tsinghua University. She has been recognized by the World Economic Forum and received Tsinghua University’s Award for Leadership. She also serves on the Board of the Hongru Financial Education Foundation.

At Navis, Mr Bloy leads investment teams in making, monitoring and exiting investments, sits on Navis’ Investment Committee and sits on the boards and/or executive committees of several Navis portfolio companies. Prior to co-founding Navis, Mr Bloy worked at Boston Consulting Group in Asia from 1989 to 1999 after spending 3 years with Bain & Co. In London. He holds a BA Hons degree from University College, London and an MBA from INSEAD, France.

Mr. Jiesheng (Nick) Zhou currently serves as the Head of the Renewable Energy Platform at GLP China, responsible for the platform’s strategy, investment, fund and asset management and operation. Mr. Zhou previously served as Vice President and Special Assistant to Chairman of Executive Committee at GLP China, responsible for strategic investments, corporate strategy implementation and new business incubation in China

Prior to joining GLP, Mr. Zhou served as Vice President at Houlihan Lokey Beijing / Hong Kong, advising clients on cross-border M&A, financial restructuring and take-private transactions of U.S. listed Chinese companies. Before Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Zhou served as senior associate at Deloitte Corporate Finance New York Office, providing transaction-based advice for clients in the consumer and industrial sector.

Mr. Zhou holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University and received his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.

Niladri is a managing director in the External Investing Group (XIG) within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, leading the group’s growth and technology co-investing activities. He is a member of the XIG Private Co-Investment Strategies Committee and the Goldman Sachs Investment Partners Global Private Opportunities Partners Investment Committee.

Previously, Niladri was a managing director in the Merchant Banking Division, focused on growth equity and corporate equity investing. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2010 in the Asian Special Situations Group, concentrating on principal investing and lending across the capital structure with a focus on India, Middle East and South East Asia. Niladri was named managing director in 2015.

Prior to joining the firm, Niladri worked at Morgan Stanley in New York in the Distressed Trading and Investing Group and in investment banking.

Niladri earned a BS in Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude, from Bucknell University in 2001 and an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School in 2006.

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.  

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 (HKSE:3696), 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 (NASDAQ: ALMR), EpiBiologics, Aeira, Pluslife, Horizone, SinoUnited Health, Aeonmed, Novast, Nurotron, Origene Technologies (acquired by VCAN Bio SSE:600645), MedX, Goodwill (SSE:688246), Jacobio (HKSE:1167), Sesame Therapeutics, 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.

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.

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

Pang brings a global perspective in his work, having worked in New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Shanghai in over two decades of private practice. He serves as the risk management partner for all of the Cooley offices in Asia, and is a member of the firm’s global risk management committee, the pro bono committee and DEI committee.

Pang regularly speaks at regional industry conferences in Greater China and Southeast Asia, including serving as a moderator at the Asia Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ) for over a decade. He is a member of the Legal & Regulatory Council of the Global Private Capital Association (GPCA). Additionally, Pang serves as a Trustee at the Shanghai American School, and is the chair of the Trusteeship Committee. 

Pang is ranked as a leading Investment Funds lawyer by Chambers Greater China and was honored as Investment Funds Lawyer of the Year at The Legal 500 China Law Awards 2025.

Prashant Kumar (Singapore) joined KKR in 2018 and is a Partner. He is the head of the Southeast Asia Private Equity team. Mr. Kumar has led a number of the firm’s investments, including Ascend Asia, Mat Sai Gon Vietnam, Max Healthcare, JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Vini Cosmetics, and Advanta India. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Kumar was a director and member of the investment committee at ChrysCapital, a leading India-focused private equity fund. Previously, he was with Warburg Pincus where led investments in various sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Kumar worked at Karsch Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund, and SUN Capital, an emerging markets focused private equity firm. He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Kumar holds a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, a post-graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management Kolkata, and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Projesh Banerjea (Singapore) joined KKR in 2022 and is a member of the Asia Pacific Infrastructure team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Banerjea spent ten years at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), where he was responsible for investing across the transport, energy, and digital infrastructure sectors globally, with a focus on Asia. While at ADIA, Mr. Banerjea was also appointed as a director on the boards of Renew Energy Global, Cube Highways, EdgePoint Infrastructure, and the Anglian Water Group. Before ADIA, Mr. Banerjea worked at Macquarie Capital in London and J.P. Morgan in New York. Mr. Banerjea holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, an MSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics, where he attended as a Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholar, and a BA in Mathematics and Economics from DePauw University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude.

