KKR Expands Asia Pacific Leadership Team With New Appointments in China, Korea, and Singapore
August 29, 2016Expansion Readies Pan-Asia Platform for Next Decade of Investing
“David and Julian have helped build the strong franchise we have in
“We are extremely proud to have been part of KKR over the last 10 years
and to have contributed to building a leading Asian private equity
platform. As we go on to pursue our own entrepreneurial venture, we look
forward to finding opportunities to work in partnership with KKR in the
future,” David Liu and
KKR’s new appointments include the following:
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Ashish Shastry , Head ofSoutheast Asia and Member of KKR,Singapore .Mr. Shastry has more than 18 years of private equity experience and joins fromNorthstar Group where he has served as a Managing Partner since 2011. Prior to that he was a Partner and Head ofSoutheast Asia atTPG Capital where he held various investment roles since 1998. -
Zhen Ji , Managing Director of KKR,China .Mr. Ji joins KKR fromCITIC Capital where he has served as a Managing Director since 2009. Prior to that he held various investment and management roles atEQT Partners (Hong Kong ),Monitor Group (Beijing ),Metainternet Inc. and Microsoft Corporation. -
Hyoung Seok Lim , Managing Director of KKR,Korea .Mr. Lim has over 23 years of management consulting and operational experience, including 15 years atMcKinsey and Company where he was a Partner in itsSeoul office. Subsequently, he served in various senior management roles at LG Electronics, including Chief Operating Officer of its European operations. More recently,Mr. Lim founded Compass LKL inLondon , an advisory firm focused on providing cross border investment solutions for Korean investors and companies. -
Rob Yang , Managing Director ofKKR Real Estate ,China .Mr. Yang joined KKR earlier in the summer as a Managing Director leading KKR’s Real Estate business inGreater China .Mr. Yang was previously with The Blackstone Group, where he was a leader of Blackstone’sChina team for the last nine years, helping to establish the firm’sChina real estate investment platform and leading a number of key transactions inGreater China .
Today, KKR has seven offices in
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