31st Annual AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum 2018 | Mergermarket | 13 November 2018 | Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong

Recognised globally as the leading, largest, and most influential private equity conference in Asia, with 1100+ attendees, the AVCJ Forum is clearly the event of choice.

The AVCJ Forum combines editorially driven topics, knowledgeable speakers and superior networking into an annual event that predict trends, honest strategies and creates lasting partnerships.

2018 Speakers:

Camilla Axvi
Head of Private Equity External Managers , AP2

Kirk M. Beaton
Partner, LEXINGTON PARTNERS

Joe Bryant
Investment Director, UCLA INVESTMENT COMPANY

Clara Chan
Chief Investment Officer (Private Markets), HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY

Jeremy Coller
CIO and Chairman, COLLER CAPITAL

Doug A. Coulter
Partner, LGT CAPITAL PARTNERS

Tim Flower
Managing Director, HARBOURVEST PARTNERS (ASIA) LIMITED

Edward J. Grefenstette
President/CEO and Chief Investment Officer, THE DIETRICH FOUNDATION

Alicia Gregory
Head of Private Equity, MLC

Gregory Jania
Head of Fund Investments, Global Private Equity, APG ASSET MANAGEMENT

Ralph Keitel
Principal Investment Officer and Regional Lead East Asia, Private Equity Funds, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION

Yup S. Kim
Senior Portfolio Manager, Private Equity and Special Opportunities, ALASKA PERMANENT FUND CORPORATION

Sherry Lin
Head of Global Venture Capital, WILLETT ADVISORS

Tadasu Matsuo
Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investment, Alternative Investment Office, JAPAN POST INSURANCE

Mark McCombe
Senior Managing Director, BLACKROCK

Hemal Mirani
Managing Director, HARBOURVEST PARTNERS (ASIA)

James D. C. Pitt
Partner, LEXINGTON PARTNERS

Hideya Sadanaga
Managing Director, Head of Private Equity Investment, JAPAN POST BANK

Katja Salovaara
Senior PE Portfolio Manager, ILMARINEN

Josh Stern
Director, Private Investments, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

Anders Strömblad
Head of Alternative Investments, AP2

Frank Su
Managing Director, Head of Private Equity Asia, CPPIB

Sebastiaan van den Berg
Chief Investment Officer, Alternatives, ARCH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Ivan Vercoutere
Managing Partner, CIO, LGT CAPITAL PARTNERS

Nicholas Vickery
Global Portfolio Manager, Private Equity Funds, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION

Sean Warrington
Director of Private Markets, ALFRED I. DUPONT TRUST

Maverick Wong
Managing Director and the Head of Private Equity, CHINA PING AN INSURANCE OVERSEAS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

Georg Wunderlin
Chief Executive Officer, HQ CAPITAL GROUP

Mingchen Xia
Managing Director, HAMILTON LANE

Rohaya Mohammad Yusof
Head of Private Market, Investment Division, EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND

2017 Past Speakers:

Gaurav Ahuja
Managing Director, Chryscapital

Stephen Aldred
Asia Loans Editor, Debtwire

Amit Anand
Founding Partner, Jungle Ventures

Mario Aquino
Managing Partner, Futurelabs Ventures

Kathleen Bacon
Managing Director, Harbourvest Partners (U.k.)

Troy Barnett
Partner, Secondaries, Adams Street Partners

Kirk M. Beaton
Partner, Lexington Partners

Jordan Berger
Managing Director, Emerging Alternatives Investment Group, Optrust

Kurt Björklund
Managing Partner, Permira

Nicholas Bloy
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Navis Capital Partners

Charlie Bott
Managing Partner, Head Of Investor Relations, Bc Partners

Raphael Bouzy
Co-founder And Ceo, Datarama

Natasha Buckley
Investment Practices Senior Manager - Private Equity, Principles For Responsible Investment (Pri)

Steve Byrom
Head Of Private Equity, Future Fund

Yi Cao
Founding Partner, Source Code Capital

Ilfryn C. Carstairs
Partner And Co-chief Investment Officer, Värde Partners

Carman Chan
Founder & Managing Partner, Click Ventures

Vincent Chan
Senior Managing Director And Head Of Asia
Samena Capital Hong Kong Limited

