Bain & Co's Suvir Varma joins Campbell Lutyens as advisor

The move follows Varma transitioning to a senior advisor role with Bain, which enables him to take on other projects. Initially an investment banker, Varma spent six years as head of A.T. Kearney’s strategy practice in Southeast Asia before joining Bain in 2002. He has advised private equity and sovereign wealth funds on their investment strategies across Asia Pacific as well as serving on Bain’s investment committee for many years.

“Suvir brings a wealth of relevant experience to Campbell Lutyens at a time of rapid growth for our business in Asia Pacific,” Gordon Bajnai, chairman of the advisory board, in a statement. “The breadth of his relationships and understanding of the private markets landscape in the region will be of great value to Campbell Lutyens and our clients.”

Having opened a Hong Kong office in 2010, the firm expanded into Singapore last year and has enlarged its team in the region to 20, up from 12 as recently as 2017. Campbell Lutyens specializes in fund placement and secondary advisory services, and it is currently advising on $7.8 billion of transactions across private equity, infrastructure and private debt.

Other Asia-based members of the advisory board include Takeshi Kadota, who previously spent 20 years with Mitsubishi Corporation, and Kok-Peng Teh, formerly head of the special investments division at GIC Private.

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