Secured Direct Lending is a people business.
Over the past decade we have built a team of seasoned professionals from across the region with a diverse but complimentary set of skills including banking, complex structuring, capital markets, workouts, legal and operations. The common purpose of our team is to provide our borrowers with innovative and flexible Secured Direct Lending solutions.
Deep-rooted relationships are the core of our organization and we take great pride in the long-term stability of our investment team which boasts strong relationships with borrowers and intermediaries that have been established over the last two decades. We believe that the credibility and stability of our investment team is key to engendering trust and maintaining our robust pipeline through all stages of the business cycle.
- A proven leadership team with combined experience of over 60 years in credit investing and risk management
- An experienced investment team based in Singapore, Hong Kong & Australia
- Extensive geographical coverage across the region through long established relationships with local market intelligence and understanding
PARTNERS
Stu Wilson
Stu is a Founding Partner of OCP Asia and sits on the Firm’s Investment and Executive Committees.
Prior to establishing OCP Asia, Stu was a Principal and Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for the Asia Pacific business of Stark Investments where he joined in 1997 and became a Principal in 1999. During this time, he was responsible for restructuring and overseeing the firm’s global IT platform and the establishment of the firm’s Risk Group, along with its processes and systems. Stu also served on the Global Compensation Committee and Global Portfolio Allocation Committees.
Prior to this, Stu was at Citadel Investments Group, where he traded Asian markets since 1993.
Stu holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business (1997) and a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University (1993).
Teall Edds
Teall is a Founding Partner of OCP Asia and sits on the Firm’s Investment and Executive Committees.
Prior to establishing OCP Asia, Teall was a Principal of Stark Investments, where he joined in 2003 and became a Principal in 2008. He was a Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for structured finance, fixed income and direct lending strategies in the Asia Pacific region and also served on the Global Portfolio Allocation Committee.
Prior to this, Teall was the Head of Credit Risk Management at Credit Suisse Financial Products (Hong Kong) and Director, Head of Credit Risk Management for Southern Asia Pacific at Credit Suisse First Boston (Singapore), where he was involved with structured finance and distressed loan management during the Asian financial crisis. Prior to his arrival in Asia in 1997, Teall spent six years in New York with Credit Suisse Financial Products and Citicorp Securities.
Teall holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Denison University (1991).
Dan Simmons
Dan sits on OCP Asia’s Investment and Executive Committees. He was named a Principal at OCP Asia in 2012 and became a Partner in 2015.
Prior to the establishment of OCP Asia, Dan was responsible for structuring and origination of private credit transactions at Stark Investments in Asia, which he joined in 2007.
Prior to this, Dan was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch (HK) where he was responsible for the origination and structuring of nearly $1.5 billion of private credit and private convertibles throughout the region. Dan joined Merrill Lynch in 2005 from the Equity-Linked and Derivative Capital Markets Group at JPMorgan (HK) where he was involved in the structuring of a number of high profile CB, GDR and exchangeable transactions from 2002 to 2005.
Dan holds a combined Bachelor of Laws (1st Class Honors) and Bachelor of Business with Distinction (Finance Major) from the University of Technology, Sydney (2001).
Ernest Lee
Ernest joined OCP Asia in August 2016 as a Senior Portfolio Manager, was named Principal in 2020 and made a Partner of the Firm in 2023. Prior to OCP Asia, Ernest was Head of Principal Finance for Asia ex-Japan at Nomura for four years and also a member of the Board of Directors of Nomura Special Investments Singapore, the primary investment and lending entity for Nomura in Asia. Before that Ernest held various senior roles at Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse in their private financing and emerging markets financing business, respectively. He has had a career in finance since 1999, originally starting in corporate finance and M&A division.
Ernest holds a Master of Science (Applied Statistics) from the University of Oxford (1998) and a Bachelor of Science (Actuarial Science) from the London School of Economics (1st Class Honors, 1997).
PRINCIPALS
Nick Cusack
Nick is a member of OCP Asia’s Executive, Valuation and Risk Committees and was named Principal in 2015.
Prior to the establishment of OCP Asia, Nick was the Director of Asian Operations for Stark Investments after joining in 2006. He was a Director and COO of the Fixed Income and Equity businesses for Credit Suisse in Australia and New Zealand from 2003 to 2006. Nick also spent nine years in Credit Suisse’s Credit Risk Management Department, firstly as a Credit Analyst in London, then as Regional Head of Credit Control for Asia Pacific in Hong Kong and finally as Regional Head of Credit Control of the Americas in New York. Prior to his time at Credit Suisse, Nick spent four years at National Australia Bank in corporate lending.
