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Koenraad Foulon is a Private Equity Senior Managing Partner and a Director and Senior Vice President of Capital International. As a co-founder of the
CIPEF program, he has served as the Chairman of the Private Equity Investment Committee for each of the four prior CIPEF funds. Prior to joining Capital International in 1990, Mr. Foulon was managing
director of Shearson Lehman Global Asset Management – Posthorn Global Asset Management in London, where he spent six years. He also spent three years as a banker at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company
in Brussels and New York and five years as a portfolio manager with Banque DeGroof in Brussels. Mr. Foulon earned a distinction in economics from the University of Louvain, Belgium. Mr. Foulon has
over 30 years of investment experience, 16 of which have been at Capital. He is based in London.
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Country of Origin: Belgium
Office: London
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Years at Capital: 19
Years in the Industry: 33
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Lam Nguyen-Phuong is a Private Equity Senior Managing Partner and the Research Director of the CIPEF Program. He is also a Director and Senior Vice
President of Capital International. As a co-founder and co-Head of the CIPEF program, he has served as the Vice Chairman of the Private Equity Investment Committee for each of the five CIPEF funds.
Prior to joining the Capital Group Companies in 1992, Mr. Nguyen-Phuong was a director of Ermgassen & Co. Ltd., a London-based mergers and acquisitions advisory firm which he had co-founded in
1988. Before that, he was with JP Morgan & Co for ten years, where he worked in New York, Brussels and London, primarily in Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions. He also spent two
years as a commercial banker covering Latin America for RepublicBank Dallas. In addition, he has held part-time teaching positions in finance or investment management at Pace University in New York,
The University of Texas at Dallas, and Boston University-Brussels. Mr. Nguyen-Phuong earned a Diplôme d'Ingénieur from the École Centrale (Paris, France), and an MBA from the
Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is based in Singapore.
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Country of Origin: Vietnam
Office: Singapore
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Years at Capital: 18
Years in the Industry: 33
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Ashley Dunster is a Private Equity Managing Partner with primary responsibility in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In 2006, he became a member of
the Private Equity Investment Committee. Prior to joining Capital International in 1997, he spent four years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he was a principal banker
in the Early Stage Equity Team with private equity responsibilities covering Russia, Kazakhstan, Hungary and Slovenia. Before that, Mr. Dunster was an associate consultant at The L|E|K Partnership, an
international strategy consulting firm; during his four years at L|E|K, he worked on mergers and acquisitions transactions, corporate strategy, and privatization and restructuring mandates in Poland.
Mr. Dunster received a BE in civil engineering from the University of Melbourne, and a Masters degree in mathematics from Oxford University. He is based in London.
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Country of Origin: Australia
Office: London
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Years at Capital: 13
Years in the Industry: 21
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Leonard L. Kim is a Private Equity Managing Partner with primary responsibility in Asia. Prior to joining Capital International in 1997, he was a
director of Peregrine Capital Limited, the corporate finance/investment banking arm of the Peregrine Group, and co-head of their multinational group, where he was responsible for the coordination and
execution of corporate finance transactions in Asia for the firm’s North American, European, and Japanese multinational clients. While at Peregrine, Mr. Kim advised numerous multinational and
Asian companies on private equity fundraising, acquisitions, restructuring, and Asian expansion strategies. Prior to joining Peregrine in 1992, he was a founding member of Kimbaco Limited, a
Korean-owned and focused cross-border advisory and direct investment firm. Prior to this, he was an investment banker with The First Boston Corporation in New York. He holds a BS degree in electrical
engineering from Stanford University and is based in Singapore.
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Country of Origin: United States
Office: Singapore
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Years at Capital: 13
Years in the Industry: 21
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William Bannister-Parker is a Private Equity Managing Partner responsible for global operations.
Previously he spent 14 years as a Private Equity investment professional covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Capital
International in 1994, Mr Bannister-Parker spent eight years with Bank of Boston and Bankers Trust Co. in corporate lending, corporate finance,
and private equity. Mr. Bannister-Parker received a BA (cum laude) from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business
Administration. He is based in London.
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Country of Origin: United States
Office: London
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Years at Capital: 15
Years in the Industry: 25
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Martin E. Diaz Plata is a Private Equity Partner with primary responsibility in Latin America. Prior to joining Capital International in 2003, he spent
seven years with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now Credit Suisse First Boston), first as an investment banking associate, then as a principal of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, in New York and
Buenos Aires. Before that, Mr. Diaz Plata spent three years with Corporacion Financiera del Valle in Bogota as an investment analyst and stockbroker. Mr. Diaz Plata is a graduate of Universidad
Externado de Colombia and holds an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is based in London.
