Monica Bae is Director of Investor Practice at AIGCC. She manages collaborative engagement with investors in Asia to build capacity and integrate climate-related issues in investment processes, and to increase capital flow into decarbonization to align with a 1.5 degrees future.

She oversees work across several thematic focus areas relating to Paris-aligned investments, energy transition, and forest & land use. She also leads the strategy development and oversees the AIGCC’s Forest and Land Use workstream that supports investors through capacity building and implementation to address deforestation within Asia’s context. She is passionate in facilitating the development of sustainable investments in Asia and is part of global and regional coalitions of leading financial institutions that spearheads sustainable finance initiatives.

Monica has over 16 years of experience in financial services and economic research, especially in managing private debt funds for Asian institutional investors and structuring investment products. Most recently, she was the regional lead in leading nature-positive engagement with Asian capital markets stakeholders at CDP.

Monica Bae는 AIGCC의 투자자 실무 이사입니다. 투자 프로세스 내 역량 구축과 기후 관련 문제 통합, 1.5도 목표에 맞춘 탈탄소화 자본흐름 증가를 위한 아시아 지역 투자자들과의 협력적 관계 관리를 담당합니다.

파리협정 준수 투자, 에너지 전환, 토지임야에 관련된 다양한 주제의 핵심 분야 업무를 감독합니다. 또한 전략 개발을 지휘하며, 아시아의 환경조건 내에서 삼림 벌채 문제를 다루기 위한 역량 구축, 시행을 통해 투자자를 지원하는 AIGCC의 임야 이용 업무 흐름 감독도 수행하고 있습니다. 아시아에서 지속 가능한 투자 개발을 실현하고자 하는 열정을 지닌 그는 지속 가능 파이낸스 계획을 선도하는 주요 글로벌 및 지역 금융기관연합의 일원입니다.

금융 서비스 및 경제 리서치 분야에서 16년 이상의 경험을 보유하고 있으며, 그중에서도 아시아 기관투자자를 대상으로 한 사모대출 펀드 운용과 투자 상품 구조화에 특화된 전문가입니다. 최근에는 CDP에서 아시아 자본시장 투자자와 환경친화적 참여를 지휘하는 지역 책임자를 맡았습니다.

Jingjing Bai is a Senior Advisor to bfinance since 2019, based in Hong Kong, and is responsible for multiple private markets fund selection projects in excess of 4 billion USD. In the recent years, Jingjing led several global alternative investment program covering Private Equity, Private Debt and Real Assets mandated by large corporates and family offices. Previously, she was the Head of HSBC Private Capital Advisory in Asia Pacific, and a Managing Director of Eaton Partners, oversaw the firm’s activities in the region, with a focus on Private Markets since 2007. She was one of the pioneer Venture Capital investors in China since the early 2000s, backed by MediBIC, a listed Japanese Biotech company. She started her career with Dell Computer Japan, as the Product Marketing Manager responsible for Dell’s mainstream product program. She holds MA from International University of Japan and BA from Nanjing University. She is fluent in Chinese, Japanese and English, and awarded full scholarship by the Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation（ 松下幸之助記念志財団）since 1999.

晶晶白（ジンジン・バイ）氏は、2019年よりビーファイナンスのシニアアドバイザーとして香港を拠点に活動し、40億米ドル（約5520億円）を超える複数のプライベートマーケットファンド選定プロジェクトを担当。近年は、大企業やファミリーオフィスから委託されたプライベートエクイティ、プライベートデット、リアルアセットを対象とする複数のグローバルなオルタナティブ投資プログラムを主導した。以前は、HSBCプライベート・キャピタル・アドバイザリーのアジア太平洋地区責任者、また、イートン・パートナーズのマネージングディレクターとして、2007年からプライベートマーケットを中心とした同地区での活動を統括。2000年代初頭から、日本の上場バイオテクノロジー企業であるメディビックの支援を受け、中国におけるベンチャーキャピタルの先駆者の一人として活躍。デル・テクノロジーズ株式会社で、デルのメインストリーム製品プログラムを担当するプロダクトマーケティングマネージャーとしてキャリアをスタートさせた。国際大学で修士号、南京大学で学士号を取得。中国語、日本語、英語に堪能で、1999年に松下幸之助記念財団から全額奨学金を授与された。

His expertise is founded upon a comprehensive understanding of macroeconomics, which he has refined through years of research devoted to labour market dynamics, monetary and fiscal policy, and trade policy. Mohd Sedek, in his diverse capacity, not only develops personalised investment management strategies for enterprises and individuals but also imparts invaluable knowledge to colleagues and clients. His knowledge transcends his routine duties, as he actively participates in quarterly economic forecast surveys coordinated by the Japan Centre for Economic Research, which furnish an all-encompassing prognosis.

Mohd Sedek's influence transcends his corporate engagements and permeates the international stage. He holds the esteemed position of expert member and distinguished fellow at the Asian Financial Corporation Association (AFCA), which is the think tank of the China Government Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is based in Beijing. His participation in the Massachusetts-based Young Global Economist Society further demonstrates his expertise.

It is evident that Mohd Sedek is a thought leader based on his regular appearances in local and international media. His insights have been disseminated to a broader audience through his appearances in publications including The Star Newspaper, Focus Malaysia, The Edge Malaysia, Smart Investor, Nikkei Asia, and Malaysia Kini. In addition to his specialised knowledge, he has authored devoted columns in newspapers where he offers weekly economic commentary and analysis.

Mohd Sedek has also attained noteworthy academic accomplishments. The research conducted for his master's degree has garnered acclaim, which has resulted in a collaborative endeavour with Harvard Business School and firmly established him as an authority in his discipline. His studies were further supported by full scholarships from JPA and MOSTI, which serve as additional evidence of his dedication to academic excellence. In addition to being cited in prominent media outlets, his research has also been published in tier-1 journals including Social Science Quarterly, BioMed Central Journal, and the International Journal of Advanced Research. Presently positioned among the top three percent of authors out of 1,331,568 according to the Social Science Research Network®, his influence transcends academic spheres.

Mohd Sedek is an active member of the Industrial Panel for Management Science University and serves as an external curriculum reviewer for the undergraduate business degree at Monash University, both of which demonstrate his commitment to education. Moreover, his status as a TEDx Speaker augments an additional facet to his multifaceted and influential professional trajectory.

The narrative of Mohd Sedek's extraordinary journey serves as a source of inspiration for professionals. Due to his profound understanding and unwavering dedication to imparting knowledge, he establishes himself as an indispensable resource for aspiring investors in search of a dependable consultant in the ever-evolving domain of wealth management.

Fabrizio Bocciardi is Head of Credit Investments at Mubadala, the sovereign investment company of the government of Abu Dhabi. He joined Mubadala in 2009 and he is responsible to invest in credit opportunities, currently managing a portfolio of over $13bn of private debt opportunities across US, Europe and Asia. Fabrizio is an investment committee member of Mubadala Diversified Investment platform and board member of Mubadala’s investment companies in Luxembourg and Singapore. After 13 years in Abu Dhabi, he moved to London in 2021 as Mubadala opened a new office. Fabrizio structured and implemented the credit investment strategy for Mubadala and is leading a team of credit investment professionals to support the growth of credit portfolio in private debt opportunities. He has more than twenty-five years of credit experience across a variety of transactions in leveraged loans, distressed debt, real estate and asset-based financing. Before joining Mubadala, he worked at Merrill Lynch in Distressed Debt and Restructuring in London. Fabrizio joined Merrill Lynch from Credit Suisse, where he was a Vice President in the European Financial Sponsors Group. He started his professional career at Citibank working as a credit analyst. Fabrizio graduated cum laude at Universitá Commerciale “Luigi Bocconi” in Milan (Italy) with a major in Corporate Finance.