Lorna Xin Chen
Head Of Greater China And Partner, Asset Management, Shearman & Sterling

Drew Chen
Managing Director, Bain Capital Asia

Shane Chesson
Founder And Partner, Nsi Ventures

Jeffrey Chi
Vice Chairman - Asia, Vickers Financial Partners

Mark Chiba
Group Chairman & Partner, The Longreach Group

Gordon Cho
Head Of Korea And Managing Director, The Rohatyn Group

Dc Choi
Senior Deputy Director, Global M&a Center (Kotra)

Aaron Chow
Head Of Asia-pacific Business Department, Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China (Asia) Limited

Kee Lock Chua
Group President & Ceo, Vertex Holdings

Andrew Chung
Founder And Managing Partner, 1955 Capital

Jeremy Coller
Cio And Chairman, Coller Capital

Doug A. Coulter
Partner, Lgt Capital Partners

John Dado
Partner, Cooley Llp

Michelle Deaker
Managing Partner, Oneventures Pty Ltd

Juan Delgado-moreira
Managing Director, Hamilton Lane

Paul Digiacomo
Partner, Bda Partners

Marcia Ellis
Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Alex Emery
Partner And Head Of Asia, Permira

Dan Farrell
Chairman And Ceo, Privos Capital

Richard Folsom
Representative Partner, Advantage Partners

Paul Ford
Partner, Kpmg Fas Co., Ltd

James Ford
Head Of Investment Funds Practice, O'melveny & Myers

Pamela Fung
Principal, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners

Andress Goh
Managing Director, Co-head Of Fund Investments, Allianz Capital Partners

Ted Goldthorpe
Managing Partner, Bc Partners

Mounir Guen
Chief Executive Officer, Mvision Strategic (Asia) Limited

Sanjay Gujral
Regional Managing Director, L Catterton Asia

Pavan A. Gupte
Managing Director, Samena Capital

Melissa Guzy
Founder And Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures

Ray Haarstick
Founder And Ceo, Relevant Equity Systems, Inc

Gregory R. Hara
President And Representative Director, J-star Co., Ltd

Jerry He
Partner And Head Of Shanghai Office, Eqt Partners

Colin Hill
Chairman, Cdh Group Inc.

Queenie Ho
Partner, Affinity Equity Partners

Tony Holt
Co-founder, Square Peg Capital

Brian Hong
Partner, Cvc Capital Partners

Lyndon Hsu
Global Head, Leveraged And Structured Solutions, Standard Chartered Bank

Fred Hu
Chairman, Primavera Capital Group

Edward Huang
Senior Managing Director
Blackstone

James Ieong
Chairman And Managing Partner, Pagoda Investment

Hideyuki Inokuma
Chief Administrative Officer, Advantage Partners

Xiaodong Jiang
Managing Partner, Long Hill Capital

Tony Jiang
Co-founder And Partner, Ocean Link

Suneel G. Kaji
Director – Co-investments & Emerging Strategies, The University Of Texas Investment Management Company (Utimco)

Tatsuo Kawasaki
Partner, Unison Capital

Stephanie Keen
Singapore Managing Partner, Asia Pacific Private Equity Lead And Head Of Corporate, South East Asia And Australia, Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee, Singapore

Ralph Keitel
Principal Investment Officer And Regional Lead East Asia, Private Equity Funds, International Finance Corporation

Victoria Khanna
Managing Director, Bain Capital

Yong Kook Kim
Head Of Invest Korea, Korea Trade-investment Promotion Agency (Kotra)

Carol Kim
Senior Managing Director And Chief Operating Officer, Investor Relations And Business Development Group, Asia, Blackstone

Simon Kinzett
Investor Relations, Permira Advisers

Tuck Lye Koh
Founding Partner And Ceo, Shunwei Capital Partners

Vani Kola
Managing Director, Kalaari Capital

T. J. Kono
Partner, Unison Capital

Rahul , Kotwal
Managing Partner, Zerobridge Partners

Sanjay Kukreja
Managing Director, Chryscapital

Shota Kuwaki
Director, Clsa Capital Partners (Japan) Kk

Dennis Kwan
Managing Director, Mvision Strategic (Asia) Limited

Pang Lee
Partner, Cooley Llp

Brian Lee
General Counsel, Fountainvest Partners

Chong Min Lee
Founder & Managing Partner, Cmia Capital Partners

Chris Churl-min Lee
Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Grace Lee
Partner & Cfo, Qiming Venture Partners

Hae-joon Lee, Joseph
Partner & Managing Director, Imm Private Equity, Inc.

