Roy Kuan
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board
Roy Kuan is the founder of Generation Management Limited. He has 25 years of private equity experience in Asia. Mr. Kuan currently is a private investor across a variety of asset classes and serves on the boards or advisory boards of several private and public companies across the TMT, consumer, and industrial sectors in Asia. Mr. Kuan previously served as a Managing Partner at CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”), a global private equity firm from 1999 to 2020. He was a Co-Founder of CVC’s Asian private equity business, served on the firm’s Asian Investment and Portfolio Committees, and was also a member of CVC’s Board of Directors. Prior to CVC, Mr. Kuan was an Investment Director at Citigroup’s Asian private equity investment division from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Kuan received his MBA degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He earned his B.A. degree from Georgetown University, where he was a George F. Baker Scholar. Mr. Kuan is based in Hong Kong.
Norimitsu Niwa
Chief Operating Officer
Norimitsu Niwa has 19 years of private equity and principal investments experience. Previously, Mr. Niwa was the Head of Strategic Investments at Prored Partners from 2019 to 2020, where he founded and developed the principal investment arm of a TSE-listed consulting firm. Prior to Prored Partners, Mr. Niwa was a Senior Managing Director at CVC Capital Partners in Japan from 2007 to 2017. Prior to CVC, Mr. Niwa was a Director at Citigroup Principal Investments (formerly known as Nikko Principal Investments). Mr. Niwa received an MBA with Distinction from London Business School and a B.A. from Hitotsubashi University. Mr. Niwa is based in Japan.
Gary Chan
Independent Director
Gary Chan is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Sangyo Sosei Advisory, one of the leading TMT-focused independent boutique investment bank in Japan. Sangyo Sosei Advisory was the merger & acquisition advisor to CVC on its investment in Arteria Networks. Prior to Sangyo Sosei Advisory, Mr. Chan was a Managing Director at UBS Japan from 1995 to 2009, where he held various leadership roles including the Head of Japan Telecommunications Investment Banking, Head of Japan Financial Sponsors Coverage, and Head of Japan General Industry Group. Previously, Mr. Chan was an Institutional Investor ranked research analyst at UBS and served as the Head of Asia Telecommunications Research as well as the Head of Hong Kong and China Research. Prior to UBS, Mr. Chan worked at Deutsche Bank in various positions. Mr. Chan received a B.A. from UC Berkeley. Mr. Chan is based in Japan.
Yonghi Li
Investment Advisor
Yonghi Li is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at LiLi SG, a leading fashion e-commerce platform in Singapore. Previously, he was a Director at CVC Capital Partners where he worked on transactions in Southeast Asia and Korea. Prior to CVC, he was an investment banker at Credit Suisse. He began his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He holds a B.A. from Seoul National University. He is based in Singapore.
Catherine Kwok
Finance Director
Catherine Kwok is a Finance Director. Ms. Kwok previously worked in Maples Fund Services (Asia) and Sovereign Trust (Hong Kong) as Finance Manager and Finance Director respectively. Prior to these companies, worked in KPMG in their audit practice. Ms. Kwok received a BBA in Accountancy from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.
Edward Chen
SPAC Advisor
Edward Chen is the Founder and Managing Partner of Carnegie Park Capital LLC, a firm whose team has invested in SPACs since 2008. Previously, Mr. Chen was a Portfolio Manager at Water Island Capital LLC from 2013 to 2021. Prior to joining Water Island Capital, Mr. Chen was at Jefferies & Company, where in his last role as Managing Director within the firm’s Global Event Driven Strategies group, he was responsible for conducting research due diligence of announced mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, tenders and bankruptcy exits while managing a proprietary portfolio of event-driven investments. Mr. Chen worked at Citigroup Global Markets before joining Jefferies. Mr. Chen received an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.S.E. from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chen is based in the United States.