65 Equity Partners

Victor Massiah

Victor Massiah is 65 Equity Partners’ Senior Adviser for Italy.

He is concurrently Board Member of the Accademia Teatro alla Scala and lecturer of Banking Management at Università Cattolica in Milan.

Victor has a longstanding experience in the Italian banking sector having served as CEO & General Manager of UBI Banca between 2007 and 2020. Prior to that he worked for Banca Lombarda as General Manager and Banca Intesa as CEO of Intesa E-Lab and Deputy General Manager. Victor started his career as a consultant at Arthur Andersen and McKinsey & Co.

Victor Massiah holds a degree in International Economics from La Sapienza University of Rome.

Katherine Lin

Katherine is an Analyst at 65 Equity Partners, based in Singapore.

She joined 65 Equity Partners from HSBC Hong Kong, where she was an Investment Banking Analyst in the Leveraged and Acquisition Finance team. There, she advised and worked with sponsor clients on Leveraged Buyout transactions across Asia Pacific.

Katherine holds a Master in Financial Analysis from London Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Corporate Finance) (Highest Distinction) from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Karan Saraf

Karan joined 65 Equity Partners from CPP Investments in Hong Kong, with sector focus in technology, services, manufacturing, consumer, financials, and healthcare. Having completed close to 25 private and public investments with a key focus on cross-border transactions, Karan has 20 years of financial services experience having started his career at Credit Suisse in New York before spending several years in the private equity team at KKR.

Karan led 65 Equity Partners’ investments in Tuya, TD Connex and AvePoint. He is also currently or has previously been engaged at the boards of TD Connex, Novo Tellus, Tower Capital Asia, Acko Insurance, Virtusa, Atria Convergence Technologies, Dalmia Cement, amongst others.

Karan holds a Bachelor of Science from Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Hui Shan Tan

Hui Shan is an Assistant Finance Manager at 65 Equity Partners, based in Singapore.

She joined 65 Equity Partners from Tenzing Group as Group Fund Accountant, responsible for the family office’s finance and operations. Hui Shan started her career as an Audit Associate and had worked for UPS and Fragrance Group Limited previously.

Hui Shan holds a Bachelor of Science from University of London.