Board of Directors

  • Christina Tan
    Non-Executive Director
    CEO of Fund Management at Keppel Corporation,
    CIO of Keppel Corporation

    Christina is the CEO of Keppel Capital, Chairman of Keppel DC REIT Management and Deputy Chairman of Alpha Investment Partners Limited. She has more than 20 years of experience and expertise in investing and fund management across the U.S., Europe and Asia.

    Prior to Keppel Capital, she served as the Chief Financial Officer of GRA (Singapore) Private Limited, the Asian real estate fund management arm of Prudential Insurance Company of America. Prior to that, she was the Treasury Manager with Chartered Industries of Singapore, managing the group’s cash positions and investments. She started her career with Ernst & Young before joining the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.

    Christina holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from the National University of Singapore and is a CFA® charterholder.

  • Bridget Lee
    Non-Executive Director and
    CEO, Keppel Capital Alternative Asset

    Bridget is the CEO and executive director of Keppel Capital Alternative Asset (KCAA). She is concurrently the COO of Keppel Capital (KC). She has more than 20 years of experience in investment, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions with various financial institutions in Asia and the United States.

    Prior to assuming her dual roles as CEO of KCAA and COO of KC, she helped to spearhead the efforts in the investment of new platforms and initiatives in Keppel Capital. Prior to Keppel Capital, Bridget was with Mapletree Investments as Senior Vice President of investment overseeing the China market. She was also with other global financial organisations including Temasek Holdings.

    Bridget has a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University and a Master of Management from the JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

  • Stéphane Delatte
    Executive Director
    CEO and CIO, Pierfront Capital

    Stephane is the CEO and CIO of Pierfront Capital and provides the strategic leadership and vision for the company. He has been with Pierfront since its inception in 2016 and He is directly responsible for the day to day running of the firm. He has over 25 years of experience in private credit, private equity and project financing, including over 20 years of experience in Asia.

    Prior to Pierfront Capital, he served as Managing Director in Asia for CLSA Capital Partners for 12 years where he was in charge of Private Credit investments. He also previously served as Vice President for Dresdner Kleinwort Capital, Vice-President of the Asian Mezzanine Infrastructure Fund, and prior to that as Vice-President in the project finance division of Credit Lyonnais.

    Stéphane holds a BSc in Corporate Finance from Kedge Business School and a Master’s in Financial Engineering from Lyon Business School.


Leadership Team

  • Stéphane Delatte
    Chief Executive Officer and
    Chief Investment Officer

    Stephane is the CEO and CIO of Pierfront Capital and provides the strategic leadership and vision for the company. He has been with Pierfront since its inception in 2016 and is directly responsible for the day to day running of the firm. He has over 25 years of experience in private credit, private equity and project financing, including over 20 years of experience in Asia.

    Prior to Pierfront Capital, he served as Managing Director in Asia for CLSA Capital Partners for 12 years where he was in charge of Private Credit investments. He also previously served as Vice President for Dresdner Kleinwort Capital, Vice-President of the Asian Mezzanine Infrastructure Fund, and prior to that as Vice-President in the project finance division of Credit Lyonnais.

    Stéphane holds a BSc in Corporate Finance from Kedge Business School and a Master’s in Financial Engineering from Lyon Business School.

  • Wayne Palmer
    Chief Operating Officer and Head of Strategy

    Wayne is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the effective management of operational processes and infrastructure required to support Pierfront’s growth, including operations, risk, legal and compliance, regulatory, and planning.

    Wayne has over 20 years’ experience in law and asset management platform operations and strategy, including 16 years in Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Pierfront in 2020, Wayne spent ten years at CLSA’s asset management division, initially as Head of Legal and then as Chief Operating Officer where he oversaw all operational aspects of CLSA’s private equity, real estate, credit, real asset and hedge fund businesses. He was also previously a senior lawyer at Clifford Chance advising a range of global and regional private equity houses and banks on their transactional activities.

    Wayne holds a LL.B (Hons) in Law and a post-graduate diploma in legal practice granted by The College of Law, York. He is currently a board member of the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and has also served as chair of its Advocacy sub-committee.

  • Anjali Patel
    Head of Investor Relations

    Anjali joined Pierfront Capital in 2022 and is actively involved in fund raising, deal origination, structuring and monitoring of transactions for the firm. She has nearly 20 years of experience in special situations, private equity, and private debt financing (such as mezzanine, structured credit and distressed debt) including almost 15 years of experience in Asia.