Qian Shi is based in Shanghai, joined Warburg Pincus in 2015, and focuses on real estate investments in the region. Qian serves on the boards of DNE Group, Princeton Digital Group, and YH Global Logistics JV. He has also worked on other investments including ESR Group and JD Property. He received an MS in Finance and a BS in Biology from Peking University.

Rafael Ratzel has been an integral part of is T-Capital International (华控基金) in Beijing since 2016, spearheading the firm's international initiatives as the head of TH Capital International. His strategic leadership resulted in the successful establishment of the firm’s inaugural USD Fund in 2023, which gives international investors unique access to growth investment opportunities in China's deep-tech ecosystem. The international team at TH Capital also supports portfolio companies in introducing innovative Chinese technologies to a global customer base and securing complementary technologies in Europe.   

He started his career with operational roles at Siemens and Bosch in Europe, as well as Lufthansa in Hong Kong and as a strategy consultant with Roland Berger in Beijing. After his MBA, Rafael worked with the cross-border investment team at CMIG Investments in Shanghai. 

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

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

Rajiv is based in Singapore and leads Morrison’s investment team in Asia. He has a background in investment management and corporate finance in the infrastructure, energy and logistics sectors. Prior to joining Morrison in 2018, Rajiv was at Cubico Sustainable Investments in London, KPMG’s Corporate Finance team in Sydney and in emerging markets private equity in the Middle East. He is a Director of a number of Morrison portfolio companies including Gurīn Energy and Polaris.

Rajiv holds a Bachelor of Business (Finance and Accounting) from the University of Technology, Sydney, is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) and holds the Certificate in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors in the UK. 

Randy Laxer is the Co-Head of the Asia M&A/PE Practice. His experience includes over 20 years in Japan representing clients on numerous Japan private equity buyouts and investments, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international joint ventures, and minority investments in various industries, including high technology, life sciences, and media.

Randy has been selected as one of “Asia’s Top 15 M&A Lawyers” by Asian Legal Business and also is recommended for his M&A and corporate law expertise by Chambers Global (2026), Chambers Asia-Pacific (2026), IFLR1000 (2025), and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2026). Client comments about Randy include the following:

“Randy is a seasoned operator in the M&A and general corporate space, who can guide you through the most complex transactions down to the easiest.” (Chambers Asia-Pacific)

“He is very professional and solution-oriented and provides expert advice to resolve issues that arise during negotiations.” (Chambers Asia-Pacific)

“Randy has provided great expertise and perspective to our projects and facilitated the completion of our deals.” (Chambers Global)

Randy received his J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School and attended Konan University in Kobe, Japan and Stanford University’s Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies. He is fluent in Japanese and is also a registered Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi and a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.

Raymond Law is a Partner at Juniper Assets. He has over sixteen years of experience across infrastructure investing, energy transition, digital infrastructure, and investment banking in the Asia-Pacific region.

Prior to co-founding Juniper Assets, Raymond was a Managing Director at HSG Capital (formerly Sequoia Capital China), where he led energy transition investments across Asia and Europe. Before joining HSG, Raymond was a Principal at Stonepeak and a founding member of the firm’s Asia infrastructure business. During his tenure, he played a key role in establishing and expanding Stonepeak’s presence in the region, with a focus on investments across energy transition and renewable energy sectors. Prior to Stonepeak, Raymond was with Macquarie Capital, where he was involved in infrastructure and renewable energy investments across Asia.

Raymond received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accountancy and Finance from the Chinese University of Hong Kong graduating summa cum laude. He also attended the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business as a visiting international scholar.

Reiji Terasaka is a Managing Director on the Carlyle Japan Advisory team & Deputy Head of the Industrials, Technology, Infrastructure Services team. He is based in Tokyo.

Mr. Terasaka first joined Carlyle in 2003 and worked as a buyout professional for 10 years, after which he moved into corporate management, serving in several executive positions at Japan Display, Berlitz Corporation, and Marelli Corporation. He returned to Carlyle in 2020. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Terasaka worked at the Japanese Ministry of Finance for six years.

Mr. Terasaka currently serves on the Board of Directors of Chemipaz Corporation (formerly Seiko PMC Corporation) and Nippon Dry-Chemical Co., Ltd. He previously served as a board member of Rigaku Corporation.