Nick holds a Graduate Certificate of Business (Banking and Finance) from Edith Cowan University (1992) and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia (1989).
Colin Smith
Colin is a member of OCP Asia’s Executive, Valuation and Risk Committees and was named Principal in 2015.
Prior to the establishment of OCP Asia, Colin was Associate General Counsel (Asia) for Stark Investments, where he was responsible for legal, compliance and regulatory matters for the Firm’s Asian operations after joining in 2007. Colin has over 24 years of legal experience working in London and Hong Kong for Slaughter and May, where he was a Partner, and Allens in Sydney.
Colin holds a Masters in Law (BCL) from Oxford University (1992) and a Bachelor of Arts in law from Cambridge University (1990).
Ben Harris
Ben is OCP Asia’s primary deal counsel and a key member of its structuring team. Ben was named Principal in 2016.
Prior to the establishment of OCP Asia, Ben was lead deal counsel at Stark Investments since June 2006 where he was extensively involved in the structuring and restructuring of Private Credit transactions throughout Asia Pacific with a focus on the legal aspects of such transactions. Ben previously worked at Stephenson Harwood in London since 1999 and was an Associate in the banking departments of their London and Hong Kong offices, where he specialized in all aspects of banking, finance and restructuring throughout Asia-Pacific with a particular emphasis on asset finance.
Ben holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) from Cardiff University (1997) and completed the Graduate Diploma in Law (Commendation) and Legal Practice Course (Distinction) from the University of Law (1999).
TEAM
Edward Han
Edward joined OCP Asia in May 2019, as a Senior Portfolio Manager. Prior to OCP Asia, Edward was Senior Partner and Managing Director at China Orient Summit Capital for five years where he formulated and executed the strategy in the areas of high yield lending, debt restructuring and distressed asset acquisition across China. Before joining COS, Edward was an Executive Director at JPMorgan Asset Management for three years in their Asian real estate team. Prior to this, Edward was Head of North China investments for Mapletree. Further back, he was Vice President for JPMorgan Global Special Opportunities Group from 2005 to 2010, and held a number of roles in China and US in construction and engineering from 1998 to 2004.
Edward holds a Master of Science (Real Estate) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2005), a Master of Arts (Urban and Regional Planning) from the University of Florida (2002) and a Bachelor of Science (Urban and Resource Science) from Nanjing University (1998).
Dolynn Yap
Dolynn joined OCP Asia in October 2018 as a member of OCP Asia’s Legal and Compliance Department and focuses on transaction structuring. Dolynn previously spent five years as an associate in the Singapore office of Latham & Watkins advising on a variety of financing transactions across South East Asia and Greater China. Prior to that, Dolynn worked at Shearman & Sterling in London advising on a broad spectrum of financing transactions involving leveraged and acquisition finance, capital markets, structured finance and work-outs.
Dolynn holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honors) from the University of Oxford (2006), completed the Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Course (Distinction) at BPP Professional Education Law School (2007) and a Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction) from the University of Oxford (2013).
Chaw Siong Tay
Chaw Siong joined OCP Asia in May 2010. Prior to joining OCP Asia, he spent four years in Product Control at Credit Suisse (Singapore). Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2006, he was a Financial Analyst at OCBC Bank.
Chaw Siong is a holder of CFA accreditation and holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering, 1st Class Honors) from the National University of Singapore (2005).
Il-Yong Jung
Il Yong joined OCP Asia in August 2011 and became a Senior Portfolio Manager in 2020. Prior to joining OCP Asia, Il Yong spent three years at York Capital Management in Hong Kong where he worked on generating and monitoring investment ideas across the Asia pacific region. Prior to joining York Capital Management in 2008, Il Yong spent two years as an analyst in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong.
Il Yong holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from the University of Chicago (2006).
June Chun
June joined OCP Asia in January 2021 as a member of OCP Asia’s Legal and Compliance Department and focuses on transaction structuring. June previously spent over ten years in the Hong Kong and Beijing offices of White & Case advising on a broad spectrum of financing transactions involving leveraged and mezzanine financings, property-related financing, high-yield debt financing and structured financing.
June holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Law, minor in Finance) (Honors) and a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honors) from the University of Hong Kong (2007 and 2009) and completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (Distinction) at the University of Hong Kong (2010).
Bobby Tan
Bobby joined OCP Asia in November 2009. Prior to joining OCP Asia, Bobby spent five years working in Ernst & Young New York, specializing in the audit of hedge funds and fund-of-funds. Prior to joining Ernst and Young, Bobby spent four years at PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore auditing across a broad spectrum of industries, including mutual funds.
