34th Annual AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum 2021 | Mergermarket Limited | 15 November 2021 | Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, 8 Finance St, Central, Hong Kong

The AVCJ Asian Private Equity & Venture Forum returns as a hybrid event connecting the global private equity and venture capital community for three days of insightful presentations, thought-provoking discussions and valuable interaction both in-person and online.
For over 34 years, the AVCJ Forum has been the preeminent event for the private market communities focused on Asia. And with travel and connectivity disrupted, the need for the ecosystem to come together for a week of key learnings and relationship building has never been more important. Our 2020 event connected 1,400+ senior professionals, including 700 LPs from across Asia, Europe, North America and the rest of the world.
This year’s conference will build on that and feature an editorially driven program developed from months of research and interviews with the key players, covering the most important topics for the community to re-invent the investment playbook for 2021.

2021 Speakers

Aaron Mankovski
Managing General Partner, Pitango Venture Capital

Abhay Pandey
General Partner, A91 Partners

Alex Emery
Partner, Head of Asi Permira

Alex Shum
Managing Director, Newquest Capital Partners

Alvin Lam
Principal, Cvc Capital Partners

Amit Varma
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Quadria Capital

Andreas Aschenbrenner
Deputy Head of Eqt Future Advisory Team, Eqt

Andrew Killesteyn
Executive Director, Portfolio Management, Palisade Investment Partners

Andrew Thompson
Head of Deal Advisory (Singapore & Indonesia), Head of Private Equity (Aspac), Kpmg

Anil Gorthy
Senior Portfolio Manager, Avenue Capital Group

Anthony Muh
Asia Chairman and Partner, H.r.l. Morrison & Co.

Arjun Bawa
Partner & Head of Asia, Fairview Capital Group

Arshad Chowdhury
Managing Partner, Betatron Venture Group

Barnaby Lyons
Managing Director and Global Co-head of Bain Capital’s Distressed and Special Situations Group, Bain Capital Credit Asia

Ben Hart
Partner & Head of Investor Relations (Asia), Adams Street Partners

Benson Tam
Founder and Chairman, Venturous Group

Bonnie Lo
Partner & Coo, Newquest Capital Partners

Brian Hong
Managing Partner, Cvc Capital Partners

Brooke Zhou
Partner, Lgt Capital Partners (Asia-pacific) Limited

Bryant Stone
Managing Director, Tor Investment Management

Chinta Bhagat
Managing Partner, Asia, L Catterton

Christina Bao
Managing Director, Co-head of Sales & Marketing, Hkex

Christina Gaw
Managing Principal & Head of Capital Markets, Gaw Capital Partners

Christine Williams
Deputy Global Head of Family Office, Invest Hk

Darren Bowdern
Head of Alternative Investments, Partner, Tax, Kpmg

David Wong
Managing Director, Audax Private Equity

Donald Tang
Founder, Managing Partner, Celadon Partners

Donglei Yan
Managing Director, North Summit Capital

Doni Lau
Director, Vistra Alternative Investment Services

Doris Guo
Partner, Adams Street Partners

Edwin Wong
Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Ares Ssg Capital Management (Hong Kong) Limited

Eiji Yatagawa
Partner, Private Equity, Kkr

Emre Hidekazu Yuasa
Director, Globis Capital Partners

Erhai Liu
Founding & Managing Partner, Joy Capital

Eric Ng
Ceo, Happiness Capital, Svp, Lkk Health Products Group

Eric Vimont
Managing Partner & Head of Strategy, Ares Ssg

Eric Xin
Senior Managing Director, Citic Capital, Managing Partner, Trustar Capital

Eriko Suzuki
Managing Director, Mpower Partners

Ferish Patel
Partner in Charge – Singapore, Cooley Llp

Francois Aguerre
Partner, Head of Origination, Coller Capital

Frank Su
Managing Director, Head of Private Equity Asia, Cpp Investments

Ganen Sarvananthan
Managing Partner, Tpg Capital Asia

Haide Lui
Head of Investor Relations, Ascendent Capital Partners

Harsh Pais
Partner and Co-head of Corporate Practice, Trilegal

Heath Zarin
Founder & Ceo, Emergevest

Hemal Mirani
Managing Director, Harbourvest Partners (Asia) Limited

Henry Yin
Partner, Cooley Llp

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

Hilary Hung
Managing Director, Institutional Client Solutions Group, Blackstone

Ian Zhu
Managing Partner, Nio Capital

Irene Chu
Partner, Esg and Sustainability, Head of New Economy and Life Sciences, Hong Kong, Kpmg

