Driving operational excellence across Asian private equity
Join APAC’s leading community of operating partners and c-suite executives at the 4th annual Value Creation Forum: Asia on 29 November.
Discover the keys to boosting value creation in private equity portfolios, share the latest best practices, and gain sector and functional expertise to drive high exit valuations. Key themes include:
- Crucial value drivers for your portfolio growth
- How to optimize the resources, operation, and due diligence process?
- How to maintain the momentum throughout the exit to the new cycle?
- And much more.
Maximise portfolio value creation throughout the year
Strategic insight
Exclusive panels on operational excellence and value-creation with pioneering executives from across Asia.
Face-to-face networking
Join intimate discussions with peers to understand how to thrive in post-pandemic.
Influence value creation models
Compare best practices with Asia’s leading value creation community and forge a path forward for the region.
Upcoming meetings
21 June
28 September
23 November
Members of our community include:
Our attendees include:
The Value Creation Forum: Asia brings together APAC’s elite private equity operational experts. The speaking faculty features the most forward-thinking minds on value creation in the region and across the globe.
Discussions range from human capital through robotic value creation, from choosing the right operating model to efficiently using the value creation function pre-acquisition.
What our attendees say
Irwin Lim
Operating Partner, Novo Tellus Capital Partners
The speakers shared great experiences in the jobs as operating partners.
Menno Veeneklaas
General Operating Partner, Allegro Funds
The Forum offered operational professionals a very relevant, broad range of panel discussions with experienced Asian OPs speakers as well as professional servic…
Peter Colman
Partner, Simon-Kucher & Partners
Useful event to meet existing and new Operating Partner contacts!
Menno Veeneklaas
General Operating Partner, Allegro Funds
The Forum offered operational professionals a very relevant, broad range of panel discussions with experienced Asian OPs speakers as well as professional service providers. I thought it was very worthwhile.
2021 key highlights
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Key trends our speakers will cover at the Forum
Download the agenda to see the trends shaping APAC operational executives and value creators in achieving high-yield portfolios.
Interested in speaking at the Forum? Please contact Rida Shaikh at rida.s@peimedia.com.
2021 Speakers
Interested in speaking at the Forum? Please contact Rida Shaikh at rida.s@peimedia.com.

David Fernando Audy
Operating Partner, East Ventures

Roshini Bakshi
Managing Director, Everstone Capital Asia

Simon Brott
Operating Partner, Cerberus Australia

Brian Bunker
Partner and Managing Director Asia, Riverside Asia Partners

Sui Ling Cheah
Operating Partner, Wavemaker Partners

Heang Chhor
Founder and Managing Partner, Qualgro

Gilbert Chuabio
Senior Director, Digital Strategy and Innovation, Warburg Pincus

Amit Dalmia
Operating Partner, Blackstone Private Equity

Paul DeMand
Managing Director, ShawKwei & Partners

Louise Fordham
Special Projects Editor, PEI Media

Gurpreet Ghuliani
Operating Partner, Telstra Ventures

Jie Gong
Partner, Pantheon

David Gowdey
Managing Partner, Jungle Ventures

Jessica Huang Pouleur
Executive Director, Openspace

Alvin Lam
Principal, CVC Capital Partners

Chris Lerner
Managing Partner, MSA Capital

Lucia Li
Partner, Beijing, Bain & Company

Stella Li
Operating Partner/Chief Legal Officer, Northern Light Venture Capital

Wei Lin
Partner, Global Strategy Group, KPMG China

Alex Lynn
Asia editor, Private Equity International

Shantanu Mukerji
SPAC Investor, Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corporation

Swee Ting Pan
Managing Director, Head of China, JAFCO Asia

Oliver Rippel
Co-founder and Partner, Asia Partners

Snehal Shah
Reporter, New Private Markets, PEI Media

Raj Sundar
Executive Director (Operations), PAG

Hendra Tandi
Vice President, PE Technology Asia, Partners Group

Hsien-Hui Tong
Executive Director – Investments, SGInnovate

Angela Toy
Partner, Portfolio Growth, Golden Gate Ventures

Chris Tran
Managing Partner, CapConnect

Ananya Tripathi
Director, KKR Capstone

Jun Tsusaka
CEO, CIO and Chairman of ESG Committee, NSSK

Anis Uzzaman
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pegasus Tech Ventures