Bobby is a holder of CA accreditation and holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the Nanyang Technological University (2000).
Michael Lau
Michael joined OCP Asia in June 2013 becoming a Senior Portfolio Manager in 2022. Prior to joining OCP Asia, Michael spent seven years in the Principal Investments and Special Situations Groups at Morgan Stanley in New York and Hong Kong where he worked on a number of Private Credit, Private Equity and PIPE investments in various Asian countries. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2006, Michael was an Associate and Senior Advisor at Ernst & Young LLP and Guiliani Capital Advisors with specialties in corporate restructurings, M&A and forensic accounting.
Michael is a holder of CFA and CPA accreditations and holds a Bachelor of Science (Economics) from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (2002).
Jonathan Zipfinger
Jonathan joined OCP Asia in June 2022 as a member of the Legal and Compliance team based in Sydney and focuses on transaction structuring. Jonathan previously spent three years with Herbert Smith Freehills in Sydney advising on a range of real estate, capital markets and special situations transactions. Prior to HSF, Jonathan spent eight years at Linklaters in London working in the Structured Finance Group.
Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honors) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from the University of Sydney (2009).
Sze Shin Lee
Sze Shin joined OCP Asia in May 2018 from Olympus Capital Holdings, Asia where he spent five years as the Finance Controller managing a team responsible for all aspects of fund accounting including financial and management reporting of the fund and fund management companies. Prior to joining Olympus, he was the Finance Manager at Alpha Investment Partners responsible for fund accounting for two years. Prior to joining Alpha, Sze Shin had nine years of accounting experience in a number of public accounting and private sector roles.
Sze Shin holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University (2002).
Sam de Meyrick
Sam joined OCP Asia in April 2022 as a Senior Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining OCP Asia, Sam spent six years at Blue Gum Capital in Sydney where he worked on generating and monitoring investment ideas in Australia and as a consultant to OCP Asia. Prior to joining Blue Gum in 2016, Sam spent eleven years with Deutsche Bank in London and Sydney working in their High Yield and Leveraged Finance teams. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Sam spent two years at Lend Lease in Melbourne as a Project Engineer.
Sam holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) with Honors and a Bachelor of Business (Business Administration) with Distinction from RMIT University (2001).
Frederik Grysolle
Frederik joined OCP Asia in October 2022 as Legal Counsel, responsible for firmwide fund, regulatory and compliance initiatives. Prior to joining OCP Asia, Frederik worked as legal counsel at Oaktree Capital Management in Singapore and Luxembourg where he was responsible for its distressed debt strategy for more than six years. Prior to Oaktree, Frederik held various roles in the legal practices of Loyens & Loeff, Vandenbulke as well as Arendt & Medernach in Luxembourg.
Frederik holds a LL.M. in Finance and Securities Regulation from Duke University of Law (2012), a Master of Tax Law from KU Leuven Belgium (2010) and a Bachelor of Law from FUNDP Namur Belgium (2005).
Lisa Ong
Lisa joined OCP Asia in March 2021 from Alter Domus Singapore where she was a Senior Funds Officer, overseeing the operations of a number of Singapore and India based funds. Prior to Alter Domus, Lisa was with Great Eastern Life working as an internal auditor and with PwC prior, working in their Financial Services Assurance team auditing a number of fund management clients.
Lisa holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting, Honors) from the Nanyang Technological University (2015), Singapore.
Power Siu
Power joined OCP Asia in March 2018. Prior to joining OCP Asia, Power spent three years at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong as an associate in the Special Situations Group looking at a number of private deals across the Asia Pacific region in a number of industries including industrial, consumer and TMT. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Power worked at GCL Capital Management in Hong Kong in their private equity arm for three years.
Power holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) and a Master of Philosophy (Industrial Engineering and Management) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2005), a Masters of Science (Financial Economics) from Oxford University (2010) and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (2015).
John Wood
John joined OCP Asia in March 2022. Prior to joining OCP Asia, John spent eleven years as a Portfolio Manager at Whitebox Advisors managing their Asian event portfolio. Prior to joining Whitebox Advisors in 2011, John was a portfolio manager with Stark Investments for over ten years managing portfolios in Asia, Europe and the US.
John holds a Bachelor of Science (Finance) from the University of North Dakota (1987).
Ming Zhi Lam
Ming Zhi joined OCP Asia in April 2021. Prior to joining OCP Asia, he spent six years in Risk Assurance at PwC Singapore. Prior to joining PwC in 2015, he was a Senior Trader at Keppel Infrastructure, active in the National Electricity Market of Singapore.
Ming Zhi is a holder of CFA and FRM accreditations and holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Honors) from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2010).