Drew is a credit asset management specialist and has over 25 years’ experience in real estate credit, portfolio management and capital market experience across multiple asset classes.

He has successfully completed an extensive array of development and investment portfolio finance facilities, incorporating senior and structured credit and equity participations for both in bank and non-bank institutions.

His transactions include Realm Adelaide: 310 apartments stretch senior development finance facility, Breakfast Point: Equity and debt for A$1.0bn, 1,800 residential development finance facility. Pace: Securitised 40-year triple net lease to fund the construction of a university research and teaching campus, Hilton Hotel: Construction facility developed under a project delivery agreement, Lend Lease: A$500m acquisition bridge facility refinanced via a A$975m syndicated facility.

Drew was previously responsible for deal origination and portfolio management at MaxCap Group, Pepper Group, RBS and Macquarie Bank.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Business Law) from Curtain University, Associate Diploma Business (Property Valuation), is a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute and is a Certified Practicing Valuer.

Anthony is Chief Executive Officer of Isola Capital. He has extensive experience in asset management across private equity, venture capital, private credit and liquid secondary strategies. Anthony enjoyed a career in investment banking before transitioning to private investments and family office wealth management.

Anthony atained a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Economics) from The University of Sydney and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from The University of Sydney Law School. He is a graduate of The College of Law (Sydney). He has completed the Financial Engineering Program of Stanford University and atended the Stanford Executive Insitute.

Anthony is a member of the HK Trade Development Council Innovation and Technology Advisory Commitee, Co-Chair of Cyberport Investors Network Growth Portfolio Sub-Commitee, a member of PBEC, an ordinary member of the Hong Kong Market Misconduct Tribunal, and sits on various commitees of HKGCC and HKVCA.

Dr. Henry Chin leads CBRE’s investor thought leadership across all regions and oversees all research activity in Asia Pacific. After joining CBRE in 2014, Henry was promoted to CBRE’s Asia Pacific Strategic Group, the board which oversees CBRE’s strategic direction in the region, in 2016. From 2019-2020 he also served as Head of Research, EMEA. Before joining CBRE, Henry was head of Asia Pacific research and strategy at PGIM (previously known as Pramerica Real Estate Investors), Prudential Financials Inc., where he was responsible for leading the company’s Asia Pacific real estate investment strategy. Henry also spent several years with Deutsche Bank Group, where he had numerous roles ranging from global real estate strategist based in London to co-head of real estate for Asia Pacific for their private banking business. Henry began his career as lead Asian real estate analyst for DTZ. Henry is a visiting professor at Oxford Brookes University (UK) and an assistant professor at National Taipei University (Taiwan). He is also a member of the Society of Property Researchers (SPR), Investment Property Forum (IPF), Urban Land Institute (ULI), Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA), Asia Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV), International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC), SFC Hong Kong, HKSI and UKSIP. He was served as a chairman of ANREV’s research committee from 2011 to 2014. He holds an Investment Management Certificate (IMC) in the UK. Henry has 20 years research experience in the Asia Pacific and Global real estate markets. He holds a BA in Land Economic and Administration from National Taipei University (Taiwan); an MSc in Real Estate from the University of Reading (UK) and a PhD in Real Estate Investment from Oxford Brookes University (UK).

Yunsam Cho is a General Manager of the overseas alternative investment team at Kyobo life insurance. He leads the insurance company’s overseas private debt and private equity investments. He focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and executing overseas private debt and equity investments. He dedicated over 15 years in understanding the complexity of alternative investments and the landscape of global alternative investment industry. He previously headed Kyobo Life’s representative office in London. He established the London office and developed its pan-European alternative investment platform where he sourced a wide range of knowledge, experience, and the global industry network. He earned a master’s degree in Finance and a bachelor’s degree in Economics (magna cum laude) from Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Korea.

David Chua is an experienced CIO with extensive track record on buy- and sell-sides. His core expertise lie in Asset Allocation, Portfolio Management, ALM and Derivative Hedging. A CFA charterholder since 2006, he holds a clear grasp of macro trends and proven delivery of investment performances for financial institutions and insurers alike.

For over 2 decades, he delivers in both strategic and execution roles - building investment teams and developing operating models, implementing total return mandates, matching liability-driven portfolios.

With effective stakeholder management and people skills, he is frequently entrusted by CEOs and Board as a strategic thought partner, business change leader and sounding board on business deliberations.

Having lived and worked in financial hubs of New York, London and Singapore, he speaks regularly at investment and insurance forums. David is passionate about purpose-led organisations and people development to harness potential in others. His professional and personal networks are connected and built to help do that.

He looks forward to connecting with like-minded partners and high performing talents who are looking to transform the investment models for institutional asset owners.

• 23 years of experience in investments/private equity, financial institution, general management
• Sectors include transportation, logistics, utilities, industrials
• Previous roles include CEO SP Services and CEO Sustainable Energy Solutions within SP Group, Director Investments and Director Portfolio Management in Temasek

Ryan Chung is the head and founder of Huatai International’s private credit investment arm. Ryan has over 20 years of experience in secured private debt, quasi-debt and private equity investments. He was responsible for an aggregate of over US$2 billion private capital direct investments throughout the Asia region across 12 countries.

Prior to Huatai, Ryan was a founding partner of the semi-sovereign China-ASEAN Investment Fund specializing in private equity investments in the ASEAN region. He has also worked at UBS Investment Banking Division and Citi’s leverage finance team. Prior to that, Ryan was a Chartered Civil Engineer in the U.K. and Hong Kong. He has two master degrees in Civil Engineering and in Finance from Imperial College London and Cass Business School London respectively.

Andrew is a Partner within Bridgepoint Credit and joined the Firm in 2020 from EQT Credit which was acquired by Bridgepoint in 2020. Prior to joining EQT in 2014, he worked for DC Advisory in their European Restructuring and Debt Advisory Group, during which he spent three years based in Frankfurt office, where he advised a large number of stakeholders on special situations (balance sheet restructurings) and healthy refinancing transactions across numerous jurisdictions. Prior to this, Andrew worked for Houlihan Lokey in their Financial Restructuring Group in London.Andrew has a BA with honours in Economics and Politics from Newcastle University.

James is a Director at Principle Advisory Services.
Founded in 2001, Principle Advisory Services is a leading placement agent and advisor to the Australasian institutional and wholesale investment markets. Principle Advisory Services has partnered with a broad range of global alternatives investment managers including some of the world’s largest buyout and credit investment managers.
James has over fifteen years’ fundraising and product design experience in the Australian market with a specific focus on private markets strategies across both equity and debt. James joined Principle Advisory Services as an Analyst in 2008 and became a Director in 2014.
James holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney as well as a Master of Commerce from the same university, majoring in Finance and Commercial Law. James is a CFA Charterholder and is currently a Director and Treasurer of the CFA Society of Sydney.
James is a director of several not-for-profit boards in the maritime, education and financial services sectors within Australia.
James was named one of PEI’s 40 under 40: Future Leaders of Private Equity in 2020.

Frank is responsible for MA Financial Group’s Global Credit Solutions platform, which invests across specialty finance, asset backed lending, corporate debt and capital solutions verticals. Frank also has strategic oversight of the firm’s Lending & Technology businesses, which include non-bank lending and financial technology platforms, and its principal credit initiatives.