    Prior to Pierfront Capital, Anjali served as a Director at Credit Suisse as part of the APAC Financing Group, where she was responsible for portfolio financing as well as covered illiquid credit loan sales for institutional investors and fund clients. She was previously an Associate Director at Macquarie Capital, where she managed a distressed Indonesian credit portfolio.  Anjali started her career in New York at JPMorgan, where she spent nearly fifteen years originating, executing and managing principal investments and most recently served as an Executive Director in the Global Special Opportunities Group in Hong Kong, where she was responsible for asset management of portfolio investments across the APAC region.

    Anjali holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (concentration in Finance) from Carnegie Mellon University. Anjali is also a CFA® charterholder.

  • Wei Teck Chua
    Managing Director

    Wei Teck joined Pierfront Capital in 2016 and is responsible for the origination, structuring, negotiating and monitoring of transactions at the firm. He has over 15 years of experience in debt financing, with a focus in originating high-yield, mezzanine, structured and private credit transactions.

    Prior to Pierfront Capital, he served as an Executive Director in Swissco Holdings, an offshore marine company listed on the SGX. He also worked in the structured finance teams of major financial institutions in Hong Kong, London and Singapore, including Standard Chartered, Rothschild & Co., and UBS.

    Wei Teck holds a Master’s in Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

  • Akihito (Aki) Watanabe
    Managing Director

    Aki joined Pierfront Capital in 2019 and is actively involved in the origination, structuring, negotiating and monitoring of transactions at the firm, with a core focus on real estate. He has over 15 years of experience in the Asia-Pacific real estate sector, including deal origination, investments and financings throughout the capital structure.

    Prior to Pierfront Capital, he served for ten years as a Managing Director focusing on Asia real estate investments for Varde Partners, a global credit investment fund. He was previously with Lehman Brothers in the Global Real Estate Group focusing on the provision of corporate advisory services to real estate related companies and real estate secured debt investments.

    Aki holds a Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia University SIPA with a concentration in International Finance and Business, and a BSc. In Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

  • Saul Raccah
    Managing Director

    Saul joined Pierfront Capital in early 2022 and is actively involved in the origination, structuring, negotiating and monitoring of transactions at the firm. He has over 25 years of experience in structured credit, debt and equity capital markets and M&A, including almost 20 years of experience in Asia.

    Prior to Pierfront Capital, Saul served an as a Managing Director at Tor Investment Management, focused on originating and executing Asia private credit, high-yield and special situations transactions across infrastructure and related services, industrials, resources, and consumer sectors. He was previously Managing Director, Head of Asia-Pacific Energy at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong, where he led all energy and energy-related infrastructure initiatives. He started his career in Investment Banking with Morgan Stanley and HSBC in London.

    Saul holds a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages from Oxford University.

  • Brandon Aw
    Senior Vice President

    Brandon joined Pierfront Capital in 2019 and is responsible for the origination, structuring, negotiating and monitoring of transactions at the firm. He has more than eight years of structured and project finance experience in the Asia-Pacific infrastructure, energy and natural resource sectors.

    Prior to Pierfront Capital, he worked in the structured finance, project finance and investment banking teams of major financial institutions, including HSBC, Mizuho, Royal Bank of Canada and Rothschild & Co.

    Brandon holds a Bachelor of Accountancy and a Bachelor of Business Management (Finance Major) from the Singapore Management University.

  • Lynette Cheah
    Analyst

    Lynette joined Pierfront Capital in 2022 and is supporting the team in the origination, structuring, negotiating and monitoring of transactions at the firm.

    She has over 4 years of experience including transaction services with focus on financial and vendor due diligence across various sectors. She previously worked in Deloitte’s M&A transaction services team in Singapore.Lynette holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the Singapore Management University.

  • Andrea Choo
    Associate Director (Finance)

    Andrea is primarily responsible for the accounting, taxation, financial statements and other finance related matters of the firm. She has over 10 years of commercial experience in finance functions, including financial and management reporting, cash planning, tax and internal control processes.

    Prior to joining Pierfront and Clifford Capital, she has held finance roles at Clearwater Capital Partners, L Capital Asia and KPMG, where she covered a range of sectors, from focused credit and special situations to those catering to the large and fast-growing aspirational consumer segment.

    Andrea holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the Singapore Management University. She is a Chartered Accountant and a CAIA Charterholder.