65 Equity Partners

Eugene Lai

Eugene is a board member of 65 Equity Partners and a member of the Investment Committees.

Eugene is Chairman of Heliconia Capital Management Pte. Ltd., Boardroom Pte. Ltd. and CSE Global Limited and non-executive director of CapitaLand Investment Limited. He has extensive experience in private equity, investment banking and business, including as Managing Director & Co-Managing Partner of Southern Capital Group, where he was from 2007 to 2022, Managing Director of JP Morgan, CEO of The Ascott Group Limited and Managing Director of the Carlyle Group Asia. Eugene has served on the boards of several SGX-listed companies as well as non-profit organizations.

Eugene holds a Masters in Christian Studies (cum laude) from the Biblical Graduate School of Theology, a Master of Laws from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Laws (first class honours) from The London School of Economics & Political Science, London University.

Ethan Chase

Ethan is an Associate at 65 Equity Partners, based in New York.

He joined 65 Equity Partners from AEA Investors where he focused on private equity transactions across the consumer, industrial and services sectors. Prior to AEA Investors, Ethan was an Investment Banking Analyst within BlackArch Partners.

Ethan holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, with a concentration in Finance from the University of Virginia.

Sean Murphy

Sean is Co-Head of US and a Partner at 65 Equity Partners, based in New York.

Sean has over two decades of investment experience in private equity and structured equity. Most recently, he served as a Partner and Co-Head of the Harvest Partners Structured Capital Fund, a strategy that focuses on making non-control investments in private equity and founder owned businesses. While at Harvest Partners, Sean led transactions in the consumer, business and industrial services and healthcare sectors and was a member of the Investment and Operating Committees for the Structured Capital Fund. Throughout his investing career, Sean has served as a Board member or observer on over twenty companies.

Earlier in his career, Sean was a Managing Director with Angelo, Gordon & Co., where he spent approximately ten years focused on private equity investments across the consumer / retail, business services and financial services industries. Prior to that, he was with Bear Growth Capital Partners, an affiliate of Bear Stearns Merchant Banking.

Sean holds a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University.

Su Sheng

Sheng is a Principal at 65 Equity Partners, focused on value creation for portfolio companies.

Sheng joined 65 Equity Partners from DBS Private Bank, where he provided strategic advisory to UHNW clients and family offices. Prior to DBS, Sheng was the Finance Director for Raffles Medical Group (China) and oversaw its finance, financial planning and analysis and M&A functions. Before RMG, Sheng spent over a decade with Partners Group, a global private market investment firm, where he specialised in managing industrial and consumer portfolio companies in Greater China and Southeast Asia. Sheng started his career as an investment and consulting professional at Changi Airports International.

A CFA charterholder, Sheng holds a Master’s degree from London Business School and a Bachelor’s from Nanyang Business School.