Private Credit in Southeast Asia
Kadita aims to build a responsible fund management company that consistently
achieves superior risk-adjusted returns to investors by investing in secured
private credit opportunities in Southeast Asia.
Who We Are
We are passionate risk managers and fund operators experienced in APAC business environments with a proven track record originating, structuring, and administering secured loans to corporates shaping the region’s mostly USD-denominated strategic growth sectors.
Real assets and infrastructure
Energy security and transition
Resource management
Logistic
What We Offer
Access to Southeast Asia’s bright fundamentals
Diversification for private credit portfolios
Risk-based operational infrastructure
Transparency and
alignment
Personalized reporting and client services
Access to Southeast Asia’s bright fundamentals
Diversification for private credit
portfolios
Risk-based
operational
infrastructure
Transparency
and
alignment
Personalized
reporting and client
services
Team
Xavier de Nazelle
Xavier grew up in Singapore and has over 15 years of private investment experience in Asia, with the last 10 dedicated to private credit in the region. Xavier graduated from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management with a Bachelor of Science in Management and three majors in Finance, Economics, and Corporate Reporting Analysis. Prior to co-founding Kadita, Xavier worked at EFA Group and Aloe Private Equity.
Matthieu Simoncini
Matthieu relocated to Singapore 10 years ago and has spent the last decade in various private credit roles across investments, operations, and risk management. Matthieu graduated from KEDGE Business School with a Master of Science in Management and a major in Finance. Prior to co-founding Kadita, Matthieu worked at EFA Group and SBM Offshore.
Hailey Chan Lai Hung
Hailey, originally from Malaysia, is a Singapore citizen with 10 years of experience in audit, fund management, and fund administration. Hailey is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) Accounting from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. Prior to joining Kadita, Hailey started off her career at Big 4 accounting firms where she assisted in the financial statement audits of fund management companies and funds. Hailey later joined Värde Partners Asia as part of the operations team. She also formed part of the Private Market Group for SS&C Fund Services (Asia) where she managed fund accounting and reporting processes for a portfolio of clients focusing on private equity and private debt.
Hashim Fazal Hasnain
Hashim relocated to Singapore from Pakistan 3 years ago to pursue an MBA at the National University of Singapore under the High Achiever Scholarship program. Prior to his MBA, Hashim spent 5 years with Meezan Bank as a Credit Analyst, Relationship Associate, and Assistant Manager, focused on SME & Commercial Credit. Prior to joining Kadita, Hashim worked at PwC in Asset & Wealth Management. Hashim is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and graduated from the Lahore School of Economics with a Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Management and a double major in Economics and Finance.
Winston Ngan
Winston Ngan was the Head of Assurance for Financial Services Singapore and ASEAN of Ernst & Young overseeing the growth and strategic priorities of the FS Assurance practices in Singapore and ASEAN covering banks, asset management and insurance companies, with 1,300 audit professional reporting to him. He was the engagement partner having overall responsibility for the audit of United Overseas Bank and UOB Asset Management, UBS Singapore and UBS Asset Management, Maybank Singapore, Nomura Singapore and Nomura Asset Management, Mizuho Bank Singapore Branch, National Australian Bank, the Affinity Group, SIA Engineering, and Singapore Airport Terminal Services, amongst others.
Winston led teams on a number of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-initiated projects on CMS license holders, was a partner in the internal audit and risk management practice in E&Y Singapore, and led many regulatory compliance, financial crime, internal audit, enterprise risk management, fraud prevention and investigation projects. He was also a member of a number of special-purpose committees under the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority in Singapore.
Following his retirement from E&Y in 2020 after 26 years of professional services, Winston joined the board and the audit and risk committees of HSBC Bank (Singapore) Limited, the remuneration committee of PEC Ltd., as well as the board and audit committee of United Overseas Insurance Limited.
Winston is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Canada), a Chartered Accountant (Singapore), a Certified Public Accountant (Australia), and holds a Master of Business Administration, majoring in Accounting from the York University in Canada.
Benoit Sansoucy
Benoit Sansoucy serves as an independent director on a wide range of alternative investment funds including private equity funds, hedge funds and segregated portfolio companies.
Benoit has over 20 years’ experience in operational due diligence and fund governance. Prior to joining Maples Fiduciary, Benoit was responsible for the development, implementation and execution of the University of Toronto Asset Management (UTAM’s) operational due diligence program in its oversight of all external investment managers and service providers.
Previously, Benoit was a Senior Manager of Operational Due Diligence at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) from 2012 until 2016. Benoit identified and mitigated operational risks related to OTPP’s global external manager investment program and consulted on operational best practices for start-up managers seeking to secure institutional capital.
Prior to this, he was a Senior Manager at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) from 2007 until 2011 where he performed multiple operational roles including investment related compliance functions, fund level management reporting, public equity accounting and the establishment of an operational due diligence function for the external manager investment program.
Benoit also worked with Fortis Prime Fund Solutions in the Cayman Islands, where he was responsible for the internal control function of the business.
Benoit holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Mount Saint Vincent University. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant and member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.
