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.

Marc Lau is a Managing Partner at Axiom Asia (www.axiomasia.com) which manages over US$9.0 billion in private equity strategies focused on funds in Asia. Marc is responsible for Axiom’s investments in Japan, South East Asia and Australia. Marc has 21 years of PE experience in Asia in addition to having operational experience in China. Marc was part of the founding investment team at Axiom Asia and works on primary, secondary and co-investment transactions.   Prior to Axiom Asia, Marc worked at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (“GIC SI”) in Singapore and San Francisco where he worked on investments in funds as well as companies. After leaving GIC SI in 2004, Marc attended Harvard Business School and worked for Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) where he was the Deputy General Manager of Jacobs VIE Vehicle Systems, Danaher’s diesel engine brake business in China. Marc led the start-up of the manufacturing plant, managed the transition of a multi-million-dollar product line to China and successfully transitioned the business to a local team he recruited. Marc was also formerly an Analyst at Lazard Frères in New York and has served as a member of the Resource Panel for the Government Parliamentary Committee for Finance, Trade, and Industry in Singapore since 2011.   Marc attended Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Departmental Honors and Distinction from Stanford University.   Marc reads and writes English and Chinese.

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. 

Ruoyu Han is a Director at Japan Post Bank Asset Management (formerly Japan Post Investment Corporation), where he is involved in the Asia private equity fund investment advisory program while on secondment from Japan Post Bank. He has prior experience in Asia private equity fund investments at Japan Post Bank. Earlier in his career, he worked at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank in Tokyo and New York, covering private equity and private debt fund investments, structured finance, and corporate finance.

He holds an M.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Waseda University, Japan.

Elwin is a Managing Director at La Caisse in the Private Equity team, focusing on leading direct and co-investments in Japan, Korea and South East Asia. Prior to joining La Caisse in 2018, Elwin had spent over 13 years at GIC’s Private Equity team, where he had taken various roles, including being a Vice President in the Europe direct investment team between 2011 and 2015, in the South East Asia direct investment team between 2015 and 2016 as well as in the Asia funds and co-investment team between 2017 and 2018. He holds a BSc (Engineering) in Computer Science and a BSc (Economics) in Finance, both from the University of Pennsylvania, US.

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.

Bruce Crane leads the investment activity and portfolio management in the Asia-Pacific region for Ontario Teachers’.   Bruce joined Ontario Teachers' in 2020 as the first member of the Singapore office, wherein he held the position of Senior Managing Director, responsible for overseeing and managing infrastructure and natural resources investments in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2023, Bruce was promoted to the role of Executive Managing Director and Head of Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Ontario Teachers’, Bruce spent nearly 10 years at OMERS Infrastructure leading their investing efforts in Asia. Previously, he was based in New York where he focused on North & South America transport and energy related investments. Bruce has also held roles in Investment Banking at UBS (NYC) and Morgan Stanley (Houston), and earlier as a Field Engineer for Foster Wheeler (Global). Bruce holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA from the Columbia Business School. 

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.

Wee Yang is a Managing Director at HSBC’s Capital Markets and Advisory business based in Singapore, where he leads the Financial Sponsors Group for Southeast Asia. With 19 years of experience across Asia and Europe, he has built a strong track record advising private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds, and infrastructure investors on M&A, IPOs, and financing transactions. Since returning to Asia in 2019, he has played a key role in scaling HSBC’s sponsor franchise in Southeast Asia, and is known for his ability to originate, structure and execute high-impact transactions across a broad range of sectors. Wee Yang holds a First Class Honours degree in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Aravind Krishnan is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group based in Singapore and leads the Private Equity business in Southeast Asia. Before moving to Singapore, Mr. Krishnan was based in Mumbai. Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Krishnan has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in TaskUs, Aakash Education, Simplilearn, Xpressbees, Blue Yonder, and International Tractors.

Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Krishnan worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company.

Mr. Krishnan received a Bachelor and Masters in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras and an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. He currently serves on the boards of Simplilearn and Xpressbees.

Managing Partner, joined CVC in 2006. Based in Singapore, Brian is Co-Head of the Asia Executive Committee, Co-Head of Southeast Asia and he also leads our Asia Financial Services team. Prior to joining CVC, Brian spent nine years working in J.P. Morgan's M&A department in New York, Hong Kong and Korea offices, advising on a wide range of M&A and corporate finance transactions. Brian holds a BA degree in Business Economics and Political Science from Brown University, US.