Chris Lerner
Partner And Head Of Asia, Eaton Partners

Judith J. Li
Partner, Lilly Asia Ventures (Lav)

Feng Li
Founding Partner, Frees Fund

Tony Liu
Chief Operating Officer, Shoreline Capital

Xing Liu
Partner, Sequoia Capital China

Winnie Liu
Associate Editor, Asian Venture Capital Journal

Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Cooley Llp

James Lu
Partner, Cooley Llp

Haseeb Malik
Senior Managing Director, Värde Partners

Rupert Manduke-curtis
Founder, Amc Capital Advisors Ltd

Peter Mao
Partner, Panda Capital

Frank Marinaro
Managing Director And General Counsel, China And Southeast Asia, Warburg Pincus

Darren Massara
Managing Partner, Newquest Capital Partners

Tadasu Matsuo
Head Of Alternative Investment, Credit And Alternative Investment Department, Japan Post Insurance

Hemal Mirani
Managing Director, Harbourvest Partners (Asia)

Sunil Mishra
Partner, Adams Street Partners

Martin Mok
Partner & Head Of Asia, Eqt Partners Asia

Michael Montelibano
Head Of Business Development, Ayala Corporation

Steve Moseley
Director Of Investments, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Rodney Muse
Co-founder And Managing Partner, Navis Capital Partners

Alison Nankivell
Vice President, Global Scaling, Bdc Capital

Shankar Narayanan
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

Steven Nebb
Managing Director, Duff & Phelps

X. Rick Niu
President & Ceo, Starr Strategic Holdings, Llc

Robert Ohrenstein
Global Head Of Private Equity, Kpmg

Stephen Pagliuca
Co-chairman, Bain Capital

Wilson Pang
Lead Partner Of Turnaround, Restructuring Services And Psg China, Kpmg

Marshall W. Parke
Managing Partner, Lexington Partners

Bobby Pauly
Partner, Tata Opportunities Fund

James Pearson
Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Risk Advisors

Richard Peng
Founder And Managing Partner, Genesis Capital

James D. C. Pitt
Partner, Lexington Partners

Chris Pu
Partner, Head Of Greater China, Telstra Ventures

Ryan Reynoldson
Partner, Head Of Transaction Services, Kpmg China

Raju Ruparelia
Director, Private Equity, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Asia) Limited

David Russell
Co-head Of Responsible Investment, Uss Investment Management

Hideya Sadanaga
Managing Director, Head Of Private Equity Investment, Japan Post Bank

Jean Eric Salata
Chief Executive And Founding Partner, Baring Private Equity Asia

Rakesh Saraf
Head Of Private Investments, Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund

Weijian Shan
Chairman And Ceo, Pag

Kyle Shaw
Founder And Managing Partner, Shawkwei & Partners

Jianming Ken Shi
Managing Director, Morningside Venture Capital

Tokihiko Shimizu
Senior Managing Director And Head Of Private Markets Investment, Japan Post Bank

Jordan Silber
Partner, Cooley Llp

Marcus Simpson
Head Of Global Private Capital, Qic

Padmanabh (Paddy) Sinha
Managing Partner, Tata Opportunities Fund

Daina Spedding
Investment Manager, Lewis Trust Group

Brian Spenner
Managing Director, Icg

Josh Stern
Director, Private Investments, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Oliver Stratton
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Derek Sulger
Partner, Lunar

