Succession in private equity
Perhaps it is a sign of market maturity, or maybe it is a signal that the effects of the global financial crisis has passed, but the past few months have seen quite a few human resources changes within the Asian private equity industry. While changing jobs, even at the key man level, are usually common for Asian professionals, recent examples have highlighted issues related to firms’ succession plans, especially those located in more developed markets.
Take, for example, Ashish Dhawan's retirement from ChrysCapital and the private equity industry. Having spent more than a decade building ChrysCapital into India's biggest private equity firm, Dhawan will...
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