Mr. Terasaka received his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. He received an MALD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a BA from the University of Tokyo.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robin is the Co-Founder of Thrive Alternatives, advising private markets managers and investors on primary fundraising, secondaries and strategic capital solutions. Based in Singapore, he combines deep Asian market experience with global investor relationships. He particularly enjoys working with ambitious founders and investment teams to grow their firms and finding fresh angles on complex situations that can unlock capital, liquidity or growth.

Robin has worked in private markets for nearly two decades and completed his first secondary transaction almost 18 years ago. Known for innovative approaches to secondaries in Asia, he draws on his experience as an LP, a personal investor and a business builder to understand both sides of a transaction and develop solutions that work for managers and investors.

His entrepreneurial experience spans finance and technology. Building Thrive has deepened his appreciation of the ambition, judgement and persistence it takes to grow a business. An early adopter of technology, he is excited by the promise of AI and automation and enjoys finding practical ways to make private markets more efficient.

Previously, Robin spent seven years as a Managing Director at Eaton Partners, where, together with his partners, he built its award-winning Asian fundraising and advisory business from Shanghai and helped clients grow their AUM nearly fourfold. Earlier, he was an LP investor at Capital Dynamics in New York, where he worked on LP commitments, secondaries and co-investments.

Originally from Zurich, Robin has lived and worked across the US, Europe and Asia. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance & Economics and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Philosophy from Brandeis University. He speaks five languages, plays tennis and loves a good history podcast.

Rohan is a Managing Director in the Private Equity team at Pacific Equity Partners. Rohan joined PEP in 2010, bringing extensive international investment experience across Australia, Asia and North America. Before joining PEP, he worked with Navis Capital Partners and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity. Rohan received a PLD from Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.

Roland is a partner in the External Investment Group within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, leading the early-stage venture capital investment team. He joined Goldman Sachs as a partner in 2026 as part of the firm's acquisition of Industry Ventures.

Previously, Roland was the founder of Little Hawk Capital Management LLC which was acquired by Industry Ventures in 2009. He also spent five years as a Principal with Columbia Capital, a leading communications and information technology investment firm. Earlier in his career, Roland was an investment banker with JP Morgan & Co. in New York.

Roland earned a BA from Princeton University with high honors and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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. 

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.

Sean Murphy is a fund formation partner in Cooley’s Singapore office. Sean’s practice focuses on the formation and operation of private funds across venture capital, growth equity, buy-out, special situations, real estate and infrastructure strategies. First resident in Singapore in 2004, he has advised fund sponsors and investors for more than a decade from offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and New York. Sean also regularly advises clients on co-investments, managed accounts, feeder funds for HNWIs, carried interest plans, strategic partnerships and US securities and investment advisory laws.

Sebastien Lamy is the co-head of our Asia-Pacific Private Equity practice, which he has helped develop and grow for the past 15 years.

Sebastien has spent more than 20 years with us, most of which in Asia Pacific. He is now based in Tokyo, and he has worked across Southeast Asia, Greater China, Australia, Japan and Korea. He specializes in growth and portfolio strategy, fund strategy, M&A advisory and due diligence, and innovation. Over the past few years he has been leading our infrastructure investing work in Asia Pacific.

He also spent several years as managing director of the Singapore-based Keppel Corporation, where he led group strategy, M&A, technology and innovation.

Actively engaged in the non-profit sector, Sebastien is currently on the board of the Community Foundation of Singapore.

He holds an MBA from INSEAD and an undergraduate degree from the HEC School of Management.

.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.

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

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

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

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

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

Shaolin Liu is a Partner at AGIC Capital, bringing extensive experience in private equity investing and senior leadership in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining AGIC, he worked at Cathay Capital, where he was involved across the full lifecycle of buyout investments, from deal origination to exit, with a particular focus on medical devices and healthcare services. 

Shaolin brings more than 20 years of operational and management experience at leading multinational healthcare companies, including GE, PerkinElmer, Cardinal Health, and Fresenius Medical Care. In leadership roles across Asia, he held full pro it and loss responsibility for business units, overseeing strategic planning and execution, business development, operations, and sales and marketing. 

His investment background and operational expertise provide a comprehensive perspective on assessing businesses, developing growth strategies, and driving long-term value creation.  Shaolin holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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. 

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

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

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

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

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. 

Sriwatsan Krishnan is a senior partner and co-head of our Asia-Pacific Private Equity practice. Sriwatsan led our Private Equity practice in India for 6 years, helping establish it as a trusted advisor to leading investors across the region.