Frank’s background includes substantial experience in corporate advisory, where he focused on special situations, M&A and financial services transactions. His notable transaction experience includes Alinta Energy, Billabong, Boart Longyear, Ten Network, GE Capital Consumer ANZ (now Latitude), HomeStart lending platform, SA Government CTP/Berkshire Hathaway reinsurance deal, Axsesstoday restructure, Slater & Gordon restructure, Blue Sky recapitalisation, Emeco/Orionstone/Andy’s three-way merger and recap, Saputo/Murray Goulburn and Reliance Rail, among others.

Frank previously worked as a corporate strategy consultant at Pottinger and in funds management at Challenger. He holds a Commerce/Law (First Class Honours) degree from Sydney University.

Rohit is a Partner and joined the Firm in 2020 from EQT Credit which was acquired by Bridgepoint in 2020. Prior to re-joining EQT in 2015, where he worked from 2011 to early 2014, Rohit was a founding member of Triangle Growth Partners, a private investment partnership focused on non-control equity investment in fast-growing private companies where he was a founding member. Rohit began his career at Deutsche Bank in London in the European Leveraged Finance group, where he was involved in the origination, structuring and execution of financings for leveraged buyouts and corporates across Europe. Rohit has a BSc degree with honours in Chemistry and Business Management from the University of Bath.

Wendy Fergie is a debt manager with over 30 years experience working across funds management, financial services and innovation. Wendy is currently the Chief Investment Officer for Wealth Pi Fund, on the Advisory Board for SWEEF Capital (Australia/ New Zealand), a board director, advisor and mentor for a number of early stage businesses with a focus to support new funds and entrepeneurs in the early to growth stage and to advocate for greater diversity in the investment industry.

Prior these roles Wendy has worked in funds management across debt and credit with AXA and Alliance Bernstein, and founded the IFM Debt team (ME Bank previously).
Wendy was the founding member of the CFA Society of Melbourne in 2001, and board member for over 10 years, and a member of the CFA Institute Asian Advocacy Committee.

Wendy has a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University, is a CFA Charterholder, a Graduate Diploma in Psychology from University of Melbourne and Diploma in Financial Planning.

Justin Ferrier is the Managing Partner of Navis’ private credit business.

Mr. Ferrier has more than 30 years of experience, which includes more than 25 years as a
credit investor, portfolio manager, and business leader.

Previously, he was a Managing Director at BlackRock, where he played a pivotal role in founding and building BlackRock’s Asia-Pacific private credit business.

Prior to BlackRock, he was the founder and CEO of Myo Capital, which focused on investing in pan-Asian private credit. Before founding Myo Capital, he was a Director and Investment Committee member with ADM Capital and a corporate finance executive with Peregrine Capital and SG Warburg Group.

Mr. Ferrier holds an MBA, majoring in Finance and Accounting from Monash University and a
Bachelor in Science from the University of South Australia.

Brendan has over 10 years of credit experience within the broader financial services industry. He works closely with Rede’s private credit LPs and GPs on both coverage and origination. Brendan covers a broad range of private credit funds in Europe and the US from high octane special situations, specialty finance to performing senior secured direct lenders. He has a background in Debt Capital Markets, Derivatives and Underwriting. Brendan holds a BA in Finance with a Specialisation in Alternative Assets at Southern Methodist University.

Lisa is a Managing Director for ADM Capital Climate and Sustainability Advisor for the ADM Capital direct lending funds. Lisa established The ADM Capital Foundation (ADMCF) in 2006 as an innovative philanthropic vehicle to support critical research and impact-driven approaches to promoting environmental conservation in Asia. ADMCF has been widely recognised for its work on solutions to some of the world’s most intransigent challenges: depleting oceans, the nexus between forestry and development, air quality and public health, and the intersections between food, energy and water. Lisa advises ADM Capital to shape its investment principles and provides ESG advisory services to ADM Capital funds. Lisa holds a BA degree with High Honors from Smith College and an LLM in Human Rights Law from the University of Hong Kong.

Mark Glengarry is a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Credit, based in Sydney. Mr. Glengarry is the Head of APAC for Blackstone Credit, and handles the origination, execution and management of credit investments across the capital structure in the region.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Glengarry worked at Anchorage Capital Group for seven years as a Managing Director in both London and Sydney where he worked across all aspects of origination, execution and portfolio company management. Prior to Anchorage, Mr. Glengarry worked at Morgan Stanley in London as Head of Restructuring and Debt Advisory for EMEA. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Glengarry was a partner in the Banking and Finance Group at White & Case LLP in London.

Mr. Glengarry received a B.Com (Economics and Business Administration) and an LLB (First Class Honours) from the University of Canterbury.

Jiahao is the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of 3 Capital Partners, a private investment office headquartered in Hong Kong. With 15+ years of seasoned experience advising on market strategy across various asset class, Jiahao is strongly passionate about building the right one-stop platform for capital allocation and finding a sustainable long-term discretionary solution that is repeatable for clients to achieve their objectives.

Jiahao firmly believes in the endowment approach for investments, and is keen on providing an alternative solution to wealth management by providing a purpose-driven model that is not commonly adopted in Asia.

Prior to founding 3 Capital Partners, Jiahao was part of the Private Bank Team at Citigroup and J.P. Morgan respectively. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania, and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

David joined Permira Credit in June 2015 as Head of Private Credit, with responsibility for the direct lending strategy. He became Co-Head of Permira Credit in January 2024. He is a member of the Investment Committee for the direct lending funds, and a member of the Permira Credit Executive Committee. David has 25 years of European credit experience. Prior to joining Permira Credit, he was Managing Director at Babson Capital Europe, where he was responsible for sourcing and transacting opportunities and was a member of the private debt investment committee. Before that, David worked at UBS in Leveraged Finance and Financial Sponsors coverage. David holds a master’s degree in Economics & Finance from HEC Business School. David holds a Masters degree in Economics and Finance from HEC Business School, France.

Justin Hooley is a member of Barings’ Global Private Finance Group, responsible for originating, underwriting and managing private credit investments in the developed Asia-Pacific region. Justin has worked in the industry since 1997. Prior to joining the firm in 2021, he worked for Deutsche Bank Sydney for twelve years, most recently as their Head of Credit Opportunities, leading origination, structuring, analysis and provision of strategic capital to junior to mid-cap companies across a range of sectors. Before that, Justin worked in the leveraged and acquisition teams at Merrill Lynch, BOS International and CIBC. He has worked in both the Australian and European markets and started his career with Arthur Anderson in 1997. Justin holds a BSc Honours in Management Science from the University of Warwick, England and is also a Chartered Accountant.

Lakshmi Iyer is the CEO - Investment & Strategy at Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited (Formerly known as Kotak Investment Advisors Limited). She has been with the Kotak Group for over 23 years.

As part of KAAML, she is responsible for investment advisor, product solutions spanning across fixed income, equities, real estate and alternates

In KMAMC she was CIO Fixed Income & Head – Products. In this role she was responsible for credit research, deal execution, managing fund performance across all debt funds and assisting sales in client interaction. In addition to that, she has been a portfolio specialist, and managed product related initiatives such as product pricing and coordination with the funds management and sales team in that role

Prior to joining Kotak, Lakshmi worked with Credence Analytics Pvt Ltd, as a research analyst where she was tracking corporate bond markets in India and generating research reports. She was also instrumental in conceiving various financial software tools in collaboration with software and technical teams.

