- Cyrus Driver, Managing Director, Partners Group
- Saurabh Agarwal, Managing Director, Head of Southeast Asia Private Equity, Warburg Pincus
- Prashant Kumar, Partner & Head of Southeast Asia Private Equity, KKR
- Brian Lim, Partner and Head of Asia and Emerging Markets, Pantheon
- Cliff Chau, Managing Partner, ewpartners (formerly known as eWTP Arabia Capital)
- Deepshikha Monga, Senior Editor, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)
The global macroeconomic landscape marked by geopolitical tensions, conflicts, volatile stock markets, and high interest rates continues to weigh on the alternative asset class. The combination of adverse factors has impacted allocations and bias, private equity deal flow and investments, exit timelines, and fundraising milestones. Asia-focused investors too have been adopting a cautionary stance to investments and recalibrating their strategies and market exposure. Amidst this relentless backdrop, how will PE realign to generate alpha in the downcycle?