BDA Partners Hosts 7th Annual Private Equity Conference in Singapore

BDA Partners successfully hosted its 7th annual Private Equity Conference in October 2025 in Singapore, bringing together 30 high-growth private companies, and senior professionals from 100 leading private equity firms.

The BDA PE Conference remains a premier, invitation-only platform for the Asian private equity community. It offers a unique forum for companies and investors to engage in high-quality one-on-one meetings.

This year, we proudly featured private companies spanning six sectors: Industrials, Healthcare, Consumer, Technology, Services, and Sustainability.

We welcomed attendees from sponsors including: 65 Equity Partners, ADV, Advantage Partners, Advent, Affinity, Affirma, AGIC, AIF, Apollo, Ares, Bain, BlackRock, Blackstone, Boyu, Brookfield, Capital Square Partners, Carlyle, CDH, Celadon, Cerberus, ChrysCapital, CLSA, Cool Japan Fund, Cornell Capital, Creador, CVC, DAOL, DCP Capital, DBJ, Dymon Asia, EastBridge, EQT, Everstone, Falcon House, GIC, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Growtheum, Gulf Capital, Hillhouse, HongShan, HOPU, ICG, IMM, Investcorp, InvestIndustrial, Khazanah Nasional, KKR, L Catterton, Longreach, Macquarie, Marubeni Growth, MBK, Morgan Stanley Global PE, Navis, Nexus Point, Novo Tellus, OTPP, PAG, Partners Group, Permira, Platinum Equity, Primavera, QIA, Quadria, SeaTown, Shaw Kwei, Stonebridge, TA Associates, Temasek, TPG, Vitruvian, Warburg Pincus.

• We orchestrated 300 one-on-one meetings between presenting companies’ CEOs, Chairmen, founders, CFOs, and senior private equity investors. These interactions enabled in-depth discussions of potential partnerships, identification of strategic opportunities, and the cultivation of future relationships.
• Sector & region panel discussions featured leading industry experts, providing actionable insights:

1. Models for Successful Specialty Healthcare Providers in Asia, moderated by Andrew Huntley, Managing Partner & Global Head of Healthcare, BDA Partners.
   • Panelists were Ewan Davis, Partner at Quadria Capital, alongside CEOs and founders of presenting healthcare companies.

The panel explored innovative growth strategies and sector trends.

2. Korea Wave: Investment Opportunities in Korean Businesses Going Global, moderated by Euan Rellie, Co-founder & Managing Partner of BDA Partners. Featured insights from:
   • Jonghyun (Elliott) Tcha, Founding Partner & CEO, Tcha Partners Asset Management;
   • Chulmin Lee, Managing Partner, VIG Partners;
   • Hae-Joon (Joseph) Lee, Partner, IMM Private Equity;
   • Brian Um, Managing Partner & CEO of DAOL Private Equity; and
   • Howard Lee, Partner & Head of Seoul Office at BDA Partners.

The panel examined cross-border buyouts, platform strategies, and the worldwide expansion of K-Food and K-Beauty brands.

3. PE Opportunities in Asian Industrial Technology and EMS Businesses, moderated by Simon Kavanagh, Partner & Head of Industrials at BDA Partners. Panelists were:
   • Haide Hong, Senior Managing Director at Blackstone;
   • Goh Soo Jin, Founder & CEO of Prime Movers Equity; and
   • CEOs and CFOs of industrial presenting companies.

The panel discussed investment opportunities in technology-driven industrial platforms and scaling strategies.

Paul DiGiacomo, Managing Partner and Head of Financial Sponsors at BDA Partners, said: “The conference showcased a market full of promising opportunities ahead – for portfolio companies and for private equity investors. BDA’s role is: trusted advisor to our clients, across industries, connecting visionary management teams with the right investors. We help turn strategic ambition into tangible growth. The 2025 conference reinforced BDA’s commitment: facilitating meaningful, long-term partnerships, to drive value across the region.”

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Industry panel discussions

Sector wine tasting dinner

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About BDA

BDA Partners is the global investment banking advisor. We are a premium provider of advice to sophisticated clients globally, with 30 years’ experience advising on cross-border M&A, capital raising, and financial restructuring. We provide global reach with our teams in New York and London, and true regional depth through our Asian offices in Mumbai, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo. BDA has expertise in the Chemicals, Consumer & Retail, Health, Industrials, Services, Sustainability and Technology sectors. We work relentlessly to earn clients’ trust by delivering insightful advice and outstanding outcomes. BDA Partners has strategic partnerships with William Blair, a premier global investment banking business, and with DBJ (Development Bank of Japan), a Japanese government-owned bank with US$150bn of assets.

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