Charles Lew

Mr Lew has more than 30 years of investment banking experience, including serving as Managing Director of ABN Amro's regional investment banking business based in Singapore from 1997 to 2000. He has been involved in a diverse range of investment banking activities, including IPOs, equity placements, corporate mergers and acquisitions, debt/equity restructuring, private equity investments and venture capital financing. After leaving ABN Amro, Mr Lew started his own investment management company, Equator Capital, which manages a futures hedge fund which he exited active management in 2018. Mr Lew served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of one of Malaysia's prominent banking group, RHB Bank from March 2004 until his retirement from the group in May 2016. During this period, he was on the board of RHB Investment Bank (2004 to 2016), RHB Islamic Bank (2008 to 2016), RHB Private Equity (2009 to 2016) and RHB Capital Berhad (2005 to 2007). He was an Independent Director on the board of Singapore Medical Group between 2007 and 2013. He is also Founder and Chairman of Muddy Murphy Holdings, an operator of traditional and concept pubs that was established in 1996.