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Joseph W. Ferrigno III
Joseph Ferrigno is Managing Partner of AMCG Partners and is chairman of the Fund's Investment Committee and the AMCG Investment Review Committee. He has been a pioneer and leader in the investment management and banking businesses in the Asia region since 1984. Mr. Ferrigno has been principally involved with private equity/mezzanine fund management and with the development and financing of infrastructure, energy, telecom and Internet businesses while at Lehman Brothers, Ferrigno & Associates, the Bechtel Group and Prudential Financial of the United States. Earlier, he was with the Chase Manhattan Bank and Bankers Trust Company in New York and London. He received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Visiting Professor at Ritsumeikan University in Japan.
In 1991, Mr. Ferrigno initiated the establishment of a specialist infrastructure private equity fund management company owned by Ferrigno & Associates, Peregrine Capital, the Asian Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation, Frank Russell & Co. and the Soros Group, which launched and managed the US$780 million Asian Infrastructure Fund and the US$160 million Asia Telecom Fund, the first of their kind.
From 1993 to 1995, he was Managing Director Asia Pacific of Bechtel Enterprises, the development, finance and investment subsidiary of the Bechtel Group and was involved in the development and financing of infrastructure projects and direct investment funds in which Bechtel was a limited partner.
In 1996, Mr. Ferrigno initiated and co-founded Prudential Asia Infrastructure Investors Limited (PAII) with Prudential Financial of the U.S and in 1997 led the launch of the first Mezzanine Capital fund in Asia, the US$246 million Asian Infrastructure Mezzanine Capital Fund, for which Prudential Financial acted as Sponsor and the Asian Development Bank is a Core Investor, which closed in January 1998. He was Chairman of its Investment Committee until March 2002.
AIMCF is fully invested in companies active in the power, telecom, internet and transportation industries located in China, India, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. In March 2002, PAII was purchased by Darby Overseas Investments Ltd., a specialist Latin American emerging markets investment management firm based in Washington, D.C. Darby Overseas was purchased by Franklin Resources, Inc. in October 2003. Mr. Ferrigno had resigned from Darby in July 2003.
David Bussmann
David Bussmann is a partner of AMCG Partners and previously worked for PAII as a senior investment professional. Mr. Bussmann has more than 20 years of finance and investment experience, including arranging and structuring equity and debt financing for a wide variety of industries, projects and companies. His experience includes debt investing, equity investing, mezzanine structuring, early-stage growth companies, financial restructurings, corporate governance, and Asia.
Mr. Bussmann has long experience in Asia, including more than a decade of direct full-time involvement with Japanese finance and investment, and has worked in Hong Kong for last 15 years. He previously worked for seven years in investment banking at Salomon Brothers in Japan and Hong Kong, and seven years in commercial banking, principally with Citicorp in Tokyo and New York, in positions that included capital markets, debt private placements, and corporate lending. In addition, he has served as independent director of various Asia-focused companies listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and the Hong Kong stock exchange.
Mr. Bussmann earned a B.A. in Economics from Georgetown University and speaks and reads both Mandarin Chinese and Japanese.
Stephen Temple
Stephen Temple is a partner of AMCG Partners and previously worked for Darby Asia and PAII from 2001 to 2006.
Prior to this appointment, he held several executive positions since 1988 at the international investment company Brierley Investments Limited. Mr. Temple was based in Hong Kong for most of this period as a Director of BIL Asia Holdings Limited responsible for the origination, structuring, and monitoring of investments in the Asian region. Mr. Temple was also Managing Director for BIL Asia Group Treasury Limited, the international financing vehicle for the Group, and a major issuer in the Asian capital markets. During his employment with BIL, Mr. Temple was Chairman of Asia Power Developments Limited, a company that was established in 1993 to originate, develop and operate geothermal and hydro power projects in Asia.
Mr. Temple received a BA in Political Science from FIU, a Masters in International Management from Schiller International University, Heidelberg and was a graduate in the CSEP program from Columbia University.
