Summit Agenda Reveal: 10 Tracks You Shouldn’t Miss On Day 1

We are delighted to announce 10 sessions featuring nearly 35 seasoned leaders representing top private equity and limited partner firms.

The sessions form a part of the parallel tracks – General Partners & Investment Summit and Limited Partners Summit – on the first day of the Asia PE-VC Summit 2023, to be held in Singapore on September 5 & 6.

These sessions will bring you a 360-degree view of top themes including the overall fundraising landscape, investment opportunities in Asia, exit landscape, the rise of private credit, capital allocation strategies, LP-GP dynamics at play, risk-returns strategies, and more.

Big Picture: Private Equity in Asia – Will the asset class ride the storm?

  • Kenneth Cheong – Partner, BPEA EQT
  • Sandeep Naik – Managing Director, Head of India & SE Asia, General Atlantic
  • Pamela Fung – ED, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
  • Dr. Amit Varma – Co-founder & Managing Partner, Quadria Capital
  • Michael Woo – Managing Director, Primavera Capital Group

The LP View: How are asset allocators looking at the Asia opportunity?

  • Sunil Mishra, Partner, Adams Street Partners
  • Saima Rehman, Investment Officer, Disruptive Tech And Funds Group, IFC
  • Ralph Keitel, Head of Fund of Funds, responsAbility
  • Lay Hong LEE, Managing Director, Flexstone Partners

LP-GP dynamics: How is it changing during turbulent times?

  • Cyrus Driver, Managing Director, Partners Group
  • Goh Hui Yang, Head of Alternative Investments Asia, Pictet Wealth Management
  • Rajendra Pai, Partner, Navis Capital
  • Audrey The-Dumas, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates

What does it take to generate alpha in SE Asia?

  • Joshua Morris, Founding Partner & CEO, Emerging Markets Investment Advisers
  • Omar Mahmood, Managing Director, Creador Private Equity
  • Amit Kunal, Managing Partner, Growtheum Capital Partners
  • Wong Chee-Yann, CIO, Northstar Group
  • Diana Reeves, Co-Founder and Director, Cabot Capital Partners

Will India continue to buck the global downturn?

  • Mayur Sirdesai, Managing Partner & Founder, Somerset Indus Capital Partners
  • PR Srinivasan, Founder & Managing Partner, Xponentia Capital Partners
  • Vijay Dhanuka, Managing Director, Motilal Oswal Alternates.
  • Tushar Singhvi, Deputy CEO & Head of Investments, Crescent Enterprises

Seizing Asia real estate opportunities through platform play & value-add strategy

  • Fireside Chat With Kenneth Gaw, President and Managing Principal, Gaw Capital

What is stopping GP-led secondaries from taking off in Asia?

  • Paul Robine, Founder and CEO, TR Capital
  • Dominic Goh, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners (Singapore) Pte Ltd
  • Yuliang Chen, Founding Partner, Bee Alternatives Limited
  • Eva Fung, Head of Private Equity Group, Asia, East West Bank

Digitilisation, Decarbonisation & Deglobalisation to drive Asia’s infrastructure supercycle 

  • Rahul Bhargava, Partner and Co-Head of Asia, Advantage Partners
  • Kyle Shaw, Founder and Managing Partner, ShawKwei & Partners
  • Nainesh Jaisingh, Founding Partner and CEO, Affirma Capital

Family offices emerge as strong LP base for regional funds

  • Jo Huang, Head of Private Equity, Raffles Family Office
  • Sean Low, CEO & CIO, Golden Vision Capital
  • Pavan Sawhney, Investment Director, Golden Alpha

Private credit enters the golden age in the Asia Pacific

  • Myron Zhu, Head of Private Markets, Asia, Manulife Investment Management
  • Abhishek Mittal, Partner, Aavishkaar Capital
  • Kerrine Koh, Head of SE Asia, Hamilton Lane
  • Sarit Chopra, Partner, Bain Capital (Special Situations)

Why Indonesia Matters

  • Stefanus Ade Hadiwidjaja, Chief Investment Officer, Indonesia Investment Authority
  • John Riady, CEO, PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk

(More sessions, timings, speakers and panel coming soon)

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Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.

Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.