Formerly a private equity fund manager in Hong Kong, Mr. Cashell has been living and working in Asia for sixteen years where he has held various positions within the investment banking industry including China economist, financial analyst, and corporate finance manager.  He has acted as an advisor to numerous technology firms, investment funds and government agencies throughout the region.  Prior to founding Asia Pacific Investment Partners he served as a private equity fund manager for JAFCO Investments Asia, one of the largest private equity groups in the Asia Pacific region with over US$3 billion under management.  At JAFCO Mr. Cashell was responsible for investments in the Greater China region where he focused on valuation arbitrage opportunities, internet technologies, construction materials, and infrastructure opportunities.

Ms. Bordukh is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Mongolia Properties Construction Corporation, responsible for the construction of the firms residential high rise properties. She also serves on the board of Directors of Belgravia Mining, Altan San Securities, and Central Asian Cement.

She was formerly the representative of the Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Beijing where she gained tremendous experience assisting Mongolian firms in their business development efforts overseas. Ms. Bordukh received her bachelors degree from The National University of Mongolia in Foreign Service.

Wesley’s entire 15 years of professional experience has been devoted to Emerging Markets spanning a wide range of roles, products and geographies.  He spent over seven years on the trading side of the business as a market maker and proprietary trader of Credit Default Swaps and options on FX as well as fixed income products in both local and hard currency.

While initially based in New York and focused on Latin America, Wesley was relocated to London eleven years ago to assist in developing markets in the Former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and South Africa.  He then transitioned to the E.M. multi-product institutional sales team and covered some of the largest Hedge Funds and dedicated E.M. investors in Europe.  After driving the illiquid credit origination business from the sales side Wesley switched to an origination role in 2007 to focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and other “frontier” markets.  His product mandate was broadened to include private equity, illiquid credit, hybrid instruments, listed bonds, syndicated loans, ratings and investment banking advisory work.

Recent successes include:

-Signing a Public Private Partnership mandate with Lagos State Government, Nigeria, for a multibillion dollar infrastructure development project (road, bridge, light rail.)

-Raising over $325mm for Nigerian Banks including the first offshore financing to utilize the “NIFEX” fixing as a reference rate to overcome lack of currency convertability.

-A comprehensive $3.5bn funding solution for the Federal National Mortgage Bank of Nigeria to construct housing units for the Federal Police Force and other public sector employees.

-Closing the first offshore synthetic funding solution in Vietnamese Dong for The Vietnam Development Bank ($100mm equivalent.)