Menno Veeneklaas
General Operating Partner, Allegro Funds

Sarah Walker
Vice President - Global Head of Private Equity Practice, Salesforce

Vivian Wan
Managing Director, TPG Capital

Charles Wong
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, TNB Aura

Cindy Yan
Partner, Asia, Advantage Partners

Jin Zhang
Founding Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Asia Green Fund
Meet like-minded value creators from across the region
Join regional value creators to focus on finding solutions to your daily challenges. Discuss best practices in talent acquisition, digital transformation, finance, logistics and so much more.
Join the small and intimate networking specially designed for operational executives across the year to analyse key strategies driving high exit valuations.
These sessions are complimentary for value creators at private equity funds. Contact us today to discuss your attendance.
Meet like-minded value creators from across the region
Value Creation Think Tanks and Dinners bring together influential value creators in structured and interactive networking sessions to knowledge-share best practices, develop fresh value-creation strategies and answer their burning questions.
Join the small and intimate networking specially designed for operational executives across the year to analyse key strategies driving high exit valuations.
21 June
28 September
23 November
Early access to the influential value creation community
By securing your place, you can join our private group with over 100+ operational executives online, talk about new opportunities and challenges in the markets.
Lead the conversations
Host a think tank in your city, build trusting relationships and raise your brand profile amongst the influential global value creation community. Contact Lawrence Dorvichik today to customise your firm’s branding experience.
The 3rd annual Value Creation Forum: Asia will bring together Asia-Pacific’s top value creators and operating excellence to accelerate your value creation across the year.
What to expect at the Value Creation Forum
On-demand strategic insight
Access exclusive panels on operational excellence and value-creation with pioneering operations executives in Asia anytime, anywhere.
Unlimited face-to-face networking opportunities
Be at the forefront of the operational excellence discussion in Asia and discover how to thrive in the “new normal”.
Learn how to build efficient portfolios
Learn from senior decision-makers on how to drive value and deliver on your firm’s vision in the current climate.
Our attendees included:
View key themes shaping the industry at solution-focused think-tanks and dinners throughout regional hubs, culminating at the Value Creation Forum: Asia.
Secure your place today and save US$200
Book your early access to join the regional think tanks and dinners across the year and catch up at the annual PEI Value Creation Forum: Asia this November.
Interested in speaking at the Forum or a think tank? Please contact Rida Shaikh (rida.s@peimedia.com)
Agenda
Main day of Value Creation Forum: Asia - Tuesday 29th
Networking breakfast
Welcome Address by Conference Chair
Keynote Panel – Preparing value creators for an uncertain future
- Thought leaders predict the major trends for 2023 and beyond
- What are the implications of a global recession for Operating Partners?
- What are the do’s and don’t’s during economic downturn?
Panel – Optimizing your supply chains for a drastically changing world
- How will the ever-shifting geopolitics continue to impact global supply chains?
- A deep dive into “trade regionalization” and other innovative solutions to the supply chain pressures of today
- Why must ESG be on the forefront of all conversation around logistics?
Coffee Break
Case study – How Artificial Intelligence transformed my portfolio company
Panel – Cyber Threat Reality Check: What does it really take to defeat the unrelenting hackers?
- Is this a cyberwar and what we are we up against? The major cyber threats of 2023-28
- How do you conduct a self-assessment? Knowing your vulnerabilities
- How do you ingrain cybersecurity into your organization’s culture? From due diligence for business partners, to rethinking bonuses & incentives
Lunch
Panel – ESG; a critical but underappreciated lever for value creation
- What sincere pursuit of ESG looks like?
- How your ESG initiatives should save and make money for your companies?
- Common tactics greenwashers use and how to ensure you’re not one of them
Panel – Keeping up Gen Z; the latest recruitment trends
- What drives employee satisfaction these days? What does high-skilled talent value most?
- How do you attract the best talent? The secret formula to train and retain your team
- Why are we falling short of our diversity targets and what can we do?
Coffee Break
Interactive Think Tanks
1/ Building your sales toolkit
2/ Scaling your business regionally
3/ Marketing to your customer
Closing Address & Cocktails
Explore the event
2022 Preliminary Agenda
View trends shaping APAC value creators in achieving high-yield portfolios.
Pre-Event Resources
Regional connections. Global insights.
Learn from international value creators in Hong Kong who shapes and bridges the gap between alternative investors and global fund managers. Discover solutions to your daily challenges in talent acquisitions, digital transformation, finance, logistics and so much more.
Regional connections. Global insights.
Join our Singapore value creator community on the ground to discuss what trends shift the financial hubs and why human resources are challenging across the Asia-Pacific region.
Tokyo Think Tanks and Dinner
Understand how Japan’s value creators cope with geopolitical challenges and opportunities arising from alternative investors and global fund managers. Explore trending topics from talent acquisitions, digital transformation, finance, logistics and so much more.
Seoul Think Tanks and Dinner
Join South Korean value creators to discuss best practices and value drivers unique to the region. Discover Korean investors’ operating partner selection process and how they scale up values for portfolios.