With over 20 years of experience at Bain and extensive leadership experience across Asia, Sriwatsan brings a uniquely global perspective to investors and businesses. He spends his time between India and the United States and has worked extensively across Southeast Asia, China, Japan, and India, advising clients on growth, transformation, and value creation.

Sriwatsan partners with global private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, regional and domestic Asian investors, and other alternative asset managers across the entire investment lifecycle. His experience spans fund strategy, deal origination, commercial and operational due diligence, portfolio value creation, buy-and-build strategies, M&A, and exit planning, helping investors unlock sustainable returns at scale.

Sriwatsan has deep expertise in technology and digital-native sectors. He has advised many of the world's leading technology services, software, and AI-enabled businesses on growth strategy, operating model transformation, AI adoption, M&A, and operational excellence. He has also worked closely with high-growth consumer technology companies and digital disruptors, supporting them in accelerating growth, scaling monetization, and expanding into new markets.

Sriwatsan holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

Toby is a co-founder of Audacy, catalysing energy transition technologies related to (1) electrification and energy efficiency, (2) sustainable transportation and (3) industrial decarbonisation, that are at the inflexion point for commercial scaleup.  Audacy’s team is deeply experienced in the energy, infrastructure, and industrial sectors, and have decades of experience working with strategic corporates in the APAC region, critical to anchor the scaleup of energy transition solutions.  Toby has over 20 years of investments and advisory experience across energy, infrastructure, technology, real estate and natural resources. Toby advised on over US$15bn of transactions whilst at Macquarie Capital and was part of the founding team of Kerogen Capital, a specialist in international energy investments with over US$2 billion AUM.  Toby's mission is to use Audacy's experience across various capital stacks, from early stage, late stage growth, infrastructure, as well as debt, to help finance climate tech solutions at various stages and maximise the tools available to support their scale up journey whilst generating superior risk-adjusted returns. 

Toby is a passionate "powderhound" and trained as a ski instructor with the NZSIA.  He is currently reviving a traditional Japanese ski resort area called Myoko Kogen where Audacy is also looking to contribute by bringing in other exciting sustainable solutions  and also  investors that are willing to back the start-ups.

Toshihide joined T Capital Partners (formerly Tokio Marine Capital) in May 2025. He has over 20 years extensive experience covering financial sponsors, including private equity funds, to provide a broad range of advisory (TOB and curve-out etc.), financing (including IPO) and PE fund related products in investment banking. He founded and led the financial sponsor coverage team at Citigroup Global Markets Japan (formerly Nikko Citigroup) since 2005. Prior to joining T Capital, he was a Managing Director at Nomura International (London) to cover financial sponsors and trading houses to promote and lead cross-border deals after working at Nomura Securities (Tokyo) where he joined in 2017 as a sponsor coverage. He had been involved in a wide range of sectors; TMT, Business Services, C&R, Healthcare, Industrials and Financial Services.

Toshihide has a B.A in Law from Keio University.

Mr. Shimizu is a Managing Partner leading L Catterton’s Japan team based in Tokyo. Prior to joining the firm in 2017, he worked at Japan-focused buyout funds Sunrise Capital, as a Director, and Rising Japan Equity, as a Principal, where he was deeply involved in mid-cap buyout deals in the consumer sector. Before moving into private equity in 2007, Mr. Shimizu was in the marketing finance division of BAT Japan and an auditor at Deloitte, where he began his career.

He holds the Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification, graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) / Commerce dual degree from the University of Queensland, and has completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Columbia Business School.

Vishal Mahadevia is a Managing Director, Head of Asia Private Equity and Co-Head of Global Financial Services, and a member of the Executive Committee and Executive Management Group at Warburg Pincus. Vishal is also a Director of PVR INOX Limited, Apollo Tyres Limited and Topcast. He serves on the International Advisory Board of Center for the Advanced Study of India, the Board of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, and the India Regional Board of Room to Read. He received a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Wei Zhou is the Founder of Cyber Creation Ventures (CCV), Former Managing Partner and Head of China at Kleiner Perkins.

With over 30 years of entrepreneurial and venture investment experience, Wei is recognized as an early pioneer in China’s fintech sector and a long-term investor in transformative technology trends, including artificial intelligence, robotics, deep technology, and next-generation digital infrastructure.

His investments include JD.com (NASDAQ: JD), VenusTech (SZSE: 002439), Rong360 (NYSE: JT), ChineseAll (SZSE: 300364), Arrail Dental (HKEX: 06639), Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF), Mininglamp Technology (HKEX: 2718), Beijing SYS Science & Technology (SZSE: 301372), Ximalaya FM (acquired by Tencent Music Entertainment), as well as leading private technology companies such as Linkerbot, Shukun Technology, Coowa, Botinkit, Quicktron, and PPIO.

