Bio

Chris is the managing partner and founder of Ivory Capital, an independent investment banking and private equity firm based in Asia. Prior to Ivory’s inception in 2002, Chris was Head of Lehman Brothers Investment Banking Group in Singapore, with responsibility for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia; managing the Firm’s business activities and relationships with major clients including Temasek, Singapore Telecom, Singapore Power, Singapore Technologies Group, Keppel Group, UOB Group, Government of Malaysia, CIMB Group, MayBank, Petronas, Tenaga, Salim Group, Rodamas and others. Prior to Lehman Singapore, Chris worked at Lehman Brothers Hong Kong and New York offices. In addition to Lehman Brothers, he worked at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (Singapore) and Baring Brothers (Hong Kong). Chris has over 30 years experience in advising Asian clients on M&A and international capital markets transactions. He has completed strategic advisory assignments, mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings and equity placements, and global bond issuances comprising over US$12 billion in aggregate value. He has completed numerous transactions across many markets in Asia including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand; under a wide range of economic and market conditions. Chris graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from the National University of Singapore, and qualified as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.