JIM QUINN

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