PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Aaron has over 17 years of global experience across tax and deal advisory, investment banking, entrepreneurship, real estate development and investment management. He has been involved in a wide variety of mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity capital raisings internationally and has successfully founded and exited businesses in the real estate and consumer industries. Formerly with Barclays Capital, KPMG and PwC with roles in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, he has extensive experience in structuring and executing cross-border deals. As a senior member of the Corporate Finance team, Aaron previously led Real Estate M&A and firmwide real estate sector business development for KPMG in Singapore.

Highlights of his experience include:

• Led US$150m equity fundraising for leading global hospitality group for luxury resort project in Vietnam
• S$200m transaction structuring, securitisation and sale of high-end residential development for mainboard-listed property developers in Singapore
• Investment evaluation and transaction structuring for global top-tier private equity fund in connection with acquisition of S$400m ultra high-end luxury residential development in Singapore
• Debt restructuring plan and commercial turnaround strategy development for distressed commercial retail asset in Malaysia, including successful negotiation of joint venture arrangements
• Development of residential (landed) and commercial properties in Kuala Lumpur and Johor, Malaysia
• Structured and negotiated financing options for mass affordable housing projects in Johor
• Advised leading Australian investment manager on the proposed listing of a REIT on SGX
• Proposed securitization of real estate portfolio and sale of equity stake by leading Singapore Telco
• Placement & SGX-listing of US$325m Senior Secured Notes for a portfolio company of a global top-tier private equity fund
• Proposed refinancing of US$500m Senior Secured Bonds for a leading tire company in Indonesia
• Proposed IPO for established and privately-owned airline in Thailand
• Structuring of US$400m global inter-bank tax-efficient product for consortium of bulge bracket banks
• Buy-side due diligence for the acquisition of a major private bank in Singapore to identify and quantify potential tax liabilities
• Implemented global restructuring plan in Australia for NYSE-listed US conglomerate to reorganise worldwide subsidiaries