The 31st Annual AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum 2018 | Mergermarket | 12 November 2018 | Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance St, Central, HongKong

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 predicts trends, hones strategies and creates lasting partnerships.

2018 Speakers

Camilla Axvi
Head Of Private Equity, 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

Shannon Chow
Principal, Hamilton Lane

Jeremy Coller
Cio And Chairman, Coller Capital

Doug A. Coulter
Partner, Lgt Capital Partners

Jonathan A. English
Managing Director, Portfolio Advisors, Llc

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

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

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

John Y.s. Lee
Principal, Lexington Partners

Bryan Lewis
Chief Investment Officer, Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System

Sherry Lin
Head Of Global Venture Capital, Willett Advisors

Tadasu Matsuo
Managing Director, Head Of Alternative Investment, Alternative Investment Office

Hemal Mirani
Managing Director, Harbourvest Partners (Asia)

James D. C. Pitt
Partner, Lexington Partners
Japan Post Insurance

Manjot Rana
Senior Principal, Apac Credit, Cppib

Sam Robinson
Managing Partner, North-east Private Equity Asia

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

Katja Salovaara
Senior Pe Portfolio Manager, Ilmarinen

Catherine Shiang
Managing Director, Asia Capital Advisor, Ltd

Daina Spedding
Investment Manager, Lewis Trust Group

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

Weichou Su
Partner And Head Of Asia, Stepstone Group

Yukie Tanaka
Managing Director, Stepstone Group

Edward Tong
Senior Vice President, Head Private Debt Asia, Partners Group

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 Testamentary Trust

Alex Wilmerding
Partner, Pantheon Ventures

Maverick Wong
Managing Director And The Head Of Private Equity, China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings)

Georg Wunderlin
Chief Executive Officer, Hq Capital Group

Kelvin Yap
Managing Director, Hong Kong, Harbourvest Partners (Asia) Ltd.

Rohaya Mohammad Yusof
Head Of Private Market, Investment Division, Employees Provident Fund (Epf)

Gaurav Ahuja
Managing Director, Chryscapital

Victor Ai
Managing Director, China Everbright Limited

Amit Anand
Founding Partner, Jungle Ventures

Katsuya Baba
Partner, Advantage Partners

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

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

Tim Burroughs
Managing Editor, Asian Venture Capital Journal

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

Ravi Chachra
Founding Partner And Chief Investment Officer, Eight Capital

Jackson Chan
Managing Director, Eaton Partners

Kathy Chen
Partner And Cfo, Sb China Capital (Sbcvc)

Lorna Chen
Head Of Greater China And Partner, Shearman & Sterling Llp

Scott Chen
Partner And Managing Director, Tpg

Shane Chesson
Partner, Openspace Ventures

Jeffrey Chi
Vice Chairman - Asia, Vickers Financial Partners

Mark Chiba
Group Chairman & Partner, The Longreach Group

Jason Chong
Cfo, Asia Pacific, Eqt Partners Asia Limited

Kee Lock Chua
Group President & Ceo, Vertex Holdings

Avery Colcord
Managing Director, Carval Investors

Willson Cuaca
Co-founder And Managing Partner, East Ventures

John Dado
Partner, Cooley Llp

Jaideep Das
Partner, Erm

Michelle Deaker
Managing Partner, Oneventures

Lucas Detor
Managing Principal, Carval Investors

Paul Digiacomo
Managing Director, Bda Partners

Gordon Ding
Managing Director, Warburg Pincus

Markus A. Federle
General Counsel And Head Of Group Compliance, Samena Capital Investments Limited

Matt Fish
Partner, Oc&c Strategy Consultants

Richard Folsom
Representative Partner, Advantage Partners

Paul Ford
Partner, Kpmg Fas Co., Ltd

Edwin Fua
Partner, Navis Capital Partners

Teck Loon Goh
Head Of Investor Relations, Ggv Capital

Ted Goldthorpe
Partner, Bc Partners

Zhipeng Gu
Chief Executive Officer, Jd Capital

Mounir Guen
Chief Executive Officer, Mvision Private Equity Advisers Asia Limited

Melissa Guzy
Founder And Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures

Herry Han
Partner, Lightspeed China Partners

Younggi Han
Executive Director, Vig Partners

Lyndon Hsu
Managing Director, Global Head, Leveraged & Structured Solutions, Standard Chartered Bank

James Huang
Managing Partner, Panacea Venture

James Ieong
Chairman And Managing Partner, Pagoda Investment

Tony Jiang
Co-founder And Partner, Ocean Link

Xiaodong Jiang
Managing Partner, Long Hill Capital

Wooseok Jun
Head Of Asia Pacific – Equity And Mezzanine, Icg

Jinyo (J.y) Jung
Deputy Director, Invest Korea (Kotra)

Atul Kapur
Co-founder And Cio, Everstone Group

Tatsuo Kawasaki
Founding Partner, Unison Capital

Charles R. Kaye
Co-chief Executive Officer, Warburg Pincus

Kapil Kirpalani
Chief Compliance Officer
Kkr

T.j. Kono
Partner, Unison Capital

Sanjay Kukreja
Managing Partner, Chryscapital

Scott Kupor
Managing Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Shota Kuwaki
Director, Clsa Capital Partners (Japan) Kk

Bert Kwan
Managing Director, Northstar Group

Dennis Kwan
Managing Director, Mvision Private Equity Advisers Asia Limited

Alvin Lam
Principal, Cvc Capital Partners

Thomas Lanyi
Managing Director, Cdh Investments

Jonathan S. Lavine
Co-managing Partner, Bain Capital

Grace Lee
Partner & Cfo, Qiming Venture Partners

Hae-joon Joseph Lee
Partner & Cio, Imm Private Equity

Pang Lee
Partner,cooley Llp

Chris Lerner
Partner And Head Of Asia, Eaton Partners

Jireh Li
Chief Of Staff, Source Code Capital

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

Bernard Liautaud
Managing Partner, Balderton Capital

Wang Lin
Founding Partner, Cdh Investments

Paul Liu
Founder And Ceo, Huisheng Consulting

Bonnie Lo
Partner & Coo, Newquest Capital Partners

Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Cooley Llp

James Lu
Partner, Cooley Llp

Ming Lu
Head Of Asia Pacific, Kkr Asia Limited

Haseeb Malik
Senior Managing Director, Värde Partners

Rupert Manduke-curtis
Founder, Amc Capital Advisors Ltd

Darren Massara
Managing Partner, Newquest Capital Partners

Tc Meenakshisundaram (Tcm)
Founder & Managing Director, Chiratae Ventures India Advisors

Chester Moynihan
Managing Director, Allegro Funds

Rodney Muse
Co-managing Partner, Navis Capital Partners

Sanjay Nath
Co-founder And Managing Partner, Blume Ventures

Khailee Ng
Managing Partner, 500 Startups

Yipin Ng
Founding Partner, Yunqi Partners

Robert Ohrenstein
Global Head Of Private Equity, Kpmg

Charles Ong
Co-chairman And Co-ceo, Rrj Group

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

Rahul Patkar
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Bobby Pauly
Partner, Tata Opportunities Fund

Ben Richardson
Partner, Head Of Asia, Finsbury

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

Shirish Saraf
Founder And Executive Vice Chairman, Samena Capital

Ranjit Shah
Managing Partner And Co-founder, Gaja Capital

Kyle Shaw
Founder And Managing Partner, Shawkwei & Partners

David Shen
Regional Managing Director, Olympus Capital Holdings Asia

William Shen
Ceo, Cre Alliance (Hk) Co., Ltd.

Jason Shin
Managing Partner, Vig Partners

Jordan Silber
Partner, Cooley Llp

Sarbvir Singh
Managing Partner, Waterbridge Ventures

Nikos Stathopoulos
Partner, Bc Partners

Oliver Stratton
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Derek Sulger
Partner, Lunar

Frank Sun
Managing Director, Healthcare, Yunfeng Capital

Shinichi Takamiya
Partner And Chief Strategy Officer, Globis Capital Partners

Serena Tan
Partner, Morrison & Foerster

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

Ravi Thakran
Chairman And Managing Partner, L Catterton Asia

Andrew Thompson
Head Of Private Equity Asia Pacific, Head Of Deal Advisory, Kpmg

Ron Thompson
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Stephen Trevor
Partner, Cornell Capital

Steven Wang
Managing And Founding Partner, Highlight Capital

Yu Wang
Of Counsel, Morrison & Foerster

Ke Wei
Partner, Huaxing Growth Capital

Esther Wong
Head Of Strategic Investment, Sensetime

Eric Xin
Senior Managing Director And Managing Partner, Citic Capital

Kazuhiro Yamada
Managing Director And Head Of Carlyle Japan Buyout Advisory Team, The Carlyle Group

Jessie Yan
Director And General Counsel, Lunar

Henry Yin
Partner, Cooley Llp

Emre Hidekazu Yuasa
Principal, Globis Capital Partners

Tony Zhang
Partner, Jeneration Capital

Yichen Zhang
Founder, Chairman And Ceo, Citic Capital Holdings Limited

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

Ian Zhu
Managing Partner, Nio Capital

2018 Sponsors

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

ASIA SERIES SPONSOR:
• KMPG

GALA DINNER SPONSOR:
• AFFINITY EQUITY PARTNERS

CO-SPONSORS:
• Alvarez & Marsal
• BDA PARTNERS
• CARVAL INVESTORS
• China Creation Ventures (CCV)
• CDH Investments
• China Renaissance Capital Investment (CRCI)
• Coller Capital
• Eaton Partners
• Eight Capital, EMSOC
• Everbright
• Gaja Capital
• Hamilton Lane
• HQ Capital
• Huisheng Consulting
• ICG
• JD Capital
• Lunar
• Madison India
• Navis Capital Partners
• OC&C Strategy Consultants
• Ocean Link
• Samena Capital
• ShawKwei & Partners
• Strait Capital
• Tata Opportunities Fund
• The Longreach Group
• Unison Capital
• VIG Partners

INVESTMENT SUMMIT LEGAL SPONSOR:
• Morrison & Foerster

PE LEADERS' SUMMIT SPONSORS:
• KOTRA
• OC&C Strategy Consultants
• Shearman & Sterling

VC SUMMIT SPONSORS:
• China Renaissance
• Globis Capital Partners
• HighLight Capital
• Jungle Ventures
• Long Hill Capital
• Vickers Venture Partners
• Waterbridge Ventures

VC SUMMIT LEGAL SPONSOR:
• Cooley

LP SUMMIT SPONSORS
• Adams Street Partners
• HarbourVest Partners
• LGT Capital Partners
• MVision

AWARDS SPONSORS:
• Alvarez & Marsal
• Baker McKenzie
• RaffAello

NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK SPONSOR:
• Chiratae Ventures

OPENING COCKTAIL HOST:
• Barclays

WI-FI SPONSOR:
• Intralinks

EXHIBITORS:
• Bloomberg
• Eze Castle Integration
• IPREO
• Macey & Sons
• Preqin
• S&P Global Market Intelligence
• The Executive Centre