Nicholas Macksey is a Partner at EQT, Deputy Co-Head of Private Capital Asia and Head of MidMarket Growth within the EQT Private Capital Asia team. He is a member of both the Investment Committee and the Exit & Liquidity Committee, playing a key role in investment selection, portfolio value creation and realisation strategy across the region.

 With nearly two decades of private equity experience in Asia Pacific, Nicholas has deep expertise in partnering with founder- and management-led businesses to scale regional champions into global leaders. His sector focus spans education, technology, information services, professional services and tech-enabled business services. 

Nicholas has served as Deal Partner on a number of leading investments, including Nord Anglia Education, Clarivate Analytics, Vistra, PageUp, Quantios, Compass Education and PropertyMe. Across these investments, he has supported international expansion, digital transformation, M&Adriven growth and strategic exits to global strategic and financial buyers. 

Nicholas joined BPEA in 2006, which combined with EQT in 2022 to form BPEA EQT (now EQT Private Capital Asia). Prior to that, he worked at Westpac Institutional Bank and began his career at Deloitte. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland and is a CFA charterholder.

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.

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.

Angus Killian is the Director of Sales & Go-To-Market for private funds at Carta, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Carta is the ERP for private capital, connecting the entire ecosystem–from GPs and LPs to CEOs, CFOs, employees, and advisors. Its fund administration platform supports over 8,500 funds and SPVs, representing more than $182B in assets under administration, with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of Fund CFOs.   

During his 7 years with Carta based in San Francisco and Sydney, he has focused on incubating and scaling new products and entering new markets. Notably, he led the go-to-market strategy for a pioneering financial reporting product tailored for the Private Equity industry, successfully driving the product from inception to $25 million in ARR within just four years.  

Prior to joining Carta, Angus honed his expertise in enterprise sales at LinkedIn, following a career as a corporate lawyer at the global law firm DLA Piper. His diverse background in law, sales, and testing product-market fit position him as a valuable advisor to the private markets ecosystem.

Principal, joined CVC in 2014. Atiff is a Partner of the Operations team and is based in Singapore. Prior to joining CVC, he worked as CEO of Lacoste (China) based in Shanghai. Atiff holds a BSc degree from London University and is a postgraduate from Oxford University.

Jibu Philip, based in Singapore, is a distinguished leader in Merger and Acquisition Strategies, Value Enhancement, and M&A Advisory, advising both Private Equity and Corporate investors. His expertise lies in maximising deal value, insightful management of portfolio companies, and providing decisive advice for high value exits.  His wider experience spans buy-side and sell-side advisory, and includes deal strategy, value creation, due-diligence, carve-outs, and integrations.

With an advisory career that began in the US, and then continued in the UK and Europe, Jibu's track record includes pivotal advisory roles in global landmark deals, and value creation experience spanning over 100 M&A transactions across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia. He has diverse experience, having delivered advisory projects in a range of sectors such as financial services, technology, industrial, and retail and consumer sectors.

Jibu Philip's clientele includes global private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds, and corporate investors, with his work consistently driving revenue growth, profitability enhancements, and transformative changes. In Asia Pacific region, he leads Go-To-Market for KPMG ELEVATE, our market leading and proprietary value creation service offering. Jibu is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from London Business School, UK.

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.

 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.

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.

Eric Tam is a Managing Director, having joined Strategic Partners in 2016. Mr. Tam leads the international activities of Strategic Partners’ Real Estate funds and is responsible for establishing and leading Strategic Partners in Asia across all strategies. Mr. Tam sits on Strategic Partners’ Real Estate Investment Committee and is an advisory board member of multiple funds. Mr. Tam is based in Singapore after previously spending seven years in Strategic Partners’ London office.

Prior to joining Strategic Partners, Mr. Tam was a Vice President at H/2 Capital Partners, where he focused on commercial real estate credit investments and capital markets activities. Before joining H/2, Mr. Tam worked at Morgan Stanley for the Real Estate Investment group, focused on acquisitions. Prior to that, Mr. Tam was a Manager at Accenture in their Financial Services practice, specializing in mortgage banking strategy.

Mr. Tam received a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Mr. Tam serves on the development board of Place2Be, a UK-based children’s and young people’s mental health charity. 

David Markson is a senior managing director in Evercore’s Private Capital Advisory group, where he advises limited partners on secondary market liquidity transactions. He focuses on strategic sales and structured liquidity alternatives, providing tailored execution services to institutional investors.

Mr. Markson maintains deep relationships with institutional investors globally and works closely with leading US university endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, public and private pension funds, insurance companies, financial institutions, family offices and other owners of private financial assets. Over his career, Mr. Markson has led more than 250 sell-side LP mandates totaling over $60 billion in aggregate transaction volume.

