Sam Robinson Managing Partner NORTH-EAST PRIVATE EQUITY ASIA

Sam Robinson is Managing Partner of North-East Private Equity Asia, which focuses on Asia private equity funds. Mr. Robinson is based in Singapore and has worked in private equity since 1998, initially joining Schroder Ventures in the UK. In 2001, he was one of the founder members of SVG Advisers, a fund of funds business, where he managed the global investment team. SVG Advisers was acquired by Aberdeen Asset Management in 2013, whereupon Mr. Robinson became Head of Asia Private Equity Fund Investment until his departure in 2015.

Roxanne Davies Managing Partner PARLY

Roxanne Davies is a senior investment professional with multi decade experience running both family offices and UHNW departments within private banks.  Her expertise is in risk management and asset allocation, with a particular emphasis in direct investing and alternative asset classes.  She has originated, managed, operated and exited several successful direct equity investments, both in control and minority positions. Roxanne has held both public and private company board membership across various industries and countries and maintains several board positions. 

She moved to Asia in 2011 to set up and run Parly Singapore - the Asian arm of a 900 year old European family based out of Switzerland. She remains an advisor to several global family offices and is a partner and Chair of a licensed investment management company in Singapore. She has been a speaker at multiple industry conferences, such as SALT, Milken, Campden and others. She has a Masters degree in Finance and an MBA from HEC Geneva, and is fluent in 4 languages.

Tommy Teo Managing Director CERCANO

Tommy Teo serves on the Venture Capital team at Cercano and leads the Southeast Asia investment team based in Singapore.

Prior to Cercano, Tommy was an Executive Director with Northstar where he focused on growth and technology opportunities in Southeast Asia. Previously, Tommy was an investment banker with Citigroup in Singapore, and with Perella Weinberg Partners and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. in New York. Tommy was also an analyst at hedge fund sponsor Capital Z Asset Management.

Tommy received his BBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Edoardo Collevecchio Managing Director OPPENHEIMER GENERATIONS ASIA

Edoardo joined Oppenheimer Generations, a South African single family office, as Chief of Staff in 2016. In this role, he led the establishment of family office operations globally following the family’s sale of De Beers. He relocated to Singapore in 2021, and now oversees Oppenheimer Generations’ presence in Asia, representing the family office’s broader interests in the region as well as managing the Asian portfolio, with a focus on early and growth-stage investments.

Edoardo previously held roles at Barclays Bank in London and New York, working directly for the bank’s Group CEO. He holds a BA in International Studies from Warwick University, an MSc in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, and has recently completed his Executive MBA at Chicago Booth School of Business.

Since his move to Singapore, Edoardo has been active within the local family office ecosystem. Amongst other responsibilities, he is part of the teaching faculty for the Wealth Management Institute (WMI), as well as a member of its Family Office Circle.

Deepak Padaki President CATAMARAN

As President of Catamaran, Deepak is responsible for driving the overall performance of the firm’s portfolio by formulating and executing its investment strategy, asset allocation, operational and risk management policies and processes.

Deepak has over 30 years of experience in the global IT services and software product industry. He was Executive Vice President, Group Head of Strategy, and the Chief Risk Officer at Infosys Limited (NYSE: INFY) until June 2022. He played various roles at Infosys – including strategy, M&A, venture funding, risk management, business development, software engineering, and project management.

Deepak was a member of the board of Infosys’ software subsidiaries in Israel, the Netherlands, USA, Japan, and India. He was the Vice President of the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce, a lead member of the start-up and knowledge management councils of the Confederation of Indian Industry, and a member of the strategy and risk officers’ councils of the World Economic Forum.

In his spare time, he is active in community theatre. Deepak holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Mysore, India.