Lakshmi holds an MBA degree in finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies.
She has been recognised as one of the Top 25 most influential women in asset management in Asia by Asian Investor. She also features in the Forbes W-Power list 2022. She has featured in India’s Impactful CEO list 2023 by ET Edge – A Times group entity

She loves exploring new places for travelling, is a big food lover, and is an ardent movie buff.

Kulbhushan leads the Global Private Debt platform of Allianz Global Investors in Asia. He is a Senior Portfolio manager and responsible for sourcing investments in Asia. He co-manages the Allianz Global Diversified Infrastructure & Energy Transition fund and the Allianz Global Real Estate Debt Opportunities fund.
He joined Allianz Global Investors in 2023 from Allianz Investment Management, where he was the Head of Private Debt, Asia for Allianz Investment Management. He also led investment strategy for Allianz’s Balance Sheets in Asia with an AUM of ~EUR 48bn. Kulbhushan has over 15 years of experience in the fields of asset management, investment management, strategy and M&A.
In his previous roles, Kulbhushan has been founder member of HSBCs life insurance JV in India: Canara HSBC Life. He has also been a SaaS tech entrepreneur. A Postgraduate in Management from K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management and Research, he is a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) graduate from Delhi University.

Daniel Kemp is APAC Editor for PEI Group’s Infrastructure Investor and Agri Investor, overseeing coverage of the Asia-Pacific region for both titles. He joined PEI in February 2018 and is based in Sydney. Daniel is an experienced B2B journalist, working for five years prior to joining PEI as Innovation & Features Editor for Construction News in the UK and was named Feature Writer of the Year at the International Building Press Awards in 2017.

Daniel Kemp는 PEI 그룹의 인프라 투자자(Infrastructure Investor) 및 농업 투자자(Agri Investor)의 APAC 편집자로, 두 직책의 아시아 태평양 지역 보도를 관리하고 있습니다. 그는 2018년 2월에 PEI에 입사하였으며 시드니에 거주하고 있습니다. 대니얼은 경험이 풍부한 B2B 저널리스트로, PEI에 입사하기 전 5년 동안 영국 건설 뉴스의 혁신 및 특집 편집자로 일했으며 2017년 국제 건축 언론 어워드에서 올해의 특집 작가로 선정되었습니다.

ダニエル・ケンプ氏は、PEIグループの「Infrastructure Investor」と「Agri Investor」のAPACエディター。両タイトルのアジア太平洋地域の報道を統括。2018年2月にPEIに入社し、シドニーを拠点とする。経験豊富なB2Bジャーナリストで、PEI入社前の5年間は英国の「Construction News」でイノベーションと特集の編集者として勤務し、2017年にはInternational Building Press Awards（国際建築プレス賞）でFeature Writer of the Year（年間最優秀特集記事ライター）に選出された。

Dr Guan Seng Khoo is a Singaporean-Canadian authority in the fields of Public Pension/SWF Investment (PPSI), Governance, Risk Management & Compliance (GRC) and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) across the Asia-Pacific Continuum.

An alum of hedge fund giant, the Man Group, where he was the Principal Scientist, pioneering the use of advanced algorithmic Ai-based investment frameworks, he also held senior managerial positions at Singapore's Temasek Holdings and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), two of the world's leading sovereign wealth investment institutions.

He currently serves on the board of directors of several deep-tech IT & AI companies across the ASEAN area, and N America.

Dr. Khoo also founded Asia's first post-graduate financial engineering program at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) — in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon.

Ethan Koh holds the position of Global Head of Research Operations at PEI Group, where he assumes responsibility for overseeing data quality and research operations worldwide. In this capacity, he manages relationships with external parties to enhance the efficiency of research operations and regularly presents PEI data at global events.

Over the past decade, Ethan held managerial positions in Singapore and Hong Kong, delivering strategic value to corporate decision-makers and global institutional clients. Prior to joining PEI Group, he was the Asia Research Director at the Global Private Capital Association, the Senior Manager at Real Capital Analytics, and the Senior Investment Writer for Partners Group.

Ethan Koh는 PEI 그룹의 글로벌 리서치 운영 책임자로서 전 세계 데이터 품질 및 연구 운영을 감독하는 책임을 맡고 있습니다. 이 직책을 맡아 연구 운영의 효율성을 높이기 위해 외부 당사자와의 관계를 관리하고 글로벌 행사에서 PEI 데이터를 정기적으로 발표합니다. 지난 10년 동안 Ethan은 싱가포르와 홍콩에서 관리직을 역임하면서 기업 의사 결정권자와 글로벌 기관 고객에게 전략적 가치를 제공했습니다. PEI 그룹에 합류하기 전에는 글로벌 사모펀드 협회(Global Private Capital Association)의 아시아 리서치 디렉터, 리얼 캐피탈 애널리틱스(Real Capital Analytics)의 선임 매니저, 파트너 그룹(Partners Group)의 투자 부문 선임 작가 직책를 역임했습니다.

Kerrine is the Country Head for Hamilton Lane in Singapore. She is also the head of Client Solutions Group in Southeast Asia. She is primarily responsible for business development, as well as coverage of client relationships in Southeast Asia.

Prior to this, Kerrine was the Head of Alternatives Distribution for Southeast Asia at BlackRock, where she was responsible for distribution strategy and client engagements on BlackRock’s alternative investment product suite. Previously, she was the head of Institutional Client Business for Southeast Asia at BlackRock.

Kerrine was named to Private Equity International’s (PEI) top 60 list of Women of Influence in Private Markets in 2023. Kerrine has an MSc degree in Applied Finance from Singapore Management University and a BA degree, with first class honours, in Economics from the National University of Singapore. Kerrine is also a CFA and CAIA charter holder.

Samantha is a Senior Investment Director at Cambridge Associates.

Based in the Singapore office, she works with institutional and private clients to build, implement and manage customized private investments portfolios, as well as contribute to the firm’s private investments manager research.

Samantha worked in Cambridge Associates’ Singapore office between 2013 and 2017 and re-joined the firm in 2022. Prior to re-joining, she was Director, Private Markets and Alternatives at Bank of Singapore, where she was responsible for the origination, due diligence and structuring of investments across private credit, venture / growth capital, private equity and real assets. She also served as the specialist advisor for private market investments to clients, introducing new investment ideas as well as advising on portfolio construction and providing post-investment monitoring.

Samantha received her Bachelor of Science (Economics) and Bachelor of Business Management (Finance), Summa Cum Laude, from the Singapore Management University.

Mangesh Kulkarni is MD & Head- Structured Finance at Axis Capital (India). He is also the CIO for Axis Capital’s newly set-up alternative practice.
He is a veteran in the Indian private debt space and has about 3 decades of expertise in this domain. His areas of specialisation are Debt Capital Markets, Structured Finance & Syndication. He has been with Axis Capital for over 12yrs now.
Mangesh has been instrumental in setting-up the Structured Finance practice at Axis Capital and has many coveted & innovative transactions to his credit viz: Promoter Financing, Acquisition Financing, Bridge to an Equity event, Inventory based financing, etc. and till date has raised about USD 2.5 bn worth of structured debt for various mid-market corporates, promoters & large conglomerates in India by providing them tailor made unique funding solutions.
He has also acted as a Coverage Banker earlier at Axis Capital. He was also associated with some of the prominent organisations in India earlier viz: RBL Bank as Head of Capital Markets, IDFC Ltd as a part of their DCM & Syndication and as a Head of M&A and New initiatives with Indian Oiltanking Ltd.

