Senior Associate Partner, Finance and Investment
Email: jim@asian-assets.com
Jim Quinn has
25 years experience in financial services industry, fifteen of those in the
Arabian Gulf and Asia. Originally qualified as an engineer with a mechanical
engineering specialization, he changed sectors and has worked extensively in
both the financial retail and institutional sectors. This included running the
operations of a leading retail wealth manager, but latterly as SEO of a Gulf-regulated
hedge and Private equity (PE) company.
As Country Director
for Towry Law International (TLI) Jim Quinn was responsible for managing the wealth sales operation of TLI in
Dubai. He covered several GCC countries and had oversight of a multi-cultural
sales team. He moved on to
establish Lionhart Middle East as Senior Executive Officer in the Dubai International
Finance Centre (DIFC) where he managed regulatory issues, marketing and
sales of hedge and private equity funds, undertook new market entry and
investor relations. Lionhart had $800 million of assets under management and
specialized in global multi-strategy arbitrage.
Since moving
to Thailand where he now resides, Jim has been a Founding Partner
in the One-Asia Group and has now established Asian Assets which embraces
Private Equity funding, product placement and market entry. This combination
offers a unique perspective for clients seeking one or more of these skill
sets. Over many years of working in the financial world Jim has developed
strong relationships with PE funds and investment banks that trust him to
source projects for them. His previous experience with Lionhart in managing
natural resource funds links closely with FoodWorks interest in agribusiness
and his extensive experience of Asia matches our own long-standing interest in
the region. FW will work with Asian Assets to develop investments along the
food value chain.
Web site: www.asian-assets.com
Web site: www.asian-assets.com