12
May
Keynote fireside chat:
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SpeakersTim Burroughs Managing Editor, Global Private Funds, and Managing Editor, AVCJ Mergermarket
Bruce Crane Executive Managing Director & Head of Asia Pacific Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Ganen Sarvananthan Co-Head of Asia & Co-Managing Partner, TPG Capital Asia TPG
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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.