Melanie is a highly experienced professional with an impressive track record in the financial services industry. With over 25 years of experience, she has worked extensively in corporate and investment banking, developmental finance, export credit and project finance, specialized finance, and fund mobilization. Her expertise covers a wide range of clients and customer segments, operating across global jurisdictions, with a particular focus on Africa. Melanie has a proven ability in deal origination, structuring, and execution, which has led to successful outcomes for various complex projects and export finance solutions, including structuring de-risking and blended financing solutions. Melanie also leads cross-functional deal teams. Her profound understanding of the African Sovereign and private sector has enabled her to establish strong working relationships with an extensive African and Global investor network. Melanie plays a crucial role in driving the implementation of the Afreximbank Guarantee Programme and leads the Country Export Programme, a comprehensive initiative designed to support member countries in developing and enhancing their trade and export credit related activities. She has also been instrumental in setting up and driving the growth of the Afreximbank Repack Program and establishing AfrexInsure, the Afrexmbank specialty insurance management company. Overall, Melanie's wealth of experience and her ability to navigate complex financial landscapes make her an invaluable asset in driving growth and success within the financial services industry, particularly in Africa.

Kher Sheng Lee is the Managing Director, Co-Head of APAC and Deputy Global Head of Government Affairs at AIMA / ACC. AIMA is the largest global body of alternative asset managers representing 2100 members across 60 countries managing US$2.5tn of assets and incorporates the ACC which is a global body that represents asset management firms in the private credit space (strategies covered include direct lending, real estate, infrastructure, distressed, securitisation and CLOs). Mr. Lee leads on all policy and regulatory matters across asset management regulation, markets, tax, digital assets, innovation/cyber technology, private credit, and ESG in the APAC region.

He received his LL.B (Hons) degree from the National University of Singapore law school and is admitted to practice law in Singapore (Advocate & Solicitor), Hong Kong (Solicitor), and England & Wales (Solicitor-Advocate with full rights of audience in all criminal and civil proceedings in the higher courts). He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (FSIArb), an accredited maritime arbitrator, and an HKIAC-qualified tribunal secretary. He is a certified mediator with expertise in commercial and workplace disputes (UK CEDR), IP disputes (SMC-Intellectual Property Office of Singapore), and general mediation (SMC Singapore).

He has lived and worked in Singapore, London and Hong Kong. He is a CFA and CAIA charter holder.

Soo Cheon co-founded SC Lowy in 2009 and is the firm’s Chief Investment Officer with over 30 investment professionals reporting to him. Soo Cheon has deep experience investing in private credit, special situations, hard assets, and distressed non-performing loan portfolios across Asia, inclusive of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand since 1997. He has been recognized internationally as an expert in the shipping sector and was instrumental in restructuring Korea Line (now SM Line) and Pan Ocean (orchestrating Korea’s first court approved DIP financing). Prior to founding SC Lowy, Mr. Lee was a Managing Director and Head of Research and Trading at Deutsche Bank’s distressed and strategic investments group for Asia Pacific, a group he founded alongside Mr. Lowy in 1999. Previously, Mr. Lee was a senior research analyst at Cargill’s Value Investment Group, based in Singapore. Soo Cheon holds an MBA from the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota and is a US Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Susan Lee is Partner and Head of Asia Hedge Fund & Private Credit Investment Due Diligence at Albourne Partners. Since joining Albourne in early 2014, Susan has conducted ongoing due diligence on Asia-focused funds across hedge fund and private credit strategies for investors. Prior to joining Albourne, Susan held various roles including Portfolio Management Analyst at Pacific Alternative Asset Management, a fund of hedge funds in Irvine, California, and Fixed Income Sales at Lehman Brothers covering Asian central banks and institutional clients. She currently serves as Chair of the Culture & Diversity Asia-Pacific Regional Working Group of Standards Board for Alternative Investments. Susan holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Canterbury (NZ). She is fluent in English and Korean and is based in Hong Kong.
Established in 1994, Albourne Partners is an independent advisory specializing in alternative investments including hedge funds, private credit, private equity, real estate and real asset. Albourne represents over 330 clients with over $700bn invested in alternatives. Albourne has over 600 employees in 11 countries.

Mr. Leger is responsible for managing all of MGG’s sales and marketing related efforts.

Prior to joining MGG, Mr. Leger was Head of Strategic Planning and Client Services at Akre Capital Management in Virginia where he helped grow the then 24 year old firm’s private partnership and mutual fund assets from $2 billion in 2013 to approximately $14 billion in 2019. Previously, he worked as Managing Director, Head of Marketing at Geosphere Capital, a $1.4 billion hedge fund based in New York City. Prior to that, he worked in a similar capacity at Steel Partners, a $5 billion global activist manager. Mr. Leger began his career in asset management at BRI Partners, a venture capital firm and joint venture with Mesirow Financial, that seeded hedge funds, helping grow their collective assets to in excess of $5 billion.

Mr. Leger received his doctorate in political philosophy and international relations from The University of Notre Dame in Indiana and his BA from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Lim Cheng Khai is the Executive Director of the Financial Markets Development Department with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which aims to promote a vibrant financial market in Singapore, with a focus on developing Singapore’s capital market, asset management and insurance sectors, and infrastructure and trade finance capabilities. In this role, he works closely with industry partners including key financial institutions and industry associations to support the growth of Singapore’s financial markets and strengthen the proposition of Singapore as a gateway to serve Asia’s capital raising and financing needs.

Prior to his current appointment, Cheng Khai was involved in the regulation and supervision of banks, insurers, and capital markets intermediaries in various roles in MAS. From 2014 to 2020, he led the Capital Markets Intermediaries Department II that oversees licensing, regulating and supervising fund managers and the individual representatives who are authorised to carry out these regulated activities.

Leslie is an investment director at the Tsao Family Office (TFO), a Singapore-based single family office, where he manages the Fixed Income, Private Credit, and Liquid Alternatives investments. Prior to joining TFO in Aug 2019, he worked at various hedge funds in London and Singapore across a range of credit and event-driven strategies for over a decade. Leslie started his career at Lehman Brothers in New York where he worked as investment banker for five years. He has an MBA from INSEAD and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Sean Low is the founding CEO and Chief Investment Officer for Golden Vision Capital (Singapore), a new Single Family Office set up in Aug 2021 to make PE and VC direct investments in Southeast Asia, leveraging on the family and team’s strong business connections in the region. It also invests in leading PE Funds, and co-invests alongside them. Sean is an industry veteran with 25 years of deal sourcing, investment and business development experience, including 17 years in the PE & Infrastructure department of GIC, Singapore's SWF, where he helps to oversee GIC's PE, Infra, Private Debt & VC investments in US, Europe and Asia at different times, and help led some of GIC’s landmark deals. 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 Jun 2022-Jun2023, Sean also acted as senior advisor to Yangzijiang Financial Holdings Limited (ww.YZJFIN.com), an investment management Firm listed on SGX in Apr 2023 with NAV in excess S$4b. He advised the firm on the construction and fund selection for its inaugural international PE and Private Credit fund of funds program, as well as its international private debt deal selection and risk management best practices.

Sean began his career in Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), after he was awarded the EDB Scholarship in 1993. He served first as Assistant Head of InfoComms & Media group, and then as Director of Chicago Centre. Sean currently chairs the Investment Committee at CFA Singapore, and was elected the Treasurer of Singapore's VC & PE Association in 2021. 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.

Chau is Co-Head of Aksia Hong Kong Office and has over 18 years of advisory and alternatives investment experience. She is responsible for alternative investment programs in Asia and focuses on portfolio construction and manager selection, providing customized investment recommendations and regular portfolio updates across alternative investment programs.

