Olympus Capital Asia

Daniel Mintz has more than 25 years of private equity investment and M&A experience in Asia and the United States.  Prior to founding Olympus Capital in 1997, Mr. Mintz was head of Asia for Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, the former private equity arm of Morgan Stanley.  He serves on the Board of Directors of several portfolio companies, including DM Healthcare, Quatrro BPO Solutions and Olympus Capital Asia Credit.  

Mr. Mintz holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business Administration and an AB degree magna cum laude from Brown University.  He was a 1984 recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and is a member of the World Economic Forum, the Council on Foreign Relations and the World Presidents' Organization.

Mr. Miao has over 23 years of investment experience in Asia and the U.S.  Prior to co-founding Olympus Capital Asia, Mr. Miao was Executive Director of Hopewell Holdings Ltd., and Consolidated Electric Power Asia (CEPA), two of Hong Kong’s largest developers of private investment projects throughout Asia.  His role in the restructuring and flotation of CEPA, at that point Hong Kong’s largest public listing, earned him a spot on Global Finance Magazine’s list of top-worldwide CFOs.  Prior to Hopewell and CEPA, he spent four years at the Prudential Insurance Company of America, where he was involved in making private debt and equity investments.  Mr. Miao has served or is serving on a number of portfolio boards involved in agribusinesses and financial services. He also serves on the board of the Schools of Sacred Heart of San Francisco.

Mr. Miao holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an AB degree from Princeton University.

Frederick (Dirk) Long is a Founding Managing Director of Olympus Capital Asia and leads Asia Environmental Partners, Olympus' dedicated environmental and clean energy investment fund.  He has 25 years of operating and financial experience in Asia and the U.S.  Previous to co-founding Olympus, Mr. Long was an investment manager with SEAVI (Advent International's Southeast Asian affiliate) and a Mergers and Acquisitions specialist with The First Boston Corporation (now Credit Suisse First Boston) in New York and Tokyo.  Mr. Long was also Co-founder and Executive Director of the Management Institute for Environment and Business, a non-profit organization specializing in environmental training for businesses. 

Mr. Long holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an AB degree from Brown University.

David Shen is Regional Managing Director of Olympus Capital Asia.  Since joining Olympus in Hong Kong in 1998, he has led several of the firm's investments in the agribusiness, chemicals, financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications and technology sector in various markets across the Asia Pacific region.

Prior to joining Olympus, Mr. Shen was with William E. Simon & Sons (Asia), the Asian affiliate of the direct investment group founded by Mr. William Simon Sr., the former U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Nixon and Ford. Before that, Mr. Shen was with Goldman Sachs Group in New York and Hong Kong.

Mr. Shen holds an MBA from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and a BS degree from Cornell University.

Edan Lee is a Managing Director and head of China for Olympus Capital Asia.  Prior to joining Olympus in 1998, Mr. Lee served as Project Director for The AES Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, where he developed and financed significant foreign joint ventures in China.  Previously, he was a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. in the US and in Australia.  

Mr. Lee holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and BS and BA degrees from Rice University.  

Mr. Malik has over 14 years of experience in private equity investments as well as mergers and acquisitions in Asia.  Prior to joining Olympus Capital Asia, Mr. Malik was a Vice President in the Investment Banking Group at ABN AMRO and before that he was with CSFB’s Technology Group/DLJ in Hong Kong.  He also has prior private equity experience with DLJ Merchant Banking Partners with a particular focus on India. He has been a software consultant with Tata Consultancy Services, as well. 

Mr. Malik holds a Masters degree in Mathematics and Computers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and is an MBA (Gold Medalist) from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Mr. Glat has over 23 years of experience in accounting for financial services companies.  Prior to joining Olympus Capital, Mr. Glat spent three years managing the accounting and reporting for an $8 BN private equity portfolio managed by JP Morgan Partners.  Mr. Glat has also held positions such as the Chief Financial Officer of WestLB Panmure Securities and Senior Manager in the Financial Services Practice of Ernst & Young. 

