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Neeraj Seth Managing Director, Head of Asian Credit BLACKROCK

Neeraj Seth, Managing Director, is the Head of Asian Credit and has been in his current role since 2009. He is the portfolio manager for the Asian Tiger Bond Fund and Asia Pacific private credit fund. He leads the strategy for Asian Fundamental Credit and is responsible for providing oversight of the investment process, performance, and the team's infrastructure as well as determining the strategic direction and growth initiatives of the platform. He has been responsible for building the Asian fundamental credit business since 2009.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Seth was a Senior Vice President focusing on the Asia Pacific market for R3 Capital Partners. He previously held a similar role with the Global Principal Strategies team at Lehman Brothers. Previously, he was an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company where he was in the leadership group for the Technology & Telecom practice in Southeast Asia.

Mr. Seth earned a BE degree in mechanical engineering from Delhi University and an MBA degree in finance from the Indiana University of Kelley School of Business.

Mani Joseph Executive Director, Head of Asia Distressed Trading and Private Finance Goldman Sachs

Mani Joseph is an Executive Director in the Structured Lending business at Goldman Sachs. Mani has over 15 years of experience in the finance industry and has extensive knowledge of investing in energy, power and resource assets across the globe. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mani was part of Global Loans and Special Situations at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mani holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

David Putnam Managing Director Duff & Phelps

David Putnam is a managing director in the Hong Kong office and co-leads the Asia Restructuring and Disputes practices. David has over 20 years of restructuring and investment banking experience in the region, both as an advisor and a principal. He has advised on transactions in most Asian countries from Mongolia to Indonesia. Throughout his career he has been involved in highly complex cross-border distress situations involving Asian companies.

Reshmi Khurana Managing Director & Head of Southeast Asia Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps

Reshmi Khurana is managing director and head of Southeast Asia in Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps' Business Intelligence and Investigations practice, based in the Singapore office. Reshmi has more than 15 years of experience in the United States as well as in South and Southeast Asia conducting complex corruption investigations, litigation support projects, and due diligence on the management, operations, and business models of organizations. Her experience includes helping clients identify and bridge gaps in internal controls and corporate governance through people, processes, and technology.

Kin Chan Co-founder & Chief Investment Officer Argyle Street Management Ltd.

Kin Chan is a co-founder of Argyle Street Management in 2002. He is currently the Chairman of TIH limited and Director of OUE Limited, both listed in Singapore; and CITIC Resources Holdings Limited, listed in Hong Kong.

Kin was Chief Executive of Lazard Asia from 2000 to 2001. Prior to joining Lazard, he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs where he worked in Hong Kong, New York and Singapore from 1992 to 1999.

Kin is a graduate of Princeton University and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Justin Ferrier Managing Director & Co-Lead Portfolio Manager of Private Credit Opportunities Fund BlackRock

Justin has over 25 years' experience in the finance industry, with the last 16 years in private lending and special situation investments in Asia. Prior to joining BlackRock, Justin founded Myo Capital which focused on investing in private lending and special situation investments. Prior to that he was a Director at ADM Capital and a member of the firm’s investment committee.

Andrew Tan Head of Global Loans and Special Situations Group APAC HSBC

Andrew founded HSBC’s loans and special situations group in Asia Pacific in 2016 and has over 17 years’ experience in illiquid and distressed credit. At HSBC, the business is focused on loan trading across the credit spectrum from par to distressed and private credit transactions leveraging off HSBC’s strong middle market corporate reach in the region. Prior to HSBC, Andrew was head of secondary trading for loans, illiquid and distressed credit at Nomura, a platform which he co-founded in Asia in 2008. Prior to that, Andrew was at Merrill Lynch covering principal investments for the firm’s balance sheet across a variety of asset classes.

David Zemans Managing Partner Milbank

David H. Zemans is the Managing Partner of the firm's Singapore office and Milbank’s Asia Practice and a member of the firm's Global Executive Committee. David has been based in Singapore since 1997 and has extensive experience advising clients on many of the largest and most complex corporate, private equity, restructuring, banking, project finance and capital market transactions to have been successfully completed in Asia. Chambers awarded David its “Outstanding Achievement in the Legal Profession Award” and he is consistently ranked as a leading lawyer by legal industry directories and recognized by top legal and financial industry publications.

Jacqueline Chan Partner Milbank

Jacqueline Chan is a partner in Milbank’s Singapore office who regularly represents many of the largest private equity and sovereign wealth funds, corporations, investment banks and financial institutions on high-value, complex M&A, acquisition finance, restructuring and private equity transactions in Asia and elsewhere. Jacqueline is consistently recognized by legal industry publications such as Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR,  Euromoney and Best Lawyers as a leading lawyer in the fields of M&A, Banking and Finance, and Restructuring and many of the market precedent-setting transactions on which she leads receive “Deal of the Year” awards from leading industry publications.

