Chong Lee is the Chief Executive Officer of 65 Equity Partners and is a member of the Investment Committee as well as the Board of Directors. He is a Senior Advisory Director of Temasek International, and a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG and a board member of Double R S.r.l (the holding company of major shareholder and CEO Remo Ruffini of Moncler Spa). 

Chong Lee worked for the past 11 years at Temasek International until end 2022. His previous roles at Temasek include being the President of Temasek International, Head of Europe, Head of Southeast Asia, Chief Investment Officer and Head of Portfolio Management. Chong Lee has diverse investment experience, and was a member of Temasek’s global investment committee.

Prior to joining Temasek, Chong Lee was the Country Executive as well as the Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, Southeast Asia, at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He was also a member of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Asia Pacific Executive Committee. Before that, he was the Co-Head of Investment Banking, Southeast Asia, at Goldman Sachs and had worked with several European banks including BNP Paris and ING Bank/Barings Brothers & Co. Chong Lee has over 20 years’ banking experience.

Chong Lee has a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (Accounting) degree and a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Mr. Kai S. Nargolwala is the Chairman of the Boards of 65 Equity Partners Pte. Ltd., Pentagreen Capital Pte. Ltd and Nxera Investment Holdings Pte Ltd.

The career of Kai spanned several decades in the financial services industry in the UK, USA and Asia. At various times over the last 30 years, he has helmed the Asian businesses of Bank of America, Standard Chartered and Credit Suisse. He retired from executive roles at the end of 2011.

Kai previously served on the Boards of several listed companies including Credit Suisse Group AG, Prudential plc, Standard Chartered plc, Singapore Telecommunications Limited and Tate & Lyle plc. He was the Founding Chairman of Clifford Capital Holdings, a company guaranteed by the Singapore Government, and former Chairman of Singapore Pools (Pte) Limited, Prudential Corporation Asia Limited, and Duke-NUS Medical School Governing Board. Additionally, he served as a Board member of PSA International Pte Ltd, Manipal Health Enterprises Private Limited, Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore and was a member of Visa International’s Asia Pacific Advisory Board.

Kai is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales as well as the Singapore Institute of Directors. He earned his Honors Degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and is a Singapore citizen.

Kai was awarded the Public Service Star (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat) at the National Day Awards 2019 in recognition of his service to Singapore.