Asia Private Equity Forum 2019 | Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association | 15 January 2019 | Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Dr, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

The Asia Private Equity Forum (APEF) 2018, organized by the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA), successfully concluded today. This one-day event featured more than 80 speakers and panelists and attracted over 700 delegates.

Held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, distinguished guests included Paul Chan Mopo, GBM, GBS, MH, JP, Financial Secretary, Government of the Hong Kong SAR; Jonathan Zhu, Managing Director, Bain Capital, Rebecca Xu, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Asia Alternatives; and Suyi Kim, Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific, CPPIB.

2019 Speakers

Paul Mo-Po Chan
GBM, GBS, MH, JP Financial Secretary ,HKSAR Government

Chang Sun
Managing Partner, TPG Capital

K.Y. Tang
Founding Chairman & Managing Partner, Affinity Equity Partners

Frank Tang
Chairman & CEO, FountainVest Partners

VT Bharadwaj
Co-founder, A91 Partners

Donald Yang
Managing Partner & CEO, Abax Global Capital

Wen Tan
Co-Head, Asia Pacific Private Equity, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Yar-Ping Soo
Partner, Primary Investments, Singapore, Adams Street Partners

Mei Colani Li
Partner, ADM Capital

Emmett Thomas
Partner, Head of Asia , Advantage Partners

Peter Amour
CEO, AIF Capital

Sander van Maanen
Managing Director, AlpInvest Partners

Xiaoni Shi
Managing Director & Head of IR Asia Pacific , Apax Partners

Emily Yang
Director, Client & Product Solutions, Asia Pacific, Apollo Global Management

Melissa Guzy
Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures

Akihiko Yasuda
Managing Director, Asia Alternatives

Alex Lee
Managing Partner, Axiom Asia Private Capital

Charles Lam
Managing Director,
Real Estate , Baring Private Equity Asia

Danny Lee
Partner, Blue Pool Capital

Ridwan Budijono
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Capsquare Asia Partners

Sean Lee
Managing Director & Head of Asia Credit Strategy, The Carlyle Group

Eric Mason
Managing Director Asia Investments, The Church Pension Fund

Gaurav Ahuja
Managing Director, ChrysCapital

Boon Chew
Senior Managing Director & Managing Partner, CITIC Capital Partners

Gregory Park
Managing Director & Fund Head , CLSA Capital Partners

Mark Chen
CEO & Managing Partner, Cobalt Equity Partners

Jimmy Phua
Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Investments Asia, CPPIB Asia Inc.

Leo Chiu
Senior Principal, Private Equity, CPPIB

Anand Narayan
Managing Partner, Creador Advisors India LLP

Patrick Yip
International Tax Partner, Deloitte China

Paul Denning
CEO, Denning & Company, LLC

Luke Gannon
Partner, DLA Piper

Samir Soota
Managing Partner, Falcon House Partners

Jessica Wong
Founder & Managing Partner, Ganesh Ventures

Ketan Patel
CEO & Founder, Greater Pacific Capital

Kelvin Yap
Managing Director, Hong Kong, HarbourVest Partners

John Levack
Vice Chairman, HKVCA

David Pierce
Managing Director & Head of Asia , HQ Capital

Lucian Wu
Managing Director, HQ Capital

Joseph Lee
Partner & CIO, IMM Private Equity, Inc.

Paul Thompson
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Hidemi Moue
CEO, Japan Industrial Partners, Inc.

Thomas Wetzer
Senior Portfolio Manager, Jebsen Capital

Paul Yang
Member & CEO of Greater China, KKR

Narayan Ramachandran
Vice Chairman & Managing Director, L Catterton Asia

Lachmi-Niwas Sadani
Founder & Managing Partner, Lensbridge Capital

Eugene So
Senior Managing Director, LIME Asset Management

Mark Chiba
Group Chairman & Partner, The Longreach Group

Patrick Zhong
Founding Managing Partner, M31 Capital

Liam Coppinger
Managing Director, Manulife Capital

Ivo Naumann
Partner, McKinsey & Co.

Masahide Sato
Managing Director & Head of Buyout Funds, Mizuho Capital Partners

Chin Chou
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Asia

Homer Sun
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Richard Liu
Founding Partner & Managing Director, Morningside Venture Capital

Renuka Ramnath
Founder, MD & CEO, Multiples Alternate Asset Management

Mounir Guen
CEO, MVision

Kent Chen
Managing Director, Neuberger Berman

Min Lin
Partner, Hong Kong, NewQuest Capital Partners

Sam Robinson
Managing Partner, North-East Private Equity Asia

Wai San Loke
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Novo Tellus Capital Partners

Frederick Long
Founding Managing Director, Olympus Capital Asia and Asia Environmental Partners

Olivia Ouyang
Director, Funds (Hong Kong), Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

David Wong
Partner, PAG

Ryo Fujii
Partner, Head of Japan, Permira

Benjamin Lee
Managing Partner, Phoenix Property Investors

Mark O'Hare
Founder & Chief Executive
Preqin

David Lin
Managing Director, Primavera Capital

Maninder Saluja
Partner, Quilvest Private Equity

David Seex
Head of Alternatives, Asia Pacific Schroders

Brian Lau
Managing Director, ShawKwei & Partners

Lorna Chen
Head of Greater China & Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Shin Kim
Partner,
Hong Kong & Seoul, StepStone Group

Paul Robine
Founder & CEO, TR Capital

Soomin Kim
Partner, Head of Korea, Unison Capital

Sherry Lin
Head of Global Venture Capital, Willett Advisors

2019 Sponsors

PLATINUM
• Citi
• Deloitte
• Denning & Company
• Intertrust
• Shearman & Sterling

LUNCHEON
• DLA Piper

GOLD
• HKEX
• HQ Capital
• IPREO
• Morgan Stanley

COFFEE
• BRG

SILVER
• BoT
• CRE Alliance HK
• CVC Capital Partners
• HKSTP
• NB
• NewQuest
• Orchid Asia
• Strategic Year

COCKTAIL
• MVision

KNOWLEDGE
• McKinsey&Company

LARNYARD
• I-OnAsia