Christopher Y.

President & Chief Financial Officer @ KPay Group

About

Seasoned professional with +20 years investing experience in US and Asia across the capital structure and in various industries. Successful operational experience in building teams, scaling, capital raising, and exiting companies. Looking to work with teams with complimentary skillsets to find misunderstood opportunity gaps in the market, and scale a business which addresses this market dislocation.

Country

City

Singapore

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

High Yield, Special Situations, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Hedge Funds, Mezzanine, Investments, Credit, LBO, Emerging Markets, Capital Markets, Equities, Volatility, Financial Modeling, Mutual Funds, Valuation, Fixed Income, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Due Diligence

Experience

President & Chief Financial Officer

KPay Group

2022 - Present · 4 yrs

Working together with 3rd-time founder team to build and scale the largest pan-Asia SME focused fintech payments and operation solution provider. Board of Directors: 2024 - Current Risk and Compliance Committee: 2024 - Current

Restructuring Advisor & Strategy Officer

DEAN & DELUCA

2020 - 2021 · 1 yr

Working together with the existing owners, Pace Development Corporation, to file and successfully emerge from U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection via a recapitalization of existing secured and unsecured creditor claims. Led operational and financial turnaround strategy planning and execution.

Managing Partner

Chronicle Holdings Limited

2016 - 2020 · 4 yrs

Hong Kong

Chronicle Holdings was a Hong Kong based search fund, with a focus on private equity and credit opportunities with a value-oriented approach. At peak, we were managing US$200mn of AUM for our stakeholders, which consisted of well-established families with a distinct heritage and entrepreneurial roots in Asia. We successfully worked with teams to execute on their business plan by creating a financial structure to support that growth. Value can mean two things: (1) finding mis-pricing because of a dislocation between perceived value by the market and the actual, intrinsic value of an asset or company, or (2) creating sustainable value in a company by being an active participant in helping the business realize its full potential.

Board Member / Founding Team Member

Novamondo Finance Limited

2016 - 2019 · 3 yrs

Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Acquired by VTeam Financial Services (a SoftBank portfolio company) in April 2019. Novamondo Finance, a subsidiary of Chronicle Holdings Ltd., was focused on domestic China trade financing. At peak, we had 4 offices across China managing under 20 people. Money Lender Reporting Officer for Money Lender License (MLR No. 5169)

Member of the Board & Investment Commmittee

TRIREC

2016 - 2018 · 2 yrs

Singapore

Positions fully sold to existing shareholders and Banpu Public Co. (SET: BANPU) in August 2018. TRIREC is a Singapore headquartered investment holding company focused on investing in the clean and renewable energy sector.

Managing Director and Responsible Officer (Type 9)

Tor Investment Management

2013 - 2016 · 3 yrs

Hong Kong

Founding team member. Pan-Asia credit fund. Involved with fund raising, deal sourcing, structuring, and post-investment asset management.

Executive Director

Goldman Sachs

2007 - 2013 · 6 yrs

Hong Kong

Asian Special Situations Group. Experience investing across the capital structure (distressed debt, high yield, convertible bonds, public equity, private equity, etc.) in various Asian countries, across various sectors