Mergermarket M&A Forum Hong Kong 2023
The premier M&A forum in Hong Kong
The Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong SAR & Online
06
Dec
The big theme: Technology disruption
With AI disrupting industries, the case for digital transformation has only become stronger as companies try not to be left behind by a slow response to the pace of change and their competitors digitalisation. The disruptive nature of AI creates opportunities for technology acquisitions to assist corporate business transformation and innovation for those who have the vision to see its potential. In this panel, technology investors and experts will discuss the opportunity set in the sector, and the business and societal considerations and debate what the future holds.
- What is the current landscape for tech investment in the region? How should we approach deals amid macro volatility?
- What industries offer the best opportunity?
- How much of a disruptor is AI?
- How is the Greater Bay Area tech ecosystem developing?
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SpeakersJanice Wong Senior Innovation Lead JARDINES
Louisa Zhang Head of Investments, APAC HSBC INNOVATION & VENTURES
Esther Wong Founder & CIO 3CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Shaun Lim Co-President HOPU INVESTMENTS
Dr. James Zhang Chief Investment Officer GREAT EAGLE HOLDINGS
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Janice has 10 years of experience across corporate innovation, investment and strategy consulting. She has worked as the Senior Innovation Lead for Jardine Matheson, an Asia-focused Conglomerate, as well as a strategy consultant for Accenture, a listed global management consulting firm.
Janice specializes in innovation, digital transformation, venture building, investment, and sustainability. Janice has extensive experience helping companies to redefine its business strategy and operations by presenting new opportunities that arise at the intersection of business, technology, and sustainability.
She has engaged in a wide range of initiatives covering topics including growth & investment strategy, venture capital funds management, new business launch, digital transformation strategy and sustainability innovation.
She is experienced in working with multinational and Chinese companies across financial services, high tech, retail, travel, automotive and energy industries, as well as emerging start ups.
Louisa is the Head of Investments for HSBC Ventures in Asia focusing on fintech and health tech investments. She has an engineering degree from Columbia University followed by 6 years in technology investment banking at UBS focused on consumer tech and semiconductors. Subsequently she became a country manager for a growth stage consumer startup launching and scaling the operations in Hong Kong. Prior to joining HSBC, she spent 5 years at Vectr Ventures, a Hong Kong based early stage VC fund, leading investments in startups across US, Israel, and South East Asia.
Esther is the founder and CIO of 3 Capital Investment, a newly founded AI fund with special focus on early stage global opportunities. Prior to that she spent 6 years at Sensetime, China’s largest AI software company, she served as its Managing Director overseeing the company’s strategic investments and capital market. She played a leading role in identifying and investing into long-term strategic partners, creating a robust AI ecosystem. She remains an advisor to the firm.
In addition to successful start up experience, Esther has accumulated more than 20 years of experience in investment banking, serving key leadership roles at JP Morgan, CICC, Barclays etc.
Esther holds an EMBA from The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. She is a board member of Greater Bay Youth Committee, Junior Achievement Hong Kong. Esther is also recently selected as “Most Dynamic Women Enterprenuer HK” by Apac Entrepreneur magazine.
Shaun is Co-President, Partner and member of the management committee of HOPU Investments, an Asia alternative asset manager with US$20billion AUM that specializes in creating proprietary investments driven by its unique network and strong fundamental analysis capabilities. Its industry focuses include consumer, technology, healthcare, financial services, and logistics/real estate. He is also concurrently Head of HOPU-ARM Innovation Fund, a private equity fund set up jointly by HOPU and Arm Technologies investing in deep technology opportunities.
Shaun has over 20 years’ experience in private equity and investment banking, having worked in London, New York, Amsterdam, Singapore and Hong Kong. He was previously Managing Director at Blackstone, Head of China Financial Institutions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Vice President of ABN AMRO Private Equity. Mr. Lim also founded NBF Capital, a platform specializing in technology investments, as well as co-founded two technology start-ups with HK listed Pico Group in China where he also served as CEO.
Shaun has a Bachelor's degree in Economics (First Class Honours) from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Dr. James ZHANG is the Chief Investment Officer of Venture Capital at Great Eagle Holdings. He is also Adjunct Professor of Finance at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School, where he teaches venture capital. Dr. Zhang was a partner of the GRC Fund, founding partner of Formation 8, and venture partner of Softbank China and Khosla Ventures. Before becoming a venture capitalist, Dr. Zhang was an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley and co-founder of several startup companies. Dr. Zhang received his PhD in Genetics from the University of California and has completed post-doctoral and business trainings from Stanford University and Stanford Graduate School of Business, respectively.