Prior to joining Evercore in 2021, Mr. Markson worked at Triago since 2009, where he served as head of the secondary advisory group in North America and co-head of the New York office. In that role, he provided strategic advice and executed liquidity solutions for institutional investors in the secondary market.

Mr. Markson holds a Master in Management from ESSEC Business School in Paris and studied at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

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.

Desmond Lee is a Partner of TPG NewQuest, based in Singapore leading the platform’s business in Southeast Asia and Australia. With more than 20 years of private equity experience in the Asia Pacific region, Desmond joined TPG NewQuest in 2015 and prior to that was a Managing Director of Fosun, where he led the Southeast Asia investment team. Desmond’s private equity experience also includes prior roles with Morgan Stanley and Arctic Capital in Hong Kong, and CIMB Private Equity and Navis Capital Partners in Malaysia. Desmond started his career as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen in Malaysia. Desmond is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds an undergraduate degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Sheffield, England.

Isabella Xue is the Business Development Director at Apex Group Ltd, where she leads strategic growth initiatives for fund administration and corporate solutions across the APAC alternative investment ecosystem. A top revenue performer, she has assisted an institutional portfolio representing more than $6Bn in AuM, with deep expertise across Private Equity, Venture Capital, Private Debt and Infrastructure.

Recognized as a high potential female professional, Isabella was selected for the Apex Global Women’s Accelerator Program (Top 10%) and is known for building high impact strategic alliances, including prior collaboration with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) in her previous role. She holds certifications in Private Equity Economics from the ILPA Institute and Fundamentals of Alternative Investments from CAIA. Isabella is fluent in English, Chinese, and proficient in Japanese.

Rahul Bhargava joined Advantage Partners and assumed the role of Head of Asia in December 2022. Prior to joining Advantage Partners, he spent over 2 years as Head of Southeast Asia at ADV Partners, and 5 years as a Director at KKR & Co.  He has invested across multiple verticals in the alternative investments space including buyouts, growth minority investing and special situations. Rahul started his career at Henderson Global Investors as a founding member of the pan-Asian equity team, where he spent 12 years, with his last role being head of the Singapore office. Rahul is a CFA Charterholder, earned his MBA from the AGSM at the University of New South Wales and graduated from the University of Calcutta with a BSc in Economics. He is an Indian national and a permanent resident of Singapore.

Thomas is Managing Partner and Head of Southeast Asia at CDH Investments, a leading alternative asset manager in Asia. Based in Singapore, Dr. Lanyi and his team pursue structured investment opportunities across all major markets in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Vietnam, covering a broad range of sectors, transaction types and stages. Dr. Lanyi also co-leads CDH’s global China cross-border practice.  

 Dr. Lanyi has worked in Private Equity in Asia since the late 1990s. Prior to joining CDH in 2012, he held senior management roles at Mekong Capital in Vietnam and Templeton Private Equity in Singapore. 

Dr. Lanyi earned a Doctorate with distinction in Capital Markets Theory & Econometrics from the Vienna University of Economics and obtained a CEMS Masters degree in International Management from HEC Paris. 

 He has been actively involved with developing the regional alternative assets management industry and community, chairing the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) between 2017 and 2021. Dr. Lanyi makes an impact by serving on a number of corporate and charitable boards such as the German European School of Singapore, and he acts as an advisor to the Vietnam Private Capital Association (VPCA).

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. 

Jessica leads our growth strategy, Openspace Growth, and is based in Singapore. She is a member of the Openspace Growth Investment Committee, our Executive Committee and chairs our ESG committee.

Previously, she headed Corporate Strategy & Business Development, APAC & the Middle East, at The Walt Disney Company. Prior to that, she led the investment team for Providence Equity Partners in Southeast Asia and worked in Investment Banking at Citigroup.

Jessica is a member of the Global Tech Council for the Global Private Capital Association (GPCA), Co-chairs the Singapore chapter of PEWIN and was a member of the Milken Institute’s Young Leaders Circle.

She holds a Bachelor's of Arts in Political Science from Barnard College, Columbia University.

