Our Team
AIF Capital is an independent partnership. We are an experienced and cohesive team of professionals with decades of collective experience in Asian principal investing, strategic consulting, general management, corporate finance and industry. We are from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, speak the languages, and have worked in the regions where we invest.
Our team has considerable experience in structuring, financing and closing complex mid-market transactions in Asia, as well as in supportive post investment activities. It is this wealth of knowledge and expertise that positions us as a valued strategic partner for the companies that we support.
Augmenting our team is a committee of Operating Advisers who assist us in opportunity assessment, post-investment value creation, and board representation in portfolio companies where required. Our advisers are exclusive to us in Asia and have served as CEOs or leaders in major regional and international organization across various industries including healthcare and pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and environmental solutions, technology, and consumer retail and services.
Senior Management Team
Peter Amour, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Amour has over 30 years of private equity investment, finance and industry experience in Asia. He joined AIF Capital in 2002 and has been CEO since 2003 where he continues to chair the Investment Committee, actively oversee portfolio management and lead client management.
A Hong Kong resident since 1985, Mr. Amour joined Baker & McKenzie in Shanghai in 1984 and subsequently in Hong Kong where he was focused on banking and project finance, in particular property, construction and aircraft finance. In 1987, he joined Standard Chartered Asia where he acted as corporate advisor to and led numerous equity raisings and M&A transactions for mid-sized to large corporations. Mr. Amour went on to join the Charoen Pokphand Group, one of Asia’s largest overseas Chinese family business groups, as Vice President, Finance in 1990. In that capacity for nine years, he led or was a key team member in over 150 transactions in the food & beverage, agricultural, telecoms, power, toll-road, industrial manufacturing, multi-purpose resorts as well as logistics & distribution sectors. In addition, he was also directly involved in planning, negotiating and implementing all major debt and equity financing requirements of the Group’s Hong Kong listed entities which included the successful completion of over US$1.8bn in debt and equity capital market transactions. Mr. Amour left the Charoen Pokphand Group to co-found Axia Capital Partners Limited (ACP) in 1998 which was investment adviser to the US$100m Hong Kong-listed Shanghai International Shanghai Growth Fund sponsored by Temasek Holdings, Shanghai City government and Kwang Hua Securities of Taiwan. ACP also acted as adviser to a major US corporate pension fund on a US$100m private equity investment fund targeted at Hong Kong, China and Thailand.
Mr. Amour holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting and Finance and Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales as well as a Master of Law from the University of Melbourne in Australia. He is admitted as a solicitor in England, Australia and Hong Kong. Mr. Amour studied the Chinese language at Fudan University in Shanghai in 1984-85, and is fluent in Mandarin and can read Chinese.
Stephen Lee, Managing Director
Mr. Lee joined AIF Capital in 1994, and has been a Partner and Investment Committee member since 2001. He has been actively involved in all aspects of deal origination, transaction execution, investment management, portfolio management and exits for the Firm across the region in the last 24 years. His sector investment experience includes manufacturing and industrial, media, pharmaceutical and healthcare, aquaculture, consumer, new materials, telecommunication, logistics and transportation in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, India, Indonesia and Singapore. Since 2003, Mr. Lee has largely focused on Greater China investment activities, in addition to his responsibilities as IC member and Partner.
Prior to AIF Capital, Mr. Lee had worked for the City of North York in Toronto as an urban development engineer and Unibrite Corporation, Toronto where he was a director responsible for real estate investments, land development feasibility studies and financing strategies. Mr. Lee holds a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering, an M.E. in Transportation & Urban Planning and an M.B.A. from the University of Toronto, Canada. He is also a SEPC graduate from Harvard Business School, a professional engineer and a CFA charterholder. Mr. Lee is a Hong Kong born Canadian citizen and is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin.Theresa Chung, Managing Director
Ms. Chung joined AIF Capital in March 1995 and has over 23 years of experience in private equity fund administration. She played a lead role in establishing the administration, compliance and accounting systems for AIF Capital and oversees the legal and financial aspects of establishing AIF Capital funds and structuring investments in portfolio companies. She has been a Partner and Investment Committee member since 2001, where she has played a key role in supporting the Investment Team in their structuring and divestment activities.
Prior to joining AIF Capital, Ms. Chung worked in various administrative roles with multi-national companies including Honeywell Limited, Sun Life Financial and the Ontario Government of Canada. She graduated with distinction from the University of Toronto, Canada with a B.A. degree majoring in Business Management and is a CFA charterholder. Born in Hong Kong, Ms. Chung is a Canadian citizen. She is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin, and is also conversant in French.James Tan, Director
Mr. Tan joined AIF Capital in 2018 and has over 15 years of Asia-regional private equity growth and buy-out experience in China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and South Korea. He is responsible for regional investment origination, analysis and execution, and post-investment management. His sector investment experience includes consumer branding & marketing, e-commerce, entertainment, commercial and retail real estate, lifestyle, travel and hospitality.
Prior to joining AIF Capital, Mr. Tan was an Executive Director at Fosun China, responsible for direct investment, post-investment management and exit. Prior to Fosun, he was Vice President and part of the founding management team of the LVMH private equity arm, L Capital in Asia, where he led numerous key investments in Greater China and Southeast Asia. Mr. Tan holds a B.Com degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of New South Wales and a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University. He is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien and Bahasa.