Luca is an Associate at 65 Equity Partners, based in London.
He joined 65 Equity Partners from Jefferies, where he was an Investment Banking Associate in the EMEA M&A team. Prior to that, he was an Analyst at Mediobanca in the Financial Sponsors Group focussing primarily on the Italian market.
Luca holds a Master of Corporate Finance from Cass Business School (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Business Administration and Management from Bocconi University.
Francis is Chief Corporate Officer / Managing Director at 65 Equity Partners, focused on investing in Asia and overseeing the corporate functions of the firm.
Francis joined 65 Equity Partners from global asset manager, Eastspring Investments, where he was Chief Financial Officer and a Board Director. He was, concurrently, a Senior Advisor to TPG and an appointed board director to an investment. Prior to Eastspring, Francis was Managing Director at TPG, where he focused on private equity investments in Southeast Asia, and was Chief Financial Officer for Asia overseeing the firm’s profitability and investment performance. Francis spent over 11 years in investment banking in New York and Singapore, having last worked at Credit Suisse as Co-Head of Corporate Finance for Southeast Asia.
Francis holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a BBA from the University of Michigan.
Alex is Co-Head of Europe and a Partner at 65 Equity Partners, based in London.
He joined 65 Equity Partners from Centerbridge Partners where he was a Senior Managing Director focusing on private equity and credit.
Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at the Carlyle Group, focusing on the consumer, business and industrial services and healthcare sectors.
Alex started his private equity career with Apax Partners investing in high growth companies, before which he was a management consultant with Bain & Company. He had been involved in investments or on the Boards of Apcoa, Applus, Focus-Wickes, Hansen, NBTY-Holland & Barrett, My Dentist, PA Consulting, PCM, Promethean, RAC, Solidus Solutions, Tempo Assist. Alex has over 20 years of experience working in private equity.
Alex holds a Bachelor of Politics and Economics from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Hsin Yue Yong is a board member of 65 Equity Partners and a member of the Nomination & Remuneration and Investment Committees.
She is currently the Managing Director of Kuok (Singapore) Limited. She is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Singapore Telecommunications Limited
Prior to that, Hsin was the General Manager of Special Projects for Wilmar International, a listed agribusiness company, and Head of Investment Banking Division for Southeast Asia at Goldman Sachs where she spent almost 20 years.
Hsin is a Council member of the Singapore Business Federation.