James is a Venture Partner at Delight Capital and is part of the Real Estate team. He has extensive experience in private equity and venture capital investment, portfolio management, and restructuring.
He has worked for two of the largest financial institutions in Southeast Asia and has managed up to USD 500 million of institutional and family office funds. During this period, James also served as the executive and non-executive directors, and corporate representatives at various companies, covering both private and public companies in Asia.
Over the years, James has achieved outstanding results for key stakeholders on investment and restructuring projects involving institutional funds, corporations, and family-owned businesses focusing on the real estate, healthcare, technology, FMCG, advanced manufacturing and infrastructure sectors.
He has led several IPO mandates on the SGX, HKEX and Bursa, and executed numerous exit mandates with strategic and financial investors.
James is also closely involved in advising major corporations and family offices throughout Asia on M&A, with a focus on corporate strategy and restructuring via amalgamation, disposals, and carve-outs.
More recently he was the CIO of funds focusing on private credit and private equity investments in North and Southeast Asia