Kurkye Wong Executive Director ARGYLE STREET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Mr Wong is an Executive Director in Argyle Street Management Limited. Mr Wong is specialize in distress and private credit investment in Asia. He previously worked at KPMG and FTI Consulting in Hong Kong. Mr Wong is a Fellow member of the HKICPA. He holds a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland University of Technology, a Juris Doctor from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a Master course in Financial Engineering from Stanford University.

Quentin Pak Director Burford Capital

Quentin Pak is a Director with responsibility for leading Burford’s office in Singapore and for expanding Burford’s resources to support clients in Asia.

Prior to joining Burford, Quentin held senior positions in the commodities business at major global financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Deutsche Bank. Quentin started his career in private legal practice with Allen & Overy in London and Singapore.

Quentin earned degrees in law and aeronautical engineering from the University of Bristol.

Ashok Kumar Director BlackOak LLC

Ashok Kumar has more than 20 years of experience in legal practice. His core practice area is in Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency and he leads the practice at BlackOak LLC, which is and independent boutique special situations legal firm in Singapore. Handling both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of this practice. Ashok acts for companies, creditors, financial institutions, banks and insolvency professionals, providing advice on solutions when companies are in a distress or near distress situation and has acted for parties in many high-profile deals such as Hyflux, Bakrieland Development, Duniatex, Miclyn Offshore, Jurong Aromatics Corporation, Trikomsel, Bumi Resources, Vanguard Energy, Berau Coal and Suntech Power. Ashok successfully argued the first reported decision in Singapore approving ‎a funded litigation in Re Vanguard Energy Pte Ltd, he also chaired the Sub Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law on Litigation Funding in Insolvency Cases. Ashok has been noted as a leading lawyer in numerous publications including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia, IFLR1000, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, PLC Which Lawyer Yearbook and Best Lawyers International, in this practice area. He sits on various committees and has released various publications related to his core practice area.

Joshua Taylor Senior Managing Director FTI Consulting

Joshua Taylor is a Senior Managing Director in FTI’s Corporate Finance/Restructuring practice and is based in Singapore. He has more than 20 years of experience specialising in the fields of corporate recovery, financial advisory, restructuring and investigations. Joshua’s experience spans Asia, Caribbean and Australia, whereby he has advised a variety of stakeholders in relation to the enforcement of their rights across multiple jurisdictions.

Kin Chan Co-founder & Chief Investment Officer Argyle Street Management Ltd.

Kin Chan is a co-founder of Argyle Street Management in 2002. He is currently the Chairman of TIH limited and Director of OUE Limited, both listed in Singapore; and CITIC Resources Holdings Limited, listed in Hong Kong.

Kin was Chief Executive of Lazard Asia from 2000 to 2001. Prior to joining Lazard, he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs where he worked in Hong Kong, New York and Singapore from 1992 to 1999.

Kin is a graduate of Princeton University and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Kurkye Wong Executive Director ARGYLE STREET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Mr Wong is an Executive Director in Argyle Street Management Limited. Mr Wong is specialize in distress and private credit investment in Asia. He previously worked at KPMG and FTI Consulting in Hong Kong. Mr Wong is a Fellow member of the HKICPA. He holds a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland University of Technology, a Juris Doctor from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a Master course in Financial Engineering from Stanford University.

Ashok Kumar Director BlackOak LLC

Ashok Kumar has more than 20 years of experience in legal practice. His core practice area is in Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency and he leads the practice at BlackOak LLC, which is and independent boutique special situations legal firm in Singapore. Handling both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of this practice. Ashok acts for companies, creditors, financial institutions, banks and insolvency professionals, providing advice on solutions when companies are in a distress or near distress situation and has acted for parties in many high-profile deals such as Hyflux, Bakrieland Development, Duniatex, Miclyn Offshore, Jurong Aromatics Corporation, Trikomsel, Bumi Resources, Vanguard Energy, Berau Coal and Suntech Power. Ashok successfully argued the first reported decision in Singapore approving ‎a funded litigation in Re Vanguard Energy Pte Ltd, he also chaired the Sub Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law on Litigation Funding in Insolvency Cases. Ashok has been noted as a leading lawyer in numerous publications including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia, IFLR1000, Asia Pacific Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, PLC Which Lawyer Yearbook and Best Lawyers International, in this practice area. He sits on various committees and has released various publications related to his core practice area.

Justin Ferrier Managing Director & Co-Lead Portfolio Manager of Private Credit Opportunities Fund BlackRock

Justin has over 25 years' experience in the finance industry, with the last 16 years in private lending and special situation investments in Asia. Prior to joining BlackRock, Justin founded Myo Capital which focused on investing in private lending and special situation investments. Prior to that he was a Director at ADM Capital and a member of the firm’s investment committee.

