Permira appoints co-heads of Asia
European private equity giant Permira has announced the promotion of Henry Chen (pictured) and Alex Emery to partners and co-heads of Asia. The duo will be in charge of the development of the firm across Asia Pacific, with particular focus on Greater China, Korea and Japan. Chen will continue to be based in the Hong Kong office. Emery will relocate to Hong Kong from Tokyo, the firm’s other Asian office.
Yuji Kato, who joined Permira in 2006, has taken over as head of the Tokyo office. Kato was worked for GE International, Morgan Stanley, OECD and the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications before joining the private equity firm.
Chen and Emery will report to Veronica Eng, who will remain Chairman of Asia.
A bit lower profile that its American competitors, Permira has deployed more than $2 billion of capital in Asia including Galaxy Entertainment, Arysta (2008) and Asia Broadcast Satellite.
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