David leads Singapore’s impact investing private equity firm ABC Impact, a member of Temasek Trust Asset Management. He firmly believes that impact investing exemplifies how private capital can be a force for good.

He has over 25 years of experience in the investment industry. Prior to founding ABC Impact, David spent over 14 years in senior leadership roles with Singapore-headquartered global investment company Temasek. At Temasek, he stewarded the portfolio growth of three major investment clusters – Financial Services, Consumer, and Real Estate. His past appointments at Temasek include Head of Real Estate, Head of Japan & Korea, Joint Head of Consumer, and Joint Head of China.

David’s board directorships include NYSE-listed SEA Limited, Seatown Holdings, and Temasek Trust Asset Management among others. He is also a Board Director of Centre for Impact Investing and Practices and the Singapore Art Museum board.

David holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Hull (United Kingdom) and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand).

Shao Ming is the Chief Investment Officer of Singapore’s impact investing private equity firm ABC Impact, a member of Temasek Trust Asset Management. The firm strives to deliver compelling market rate risk-adjusted financial returns alongside evidence-based, positive and measurable impact to society and the environment. As Chief Investment Officer, Shao Ming leads a diverse team of impact-oriented professionals in building a sustainable and impactful portfolio focused on generating impact in Asia.

Shao Ming has over 20 years of institutional investing experience across a wide spectrum of investment styles and strategies. He began his career at Singapore-headquartered global investment company Temasek, where he worked on acquiring controlling and minority positions in Asian banks in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Subsequently, Shao Ming focused on special situations and structured credit opportunities covering China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia at Citadel Investment Group (Hong Kong). He has also led investing activities in Southeast Asia at Citi Private Equity, focusing on mid-market companies.

A Chartered Financial Analyst, Shao Ming holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) (1st Class Honours) and a Master of Engineering (Chemical) from the National University of Singapore.

Sugandhi is the Chief Impact Officer of Singapore’s impact investing private equity firm ABC Impact, a member of Temasek Trust Asset Management. The firm strives to deliver compelling market rate risk-adjusted financial returns alongside evidence-based, positive and measurable impact to society and the environment. As Chief Impact Officer, Sugandhi leads the firm’s approach towards assessing, measuring, consolidating and driving impact outcomes across its portfolio companies. She also invests for the firm in South and South East Asia.

Sugandhi has over 17 years of experience in private equity and emerging markets. Sugandhi previously directed investments at a billion-dollar impact fund focused on financial inclusion, where she led investments in the financial services sector in India and Indonesia. Prior to impact investing, she specialised in mid-market private equity markets at emerging markets investor Actis. She began her career with Singapore-headquartered global investment company Temasek.

An experienced board member, Sugandhi has held board directorships in companies operating across different countries, including India, Thailand, and Indonesia. She currently sits on the board of Cropin, a global artificial intelligence and data-led agri- tech organization based in India; HCAH India, a leading out-of-hospital care provider in India and the Enterprise Board of the Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Singapore Management University.

Sugandhi is an advocate of gender equality and actively commits time to mentor women entrepreneurs as well as women-led ventures. She believes that access to education, employment, and entrepreneurship is the key to elevating lives and livelihoods.

Sugandhi holds a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (India), and a Bachelor of Engineering from Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Baroda (India).