Neeraj Seth Managing Director, Head of Asian Credit BLACKROCK

Neeraj Seth, Managing Director, is the Head of Asian Credit and has been in his current role since 2009. He is the portfolio manager for the Asian Tiger Bond Fund and Asia Pacific private credit fund. He leads the strategy for Asian Fundamental Credit and is responsible for providing oversight of the investment process, performance, and the team's infrastructure as well as determining the strategic direction and growth initiatives of the platform. He has been responsible for building the Asian fundamental credit business since 2009.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Seth was a Senior Vice President focusing on the Asia Pacific market for R3 Capital Partners. He previously held a similar role with the Global Principal Strategies team at Lehman Brothers. Previously, he was an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company where he was in the leadership group for the Technology & Telecom practice in Southeast Asia.

Mr. Seth earned a BE degree in mechanical engineering from Delhi University and an MBA degree in finance from the Indiana University of Kelley School of Business.

Quentin Pak Director Burford Capital

Quentin Pak is a Director with responsibility for leading Burford’s office in Singapore and for expanding Burford’s resources to support clients in Asia.

Prior to joining Burford, Quentin held senior positions in the commodities business at major global financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Deutsche Bank. Quentin started his career in private legal practice with Allen & Overy in London and Singapore.

Quentin earned degrees in law and aeronautical engineering from the University of Bristol.

Joshua Taylor Senior Managing Director FTI Consulting

Joshua Taylor is a Senior Managing Director in FTI’s Corporate Finance/Restructuring practice and is based in Singapore. He has more than 20 years of experience specialising in the fields of corporate recovery, financial advisory, restructuring and investigations. Joshua’s experience spans Asia, Caribbean and Australia, whereby he has advised a variety of stakeholders in relation to the enforcement of their rights across multiple jurisdictions.

Mani Joseph Executive Director, Head of Asia Distressed Trading and Private Finance Goldman Sachs

Mani Joseph is an Executive Director in the Structured Lending business at Goldman Sachs. Mani has over 15 years of experience in the finance industry and has extensive knowledge of investing in energy, power and resource assets across the globe. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mani was part of Global Loans and Special Situations at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mani holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

Andrew Tan Head of Global Loans and Special Situations Group APAC HSBC

Andrew founded HSBC’s loans and special situations group in Asia Pacific in 2016 and has over 17 years’ experience in illiquid and distressed credit. At HSBC, the business is focused on loan trading across the credit spectrum from par to distressed and private credit transactions leveraging off HSBC’s strong middle market corporate reach in the region. Prior to HSBC, Andrew was head of secondary trading for loans, illiquid and distressed credit at Nomura, a platform which he co-founded in Asia in 2008. Prior to that, Andrew was at Merrill Lynch covering principal investments for the firm’s balance sheet across a variety of asset classes.

David Putnam Managing Director Duff & Phelps

David Putnam is a managing director in the Hong Kong office and co-leads the Asia Restructuring and Disputes practices. David has over 20 years of restructuring and investment banking experience in the region, both as an advisor and a principal. He has advised on transactions in most Asian countries from Mongolia to Indonesia. Throughout his career he has been involved in highly complex cross-border distress situations involving Asian companies.

Reshmi Khurana Managing Director & Head of Southeast Asia Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps

Reshmi Khurana is managing director and head of Southeast Asia in Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps' Business Intelligence and Investigations practice, based in the Singapore office. Reshmi has more than 15 years of experience in the United States as well as in South and Southeast Asia conducting complex corruption investigations, litigation support projects, and due diligence on the management, operations, and business models of organizations. Her experience includes helping clients identify and bridge gaps in internal controls and corporate governance through people, processes, and technology.

Jacqueline Chan Partner Milbank

Jacqueline Chan is a partner in Milbank’s Singapore office who regularly represents many of the largest private equity and sovereign wealth funds, corporations, investment banks and financial institutions on high-value, complex M&A, acquisition finance, restructuring and private equity transactions in Asia and elsewhere. Jacqueline is consistently recognized by legal industry publications such as Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR,  Euromoney and Best Lawyers as a leading lawyer in the fields of M&A, Banking and Finance, and Restructuring and many of the market precedent-setting transactions on which she leads receive “Deal of the Year” awards from leading industry publications.

David Zemans Managing Partner Milbank

David H. Zemans is the Managing Partner of the firm's Singapore office and Milbank’s Asia Practice and a member of the firm's Global Executive Committee. David has been based in Singapore since 1997 and has extensive experience advising clients on many of the largest and most complex corporate, private equity, restructuring, banking, project finance and capital market transactions to have been successfully completed in Asia. Chambers awarded David its “Outstanding Achievement in the Legal Profession Award” and he is consistently ranked as a leading lawyer by legal industry directories and recognized by top legal and financial industry publications.