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Country of Origin: Colombia
Office: London
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Years at Capital: 7
Years in the Industry: 17
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Ian S. Gibson is a Private Equity Partner with primary responsibility in global emerging markets. In 2006, he became a member of the
Private Equity Investment Committee. Prior to joining Capital International in 1996, he spent four years at the European Bank For Reconstruction and Development, two years as associate
banker–Financial Institutions team and two years as principal banker–Financial Institutions and Polish teams. Before that, he spent four years at Salomon Brothers International Limited
in London, initially as a financial analyst and then as associate in the Financial Institutions Group. Mr. Gibson received an AB (magna cum laude with highest honours) in history from
Harvard College. He has also studied at Edinburgh University and Phillips Exeter Academy. He is based in San Francisco.
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Country of Origin: Scotland
Office: San Francisco
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Years at Capital: 14
Years in the Industry: 20
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James M. Ho is a Private Equity Partner with primary responsibility in Asia. Prior to joining Capital International in 1996, Mr. Ho was vice president
of global equity investments at Bank of America in Hong Kong for five years. Before that, he was a manager at CRA, Conzinc Asia for two years, and an associate with Strategic Planning Associates for
a year and a half. He received a BA in economics from the National Taiwan University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is based in Hong Kong.
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Country of Origin: Taiwan
Office: Hong Kong
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Years at Capital: 14
Years in the Industry: 23
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Vivek Kalra is a Private Equity Partner with primary responsibility in Asia. Prior to joining Capital International in 1999, he spent over seven years
as a management consultant and later as a principal with McKinsey & Company, Inc. in India and New York. Before that, he earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also earned
a Bachelor of Technology in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India. Prior to pursuing his graduate studies, Mr. Kalra spent three years as a business analyst
with Tata Unisys Limited in India, the U.S. and Indonesia. He is based in the Singapore office.
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Country of Origin: India
Office: Singapore
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Years at Capital: 10
Years in the Industry: 18
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Guilherme Lins is a Private Equity Partner with primary responsibility in Latin America, focusing on Brazil. Prior to joining Capital International in
2000, he spent eight years with JPMorgan, first as an associate in the Latin American Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York and São Paulo, and then as a vice president covering
JPMorgan’s industrial clients in Brazil. Before that, Mr. Lins spent three years with the Matuschka Group in Paris and Munich in the firm’s corporate finance department. Mr. Lins received
a BSc in chemical engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and a management degree from École des Hautes Études Commerciales-HEC in Paris. He is based in Geneva.
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Country of Origin: Brazil
Office: Geneva
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Years at Capital: 10
Years in the Industry: 21
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James E. McGuigan is a Private Equity Partner focusing on investor relations. He joined the Capital International Private Equity Funds (CIPEF) team in
April 2000 after spending over 16 years as a lawyer and later as an investment banker handling cross–border mergers & acquisitions and direct investment transactions. Prior to joining
Capital, Mr.McGuigan was based in Tokyo as Managing Director of Capital Co. of America, a unit of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. From 1994–1998 Mr. McGuigan was a Managing Director of Peregrine
Capital (USA), Inc. where he had a senior role handling cross–border M&A and direct investment transactions in various Asian countries on behalf of leading U.S. strategic and financial
investors. Prior to Peregrine, he had positions handling U.S./Asian cross-border acquisitions and direct investments at Peers & Co. and at Mitsui & Co., Ltd. including a Tokyo–based
assignment for Mitsui & Co. in 1988–1989. Mr. McGuigan began his career in 1981 as counsel to the International Division of Getty Oil Co. Mr. McGuigan received a JD from the University of
Oregon School of Law and a BS in finance from the University of Oregon. He is based in San Francisco.
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Country of Origin: United States
Office: San Francisco
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Years at Capital: 10
Years in the Industry: 26
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Paul-Jeroen van de Grampel is Private Equity Transaction Principal with primary responsibility in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa.
Prior to joining our Capital International, he was an associate in the London office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom where he gained a broad experience in mergers & acquisitions,
private equity and general corporate transactions. Prior to that, he was an associate of Allen & Overy in London, where he worked in the corporate finance practice. Mr. Van de Grampel graduated
with a Dutch civil law degree from Leiden University, The Netherlands, in 1995. He is a former member of the Dutch bar and is qualified to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales. He is based in
London.
