Gregory S. Leong

Biography

Mr. Gregory S. Leong is a Partner and Investment Director at Arocrest Company based in Hong Kong. He has nearly 20 years of corporate finance and strategy experience, primarily focused in private equity investments and management in Asia. Mr. Leong was most recently with the International Finance Corporation (IFC, private sector arm of the World Bank Group) in Singapore as Principal Investment Officer, where he was involved in assessing investment opportunities in agriculture, consumer/retail, infrastructure, energy, TMT, and healthcare industries. Prior to IFC, Mr. Leong was a Managing Director with Blackstone’s Private Equity Group in Hong Kong. At Blackstone, he sourced and executed private equity investments in Greater China and South East Asia as well as cross border/outbound opportunities. He also assisted with fundraising for global and RMB funds and managed relationships with Asian limited partner investors. Prior to Blackstone, he was with H&Q Asia Pacific where he structured private equity investments for growth capital, take private, and leveraged buyout opportunities, and JPMorgan, Hong Kong, in corporate Finance / M&A and Leveraged Finance. Mr. Leong holds an undergraduate business administration degree from George Washington University, a Master of International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.

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