Geoffrey Sim
Geoffrey joined OCP Asia in June 2020 as a Portfolio Analyst and was made a Portfolio Manager in 2023. Prior to OCP Asia, Geoffrey was at Credit Suisse for six years in their Singapore office, initially in the Investment Banking & Capital Markets Division focusing on M&A, equity and debt financing mandates and later in the Asia Pacific Financing Group covering structured credit lending and principal investment opportunities across Southeast Asia.
Geoffrey holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance, 1st Class Honors) and Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (1st Class Honors) from the National University of Singapore (2014).
Joyce Chia
Joyce joined OCP Asia in June 2022 in an Investor Onboarding and Reporting role. Prior to joining OCP Asia, Joyce spent 18 years at Credit Suisse in Singapore most recently managing the client transition and onboarding functions for the Prime Services team and has extensive experience in a range of documentation, KYC, AML and other operational issues.
Joyce holds a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences with Honors (2003) and a Masters of Social Sciences (International Studies, 2005) from the National University of Singapore.
William Tan
William joined OCP Asia in 2023 as Vice President, Valuations in the Singapore office. William joined OCP Asia from TPG Singapore where he was Manager, Valuations and Portfolio Monitoring for a year. Prior to joining TPG William was at Duff and Phelps for three years as a Senior Associate, Valuation Advisory Services and before that he spent four years at Nexia TS as a Senior Analyst in their Valuation and Transaction Services team.
William holds a Master of Science (International Relations) from Nanyang Technological University Singapore (2015) and a Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (2011). William is also a holder of his CFA and CVA charters.
Han Kim
Han joined OCP Asia in April 2022 as a Portfolio Analyst. Prior to joining OCP Asia, Han spent three years at Blue Gum Capital in Sydney where he worked on generating and monitoring investment ideas in Australia as a consultant to OCP Asia. Prior to joining Blue Gum in 2019, Han spent two years with Houlihan Lokey in Sydney working in their M&A and Special Situations teams. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Han spent two years at Greenstone Partners in Sydney working as an Analyst after he had begun his career with three years at KPMG New Zealand working in their Audit and Corporate Finance teams.
Han holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) from the University of Auckland (2012).
George Leung
George joined OCP Asia in January 2018 as the Director of Information Technology. Prior to joining OCP Asia, George was Head of Managed Services, Southeast Asia & Australia at PTS Consulting. Prior to that George was a manager in Principle One responsible for services operations for various Financial Services Institutions in Hong Kong & Singapore. He has had a career in IT industry since 1999.
George holds a Executive Master of Business Administration from University of Hull (2018), Postgraduate Diploma of Strategic IT Management from NCC Education (2006) and a Bachelor of Science in Computing from University of Portsmouth (2004).
Jonathan Lo
Jonathan joined OCP Asia in January 2023 as an Assistant Vice President managing the day to day booking and reporting of the investment portfolio. Prior to joining OCP Asia Jonathan spent four years at SS&C as an Associate Manager in their Loan Operations team reviewing and booking loan agreements, monitoring loan servicing, calculating PnL and a range of other tasks associated with loan portfolios. Prior to SS&C he was at Citco Fund Services for two years in their middle office team, looking at reconciliations, PnL capture and OTC bookings.
Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (2016).
Andrew Cao
Andrew joined OCP Asia in August 2022 as a Portfolio Analyst. Prior to joining OCP Asia, Andrew spent three years at Bank of America in Sydney as an Analyst then Associate in the Leveraged Finance team. Prior to joining Bank of America in 2019, Andrew spent a year with Queensland Investment Corp in Brisbane working in their Global Real Estate team.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and Laws from the University of Queensland (2018).
Reeve Lin
Reeve joined OCP Asia in January 2018. Prior to joining OCP Asia, Reeve was Technical Manager at PTS Consulting where he was responsible for various financial services institutions’ Information & Communication Technology projects and managed services support across Asia Pacific. Before joining PTS Consulting, Reeve was founder of EARS Consultant which focused on cloud computing and information security consulting.
Reeve holds a Bachelor of Communication Technology from Hong Kong Open University (2009) and Diploma of Information and Internet Security from City University of Hong Kong (2001).
Raymond Guyandi
Raymond joined OCP Asia in October 2022 as a Portfolio Analyst. Prior to OCP Asia, Raymond was with Houlihan Lokey in their Singapore office where he was a Financial Analyst in their Financial Restructuring business and was involved in the recapitalization of companies across Emerging Asia. Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, he was an Analyst in the Oil and Gas Investment Banking business at RBC Capital Markets in Houston, Texas.
Raymond holds a Master of Professional Accounting and Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin (2019).