Mediator Resume

Private equity investor with over 30 years of cross-border deal, banking and boardroom experience across ASEAN, Greater China and broader Asia-Pacific, now serving as a mediator with a specialist focus on private equity, fund, real estate, hospitality and project/infrastructure finance disputes. Background spans direct PE investment, project finance banking, REIT and hospitality investment, consumer brand and retail ventures, and audit/board oversight, bringing commercial fluency in deal structuring, valuation, and stakeholder dynamics to the mediation table. Qualified barrister, certified mediator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Monsoon Investments Holding - Managing Partner

Private Equity Investor, Corporate Director

Managing Partner, Monsoon Investments Holding Pte Ltd, 2020-Present; Founding Director, PT Nusa Makmur Kapital Group, 2011-Present; Director and Chairman Audit Committee, Cambodia Mekong Bank, 2015-2019; Investment Director, KOP Limited, 2009-2011; Senior Vice President, Investments, Macquarie Prime REIT (now YTL Starhill Global), 2006-2009; Founder and Managing Director, Laneige Singapore Pte Ltd, 2003-2005; Director, Corporate Finance, Energy and Infrastructure, HSBC Investment Banking Asia, 1998-2003; Investment Associate, Bechtel Corporation, 1995-1997; Project Finance Associate, NM Rothschild, 1994-1995; Project Finance Associate, ASEAMBANKERS (Maybank Group), 1992-1994.

Over 30 years of direct private equity investment and project finance banking experience across ASEAN, Greater China and broader Asia-Pacific, spanning the full deal lifecycle from origination and structuring through portfolio management to exit. PRIVATE EQUITY AND FUND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE Managing partner and founding director of private equity vehicles investing in environmental infrastructure, clean energy, food supply chain and financial services across Southeast Asia. Responsible for capital raising, investment committee decisions, portfolio governance and investor relations across multiple jurisdictions and funding structures, including joint ventures with strategic and institutional partners. Direct experience structuring control and minority investments, shareholder and joint venture arrangements, governance rights, and exit mechanisms in markets with varying regulatory and enforcement environments. BANKING, CORPORATE FINANCE AND CAPITAL MARKETS EXPERIENCE Former head of energy and infrastructure corporate finance for a major international investment bank's Asia franchise, leading cross-border M&A and capital markets transactions including a landmark Asia energy sector privatisation. Earlier career in project finance and loan syndications focused on Southeast Asian privatisations, Islamic finance structuring for Gulf investors, and investment evaluation for a global engineering and project development firm across energy and water infrastructure in Southeast Asia and Australia. REAL ESTATE, HOSPITALITY AND CONSUMER BRAND EXPERIENCE Investment and corporate development experience in real estate, hospitality and REIT platforms, including originating and evaluating commercial real estate acquisitions across Asia for a REIT manager, and structuring new hotel and resort ventures and luxury lifestyle brand partnerships for a listed real estate and hospitality group. Founding director of a luxury yacht brand distribution in Asia (ex-Thailand) including China (ex-Shanghai). Founding management experience launching a consumer skincare brand into the Singapore retail market through a joint venture with a listed regional brand owner, covering retail distribution, brand licensing and supply chain considerations. This experience extends to franchise and licensing structures, retail and distribution agreements, and supply chain arrangements for consumer-facing and hospitality businesses. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD EXPERIENCE Extensive public and private company board experience, including chairing an audit committee with oversight of financial reporting and regulatory compliance at a commercial bank, and serving as investment director of a listed real estate and hospitality group responsible for new venture development and complex ownership structuring. Accredited Director with the Singapore Institute of Directors. REGULATORY AND INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT Active participant in regulatory consultation processes on fintech and venture capital policy. Periodic topical articles. Speaking engagements for arbitration and mediation institutions.