Irene Koh
Executive Director, Jp Morgan Asset Management

Jacob Chiu
Managing Director, Hq Capital

James Mi
Founding Partner, Lightspeed China Partners

Jamie Lin
President, Taiwan Mobile; Chairman & Partner, Appworks

Jeff Keay
Managing Director, Harbourvest Partners

Jenny Lee
Managing Partner, Ggv Capital

Jessica Huang Pouleur
Executive Director, Openspace Ventures

Jessie Juan
Co-founder and Partner, Quantium

Jie Gong
Partner, Pantheon

Jim Hildebrandt
Managing Director, Bain Capital

Jireh Li
Managing Director, Chief of Staff, Source Code Capital

Jj Chen
Managing Director, Tpg

Joe Topley
Director, Partnerships Emea, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan

Johannes Koch
Global Head of Private Equity Practice, Alphasights

John Maldonado
Managing Partner, Advent International

John Toomey
Co-ceo, Harbourvest Partners

Josh Stern
Director, Private Investments, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Juan Delgado-moreira
Vice Chairman, Hamilton Lane

Jun Tsusaka
Ceo, Cio and Chairperson of the Esg Committee, Nssk

Justin Ryan
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Glow Capital Partners

Kapil Kirpalani
Director and Chief Compliance Officer, Kkr

Karen Lai
Managing Director, Lionrock Capital

Katja Salovaara
Senior Investment Officer - Private Equity, Office of New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, Bureau of Asset Management

Katsuya Baba
Partner, Chief Administrative Officer, Advantage Partners

Kee Lock Chua
Ceo, Vertex Holdings

Kevin Magid
President, Audax Private Debt

Kiichiro Deluca
Head of Research, Weru Investment

Kirk M. Beaton
Partner, Lexington Partners

Kok Yew Tang
Founding Chairman and Managing Partner, Affinity Equity Partners

Kurt Björklund
Managing Partner, Permira

Kyle Shaw
Founder and Managing Partner, Shawkwei & Partners

Liam Woods
Head of Sales, Asia Pacific, Apex Group Ltd

Marc Rowan
Co-founder & Ceo, Apollo Global Management

Marcia Ellis
Global Chair, Private Equity Group, Morrison & Foerster

Marco De Benedetti
Managing Director and Co-head of European Buyouts, Carlyle

Maria Guo
Investment Manager, Private Markets, Sunsuper

Mark Chiba
Group Chairman & Partner, the Longreach Group

Mark Valadao
Managing Director, Pagoda Capital

Martin Laguerre
Executive Vice-president and Head of Private Equity and Capital Solutions, Cdpq

Matthew Koertge
Managing Partner, Telstra Ventures

Matthew Lipton
Portfolio Manager, Wellington Management

Maurice Gordon
Senior Managing Director, Head of Private Equity , Guardian Life Insurance of America

Melissa Ferraz
Global Head of Efront Insight, Blackrock

Meng Jiang
Managing Director, Cbc Group

Michael Liu
Managing Director, Portfolio Advisors

Michael Yu
Partner, Cooley Llp

Michael Zhang
Co-founder, Managing Partner, Ba Capital

Michelle Deaker
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Oneventures

Mingming Huang
Founding Partner, Future Capital Discovery Fund

Nakul Zaveri
Managing Partner, Relativity Investment Management

Nicholas Bloy
Managing Partner, Navis Capital Partners

Nick Nash
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Asia Partners

Nimrod Wei
Managing Director, Carval Investors

Nisa Leung
Managing Partner, Qiming Venture Partners

Nozomi Oda
Co–head of Morrison & Foerster’s Asia Private Equity Practice, Morrison & Foerster

Nyree Hu
Managing Director, Carval Investors

Oliver Stratton
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Asia Limited

Orlando Bravo
Founder & Managing Partner, Thoma Bravo

Oscar Wang
Director of Apac Business Development, Ontra

Pamela Fung
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Pang Lee
Partner, Cooley Llp

Patrick Cowley
Global Head Restructuring, Head of Restructuring Services, Hong Kong, Kpmg