Leader of KPMG’s Asset Management and Private Equity sectors across Asia Pacific

Andrew has over 35 years of experience (include 23 as a partner) with KPMG principally focused on Private Equity M&A deals in multiple major locations including London, New York, Sydney and Singapore

Highlights of his professional and industrial experience include:

• Andrew has acted as Lead Partner for KPMG on more than 900 significant deals with an aggregate deal value of more than $400 billion. He has led many of the most complex and demanding projects KPMG has been involved with in Asia over the last twenty years.
• Extensive experience in M&A deals, value creation pre and post deal, and ultimately exit by sale or IPO. 
• Andrew has advised on major deals for virtually every Tier 1 Global Private Equity investor
• Andrew has held many senior KPMG leadership roles including leading the Deal Advisory business for over ten years, and board and governance roles
• Andrew has led our Private Equity and Institutional Investor business for many years including as Lead Partner for two of the largest global Sovereign Investors.

Winston is a Managing Director and Head of ASEAN at Affirma Capital. He currently manages a team of 6 investment professionals, covering Southeast Asia with permanent offices across Singapore and Indonesia. Winston currently sits on the boards of 8 of Affirma Capital’s ASEAN portfolio companies. He is a seasoned private equity investor and investment banker with almost 20 years of investing, transaction and strategic value creation experience.

Winston first joined Affirma Capital’s predecessor firm, Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) in 2015. Prior to SCPE, Winston was based in Deutsche Bank Australia’s Investment Banking Group and played a key part role in leading the Utilities and Infrastructure practice, where he advised, structured and executed over USD 60bn of M&A, equity, debt and structured solutions both within Australia and those with cross-border angles.

Winston holds a Masters of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace) / Bachelor of Business (Business Administration) from RMIT University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Omar is the Managing Director and Country Head for the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand at Creador. 

He sits on the boards of Dali, Asialink and Angkas in the Philippines.

He specializes in identifying investment opportunities and expanding Creador's presence across Southeast Asia. With 15 years of experience at HSBC, including roles in global banking and specialized finance, Omar brings a wealth of international expertise from roles across Europe and Asia. He is a qualified barrister, holding degrees in Law and Finance.

He is also responsible for fundraising at Creador and managing the firms’ new investors.

Amit is the Managing Partner at Growtheum Capital Partners. Previously, Amit was the Managing Director and Head of Direct Investment Group, Southeast Asia, at GIC where he led private equity investments in Southeast Asia. Amit was also an Investment Committee Member at GIC's Private Equity group and co-led the ASEAN Business Group. Prior to GIC, he was in the Investment Banking Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York and Singapore. 

Colin Dunne is a Partner based in the Singapore office. He leads the Singapore team in making, monitoring and exiting investments and sits on the Boards of Directors and Executive Committees of several Navis portolio companies. Colin is also a member of the Navis investment commitee.

Prior to joining Navis, Colin was an investment professional at Warburg Pincus. Earlier in his career, he worked in investment banking and in operations as an engineer. Colin graduated from University of Galway with a Bachelor of Engineering and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Kunal is a Partner in Pantheon’s Asia Investment team and member of Pantheon’s Asia and Global Investment Committees. Kunal leads sourcing, evaluation, completion and monitoring of primary, secondary and co-investment opportunities across Asia Pacific markets and sits on several LP Advisory Boards in the region. Prior to joining Pantheon, Kunal was at a middle-market direct private equity investment firm, before which he worked at CITI Group and ICICI Bank. He has an Masters from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Kunal chairs the Limited Partners Council and is an Executive Council member for the India Venture Capital Association (IVCA).

Gaurav Ahuja is a Senior Partner at ChrysCapital and has been with the firm since 2004. He is responsible for the LP Relations and Fundraising functions at ChrysCapital. Mr. Ahuja is a member of the Investment Committee and until recently was part of ChrysCapital’s Business Services investment team. Prior to joining ChrysCapital, he was in the M&A group at Lazard Freres in San Francisco and Merrill Lynch in New York. Mr. Ahuja received an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and Economics from the University of Virginia.

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.

Mr. Kumaraswamy is a Partner at L Catterton based in India. He joined L Catterton in 2025 following around 27 years at Unilever PLC Group, where he held various roles culminating with him being the Group’s Global Head of Corporate Development and Treasury, leading its strategic capital allocation and portfolio development initiatives, as well as spearheading deal sourcing and execution. Other roles Mr. Kumaraswamy held at the Group over the years span several business segments, functions, and geographies in strategic oversight, financial leadership, and operational transformation capacities.

He is a Non-Executive Director at Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 

Sakshi Mehra is a Partner heading the General Corporate, Transactional and Banking & Finance practice of the Kolkata office of SAM & Co. 