Chang Sun
Managing Partner, China, Tpg

Larry Sussman
Partner, Beijing, Hogan Lovells

Shinichi Takamiya
Partner And Chief Strategy Officer, Globis Capital Partners

Wen Tan
Co- Head Of Private Equity, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Serena Tan
Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Kok Yew Tang
Chairman And Managing Partner, Affinity Equity Partners

Hamilton Tang
Managing Director, Cdib Capital International

Ravi Thakran
Chairman And Managing Partner, L Catterton Asia

Sebastiaan Van Den Berg
Chief Investment Officer And Head Of Principal Investments, Sun Hung Kai

Amit Varma
Co-founder And Managing Partner, Quadria Capital

Ivan Vercoutere
Managing Partner, Cio, Lgt Capital Partners

Nicholas Vickery
Global Portfolio Manager, Private Equity Funds, International Finance Corporation

Hao Wang
Managing Director, Jd Capital

Steven Wang
Managing And Founding Partner, Highlight Capital

Vivienne Watganai
Investment Director, Hamilton Lane

Hugo Wong
Portfolio Manager, Lim Advisors

Sonny Wu
Founding Partner And Chairman, Gsr Capital

Jenny Wu
Managing Partner, Baidu Capital

Georg Wunderlin
Chief Executive Officer, Hq Capital Group

Paul Yang
Member And Head Of Greater China, Kkr

Jiadi Yu
Principal Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation

Emre Hidekazu Yuasa
Principalglobis Capital Partners

Claudia Zeisberger
Senior Affiliate Professor Of Decision Sciences And Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise And The Founder & Academic Director, Global Private Equity Initiative (Gpei), Insead

Selina Zheng
Founding Partner＆presidentdcl Investments

Brooke Zhou
Managing Director - Private Equity, Asia Pacific, Lgt Capital Partners (Asia-pacific) Limited

Wei Zhou
Founding And Managing Partner, China Creation Ventures (Ccv)

Ian Zhu
Partner, Nio Capital

Brooks Zug
Senior Managing Director, Harbourvest Partners, Llc

KEYNOTE:

Christopher J. Ailman
Chief Investment Officer, California State Teachers' Retirement System

Daniel A. D'aniello
Chairman And Co-founder, The Carlyle Group

Stephen Pagliuca
Co-chairman, Bain Capital

2018 Sponsors and Partners:

LEAD SPONSORS:
• AFFINITY EQUITY
• BainCapital
• BPEA
• BC PARTNERS
• CITIC CAPITAL
• CVC
• Lexington Partners
• PEP
• VARDE

ASIA SERIES SPONSOR:
• KPMG

GALA DINNER SPONSOR:
• AFFINITY EQUITY PARTNERS

CO-SPONSORS:
• A&M ALVAREZ & MARSAL
• BDA PARTNERS
• CARVAL INVESTORS
• CHINA REATION VENTURES
• Coller Capital
• EATON
• GAJA CAPITAL
• Hamilton Lane
• HQ Capital
• HUISHENG CONSULTING
• ICG
• JD CAPITAL
• LUNAR
• MADISON INDIA CAPITAL
• NAVIS
• OC&C
• OCEAN LINK
• SAMENA CAPITAL
• ShawKwei & Partners
• Strait Capital
• OPPORTUNITIES FUND
• THE LONGREACH GROUP
• UNISON CAPITAL
• VIG PARTNERS

LEGAL SPONSOR:
• MORRISON FOERSTER

PE LEADERS' SUMMIT SPONSORS:
• Kotra
• OC&C
• Shearman

VC SUMMIT SPONSORS:
• China Renaissance
• GLOBIS CAPITAL PARTNERS
• jungle ventures
• LONG HILL CAPITAL
• VICKERS VENTURE PARTNERS

VC SUMMIT LEGAL SPONSOR:
• Cooley

LP SUMMIT SPONSORS:
• ADAMS STREET PARTNERS
• HARBOURVEST
• Capital PArtners
• MVISION

AWARDS SPONSORS:
• ALVAREZ & MARSAL
• Baker McKenzie

WI-FI SPONSOR:
• INTRA LINKS

EXHIBITORS:
• Bloomberg
• EzeCastle
• preqin
• S&P Global
• THE EXECUTIVE CENTRE