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Vietnam Forum May 23, 2019 | Park Hyatt Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City

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The 3nd Annual AVCJ Vietnam Forum successfully took place in Ho Chi Minh on May 23. The event brought

together over 200 private equity and venture capital professionals from around the region.

The forum featured an exclusive fireside chat with Mr. Nguyen Duc Tai, Executive Chairman of Mobile World

Investment Corporation (MWG), one of the most successful private equity stories in Vietnam. In a interactive

session, Linh Thai, CEO of Vingroup Ventures spoke on the rise of corporate venture capital in Vietnam.

The program featured an overview of the private markets and the role of private equity in the Vietnamese economy

as well as panel discussions on cross-border deal making, the rise of corporate investment and the venture capital

landscape. The forum concluded with an insight on how to leverage the Vietnamese consumer story and the LPs

view on the market.

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2019 DELEGATE COMPOSITION

• Over 200 participants from 10 countries and more than 125 companies

• 30 speakers• Attended by 85+ Senior Industry Professionals from around the world (LPs, GPs, VCs, FoFs)

Chairman / CEO / Managing Partner,

13%

Principal / VP / Associate,

37% Director / Portfolio Manager / Chief Representative, 15%

Managing Director / Partner / CIO /CFO, 30%

Limited Partners, 13%

Professional Services, 34%

Banks / Investment Banks, 4%

Corporates, 14%

Vietnam, 52%

Other, 1%

Other - Asia, 7%

Other, 5%

Singapore & Malaysia,

35%

Hong Kong, 5%

PE / VC General Partners, 32%

Associations & Gov't, 3% BY TYPE OF

COMPANY BY TITLE BY COUNTRY

Media Coverage

Private equity and venture forum attracts investment into Vietnam23 May 2019

The Vietnamese economy possesses a lot of potential for foreign investment in a range of fields such as e-commerce, finance and banking, logistics, healthcare, education, and consumption, Jeff Olson, managing partner in Vietnam at Hogan Lovells, told the Private Equity & Venture Forum 2019 organised by Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ) in Ho Chi Minh City on May 23.

The private equity and venture forum has lauded Vietnam as an investment destination

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Headline Speakers

Leading Industry Professionals

• Linh Thai CEO VINGROUP VENTURES

• Nguyen Duc Tai Executive Chairman of the Board MOBILE WORLD INVESTMENT

CORPORATION (MWG)

• Yotaro Tokuo, Principal, ADVANTAGE PARTNERS

• Chad Ovel, Partner, MEKONG CAPITAL

• Steven R. Okun, CEO, APAC ADVISORS & ASEAN Representative, EMPEA

• Neal Kok, Principal, KKR

• Pete Vo, Managing Director, CVC CAPITAL PARTNERS

• Andrew Thompson, Head of Private Equity Asia Pacific, Head of Deal Advisory, KPMG

• Ryan Collins, Managing Director, MASSMUTUAL VENTURES

• Nguyen Cong Ai, Partner, KPMG

• JinA Bae, Head of Corporate Venture, HANWHA ASSET MANAGEMENT

• Sherri Ortiz-Fahie, Director, BVI HOUSE ASIA

• Shane Chesson, Partner, OPENSPACE VENTURES

• Jeff Olson, Managing Partner – Vietnam, HOGAN LOVELLS

• Nguyen Dang Hieu, Investment Director, NAVIS CAPITAL PARTNERS

• Le Le Hang, CEO, SSI ASSET MANAGEMENT

• Stanley Nguyen, Senior Vice President, CENTRAL GROUP

• Xiaolin Zheng, Strategic Investment Director, JD.COM

• Serge L. Lépine, Managing Partner, CABOT CAPITAL PARTNERS

• Thomas Lanyi, Managing Director, CDH INVESTMENTS

• Manas Tamotia, Partner, L.E.K.

• Henry Lee, Founder, HENDALE ASIA

• Melissa Kang, Founder and Managing Partner, JUPITER IMPACT PARTNERS

• Kaspar Hidayat, Principal, KORU PARTNERS

• Rebekah Woo, Managing Director, Maternal Infant & Family, FOSUN

• David Gowdey, Managing Partner, JUNGLE VENTURES

• Carlos Camacho, Head of Investments Development, FUNDNEL

• Marc Djandji, Head of Institutional Sales, RONG VIET SECURITIES

• Joseph Khoo, Vice President, Direct Investments, PARTNERS GROUP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

• Andy Ho, Chief Investment Officer, VINACAPITAL

Speakers

Delegate Companies• ABB Merchant Banking• Aboitiz Equity Ventures • Aboitiz Power• ACA Investments • Advantage Partners• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld • Allens• B. E. Charles International• Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow.• Baker McKenzie• Bloomberg Law• BNP Paribas• BVI House Asia• Cabot Capital Partners• Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam

• Capital Square Partners • CD&R (Asia)• CDH Investments• Celadon Capital (M) Sdn Bhd• Central Group• Colliers International• Control Risks• Crestpoint Private Equity• CSC Fund Administration• CVC Capital Partners• Daiwa Corporate Investment Asia • Deloitte• Dragon Capital Group• Dream Incubator (Japan)• Duxton Asset Management• Dynam Capital, Ltd• EA• eFront Hong Kong • EMPEA• Equis Vietnam• Excelsior Capital Asia• Forbes Vietnam• Fosun• Frasers Law Company• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer • Fundnel• Gerson Lehrman Group Singapore (GLG)

• GoBear• Hanwha Asset Management• Helicap Pte Ltd• Heliconia Capital Management• Hendale Asia• Heritas Capital Management• Ho-Chi-Minh Securities Corporation (HSC)

• Hogan Lovells• Hongkong Land • International Finance Corporation• Intralinks• Invest Hong Kong• IQ-EQ Fund Services• JD.com• Jungle Ventures• Jupiter Impact Partners• Khazanah Nasional Berhad• King & Spalding• KKR• Koru Partners• KOTRA (Ho Chi Minh City)• KPMG• L.E.K.• Leptos Estates• Locus Capital Partners• Marsh (Singapore) • Marubeni Corporation• MassMutual Ventures• Mazars• Mazin Lafayette Hotel Endowment Fund• MB Securities Jsc• Mekong Business Initiative - Asian Development Bank

• Mekong Capital• Mobile World Investment Corporation (MWG)

• Mobile World Joint Stock Company• Morgan Stanley• Navis Capital Partners• NewQuest Capital Partners• Nikkei Asian Review• Norton Rose Fulbright (Asia)

• Novo Tellus Capital Partners• Nullabor Holdings• Openspace Ventures• Orion• Partners Group (Singapore) • Pharmacity Pharmacy JSC• Pilmico Foods Corporation• PwC (Vietnam) • ReedSmith• responsAbility Investments AG• Rever.vn• Rocket Equities, B.V.• Rong Viet Securities• Russin & Vecchi• S&P Global Market Intelligence• Sarus Capital Management• Shinhan Securities Vietnam• Softworkz• SSI Asset Management• Stephenson Harwood• Strategic Year Holdings • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation• Tale Technologies • TAU Investment Management• Temasek• The Executive Centre• The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

• Tin Ka Ping Foundation• TMF Vietnam Company Limited• TTB Partners• Up coworking space• Velocity Ventures Vietnam• Vietnam Investment Review• Vietnam Oman Investment• VinaCapital• Vingroup Ventures• VNG Corporation• White & Case • Wilmar CLV• Wong & Partners• YKVN LLC

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