Jianjun Sun
Jianjun Sun is a Principal of AMCG Partners and previously was an Executive Director of GE Capital. He has ten years (2001-2010) experience in finance and investment with expertise in debt (senior and mezzanine) underwriting, M&A and private equity investing in the US and Asia. He is familiar with the following industries: financial services, energy, auto, electric power T&D, music, biotech, healthcare, specialty chemical, education, niche manufacturing, value-added services, O&G, technology. He has three years experience in Japan where he completed and assisted on multiple M&A transactions for GE Capital Japan; four years in China where he completed multiple M&A and minority equity investments for GE Capital China. He also has experience in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Mr. Sun earned a BA in Business Administration from Rikkyo University in Tokyo and an MBA from the University of Southern California, Marshal School of Business. He is fluent in Chinese, Japanese and English
Phillip Yang Wu, CFA
Phillip Wu is a Senior Advisor of AMCG Partners and currently focuses on investments in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. He is a private investor in real estate, global equities, and start-up companies and advises foreign companies on setting up their Chinese operations. Mr. Wu has had extensive experience in investing in domestic and international debt and equity securities and in direct investments in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan with Credit Suisse since 1995. From 1997 to 2002, he was Managing Director and a shareholder of Shanghai Sundial Investment Management Co., Ltd. in Shanghai and Capital Growth Investment Management Inc. in Hong Kong. From 2002 to 2006, he was Chief Financial Officer of Novel Investment Holdings (NIH), Hong Kong and Shanghai and is currently Advisor to the Chairman. NHI is a holding company with assets including Dragon Airline in Hong Kong, real estate development & investment in China, TV tube & optical instruments manufacturing, and department store retailing.
Mr. Wu has been a leader and pioneer in the modernization of the Chinese enterprise system and its financial markets. In 1993 he became the first CFA Charter Holder from Mainland China, and in 1998 was appointed the China Advisor of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute. Mr. Wu is a member of the Asian Executive Board of the Wharton School, is Managing Director of the Wharton Shanghai Office and is President of the Wharton Alumni Club in Shanghai. He is a member of the Finance Committee of the Shanghai American School. Mr. Wu holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a BBA from the University of Houston.
Stephen Yeung
Stephen Yeung is a Vice President of AMCG Partners and was formerly a management consultant at the Hong Kong office of McKinsey & Company. He also previously held positions with the Asia Pacific Credit Research team of UBS and with the Asia Ratings Advisory team of UBS Investment Bank, both based in Hong Kong.
Mr. Yeung received his Bachelor in Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in Canada. In addition, he also holds an MSc. in Accounting and Finance degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an MPhil. in Finance degree from the University of Cambridge, both with distinction standings. Mr. Yeung is a CFA Charterholder, and he is also a holder of the United States CPA-Inactive Certificate issued by the Washington State Board of Accountancy. He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Michael Man Toa Li
Michael Man Toa Li is an Associate of AMCG Partners and was formerly an Assistant Manger at KPMG Corporate Finance Hong Kong. He also previously worked for three years at KPMG in London specializing in audit for the financial services sector. He is Qualified Chartered Accountant - ACA.
Mr. Li received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics, UK. He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Patrick Wong
Patrick Wong is an Analyst of AMCG Partners and was formerly an Equity Research Analyst at Pinpoint Assets Management Ltd. in Hong Kong. He also previously worked for two years as a Senior Accountant at Ernst & Young in Hong Kong specializing in tax advisory.
Mr. Wong received B.A. in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in Canada, and is scheduled to receive his MBA from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology in January 2012. He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Guhan Subramaniam
Guhan Subramaniam is a Managing Partner, at IL&FS Investment Managers Ltd (IIML). Guhan is an experienced senior member of the management team for the past 11 years, with significant contribution to the 'full cycle' of private equity fund management process from raising funds, to the fund's investment and divestment process.
He has 33 years of total work experience including 11 years of private equity investment experience and 22 years of multi functional, multi industry operations experience. His experience has predominantly been in Information Technology and Software Solutions, in addition to office automation products businesses both in India and global markets including North America, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Central Asia and South East Asia. He has a track record of a successful and consistent management career spanning Business Planning, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Human Resources Development and eventually as Head of Operations. He has held senior management & leadership positions as COO, Vice President & General Manager with leading corporations in India such as Wipro Infotech Ltd., BPL Innovision Group, ALIT, HCL Ltd., PSI Data Systems Ltd., Modi Xerox Ltd. (a Xerox joint venture), Godrej & Boyce Ltd, prior to his present assignment at IL&FS Investment Managers Ltd.
Guhan received a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Pune (India) and completed a post graduate program in Business Management from the Symbiosis Institute of Management, of the University of Pune (India).
Mr. Subramaniam has been designated by IIML to advise AMCG under the terms of the advisory agreement.
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