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Nov
Institutional investors: The balance of power
- To what extent – and where – are GPs more willing to compromise on fund terms?
- Is there more reason to be positive about distributions than 12 months ago?
- Will more investors gravitate towards a total portfolio approach?
- How have LPs responded to ESG’s apparent fall from favour?
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SpeakersHemal Mirani Managing Director HARBOURVEST PARTNERS (ASIA) LIMITED
Phok Jui (PJ) Heng Managing Director, Asia Private Equity Funds CDPQ
Greg Jania Global Co-Head of Private Equity APG ASSET MANAGEMENT
Ankur Meattle Head of Asia Private Equity Funds & Co-Investments GIC
Dana Johns Head of Private Equity DIVISION OF INVESTMENT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY
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Hemal Mirani rejoined HarbourVest's senior management team in Asia in 2015 to focus on investments and investor relations across the Asia Pacific region.
Ms. Mirani first joined HarbourVest in 1997 and spent eleven years developing relationships with leading Asian private equity managers and working with our investors and consultants across the region to advance and optimize their private market investment programs. She rejoined HarbourVest after six years with CVC Capital Partners in Hong Kong, where she was head of investor relations in Asia and Chief Administrative Officer.
Ms. Mirani 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.
Phok Jui (PJ) Heng is Managing Director, Asia Private Equity Funds. In this role, he is responsible for private equity funds investment in the Asia region.
PJ has close to 20 years of experience in the private equity market. Before joining CDPQ in 2019, he was in charge of private equity at the Bank of Singapore. From 2005 to 2014, he worked at Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) in the private equity funds and co-investments team. PJ started his career at JTC Corporation, a statutory board under Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry.
PJ holds an MBA from INSEAD, and a Masters in Engineering from Imperial College London.
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.
Ankur Meattle is Head of Asia Private Equity Funds & Co-Investments at GIC. As part of this role, Ankur oversees our Asian private equity funds programme, as well as co-investment deals alongside GPs. In addition, Ankur co-chairs the ASEAN Business Group (ABG), which helps coordinate overall ASEAN investment strategy across GIC.
Ankur joined GIC in 2004 and has been part of various teams within the GIC Asia Private Equity organisation. Before joining GIC, he was a Manager with Arthur D Little, a strategy consulting firm, in Singapore. He has also worked with PwC and KPMG in India.
Ankur is an Advisor to the Investment Committee of the Singapore Management University (SMU).
Ankur holds a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi) and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University.
Ms. Johns joined the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Investment in 2023 as the Head of Private Equity. Prior to New Jersey she was a member of the Private Equity team at the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System and is an experienced private markets investor and leader in the U.S. public pension and broader institutional investor community.
Ms. Johns has over 20 years of experience investing and managing multi-billion dollar global portfolios of institutional alternative investment assets. She has deep expertise in private equity and a highly developed personal network with established top performing private equity fund managers and next generation managers. Ms. Johns has a demonstrated long-term track record for selecting and managing strong performing private equity fund portfolios. She is committed to supporting discourse and initiatives focused on the thoughtful advancement of private markets investing and creating pathways to inclusion for underrepresented talent in private equity.
Industry recognition includes Wall Street Journal Pro Private Equity 2023 Women to Watch, Institutional Investor Global Top 50 Women in Investment Management, Trusted Insight Top Public Pension Investors Directors, and PEWIN Member of the Year highlighting Ms. Johns’ work in transforming the private equity industry with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Ms. Johns is Board Chair of the Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN), and a member of the Academy for Institutional Investors Editorial Committee, AIF Women’s Leadership Steering Committee and the SEO Alternative Investments Limited Partner Advisory Council.
Ms. Johns has both a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Indiana University Bloomington and a B.S. in Computer Info Systems from Stevenson University. She graduated from Loyola University Maryland with a Master's in Finance while working full time as an Associate at Camden Private Capital, a private equity fund of funds.