Anil Thadani
Director, Symphony International Holdings Limited;
Chairman, Symphony Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd
Anil is based in Singapore and was appointed to the Board of the Company on 16 February 2004. He is also the Chairman of the Investment Manager.
Anil has worked in the Asia-Pacific region since 1975 and has been involved in Asian private equity since 1981 when he cofounded one of the first private equity investment companies in Asia. In 1992 he founded Schroder Capital Partners, which became the Asian arm of the Schroder Ventures Group until 2004, when he formed the Symphony group of companies.
Before entering private equity in 1981, Anil began his career as a research engineer with Chevron Chemical Company in California. Anil subsequently worked for Bank of America in the United States, Japan, the Philippines and Hong Kong. He has served on the boards of several private and public companies in Asia, Europe and North America and continues to represent the Company on the boards of its portfolio companies. Anil was appointed non-executive Chairman of Alcazar Capital Limited, a private equity firm regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority in March 2018. He is also an Advisor to SMU’s Committee for Institutional Advancement.
Anil holds a BTech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.
Director, Symphony International Holdings Limited;
Chairman, Symphony Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd
Director, Symphony International Holdings Limited;
Chairman, Symphony Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd
Anil is based in Singapore and was appointed to the Board of the Company on 16 February 2004. He is also the Chairman of the Investment Manager.
Anil has worked in the Asia-Pacific region since 1975 and has been involved in Asian private equity since 1981 when he cofounded one of the first private equity investment companies in Asia. In 1992 he founded Schroder Capital Partners, which became the Asian arm of the Schroder Ventures Group until 2004, when he formed the Symphony group of companies.
Before entering private equity in 1981, Anil began his career as a research engineer with Chevron Chemical Company in California. Anil subsequently worked for Bank of America in the United States, Japan, the Philippines and Hong Kong. He has served on the boards of several private and public companies in Asia, Europe and North America and continues to represent the Company on the boards of its portfolio companies. Anil was appointed non-executive Chairman of Alcazar Capital Limited, a private equity firm regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority in March 2018. He is also an Advisor to SMU’s Committee for Institutional Advancement.
Anil holds a BTech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.