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Country of Origin: The Netherlands
Office: London
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Years at Capital: 6
Years in the Industry: 14
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Nick Chen is a Private Equity Principal with primary responsibility in Asia. Prior to joining Capital International in 2005, Mr. Chen spent six years
with JPMorgan Investment Banking in New York and Hong Kong, latterly as a Vice President of the Asia Pacific Mergers and Acquisitions Group. While at JPMorgan, he advised on numerous multinational and
regional corporate clients on cross-border M&A transactions, most of which are China-related. He also had experience in equity and debt capital market financing. Before joining JPMorgan, he spent
two years with Towers Perrin in the U.S. as a management consultant. Mr. Chen received his BA (summa cum laude) in economics from Franklin and Marshall College. He is based in the Hong Kong office.
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Country of Origin: Singapore
Office: Hong Kong
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Years at Capital: 4
Years in the Industry: 12
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Christian Skaanild is a Private Equity Principal with primary responsibility in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa. Prior to
joining Capital International in 2001, Mr. Skaanild spent two years with Antfactory as an investment associate (in London and in Tokyo) and before that, three years with Accenture as a
strategy consultant. Mr. Skaanild received his BA (honours) in industrial economics from the University of Nottingham. He is based in Geneva.
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Country of Origin: Denmark
Office: Geneva
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Years at Capital: 8
Years in the Industry: 14
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Hotak Chow is a Private Equity Investment Officer for Capital International, Inc. with responsibility for private equity in Asia. Prior to
joining the CIPEF team in 2008, Mr. Chow was a participant in "The Associates Program", the global investment management program at The Capital Group Companies. This included working in
the listed equity research unit, Capital Research Global Investors. Before that he worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy for six months. Mr. Chow
received a BEng and an MEng (both with honours) in Materials Engineering, Economics and Management from the University of Oxford. He is based in Singapore.
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Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Office: Singapore
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Years at Capital: 4
Years in the Industry: 4
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Leandro Cuccioli is a Private Equity Investment Officer at Capital International Research, Inc. with responsibility for Private Equity in
Latin America. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2008, Mr. Cuccioli spent two years with BP in the U.K. building the portfolio of wind power assets in China. Before joining BP, Mr. Cuccioli
worked for five years as a management consultant for Strat Consulting, a boutique firm with offices in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Mr. Cuccioli earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of
Business and an Engineering Degree from the Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires (ITBA). He is based in London.
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Country of Origin: Argentina
Office: London
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Years at Capital: 2
Years in the Industry: 9
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Anuj Girotra is a Private Equity Investment Officer with primary responsibility in Asia. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2008, Mr. Girota spent
9 years with ABN Amro Bank where he was Director with the Special Situations and Distressed Capital business running growth capital situations and distressed loan portfolio acquisitions in Asia
Pacific. Mr. Girota holds an MBA in International Finance from XLRI, India and is a President of India's Gold Medallist Bachelor in Engineering from Delhi Institute of Technology, Delhi University,
India. He is based in Singapore.
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Country of Origin: India
Office: Singapore
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Years at Capital: 2
Years in the Industry: 11
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Irina Grigorenko is a Private Equity Investment Officer for Capital International, Inc. with responsibility for private equity.
Prior to joining Capital International in 2006, Ms. Grigorenko spent over four years with McKinsey & Company where she was most recently the engagement manager for Corporate Finance & Strategy
Practice. Her projects in the Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Scandinavia, and Russia included M&A, Corporate Finance, and Private Equity. She earned an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, an
MA in international finance from the University of Amsterdam, and a BS in accounting (with highest distinction) from the University of Kansas. Ms. Grigorenko is based in London.
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Country of Origin: Ukraine
Office: London
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Years at Capital: 4
Years in the Industry: 10
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Alexandre Thiollier is a Private Equity Investment Officer with responsibility for Private Equity in Latin America. Prior to joining the CIPEF team
in 2008, Mr. Thiollier spent over two years with Bear Stearns in New York as an investment banker where he advised emerging market companies on structured debt capital markets transactions. Before
joining Bear Stearns, Mr. Thiollier worked for three years as a strategy consultant at Spectrum Strategy (now Value Partners) in Brazil. Mr. Thiollier received a BA from Pontifícia Universidade
Católica and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He is based in Geneva.
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Country of Origin: Brazil
Office: Geneva
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Years at Capital: 1
Years in the Industry: 9
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