Heliconia Capital

CIO and board member of Heliconia, joining in 2017 from RHB Securities. Previously spent eight years in private equity with Actis and 3i and earlier in investment banking. Holds degrees from Penn State and Harvard.

Managing Director who has worked with around 20 portfolio companies in technology, industrials, consumer and healthcare. Joined Heliconia in 2013 from EDBI and earlier held roles at DSTA. Holds degrees from UC Berkeley, Stanford and NUS.

Investment Principal who joined in 2023, having previously been an entrepreneur in F&B and services and spent nearly a decade in M&A investment banking at Macquarie and Rippledot Capital. Holds degrees from Imperial College London and University of Liverpool.

Senior Investment Principal who joined from Partners Group and previously worked at Duxton Asset Management and EDBI. CFA Charterholder with a degree from Cornell.

Vice President who joined from Navis Capital Partners, focusing on buyouts across consumer, industrials, services and technology in Southeast Asia. CFA charterholder with an economics degree from NUS.

Head of Portfolio and Risk Management at 65 Equity Partners; previously on Temasek's Consumer team and involved in the transformation of Olam. Holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne.

Finance associate who joined from DP World, previously with Irisnation Worldwide and SP Group. Holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Murdoch University.

Board director of several Singapore entities and former Co-President of Pacific International Lines and CEO of Fullerton Financial Holdings, with prior senior investment roles at Temasek. Chartered Accountant with a degree from NUS.

Chairman of the Heliconia board with extensive private equity, investment banking and business experience, including senior roles at Southern Capital Group, JP Morgan, The Ascott Group and Carlyle Group Asia. Holds law degrees from Harvard and LSE.

Partner and Chief Corporate Officer at 65 Equity Partners; formerly CFO of Eastspring Investments and Managing Director at TPG. Holds an MBA from Wharton and a BBA from Michigan.

Assistant finance manager who joined from Pacific Star and previously worked at Oaktree Capital Management and JAFCO Investment. Chartered Accountant with ACCA certification.

Human Resources Manager who previously supported the CEO and Board of Directors and earlier worked as cabin crew at Singapore Airlines. Holds a business degree from SIM University.

Finance Associate who joined from Deloitte LLP's Financial Service Industry segment. Chartered Accountant with ICAEW and a degree from NUS.

Assistant finance manager who joined from Great Eastern's Investment Accounting team and previously an audit associate at Deloitte Singapore. Holds an accountancy degree from SMU.

Finance Director who spent over nine years with GMG Global and Halcyon Agri in financial reporting roles and previously audited at KPMG. Chartered Accountant with a degree from NTU.

Investment analyst supporting evaluation, execution and monitoring of private equity investments and portfolio value creation. Holds finance and accountancy degrees from Singapore Management University.

Joined the Heliconia board in 2019; Vice-Chairman of Global Banking at HSBC with 35+ years of banking experience, including country head roles at JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank Singapore. Holds degrees from USC and NYU Stern.

Investment associate who joined from PwC Singapore's Deals Advisory Strategic Solutions and Turnaround Group. Holds a degree from NUS.

Operating Partner who joined from Enterprise Singapore where he was Deputy Chief Executive. Currently chairman of Q&M Dental Group and a board member of several entities, with prior CEO roles at US and UK companies.

Finance Manager who joined from KPMG Singapore where he focused on private equity and investment management audits. Chartered Accountant with an accountancy degree from Singapore Institute of Technology.

Senior associate who joined from boutique investment firms in private equity, impact investments and equity research. CFA Charterholder and Chartered Accountant of Singapore with a degree from NTU.

Lesya Kulchenko is a Managing Director at Hercules Capital, which she joined in 2012, and has over 17 years of experience in structured finance and investment. She previously worked at two early stage venture firms, Nourish Capital and Hopewell Ventures, and earlier held roles as a Corporate Credit Monitoring Manager at Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine and in product management at Rockwell Automation. She holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering with a Mathematics minor from Marquette University.

Co-founder of Celo and partner at cLabs.