Prior to joining Aksia in 2022, Chau was a Senior Investment Specialist, Private Markets at abrdn, where she led private markets distribution efforts in Asia Pacific. Before that, she was a Director of Client Service at FLAG Capital where she covered existing client relationships and new business development as well as private equity fund investments in Southeast Asia. Prior to that, she was a Director of Business Development and Investor Relations at Squadron Capital. She held previous investment roles in private equity at Siguler Guff & Company and WestLB Mellon Asset Management. Chau started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in financial advisory services.

Chau graduated with distinction from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in Economics and holds an MBA in Analytic Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Mr. Lyons joined Bain Capital in 2006. He is a Partner and Global Co-Head of Bain Capital Special Situations as well as the Head of Bain Capital Credit in Asia.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Lyons was based in Bain Capital’s London office covering European Special Situations opportunities. Previously, Mr. Lyons was a consultant at Bain & Company.

Mr. Lyons received an A.B. Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University.

Valerie Mantot-Groene Is Regional Managing Director, ASEAN. Valerie leads the firm’s growth and performance across the South East Asian region. She brings more than 20 years’ experience in the Alternative Asset Management industry both on the advisory side and the assets servicing side. During her career she has advised and assisted Financial Institutions, Family Offices, SWFS, Asset Managers in the structuring and operation of their cross border investments in Real Estate, Private Equity, Infrastructure, Venture Capital and Private Debt across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. A qualified lawyer with a broad ranging set of skills and experience, she Is the Chairwoman of ALFI in South East Asia. She is regularly invited as speaker to conferences and mentors in some professional youth development programmes.

Endue, a Singapore based boutique advisory firm, specialises in enabling cross border partnerships between global institutional capital and quality investment solutions in Asia, across asset classes. Having spent time in the U.S. & Asia and interfaced with large allocators through market cycles, Karun lends a context and world view that has helped build notable partnerships over the years between Asian solutions and institutions in North America, Europe, Japan & the Middle East, at scale. He is responsible for laying the overall direction at the firm and anchoring its key relationships.

Prior to founding Endue in 2020, Karun spent his career at the ICICI Group, a part of Prudential U.K. and the JV partner of Eastspring Investments Asia, where he last served as the head of its international business.

Karun received his Masters from the New York University and holds a Masters in Business Administration from TAPMI in Manipal.

Scott McClurg, joined HSBC Alternatives in the newly created role of Head of Private Credit in 2022. Scott worked closely with HSBC Alternatives to launch their first direct lending fund targeting private equity backed mid market corporates in the United Kingdom. He developed this proposition to deliver strong returns for investors while delivering financing solutions for high growth corporates in partnership with HSBC bank, where he was running the Leverage Finance business in the UK.

Scott has over 25 years of corporate finance experience across Transaction Services, Corporate Finance Advisory and banking. He has also been a finance director for mid market corporates. Scott joined HSBC in 2010 and has held a number of senior management positions prior to joining HSBC Alternatives including the UK Head of Energy and Sustainability where he was responsible for driving sector credit strategies to support new sustainable infrastructure opportunities across the UK and Europe and his role as Head of Leveraged Finance where he ran the market leading lending team in the UK.

Scott is married with two children who take up most of his time when he is not working.

Yogiraj heads the excluding-India Family Office for the owners of Thermax Ltd, a listed engineering conglomerate from India. The Thermax Family Office is one of India's well-structured and evolved Family Offices. Yogiraj is based in Singapore and actively oversees ex-India investments and operations for the family office. He is a board member of the family office investment companies and private trust company in Singapore.
Yogiraj carries diversified experience in technology, software and investment management. He started his career as a software professional and later moved into management roles. Having an entrepreneurial mindset and a flair for finance and investments, Yogiraj joined the Family Office to be at the helm of the family office in Singapore. Before moving to Singapore, Yogiraj was part of the strategic team in India which setup a Multi-Family Office in India. Yogiraj is also part of the global strategic investment team responsible for asset allocation, due diligence and manager selection. The Family Office has an endowment-style asset allocation with a capital preservation approach.
Yogiraj is an engineer by qualification and later pursued the Executive Program Finance Risk & Investment Management program at IIM Kolkata, one of India’s premier institutions for finance. Yogiraj is a Certified Family Office Advisor, a signature program from Wealth Management Institute, Singapore. He is also an Associate Member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Yogiraj is also a speaker at various family offices and investment conferences globally. Yogiraj, in general, is a good manager and a family office professional. He likes to spend his free time with his family.

Chau Nguyen is Director of Westlake Capital Partners, a single family office based in Singapore. Chau has significant experience , having worked in a variety of strategies including ventures, buyouts, mezzanine, private debt, hedge funds and fund of funds.

Chau received an MBA from the Wharton Graduate School of Business and a BA from Wellesley College. Vietnamese born, she was raised in Switzerland and France. Chau is fluent in French, English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese. She is a member of PEWIN (Private Equity Women’s Investor Network), a by-invitation only global organization comprised of top women in private equity.

Rebecca leads Trimont’s APAC business with overall responsibility for Trimont’s investment advisory services, credit and asset management, and operational services across the region. Based in Sydney, Rebecca serves on the firm’s Operating Committee and Global Advisory Council, working closely with Trimont’s professionals around the world in developing, integrating and executing the company’s strategy.

Hailing from an extensive finance and real estate background, Rebecca spent three years as Director at PwC in London working within the Real Estate Deals team with a responsibility for the management of the restructuring team. Prior to that role, she served as Vice President for Blackstone Group, where she was responsible for the work out of non-performing loans secured against commercial real estate. She also previously worked within the EMEA Real Estate Finance for J.P. Morgan.

Rebecca began her career in Sydney with Investec Bank Australia.

Duane has been a member of the Future Fund since 2023, currently serving as an Investment Director in the Credit team. The team manages a diverse range of global fixed income and credit-focused mandates across all Agency-managed funds, including liquid and illiquid investments in various geographies and risk profiles. Prior to his tenure at the Future Fund, Duane held positions at Oaktree Capital Management, AQR Capital Management, and spent a decade at UBS Investment Bank, where he worked across London, New York, and Australasia. Duane earned an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and London Business School, along with receiving his Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Business Systems degree from Monash University.

Nick is Co-founder and Co-CEO of the AltX Group, a leading alternative asset manager. With a background in 1st mortgage lending dating back to 2012, he has overseen the origination of over $4bn in loans. Prior to this, Nick worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch International in both the UK and Australia and in funds management. Nick has an MA (Law) from Cambridge University (UK) and a Bachelor of Business Science Degree (1st Class Honours with Distinction in Economics) from the University of Cape Town (South Africa).

Diane Raposio (Hong Kong) joined KKR in 2013 and is a member of the Capital Markets team and Global Client Solutions. Ms. Raposio leads the Asia Capital Markets business and leads the client business in Asia. Since joining the firm, she has worked on a number of debt financings for KKR portfolio companies and third party clients. Prior to joining KKR, she spent six years in the leveraged debt capital markets team at Deutsche Bank (across London, Hong Kong and Sydney), UBS, Barclays, Bankers Trust and AMP. Ms. Raposio is a qualified actuary (FIAA) and holds a Masters of Economics from Macquarie University.

Johannes Raschke is a Senior Investment Officer at IFC and a Charted Financial Analyst based in Singapore.
He is Investment Lead in (East Asia & Pacific) EAP region for IFC’s DARP program (Distressed Asset Recovery Program). He has 20 years of experience in Corporate Finance and Alternative Investments (Distressed, NPL, Private Equity/Credit).