Sakshi specializes in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, financing and other strategic transactions. Over her 18 years of private practice experience, she has advised several national and multi-national clients on a broad range of legal issues including general corporate and commercial law matters, foreign investment and entry strategies, securities and takeover laws, joint venture formation, share and asset acquisitions and dispositions and regulatory issues. Ms. Mehra has represented various foreign and Indian corporates across diverse industry sectors. This includes advising strategic and financial investors, Indian promoters and foreign entities interested in establishing collaborations or a foothold in India. 

She was recognised among 40 under 40 Rising Stars by Legal Era, 2020. She was among Top 10 Global Deal Makers in terms of deal volume on Mergermarket annual Individual league table with 26 deals to her credit in 2020. She was also featured in the Top 100 Individual Lawyers in the Forbes Legal Powerlist, 2022.

She has particular experience in financing transactions and has advised banks/financial institutions on general lending, corporate finance, project finance transactions and external commercial borrowings.

Before permanently shifting to Kolkata from Mumbai and joining the Firm in mid-2012, Sakshi has worked at Desai & Diwanji, Mumbai for 10 years. Sakshi received her LL.B from Government Law College, University of Mumbai and is also a Solicitor registered with the Bombay Incorporated Law Society.

Sean Low is the founding CEO and Chief Investment Officer for Golden Vision Capital (Singapore), a Single Family Office which manage a PE, VC and Private Debt Fund and Fund of funds program globally. Sean’s PE investment , deal sourcing and business development experience spans over 28 years, including 17 years in the PE & Infrastructure department of GIC, Singapore's SWF, where he helps oversee GIC's PE, Infra, Private Debt & VC investments in US, Europe and Asia at different times, and led some of GIC’s landmark deals from both GIC Singapore and San Francisco offices. He played a leading role in expanding GIC’s private debt program, and last served as an active member in GIC Credit Business group which help review GIC’s overall credit investment strategy across public and private markets.  From 2022-2023, Sean also acted as senior advisor to Yangzijiang Financial Holdings Limited  a SGX mainboard listed asset manager. Sean began his career in Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), after he was awarded the EDB Scholarship in 1994. He served first as Assistant Head of InfoComms & Media group, and then as Director of Chicago Centre.  Sean is also an Accredited Director from SID, was former board director and chair of Investment Committee at CFA Singapore, and before that chair of its Audit Committee.  He was also elected the Treasurer of SVCA (Singapore Venture & Private Capital Association) in 2021. He has been Director at Moleac Pte Ltd, a Singapore based biopharmaceuticals manufacturing company since 2022 and served on its Audit and Transaction Committee. He graduated from Trinity College, University of Cambridge with BA (1st Class Honours), MA and M Eng. (Honours). He completed National Service in Singapore as a commander of a Brigade Reconnaissance Team in the Singapore Army.   

Yuhan Tan is responsible for the sourcing and screening of alternative strategies, along with other functions of the Endowus Investment Office. Yuhan was previously at Mercer and Cambridge Associates, two investment consulting firms that provide investment portfolio management and advisory services to institutional investors. Yuhan was also with Hawksburn Capital, a multi-family office that provides investment advisory services to high-net-worth individuals. 

Sueann Yeo is a Managing Director and Head of Asia-Pacific Private Wealth Client Relations and Capital Raising, based in Singapore. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Sueann was an Executive Director and Head of Alternative Investments (Southeast Asia) at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. Sueann received a BBM with a major in Finance from Singapore Management University. She is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) charter holder.
 

Rishabh joined HSBC in 2023 and heads the Alternative Investments business for HSBC Private Bank, Singapore. Prior to joining HSBC, he held several roles in Banking and Management Consulting for over 18 years across Asia, Europe and US, with his last role at a multinational investment banking and wealth management firm, where he spent 7 years in their Asset & Wealth Management Division as Private Wealth Advisor.

Rishabh holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from New York Stern School of Business and NUS Business School.

Jacqueline Zhuang (Singapore) joined KKR in 2021 and is a Managing Director in Global Client Solutions. She is Head of Global Wealth Solutions Asia Pacific ex-Japan and works with private banks, wealth management platforms and family offices to deliver KKR’s investment solutions to their advisors and clients. Ms. Zhuang joined from Credit Suisse Private Banking, where she led the investment advisory efforts for managed solutions in South Asia. Prior to Credit Suisse, she spent thirteen years at Morgan Stanley Asia Private Wealth Management in various roles. She was head of alternative investments for the Asia Pacific region and a portfolio manager. Ms. Zhuang started her career at Goldman Sachs. She holds a Bachelor of Business Management with Honours (majors in Finance and Law) from Singapore Management University.