Macquarie Asset Management today announced it has appointed Gabriel Ho as managing director to support the business’s investment activities in Southeast Asia.
Ho joins the Australian asset manager with 17 years of investment experience, most recently working at a Southeast Asia-focused private equity fund, Dymon Asia Private Equity, where he was a partner and investment committee member, according to a statement by the firm.
Ho (pictured) led investments and divestments in healthcare, environmental and logistics infrastructure, education, and consumer deals, which included the corporate carve-outs of Asia Medical Enviro Services from Sembcorp Industries, RAM Spreaders (port equipment firm), and Asia Integrated Facility Solutions.
He previously worked at Baring Private Equity Asia (now EQT Private Capital Asia) and Morgan Stanley and is currently co-chair of the Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association’s ASEAN Committee.
Macquarie Asset Management is expanding its coverage of Southeast Asia as demand for infrastructure investment continues to grow rapidly, the statement noted. It has already invested in over 10 assets in Southeast Asia, including Bersama Digital Infrastructure in Indonesia, the Philippines’s Energy Development Corporation, petrochemical and oil storage terminals in Singapore, and is developing 1 gigawatt of solar photovoltaic projects in Malaysia through Blueleaf Energy.
Macquarie Asset Management is part of Macquarie Group, which has been operating in Southeast Asia for close to 30 years and opened its Singapore office in 1995. Macquarie Group currently employs over 1,500 people across offices in Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Singapore.