Diana is a co-founder and director of Cabot Capital Partners, a Singapore-based boutique asset manager/adviser focussed on connecting Asian private market opportunities with mid-sized institutions and private investors globally. Diana’s multi-decade career in international private investment has encompassed senior corporate and investment roles including leading corporate strategy and capital raising for a UAE sovereign entity, risk oversight for GE Equity’s regional portfolio and working with the UK’s DFI, CDC Group, across the investment cycle. Diana brings pragmatic perspective and contextual awareness to stakeholder engagement, corporate strategy and direct investment having navigated largely cross-border negotiations both as buyer and seller, across equity and debt, be it at start-up, growth, corporate turn-around or monetisation stage. Diana commenced her career with Arthur Andersen in London specialising in corporate recovery before working in locations as diverse as Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Dan joined DWS in 2023 to lead DWS’s European Alternative Credit business and has over 23 years of experience in credit at influential investment firms.

Most recently, Dan was Managing Partner of Capital Asset Solutions at Man Group responsible for multi-asset credit in the insurance, institutional and retail channels as well as private equity-led offshore reinsurance growth strategy. Dan also served as Global Head of CLOs and Loans responsible for developing Man’s structured credit and leverage loan business. Prior to joining Man Group, he was Chief Investment Officer (Europe) for CIFC Asset Management, responsible for the firm's investment activity in the region. He was also the senior portfolio manager and chaired the asset allocation committee for their Global Multi-Asset Credit Fund. Prior to this, Dan was Head of Liquid Credit (Europe) for Apollo Global Management, responsible for all investment activities in the region across leveraged loans, high yield bonds and CLO strategies. Between 2003 and 2015, he was a Managing Director at Oaktree Capital, responsible for high yield and leverage loan investing as well as establishing Oaktree's CLO business in 2014. He began his career at KPMG Corporate Restructuring, where he gained his ACA qualification.

Dan holds an MA (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh.

Souvik is a Director in the Asia-Pacific investments team of Oxford Properties, a leading global real estate investor, developer, and manager. Souvik joined Oxford in Singapore in 2021, and focuses on Oxford’s investments in credit, pan-APAC indirect strategies and India.
Prior to joining Oxford, Souvik was at KKR, where he was responsible for deal execution across multiple asset classes and capital structures. He has also worked at Kotak and Deutsche Bank across real estate, special situations, and investment banking.
Souvik holds an MBA in Finance from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Dylan Szymanski is an Executive Managing Director and Head of Europe and Asia Corporate Credit for Sculptor. He is also a member of the Portfolio Committee. Mr. Szymanski is responsible for stressed and distressed credit investments across Europe and Asia for the firm’s Opportunistic Credit strategy.
Prior to joining the Sculptor in 2013, Mr. Szymanski was a Director on the European Investments team at Mount Kellett Capital Management. Previously, he held various positions at Lehman Brothers.
Mr. Szymanski holds a Bachelor of Science in Philosophy and Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Audrey The is a Managing Director at Cambridge Associates.

Based in the Singapore office, Audrey designs, builds, and oversees customized private investment portfolios for institutional and private clients. She also contributes to the firm’s private investments manager research. Audrey originally worked for Cambridge Associates from 2007 to 2018 before re-joining the firm in 2021.

Prior to re-joining Cambridge Associates, Audrey worked at HarbourVest Partners, where she oversaw and coordinated operations and investor relations support across Asia-Pacific. She also served as an Alternatives Director at Schroders where she worked with clients on their private asset investments. Audrey’s previous experience also includes sales and trading at UBS in New York, corporate finance at HSBC, and corporate development at Providian Financial (now JP Morgan Chase) in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Audrey received her MBA from Dartmouth College and her BA in Economics and Telecommunications with high distinction, Phi Beta Kappa from Indiana University, Bloomington.

Andy has been with PEI Group since 2003, working on a number of titles including as Editor of Private Equity International and Senior Editor of Infrastructure Investor. Since H2 2015, he took over responsibility for Real Estate Capital and, in the first half of 2016, became Editor of Private Debt Investor. He is a regular writer for the magazines and websites and has also often contributed to our events as a panel moderator. Prior to joining PEI, Andy had senior roles at venture capital portal Venturedome.com and at Thomson Financial. Andy was voted State Street’s Alternatives Journalist of the Year in 2022.

As a seasoned investment professional, Yiu Joe has been navigating the intricate global investment landscape for many years and have weathered various market conditions and cycles. With a strong understanding of the complexities of investing, he is a proactive adviser to high net worth families in straddling the nuances and complexities of private and pubic markets. With his background in private equity, he is active in providing insights and strategic guidance to clients in anticipating market trends, identifying emerging opportunities before they become mainstream, and mitigating risks. His investment approach has been underpinned by his attention to detail and a penchant for in-depth and thorough research and analysis, in order to create personalized solutions that are tailored to clients’ specific goals and circumstances, and in generating long term value and sustainable returns, with an instinct for risk mitigation.

Tuck Meng Yee has over 20 years’ experience in the financial markets in Asia and Australia in derivatives, and in funds portfolio management, development, research and marketing with global investment banks (JPMorgan, UBS) and private banks (ABN Amro and Citibank) as well as funds services (Moore Management) and family office (JRT Partners) giving him a keen sense of what investments suit which types of investors, and the support they typically need.
Most recently he was Investment Solutions Head for Allfunds in Asia (a leading funds platform) before returning to the family office JRT Partners, which he set up for a Malaysian family and currently leads for both operations and investments.
Tuck speaks English and Mandarin, and holds degrees in Accounting, Computer Science, and Finance (Masters) from the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales.
JRT Partners is a Singapore based Family Office that invests across real estate, equities, debt and agriculture, directly and through funds including hedge funds and private equity funds. On occasion, the family office works with other family offices in investing, as well as advising them on family office setup, management and administration, as well as investment due diligence process.

Pramod Vijayasankar is Lead Investment Officer in the Banking team at AIIB which has responsibility for investments into equity and debt funds/platforms, capital markets & structured products, digital infrastructure, financial institutions & syndications. Pramod has over 24 years of international banking experience including in senior leadership roles, having worked across Power, Utilities & Infrastructure, Metals & Mining, Commodities sectors primarily across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Prior to joining AIIB in 2019, Pramod was Managing Director & Head of Infrastructure Industry Coverage team at Standard Chartered Bank based in Singapore. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, Pramod worked for Goldman Sachs in London as head of structured commodity transactions for Africa & Turkey. Pramod was also a founding member of the ANZ Project & Structured Finance business in Asia, which completed several award winning, market-first, advisory & financing transactions in Power, Utilities, Telecoms & Infrastructure segments in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand & Vietnam.

Emma is the General Manager at East West Bank Hong Kong Branch, overseeing all corporate and commercial banking businesses in APAC. She is the founder of East West Bank’s Private Equity Group (Fund Finance) Asia, where she specialises in crafting creative and bespoke liquidity solutions to PE/VC firms in both US and Aisa. Previously, Emma was a Managing Partner and Head of Private Credit Solutions at TR Capital, leading the firm’s strategies to provide NAV solutions to both GPs and LPs. Emma started her Fund Finance career at Comerica Bank Equity Fund Services Group, where she was responsible for developing PE/VC relationships in the US. Emma sits on the APAC Executive Committee of the Fund Finance Association. She holds a Master’s in Finance from Brandeis International Business School, and a B.A. from Osaka Prefecture University. Emma is trilingual, speaking Chinese, Japanese and English.