Patryck Pimpao Merhy
Partner - Head of Asia Pacific, Patria Investments

Peter Kim
Partner, Coller Capital

Peter Lee
Executive Director, Head, Family Advisory Asia Pacific, Ubs Global Wealth Management

Petter Weiderholm
Managing Director, Global Head of It Strategy, Eqt

Pokman Yiu
Investment Director & Chief Operating Officer, Basel Capital

Ranjit Shah
Managing Partner and Co-founder, Gaja Capital

Raymond Svider
Partner, Chairman, Bc Partners

Ricardo Leonel Scavazza
Managing Partner & Ceo & Cio Private Equity, Patria Investments

Rishi Dua
Associate Portfolio Manager, Aware Super

Rob Koczkar
Managing Director, Adamantem Capital

Robin Ganguly
Editor Apac, Inframation Group

Roderick Purwana
Managing Partner, East Ventures

Ron Thompson
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Sarah Farrell
Head of Private Equity for Europe and Asia, Allstate Investments

Satoru Arakawa
Partner, J-star Co., Ltd

Sean Ham
Partner & Head of Asia Pacific Client Relations and Capital Raising, Eqt

Shane Lauf
Principal, Permira

Shaun Lim
Managing Director, Hopu-arm Innovation Fund

Shinichi Takamiya
Managing Partner, Globis Capital Partners

Shota Kuwaki
Executive Director, Clsa Capital Partners (Japan) Kk

Simone Song
Founder, Ori Capital

Stefano Ghezzi
Principal, Infrastructure & Natural Resources Asia Pacific, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Sudhir Variyar
Managing Director & Deputy Ceo, Multiples

Sylvain Forté
Ceo, Sesamm

Ted Goldthorpe
Partner, Head of Bc Partners Credit, Bc Partners

Thomas Lenehan
Chief Investment Officer, the Wallace Foundation

Thomas Von Koch
Deputy Managing Partner and Chairman of Asia, Eqt

Thomas Yu
Head of Asia Pacific, Eaton Partners

Tim Burroughs
Managing Editor, Asian Venture Capital Journal

Tony Jiang
Co-founder and Partner, Ocean Link

Toshiya Tsukahara
Partner, Advantage Partners

Wen Tan
Founder & Ceo, Azimuth Asset Consulting

Wendy Zhu
Managing Director, Alpinvest Partners

Will Cai
Partner, Head of Asia Capital Markets, Cooley Llp

Wilson S. Warren
President, Lexington Partners

Xiang-dong Yang
Managing Director and Chairman, Carlyle Asia

Xun Zeng
Partner, Cooley Llp

Yann Robard
Managing Partner, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners

Yar-ping Soo
Partner, Primary Investments, Adams Street Partners

Yup S. Kim
Investment Director and Head of Investments, Calpers Private Equity

2021 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Affinity Equity Partners
• Audax Group
• Bain Capital
• BPEA
• BC Partners
• Caryle
• CVC Capital Partners
• Emerge Vest
• EQT
• Lexington Partmers
• Patria
• Permira
• TPG
• Trustar Capital

ASIA SERIES SPONSOR:
• KPMG

CO-SPONSORS:
• Alvarez & Marsal
• ARES
• Carval Investors
• Coller Capital
• CRCI
• Dynamo Software
• AVCJ Future Capital
• HQ Capital
• Invest HK
• J-Star
• Joy Capital
• Madison India Capital
• North Summit Capital
• Ocean Link
• Pagoda Capital
• Shawkwei & Partners
• The Longreach Group
• Venterous
• Wellington Management
• Whitehorse Liquidity Partners

INVESTMENT SUMMIT LEGAL SPONSORS:
• Morrison Foerster
• TriLegal

PE LEADERS SUMMIT SPONSORS:
• Alpha Sights
• APEX
• eFront
• Ontra
• Quantium
• Seasamm
• Vistra

VC SUMMIT SPONSORS:
• East Ventures
• Globis Capital Partners
• Telstra Ventures

VC SUMMIT LEGAL SPONSOR:
• Cooley

LP SUMMIT SPONSORS:
• Adams Street
• HarbourVest

AWARDS SPONSORS:
• Alvarez & Marsal
• Baker McKenzie

NETWORKING BREAK SPONSOR:
• SS&C Intra Links

GALA COCKTAIL SPONSOR:
• Datasite