Mr. Glat holds an MBA from the University of Buffalo and a BS degree in Finance and Economics from Ithaca College.  He is also a CPA.

Mr. Cimmet joined Olympus Capital Asia in 2008 and leads the firm’s efforts in the food & agriculture sector. 

Prior to joining Olympus, Mr. Cimmet was Global Head of Strategy and Business Development and a member of the Executive Committee of Arysta LifeScience Corporation, a global agrochemicals company based in Tokyo, Japan.  At Arysta LifeScience, Mr. Cimmet was responsible for the execution and integration of acquisitions, business strategy and other growth initiatives.  Before that, Mr. Cimmet was a Vice President in the Investment Banking division of Goldman Sachs, based in San Francisco, where he was a senior member of the M&A advisory team focusing on the technology sector. 

Mr. Cimmet serves on the Board of Directors of China Genetics Holdings, a leading dairy farming company in China, in which Olympus Capital Asia is the largest shareholder.

Mr. Cimmet holds an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College and a BS degree from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Himraj Dang is an Executive Director with the environment fund promoted by Olympus Capital, Asia Environmental Partners. Mr. Dang has more than 15 years of international and Indian experience working in project and structured finance, infrastructure development, renewable energy, environmental issues, and private equity.

Mr. Dang graduated from Dartmouth College and has an MBA from INSEAD.

Yasushi Hashimoto joined Olympus Capital Asia as Executive Director in 2007.  Mr. Hashimoto has over 20 years of experience in private equity, M&A and corporate finance in Japan. Prior to joining Olympus, Mr. Hashimoto was an Executive Director with Basic Capital Management Limited, a Japanese private equity firm jointly established by Mizuho Financial Group, Orix and Merrill Lynch.  Before Basic Capital, he was a Vice President in the M&A advisory group of Mizuho Securities and a Manager in the corporate finance division of Industrial Bank of Japan (current Mizuho Corporate Bank, Japan’s largest commercial bank).

Mr. Hashimoto holds an MBA from Cornell University and a BS degree from Kobe University.

Chin Kim joined Olympus Capital in 2003 and heads the Seoul office. Prior to joining Olympus Capital, Mr. Kim held positions with Ripplewood Holdings, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and the International Finance Corporation.

Mr. Kim holds a BS degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a CFA.

Mr. Kumar has over eleven years of experience as a management consultant in India.  Prior to joining Olympus Capital, he served as a professional with the Monitor Group, Boston Consulting Group and i-flex solutions.  He has worked with clients in the private equity, consumer goods, packaging and retailing industries.  He has also worked as a Principal with Monitor Ventures, with a focus on the biotech sector in India.

Mr. Kumar has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Alex Lui is an Executive Director with Asia Environmental Partners.  Prior to joining Olympus, Mr. Lui was a Vice President in Merrill Lynch’s Corporate Principal Investment Group, managing more than $1 billion in assets.  Mr. Lui began his financial career at Lehman Brothers. 

 Mr. Lui graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a BS in Industrial Engineering and a BA in Economics.

Xiaowei Ma joined Olympus Capital Asia as Executive Director in 2006.  Prior to joining Olympus, Mr. Ma served as Chief Representative and General Manager of RGM International’s Suzhou and Shanghai offices in China, where he was responsible for the acquisition of the largest wood-pulp mill in China.  He has extensive experience in the development and operation of energy projects in China while working for RGM, Amoco Power and Ogden Energy.  Mr. Ma also served with Chadbourne & Parke, an international law firm, in New York and Hong Kong, and developed the first Sino-U.S. joint venture power project in China.

Mr. Ma holds an MBA from the Lubin Graduate School of Business of Pace University.

