Shiraz Poonevala

Shiraz joined the G.P. Group in 2008 to establish and run its Single Family Office. The G.P. Group is a Thailand based conglomerate with diverse business activities covering several geographies (www.premjee.com). The Group has majority stakes in four publicly listed companies and has either founded or invested in many closely held private companies. Shiraz is the Head of the Family Office and is also directly responsible for monitoring and overseeing all existing and new investment activities. Shiraz has a total of over 25 years of investment and corporate banking experience in leading financial service organizations. In his last position, he was the Investment Banking Head of Seamico Securities Plc. and focused on Equity Capital Market and M&A transactions in Thailand. Prior to joining Seamico in 2005, Shiraz was a Director of Paragon Partners, a pre-eminent boutique investment bank. At Paragon, he focused mainly on cross border corporate finance transactions as well as restructuring Thai companies. He was with HSBC in Thailand during the peak of the Asian financial crisis with a focus on restructuring and remedying distressed debt within the corporate bank. Shiraz also worked with Credit Lyonnais in India as the Deputy Head of Corporate Banking at which time he was responsible for driving business development. He has vast experience in direct investment and private equity, structured finance, corporate banking, debt restructuring and providing corporate advisory services. His first job was with HSBC in India at which time he set up for the bank what was one of India’s first country-wide Cash Management system. Shiraz is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a Masters degree in Finance and Accounting. Shiraz is also a Director on the Board of several publicly listed and private companies. He is a regular speaker at many leading events on Investments, Finance and Family Offices.