Dr. Lulu Wang leads the Research and Strategy function of the Global Private Markets Fund (GPMF) and Aberdeen Diversified Income and estate, infrastructure and natural resources Growth Fund in abrdn. Her focus is on the analysis of fundamental drivers of private markets and the application of economic forecasts, thematic ideas, and market insights across the global private classes. Lulu is also responsible for the production thought-leadership projects, to provide a strategic and tactical asset allocation on the major asset classes between public and private markets globally. She is a Board member of the GPMF ICAV and Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

Lulu started her career in 1999 and holds a Bsc first class and Msc degrees in international banking and Finance and a PhD in international real estate portfolio diversification.

Ping is Co-Head of Aksia Hong Kong Office and has over 19 years of research, sales, trading and advisory experience in Asia. She is responsible for alternative investment programs in Greater China and conducting investment due diligence on Asia-based fund managers. Ping also works with Aksia’s global offices to provide updates and information related to the managers and strategies in the region.
Prior to joining Aksia in 2011, Ping worked at Nomura International Hong Kong Limited as a Foreign Exchange salesperson covering institutional clients in China. She started her career in 2003 when she joined the fixed income index research team in Lehman Brothers’ Tokyo office. She also worked at Lehman’s Hong Kong office covering Asia ex-Japan institutional investors from 2004 to 2008.
Ping graduated from Fudan University in Shanghai with both a BS and an MSc in Statistics. She is a CFA charterholder and a member of the Hong Kong CFA Association.

Celia Yan, Managing Director, is the Head of APAC Private Credit within BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group, and is the Lead Portfolio Manager of BlackRock’s APAC Private Credit funds and Chair of the Investment Committee. She is responsible for leading the platform, originating and executing investment opportunities, leading the investment process, and maintaining relationships with key deal sources and intermediaries across APAC. Celia is a member of BlackRock's Private Debt Executive Committee.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2020, Celia was the Head of Greater China with ADM Capital where she joined in 2011. As a senior private credit investor, she led the overall investment strategy and specialized in sourcing and executing private credit investments with Chinese angles, including inbound deals to mainland China and outbound deals across Asia and globally. Prior to that, Celia worked for National Australia Bank in Melbourne, where she advised on investment, performance and risk analysis solutions.

Celia has a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Melbourne (Australia), a Master of Applied Econometrics from Monash University (Australia), and is currently pursuing a Finance EMBA with PBCSF, Tsinghua University (China).

Mark joined VFMC in 2018 and is Head of Investment Risk and Absolute Returns. His Absolute Returns role involves leading the team which covers Hedge Funds and Private Credit (circa 20% of VFMC’s FUM). His risk role encompasses total portfolio risk analysis, SAA and ALM modelling and defensive overlays. Mark is a member of the Investment Leadership Team and Investment Committee. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Centre for Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies at Monash University.
Prior to working at VFMC, Mark was global Head of FICC Structuring at the National Australia Bank from 2010 to 2017, where he built a leading institutional derivatives structuring and sales business in Australia and the UK. Mark also spent four years in London with NAB working in both market risk and in front office on a rates trading desk.
Mark holds Bachelor degrees in Law and Science (both with Honours) from Monash University and a PhD in Mathematics jointly from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics and the Free University of Berlin, Germany. Mark is also the co-author of a book on securitisation swaps which was published by Wiley Finance in 2019 and has published several finance papers.

Ray King is Managing Director of Sovereign Investment Research, a specialist alternatives investment advisory firm which he founded in 2000. Ray’s role includes providing specialist investment advice and management consulting advice to institutional investors and investment managers on alternative asset classes and investments.
Ray has worked in the superannuation and investments industry for more than 35 years. During that period, Ray established his credentials as one of Australia’s prominent asset consultants, joining Towers Perrin in 1990 where he was Manager, Asset Consulting. In 1994 he joined Gary Weaven to set up Industry Fund Services (IFS). As Head of Wholesale Business at IFS, Ray was responsible for the development of its asset consulting (subsequently becoming Frontier Consulting) and its funds management (IFM Investors) businesses. Ray was also a Partner of Mercer heading their Global Alternatives Boutique in APAC from 2012 to 2015.
Ray is today recognised as having been a leading adviser on alternative assets in Australia, having worked with a number of superannuation funds since the mid-1990s to establish some of the largest alternatives investment programs in Australia. Ray began his career at BHP in 1974 and his previous work experience also includes being Chief Economist for a major public authority.
He was the founding Chairperson of the Australian Chapter of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) in 2000 and is a life member. Ray is a graduate of Monash University with an Honours Degree in Economics.

Elizabeth is Head of Private Corporate Assets for Australian Retirement Trust, coming from her role as Head of Funds Management for QSuper Group. Elizabeth is responsible for managing the strategy and implementation of the private equity, private credit and alternative strategy asset classes. Responsibilities include portfolio construction, investment research and selection, and the investment in and ongoing management of direct, co-investment and fund assets in Australia and offshore.

Elizabeth has over 25 years experience in investment management and financial markets. She was appointed Head of Funds Management, QSuper in September 2019 and was responsible for managing QSuper's investments with external service providers, implementing investment policy decisions and structuring potential investments to benefit members across all asset classes, including private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real estate, alternative assets and public markets. Prior to her role as the Head of Funds Management, Elizabeth was a Senior Portfolio Manager in the team and was one of the founding QSuper investment team members, joining in May 2009 when QSuper internalised the investment function. Before joining QSuper, she worked for institutional fund manager QIC, where she served as senior portfolio manager of international equities, and senior portfolio manager of alpha investments. Elizabeth previously worked with the Australian Stock Exchange as a financial analyst and at Bankers Trust as an equity derivatives trader.

Elizabeth is a member of Chief Executive Women and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mathematics from the Queensland University of Technology and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia. She has been an independent investment expert member of the Queensland University of Technology Investment and Borrowings Committee.

Sabita is a Managing Director and a member of the Asia-Pacific direct lending team, a member of the Executive Committee and chair of the Investment Advisory Committee. Prior to joining ADM Capital, Sabita was the Head of the Asian Fixed Income team at Fidelity Worldwide Investment. Sabita began her career in fixed income in 1993 when she joined CRISIL India as a rating analyst. In 1998, Sabita moved to Hong Kong and worked with Standard & Poor’s Rating Agency, JP Morgan Securities and HSBC in Hong Kong on the credit research side before joining Fidelity. Sabita holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecomm from Bangalore University, India. Sabita also holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.

Andrew runs Muzinich & Co.’s Asia Pacific business and has 20 years of experience in Financial Markets with a specialization in Asia Pacific having set up and run businesses covering Private and Public Debt, Syndicated Loans, Special Situations and Distressed Debt in the region. In 2020, Andrew established Muzinich & Co.’s Private Debt business in Asia Pacific and is an investment committee member on the firm’s first Asia Pacific Private Debt Fund.

Prior to joining Muzinich & Co., Andrew was Head of Global Loans and Special Situations, Asia Pacific at HSBC and Head of Trading for Loans and Special Situations, Asia ex Japan at Nomura where he founded and established both HSBC’s and Nomura’s Private Debt and Special Situations businesses.

Andrew was also a member of HSBC Asia Pacific Fixed Income Executive Committee and HSBC Global Credit Executive Committee. He served as the chairperson of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association Secondary Loan committee from 2018 to 2020. Andrew is a graduate of University of Melbourne.