Calvin Xu brings to Olympus Capital Asia more than 15 years of unique experience in energy and financing businesses. Prior to joining Olympus, Mr. Xu was the Senior Industrial Specialist for energy and climate change with International Finance Corporation (IFC). He oversaw IFC’s financing mobilization programs in East Asia and Pacific region. From 2006 to 2009, the financing mobilization program he managed provided more than $1.5 billion to projects of energy efficiency improvement, renewable energy and cleaner production, leading annual reduction of more than 15 million tons of CO2.  His former employers include the IFC, Pace Global Energy Services, Enron Corporation, BHP Billiton, and the Chinese Government.

Mr. Xu has a Bachelor degree of Economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and an MBA from Georgetown University. 

Vikram Beniwal has over ten years of experience across Private Equity, Operations Management and Equity Research in India and the US. He has been involved in PE transactions in healthcare, IT services, BPO and technology sectors, and closely evaluated deals in power, infrastructure, manufacturing and business services. Prior to joining Olympus, Mr. Beniwal was part of the investment team at Baring Private Equity Partners (India) for four years, focusing on investments in Technology and Textiles. He also has prior operations experience at Evalueserve in India and equity research experience at Citigroup Asset Management in the US.

Mr. Beniwal holds MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Bachelor of Technology (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Mr. Yip joined Olympus Capital Asia in 2008 to lead the firm’s Investor Relations initiative.  Prior to joining Olympus Capital, Mr. Yip worked for GSC Group, an alternative asset manager, where he was responsible for all investor relations and communications.  He has also worked for CIBC World Markets and JP Morgan. 

Mr. Yip holds an MBA from Fordham University and a BBA from Baruch College. 

Nikita Bear is Director of Marketing at Olympus Capital Asia, where she is responsible for leading the firm's global fundraising and marketing activities.  She was previously a Vice President in the Private Equity Funds group at Citi where she worked with private equity and hedge fund clients to raise capital from institutional investors.  Prior to that, she held positions in Investor Relations at American Express and in the Financial Restructuring Group at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin.  

Ms. Bear holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Stanford University. 

Pankaj Ghai has over eight years of experience across Private Equity, Management Consulting and Manufacturing in India. He has been involved in Private Equity transactions in environment services, financial services and infrastructure space across India and China. Prior to joining Olympus in 2010, Mr. Ghai was part of the investment team at ICICI Venture Funds Management for 3 years. He also has prior management consulting experience at Tata Strategic Management Group and cost management at Maruti Suzuki India.

Mr. Ghai has a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics) from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.

Prior to joining Olympus Capital Asia in 2005, Mr. Ko worked in Samsung Securities’ research department covering listed Korean companies in the software, Internet, and online game industries. 

Mr. Ko holds a BA degree from John Hopkins University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Timothy Koo joined Olympus Capital Asia in August 2010.  Previously, he was an Analyst at Macquarie Capital Advisers in their Investment Banking group focusing particularly on Infrastructure in Greater China.  During his time in Macquarie, Mr. Koo had completed various M&A and corporate finance transactions in the renewable energy, water treatment, and transportation sectors.  Prior to his University graduation, he served 2.5 years in Singapore's Armed Forces and completed his service as a Lieutenant in 2002.  

Mr. Koo holds bachelor degrees in Commerce and Laws (LLB) from University of Melbourne.

Prior to joining Olympus Capital Asia, Ms. Matsuoka was with Phoenix Capital Co., Ltd., a Japanese private equity group affiliated with the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi.  Prior to that, Ms. Matsuoka was an investment equity analyst with UBS Warburg Japan covering the Japanese electronic components sector. 

Ms. Matsuoka has an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley and a BA degree from International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to joining Olympus Capital Asia, Mr. Nakazato was most recently a Research Analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston focusing on the auto sector.  Before that, he was a member of the Global Investment Research Division with Goldman Sachs (Japan).  

Mr. Nakazato received his BS in Accountancy from Case Western Reserve University.