Suresh Dalai, Senior Director in Alvarez and Marsal’s Retail & Consumer Practice, Asia recently moderated a panel discussion at the AVCJ Southeast Asia Virtual Forum. 

The discussion centered around different approaches that Private Equity operations teams have taken to create value in their portfolio companies in Southeast Asia, how they have partnered with their portfolios to address the Covid19 crisis, and their outlook and key priorities going forward.

Topics discussed:

• How Southeast Asian operational partners have responded so far 
• Approaches that have been taken across the region in formulating an effective value creation strategy
• Opportunities and challenges for improving operations in the new norm
• Case study: How Southeast Asian operational partners have worked to support their portfolio companies through the crisis
• Potential changes in portfolio governance models
• How firms can harness technology to accelerate value creation across portfolios

Other speakers included: Atiff Gill, Principal, CVC CAPITAL PARTNERS and Abhishek Kapur, Managing Director, KKR CAPSTONE

“Supporting portfolio companies in value creation is a science and art – the science involves setting up the right management processes and a shared incentive plan; the art involves incorporating the appropriate leadership, managing the change, and fostering relationships with the portfolio teams. In the post-COVID-19 world, it is also imperative for all stakeholders (funds, external advisors, and portfolio teams) to have some level of flexibility to deal with the unknowns.” -Suresh Dalai, Alvarez and Marsal

Suresh Dalai
Senior Director, A&M Asia
suresh.dalai@alvarezandmarsal.com
Tel +65 9636 4685