Recently qualified mediator on an international mediation specialist panel, and a global IP neutral panel, bringing a private equity investor's and project finance banker's perspective to commercial dispute resolution. Background as a principal investor and dealmaker, rather than solely as outside counsel or advocate, provides direct familiarity with the commercial pressures, information asymmetries and relationship dynamics that typically underlie disputes in private equity, fund management, banking, real estate, hospitality and infrastructure finance contexts. Particular interest and developing focus on disputes arising across the private equity deal lifecycle, including pre-closing disputes (such as disagreements over material adverse change provisions and conditions to closing), post-closing price adjustment disputes (completion accounts and locked-box mechanisms), warranty and indemnity claims (including disputes intersecting with W&I insurance), and fund-level disputes between general partners and limited partners (including carry, waterfall and clawback issues, and NAV valuation disagreements). Experience in distressed investment and restructuring-related disputes, including intercreditor and capital structure issues relevant to cross-border Asia-Pacific situations. Extensive experience as a party and principal (rather than as counsel) in negotiating and resolving commercial disagreements in the ordinary course of private equity investment, joint venture management and banking transactions, including shareholder disputes, valuation disagreements, and counterparty negotiations across multiple Asian jurisdictions. This includes disputes and negotiations arising in real estate and hospitality ventures, REIT asset acquisitions, brand licensing and franchise arrangements, and retail distribution and supply chain relationships.

General commercial and shareholder disagreements arising from private equity investment and joint venture structures, including valuation and pricing disputes, governance and control disputes, and exit-related disagreements. Issues relating to fund and capital structuring, including disputes over economic terms, distribution waterfalls and investor rights in fund and co-investment arrangements. Banking and project finance related issues, including disputes arising from loan syndications, project completion and performance issues, and cross-border financing arrangements. Real estate, hospitality and consumer brand related issues, including REIT asset acquisition and valuation disputes, hotel and resort venture disagreements, and brand licensing, franchise, retail distribution and supply chain disputes. Corporate governance and board-level disagreements, including matters involving audit and financial reporting oversight, and disputes between joint venture partners or co-investors regarding funding, management and strategic direction.

Pre-mediation calls with each party are requested to understand the commercial context and each side's priorities before the joint session. Position papers or short briefs are welcomed in advance but are not mandatory, particularly where parties prefer a more informal, business-oriented process. I view mediation as fundamentally a commercial exercise in identifying and bridging the real interests underlying a dispute, rather than a procedural rehearsal of legal positions. Drawing on direct experience as a principal investor and dealmaker, I am comfortable engaging with parties on the underlying commercial and financial logic of a dispute, not only its legal framing, and use this where helpful to test the practicality of proposed positions. Generally, I favour an initial joint session to frame the issues, followed by private caucus sessions to explore interests, constraints and settlement options candidly. I respect party autonomy throughout and offer evaluative input on commercial or technical issues only when invited to do so or where it is likely to assist parties toward resolution. Comfortable conducting mediations virtually or in person, and able to accommodate multi-party processes involving co-investors, lenders, or other stakeholders typical of private equity and project finance disputes.

Proficient and willing to conduct mediation sessions and conferences using Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other standard virtual meeting platforms, including multi-party virtual caucus sessions. Comfortable working with electronically shared documents and data rooms, consistent with experience managing due diligence and transaction documentation in private equity and banking practice. Practical familiarity with AI-assisted tools for document review and case analysis, including their use in summarising transaction documentation and surfacing key issues to support case preparation.

Bayes Business School, University of London (MBA, International Business and Export - 1991); University of London (LL.B. - 1989).

Called to the Bar of England and Wales, The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (1990).

Singapore International Mediation Centre, Specialist Mediator Panel; World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Centre, Panel of Neutrals; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Financial Institutions Dispute Resolution Centre, Adjudicator; Singapore Institute of Directors, Accredited Director; Ministry of Law Community Mediation Centre, Volunteer Mediator; Asian International Arbitration Centre, Probono Commercial Mediator; Brunei Darussalam Arbitration Centre, Mediator.

AAA-ICDR: Beyond the Billions - Why Mega Project ADR Needs a Different Playbook (publication) AAA-ICDR: Private Equity Transactions - Deal Architecture, Governance and Dispute Strategy CIArb: Appropriate Dispute Resolution for Tech and IP in Singapore (panel speaker)

Hourly Rate: Not provided Daily Rate: $2,000.00 Study Rate: $250.00/hr Cancellation: $1,000.00/Day Cancellation Period: 7 Days Comment: First two hours of study time included in the flat day rate, with additional study time billed at $250/hour. Any necessary travel to be reimbursed at actual cost for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses agreed with the parties. All mediator fees and expenses are to be shared equally among the participating parties unless otherwise explicitly agreed in writing or ordered by a court/arbitral tribunal. A fully refundable deposit covering the estimated study time and hearing time must be received from each party 14 days prior to the mediation date. Any unused portion of the deposit will be promptly refunded within seven business days of the conclusion or termination of the mediation.

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