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.