Tim Burroughs is managing editor of Asian Venture Capital Journal, having joined the publication in May 2011. He is responsible for all editorial content put out under the AVCJ brand, including Asian Venture Capital Journal, AVCJtv, AVCJ Awards and AVCJ.com. Tim previously spent five years at China Economic Review, serving as editor-in-chief and then editorial director. Located in Greater China since 2003, during which time he has lived in Beijing, Qingdao and Hong Kong, Tim has been a China-based contributor for publications including The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, BBC and China Daily. Prior to moving to China, he trained and worked as a journalist in the UK. He was honored at the Society of Publishers in Asia awards in 2007, 2008 and 2010, and at the State Street Institutional Press Awards - Asia in 2012.

Mr. Johnathan Seeg, Managing Director, is Global Co-Head of BlackRock Private Equity Partners (“PEP”) within Private Financing Solutions (“PFS”). With over 30 years of Private Equity experience, he is a member of BlackRock's Global Operating Committee, PEP's Management Committee, Investment Committee and Executive Investment Committee. 

Mr. Seeg’s service with the firm dates back to 1999, including his years with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (“MLIM”), which merged with BlackRock in 2006. During his tenure at PEP, Mr. Seeg was the head of PEP’s London office and responsible for private equity investments across EMEA as well as regional business development. He was also previously a member of the EMEA Executive Committee for BlackRock Alternatives. From 2003 until 2007, Mr. Seeg was based in the US as a principal on the investment team of PEP and managed the team's product strategy and investor relations activities in the Americas. 

Before joining MLIM in 2003, Mr. Seeg was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch where he held several roles in wealth management, corporate strategy and venture capital investments. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1999, Mr. Seeg was an Associate at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) in global equities research.

Mr. Seeg earned a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also attended the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where he completed the Advanced Management Program.

 Kai is an Investment Managing Director based in the firm’s Hong Kong office.

Prior to joining Coller Capital in 2013, Kai worked as a Senior Analyst at Arma Partners where he specialised in M&A transactions in the TMT sector. Previously, he was a Consultant at Analysys Mason, a strategy consulting firm.

Kai has an MSc (Hons), an MA (Hons) and a BA (Hons) from the University of Cambridge.

Kathy has over thirty years of investment and acquisition experience most recently during her tenure at Standard Industries (“Standard”) and 40 North Management (“40 North”) and Evercore Partners (“Evercore”).

Kathy joined Standard and 40 North in 2016 as Head of Strategy and Development and a member of the executive leadership team.  At Standard, a privately held global industrial company with a diverse portfolio of building materials assets, Kathy lead strategic development and investment initiatives. She was involved in public and private investments totaling more than $10 billion in enterprise value, spanning early- to late-stage opportunities across multiple sectors, including Braas Monier, W.R. Grace, Clariant, and Hover.

Prior to joining Standard, Kathy spent eighteen years at Evercore, where she served as Senior Managing Director at both the firm and its private equity platform, Evercore Capital Partners. She was a general partner of the private equity funds and later became Chief Operating Officer of Evercore’s investment businesses, encompassing private equity, asset management, and wealth management. She also led Evercore’s international joint ventures in Asia. Kathy was involved with private equity investments including Fidelity Information Services (FIS), Sedgwick, Bollinger, and Causeway Capital. In addition, Kathy helped launch Evercore’s Women’s Forum, an initiative dedicated to fostering leadership, development and advancement opportunities for women across the firm.

Earlier in her career, Kathy served as a buy-side equity analyst at Sanford Bernstein and a consultant at Bain & Co.

Kathy holds a B.A. degree from Duke University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth.

Kevin Kester is a Partner at Siguler Guff and a Co-Head of the Firm's Small Business Investments. He is also the Co-Portfolio Manager of the Small Buyout Opportunities Funds (“SBOF”). He has served on the Investment Committee since inception. Mr. Kester joined Siguler Guff in 2004 and founded the SBOF program - developing the strategy and leading the investment team since that time. Beginning with the launch of SBOF I in 2006, Mr. Kester has raised and led the investment of five Small Buyout Opportunities Funds and numerous separate accounts, totaling over $7 billion, into U.S. small and lower middle market businesses.

Previously, Mr. Kester spent eight years in the investment division of Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (“Colorado PERA”). Mr. Kester held various positions at Colorado PERA, including Senior Portfolio Manager of Real Estate and Director of Alternative Investments where he had overall management responsibility for a $4.5 billion global portfolio of private equity, venture capital, distressed debt, mezzanine, energy and timber investments. During his tenure at Colorado PERA, Mr. Kester served as a founding member of the Board of the Institutional Limited Partners Association (“ILPA”).

Mr. Kester holds a B.A. in Government from Hamilton College and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder.