Team

Paul is Managing Director of the Fund. He has over 12 years of professional experience, including 6 years at Affinity Equity Partners, a leading Asian buyout firm, and 3i, a FTSE-listed private equity group. He was a director in 3i's Asia buyout team based in Singapore (2008 - 2010) and prior to that a director in Affinity's Singapore office (2004 - 2007). His LBO experience includes Himart (Korea), RT Sourcing (HK), Loscam, and Colorado (Australia). Paul was active on the boards of RT Sourcing, Loscam and Colorado. Prior to private equity, Paul spent 6 years with the Boston Consulting Group in their Tokyo, Stockholm and Singapore offices, leading a variety of operational improvement and strategy consulting projects.

Paul is a Singapore citizen based in Singapore. He graduated from Madras Christian College with a Bachelors degree in 1993 and holds Masters degrees from the International University of Japan (1998) and Virginia Tech (1996).

Ang Meng is an Industrialist-in-Residence at the Fund. He has over 27 years of experience in managing consumer-related businesses in Southeast Asia. For 9 years till 2010, Ang Meng was CEO of publicly listed Fraser & Neave Holdings Berhad where he managed a business of 5000 employees across various F&B-related segments. During this tenure, revenues grew from US$500m to US$1.3b, profitability quadrupled and market capitalisation grew from US$350m to US$1.6b.  He was nominated by Finance Asia in 2010 as one of the Top 3 CEOs in Malaysia.  Prior to F&N, Ang Meng was Regional Director of Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd Group where he spearheaded APB's growth across Indochina and Papua New Guinea. Ang Meng began his career in accounting and finance with Price Waterhouse and Guinness Anchor Berhad before joining APB in 1991. Ang Meng's areas of expertise are consumer goods, financial control and management assessment.

Ang Meng is a Malaysia citizen based in Kuala Lumpur.  He holds a CPA qualification.

Carl is an Investment Manager at the Fund. He is a process engineer by training, with work experience in the Singapore Air Force (from 2000 to 2002) and Tech Semiconductor Singapore (from 2003 to 2006).  He has also worked as a summer intern at Standard Chartered Bank's corporate advisory team in Singapore. After obtaining his MBA in 2007, Carl joined IDG Ventures Southeast Asia as an investment associate.  From 2008 he was a corporate and financial restructuring consultant at Denselight Semiconductor Singapore, handling debt negotiations, new investor due diligence and new business plan development.  

Carl is a Singapore citizen based in Singapore. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Insead and graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Engineering Degree (First Class Hons).