Our leadership
In addition to the investment processes and governance provided by a regulated Investment Manager (Type 9 licence) and an independent Custodian, SIPCo will have a Board of Directors, including independent non-executive Hong Kong-based representatives.
SIPCo’s Board will meet at least four times annually, provide performance oversight and evaluate and approve key corporate actions on behalf of the Fund.
The Investment Manager of the Fund is SIMCAP (SIMCo Credit Asia-Pacific Limited).
The Investment Adviser to the Investment Manager is SIMCo (Sequoia Investment Management Company Limited).
SIPCo Board of Directors
- Director, Head of Portfolio Management and Co-Founder of SIMCo.
- Over 20 years of infrastructure debt experience
- Was the European Head of Whole Business Securitization and CMBS, and Co-Head of Infrastructure Finance, at UBS.
- Was the Head of European Corporate Securitization at Morgan Stanley with lending and balance sheet responsibility.
- Has transacted on a wide variety of infrastructure projects in the UK and across Europe as a lender, arranger and advisor. Strong structuring and credit analysis skills.
- MA from Trinity College, University of Cambridge.
- Senior Advisor at Ernst & Young since July 2024.
- Prior to that he was a Senior Assurance Partner and Global IPO Leader at Ernst & Young, where we spent over 30 years.
- Extensive experience in providing auditing and consulting services to multinational companies, Chinese SOEs and other listed companies in Hong Kong.
- Former member of the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
- Fellow at Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, Bachelor of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.
- Joined Baker McKenzie in 1994 and was a partner of Baker McKenzie’s Hong Kong office until June 2023. Extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity and real estate investment trusts.
- Previously worked at Citibank N.A., Hong Kong for over four and a half years.
- Postgraduate certificate in law from The University of Hong Kong; LLB degree from University of London and a BA in Economics from Stanford University. Qualified as a solicitor and was admitted to practice in Hong Kong and England and Wales.
- Over 25 years of banking and client management experience, recently as Regional Head of Commercial Real Estate (Greater China and North Asia) at Standard Chartered Bank.
- Previously worked at Citibank, JP Morgan and Jardine Fleming.
- Served as a Director of the Hong Kong Chapter Board of Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA), and as a member of the REIT Committee of the SFC.
- Bachelor of Science (Engineering Physics) from Queen’s University in Canada; MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
- Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer and Co-Founder of SIMCo.
- Nearly 30 years of experience in international and domestic credit markets and infrastructure debt markets.
- Was a Board Director at LCF Rothschild and the managing director of Structured Finance
- Was the Head of Euro-Credit Market Strategy at Morgan Stanley.
- Was an “Institutional Investor”-ranked hard asset Credit Analyst at CS First Boston (energy and transportation).
- MBA from The George Washington University and a BSc from University of Maryland, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
- Director, Head of Infrastructure and Co-Founder of SIMCo. SIMCo Founding Partner, Head of Infrastructure
- Over 35 years of experience in investment banking, debt capital markets and project finance commercial lending.
- Was the Head of Société Générale’s Financial Institutions Group covering UK, Irish, Benelux and Scandinavian banks, insurance companies, pension funds and investment management companies
- Previously spent 16 years at Morgan Stanley heading Benelux and Scandinavian sales teams and DCM Structured Solutions Group
- Has extensive commercial lending experience in sectors including shipping, construction and project finance.
- MA from Pembroke College, University of Oxford
SIMCAP Management Team
- Head of Client Capital at SIMCo, which he joined in 2022.
- 30 years’ experience in investment management, investment banking (equity capital markets and M&A) and principal investments.
- Previous roles included acting as director in InfraRed Capital Partners, where he worked on the launch of the European listed renewables infrastructure fund, TRIG, and at Swiss Life Asset Managers Real Estate.
- Previously a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital in Tokyo and London and spent almost eight years in senior business development roles for GE in both Europe and Asia.
- MA from University of Oxford and MBA from INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France)
- Over 18 years of experience in infrastructure and private equity investments
- Was Director of Infrastructure Investments at China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited, where he was responsible for the origination, execution and management of infrastructure investments globally
- Previously a partner at Cobalt Equity Partners Limited, the spin-out of the GE Equity private equity platform
- MBA from University of Chicago; Master of Public Administration from University of Hong Kong; and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
- Nearly 10 years of experience in the compliance field
- Previously Compliance Officer in Hong Kong at Acwires, an alternative investment management platform, and prior to this contributed to the development of the compliance function at Bullish Capital.
- Previously worked at RBS Ulster Bank before joining the compliance department of HSBC and Citi.
- Advanced Diploma in Management and Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University of Ulster.
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