Wei has been recognized by Forbes, Fortune, and Caijing Magazine as one of the leading venture capital investors among global Chinese. He also serves as Governor and Treasurer of the China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA).

Wei received his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a long-term entrepreneurship mentor at Wharton, Tsinghua PBC School of Finance, and the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Mr. Li Wenxuan Chairman & CEO, PCG Power 

Chairman of the Board, PCG Global 

Wenxuan Li is the Chairman and CEO of PCG Power. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of PCG Global. In 2022, Li founded PCG Power, China's largest and fastest-growing investor and operator of distributed solar PV and Bess plants for commercial and industrial (C&I) applications, which built over 3 GW of operational capacity within two years. PCG power also operates the biggest VPP system in China with Octopus Energy. He also established PCG Global, the global headquarters of PCG based in Singapore, whose pipeline now exceeds 2 GW across the Middle East, Oceania, Southeast Asia, and other regions.   Before founding PCG Power, Li served as Deputy General Manager of Poly Capital. With extensive expertise in private equity investment and a strong industrial background, Li has managed multiple equity and asset investment funds with total AUM of more than RMB 10 billion, establishing diversified investment platforms with leading state-owned enterprises and listed companies. He holds a bachelor's degree from Xi'an Jiaotong University and a master's degree from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He has been recognized as one of Fortune's "40 Under 40 Business Elites," China Venture's "Top 50 Private Equity Investors," and China Venture's "Top 30 Outstanding Innovation Figures in China's Equity Investment."

Willson Cuaca is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at East Ventures, a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Southeast Asia. Willson transformed East Ventures into a multi-asset platform, managing multiple funds from seed to growth with over 300 portfolio companies across Southeast Asia, including Indonesia that is the firm’s central focus.

Under Willson’s leadership, East Ventures captured Indonesia’s early wave of digital transformation and is an early backer of some of the largest tech companies in Southeast Asia, such as Tokopedia, Traveloka, Ruangguru, waresix, Sociolla, ShopBack, Mighty Jaxx, Xendit, Fore Coffee, and IDN.

East Ventures was awarded The Most Consistent Top Performing GP Globally by Preqin; 1st Top Asia Investor and 4th Top Global Investor in 2022 by CB Insights; named The Most Active Investor in Southeast Asia and Indonesia; and listed as one of the top 10 global seed investors headquartered in Asia in the Crunchbase 2021 report.

In 2020, Willson was listed in Asia’s Top 100 People Transforming Business by Business Insider. Willson was also named Fortune Indonesia Businessperson of the Year 2022.

Wymen Chan | Head of Energy Transition, Asia | Gresham House

Wymen leads Gresham House’s Asia strategy within the firm’s Energy Transition division. He joined Gresham House in January 2026 following its acquisition of SUSI Partners, where he served as Head of Asia.

Wymen had joined SUSI Partners in 2018 to develop and execute the firm’s Southeast Asia investment strategy across utility-scale renewables, distributed solar PV and energy-efficiency platforms, and other climate-aligned infrastructure solutions. In this role, he led the origination, structuring, and execution of multiple clean-energy platforms across Asia, spanning development, asset-management and exit execution.

Before joining SUSI, Wymen held senior roles in Asian infrastructure-focused funds including at Armstrong Asset Management and Maybank MEACP and previously worked in mid-market buyouts in the US. He brings more than 20 years of investment experience across private-equity, real assets, and cross-border transactions.

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.

Xun is an investment funds partner in Cooley’s Singapore office. Her practice focuses on the formation, structuring and operation of a variety of investment funds, including venture capital, private equity, hybrid and co-investment funds. She advises fund sponsors on the marketing, formation and operation of their funds, as we l as upper-tier arrangements, carried interest plans, strategic joint venture arrangements and various governance matters. Xun also has extensive experience in representing institutional investors in connection with investments in private funds across Asia, including China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. She also advises clients on the structuring and operation of cryptoasset funds and Web3 investment vehicles, including those focused on blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi), digital assets and tokenized investment strategies. She also assists clients with navigating global regulatory frameworks. Xun is a lecturer in law on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School where she teaches Private Investment Funds. She is admitted to practice in New York and Hong Kong and is a native Mandarin and Cantonese speaker.