11
Sep
Behind the curtain: Delivering value creation
Responding to artificial intelligence disruption, whether threat or opportunity, is a value creation imperative as well as a due diligence consideration. It joins a long list of operational action points that span management upgrades, cost efficiencies, product portfolio revitalisation, and digital transformation. Working against a challenging macro backdrop, investors must decide what to prioritise. Those without a clear strategy – and the resources to execute it – on day one may find they are forever playing catchup.
- Which operational strategies are delivering consistent results?
- How is AI being implemented at the portfolio level?
- What does global expansion look like amid heightened volatility?
- How do GPs use external consultants in value creation efforts?
-
SpeakersSe-Min Ahn Partner KPMG Korea
Michael Chen Partner, Member of Investment Committee Centurium Capital
Michael Chae Partner L Catterton
Rodney Muse Managing Partner Navis Capital Partners
Mark Chiba Group Chairman & Partner The Longreach Group
Dongkun Cho Principal Warburg Pincus
Confirm cancellation
Something went wrong.
An error occurred trying to play the stream. Please reload the page and try again.
CloseSign-up to join the ION Analytics Community to:
- Register for events
- Access market insights
- Download reports
Se-Min (Min) is a corporate finance partner at KPMG Korea with over a decade of M&A, valuation, due diligence and other advisory experiences. During his tenure at KPMG, Min developed a robust foundation in executing complex financial transactions and guiding corporate strategy. Throughout his career, Min has built a proven track record of successfully partnering with leading global conglomerates and top-tier PE firms, consistently delivering actionable insights and driving value creation in high-stakes deal environments.
Michael Chen is a partner and member of Investment Committee at Centurium Capital. Mr. Chen also serves as a Director of Luckin Coffee (OTC: LKNCY) and Co-chairman of the company’s Sustainable Development Committee, and Chairman of ANE Logistics. Mr. Chen is an experienced private equity investor in China with a proven track record of successful investments. Prior to joining Centurium, he led Warburg Pincus’ consumer and services investments in China. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 2011, Mr. Chen was a vice president in Crescent Point, a Pan-Asia growth capital fund. Before Crescent, Mr. Chen was an associate in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong and a consultant with Accenture in China. He received a B.A. of economics from Fudan University and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.
Mr. Chae is a Partner in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in Singapore. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Principal in Client Relations at IFC Asset Management Company, responsible for fundraising and investor engagement across alternative asset classes in the Asia-Pacific region.
Previously, Mr. Chae held senior roles in alternative investments at PineBridge Investments in Tokyo and Singapore. His prior experience includes leadership positions at Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, and Chase Manhattan Bank, across New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore.
Mr. Chae graduated with honors from the University of Rochester with a BA in Economics and Japanese.
Mr. Muse is one of two Managing Partners of Navis and an Investment Committee member. At Navis, Mr. Muse leads investment teams in making, monitoring and exiting investments and sits on the boards and/or executive committees of several Navis portfolio companies. He has been active in many of Navis’ investments in consumer goods, food, business services, industrial goods and services.
Mr. Muse co-founded Navis in 1998 with Mr. Bloy and Mr. Foyston, with whom he worked while at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). At BCG, he worked in Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, where he gained experience in a number of industries including consumer goods, retail, oil and gas, distribution, primary resources and more. He started his career with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1985 in New York and Hong Kong.
Mr. Muse has been a resident in Asia since 1993, having been raised and educated in the US. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Hons degree from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mark 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.
Dongkun (DK) Cho is based in Singapore, joined Warburg Pincus in 2022, and is a Principal, focusing on investments activities in Korea across sectors in addition to real estate efforts in the country. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, DK worked for the M&A and real estate investment divisions of SK Inc. He is currently a Board Director of QUBE Industrial, QUBE Industrial AMC, Wide Creek Investments Ventures, DC Connects, and SK D&D Senior Housing. He received an MBA from The Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and a BA in Business Administration from Sogang University.