Thank You!

The 21st Annual AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum was another spectacular success—thank you to all our sponsors, speakers and delegates!

This year's extravaganza gathered another overwhelming 1,200 senior executives from the private equity and venture capital industry. Whether meeting as old friends or for the first time, general partners, institutional investors, consultants, and corporate, legal and accounting professionals from around Asia and the globe alike engaged in discussions on the current global financial situation and debated the ramifications for the private equity and venture capital industry as a whole. Keynote and plenary sessions were left with standing-room only each day, and the AVCJ forum once again conveniently served as the centerpiece of numerous investor conferences and meetings held by Asia's leading private equity and venture capital firms.

The AVCJ forum tradition in Hong Kong continues again next year with the 22nd annual edition. Be sure to save the date: 11-13 November 2009. We'll see you there again.

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Global Titans (keynotes)
DAVID BONDERMAN
Founding Partner
TPG Capital LP
GEORGE R. ROBERTS
Founding Partner
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
DAVID RUBENSTEIN
Co-Founder & Managing Director
The Carlyle Group
PAUL EDGERLEY
Managing Director
Bain Capital
HOWARD MARKS
Chairman
Oaktree
DICK KRAMLICH
General Partner & Co-Founder
New Enterprise Associates

Institutional Investors
PHILIP BILDEN
Managing Director
HarbourVest Partners (Asia) Limited
GARY L. BRIDGE
Managing Director
Horsley Bridge Partners
STEVE BYROM
Head of Private Equity
Future Fund
JEREMY COLLER
CIO
Coller Capital
MARTIN DAY
Managing Director
OMERS Capital Partners
MARLEEN GROEN
CEO
Greenpark Capital
NILS HAUGESTAD
COO
Evolvence Capital
PETER KEEHN
Global Head of Private Equity
Allstate Investments, LLC
JEFFREY A. REALS
Managing Director
Performance Equity Management, LLC
ADNAN SOUFI
Managing Director
SEDCO
GEORGES SUDARSKIS
Former Sr. Investment Controller
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
NEIL RANDALL
Principal
Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Asian Private Equity & Buyouts
PETER AMOUR
CEO
AIF Capital
HARJIT BHATIA
Chairman & Managing Partner, Private Equity Asia
Credit Suisse
NICHOLAS BLOY
Managing Partner
Navis Capital Partners
DANIEL CARROLL
Managing Partner - Asia
TPG Capital
RACHEL CHIANG
Founding Partner
Pacific Alliance Equity Partners
MARK CHIBA
Group Chairman & Partner
The Longreach Group
ASHISH DHAWAN
Sr. Managing Director
ChrysCapital
GEORGE M. DRYSDALE
Chairman & CEO
Marsman Drysdale Group
HOBART L. EPSTEIN
President & CEO
KTB Securities Co. Ltd
JOSEPH W. FERRIGNO III
Managing Partner
Asia Mezzanine Capital Group
JEREMY GHOSE
Head of International Leveraged Finance
Mizuho Corporate Bank
ALAN JONES
Managing Director & Global Co-Head
Morgan Stanley Private Equity
CONOR KEHOE
Sr. Partner & Global Research Leader, PE Practice
McKinsey & Company
ANTHONY KERWICK
Managing Director
Pacific Equity Partners
ALLEN LAU
Managing Director
Colony Capital
ANDREW LIU
Managing Partner & CEO
CCMP Capital Asia
VIKRAM PANT
Managing Director
IDFC Project Equity Company
RALPH PARKS
Chairman
Oaktree Capital (Hong Kong) Limited
ROBERT PETTY
Managing Partner
Clearwater Capital Partners
ROOPA PURUSHOTHAMAN
Managing Director, Research
Future Capital Holdings Ltd
JULIE G. RICHARDSON
Managing Director
Providence Equity Partners
MAARTEN RUIJS
Managing Partner & CIO
CVC Asia Pacific
JEAN ERIC SALATA
Founder & CEO
Baring Private Equity Asia
JOSEPH SKRZYNSKI
Managing Director
CHAMP Private Equity
DEREK SULGER
Partner
Lunar Capital Management
K.Y. TANG
Chairman & Managing Partner
Affinity Equity Partners
JUNFENG (DAVID) WANG
Executive Director
Legend Capital
KATHY XU
Founder & Managing Partner
Capital Today
PAUL YANG
Executive VP & CIO
China Development Financial Holdings Corporation
JOHN J. YING
Managing Director
Arctic Capital Limited
FAN BAO
Founder & CEO
China Renaissance
THOMAS T.H. CHOU
Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP
AKIL HIRANI
Head of the Transactional Practice & Managing Partner
Majmudar & Co. International Lawyers, India
DAVID NOTT
Regional Leader, Asia Pacific
KPMG Private Equity Group
WILLIAM OWENS
Managing Director
AEA Investor (Asia) Limited
JAMIE PATON
Head of Asia
Candover
ANDREW WHAN
Partner, Private Equity
Clifford Chance

Asian Venture Capital & Tech
JAWAD ANSARI
Founder & Managing Director
GCube Ventures
JAMES H. BOETTCHER
General Partner
Focus Ventures
LIAM CASEY
Founder & CEO
PCH International
SUMIR CHADHA
Managing Director
Sequoia Capital India
KA KEUNG CHAN
Managing Director & Head of Investments, Greater China
Climate Change Capital
K. BOBBY CHAO
Managing Director
DFJ DragonFund China
JOE CHEN
CEO
Oak Pacific Interactive
CADOL CHEUNG
Managing Director, Asia & Pacific Region
Intel Capital
GAEL DE BARMON
President
Natixis Private Equity Asia
CHRIS DE LAVIGNE
Global Vice-President of Consulting, Industrial Practice
Frost & Sullivan
JOHN DYSON
Investment Principal
Starfish Ventures
KAMRAN ELAHIAN
Chairman & Co-Founder
Global Catalyst Partners
RICHARD FRANKLIN
CEO
Sindicatum Carbon Technology Limited
MIN HAO
CEO
Quanray Electronics
YOSHITO HORI
Managing Partner
Globis Capital Partners
PETER HUA
Managing Partner
SB China Venture Capital
BENJAMIN JOFFE
Managing Director
Plus Eight Star Ltd
TINA JU
Founding & Managing Partner
KPCB China
JASWINDER KAUR
Country Director
Cleantech Group, LLC
H. JEFFREY LEONARD
President & CEO
Global Environment Fund
ERIC MANLUNAS
Founder & Managing Director
Frontera Group LLC
JAMES MI
Managing Director, China
Lightspeed Venture Partners
CLAUDIA FAN MUNCE
Managing Director
IBM Venture Capital Group
SUNG-BIN PARK
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Translink Capital
MICHAEL A. QUINN
CEO
Innovation Capital
SAFI QURESHEY
Chairman & CEO
Quartics Inc.
YASH A. RANA
Partner
Goodwin Procter LLP
STEFAN RUST
Founder & Managing Director
Catalist Group
BO SHAO
General Partner
Matrix Partners
CARMEL SOFER
General Partner
Gemini
FINIAN TAN
Managing Director
Vickers Capital Group
SONNY WU
Managing Director
GSR Ventures
YANG XIA
Managing Director
Legend Capital
CALVIN Q. XU
Sr. Industrial Specialist, Energy & Climate Change
International Finance Corporation
JOE ZHOU
Founding Managing Partner
Keytone Ventures
YIMIN ZIMMERER
Managing Director
Walden International

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