KKR taps Temasek exec to head Asia-Pacific equity investment strategy

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In his newly created role as head of Growth Equity in Asia Pacific, Chawla will anchor KKR’s plan to invest across sectors such as technology, healthcare, fintech, consumer, and other growth categories, the investment giant said.

Chawla has worked for Temasek since 2010, and was most recently managing director, joint head of global telecom, media & technology, and joint-head of North America.

During this time, he sponsored 39 technology buyouts and growth investments including Airbnb, Xiaomi (OTC:XIACF), Doordash, Roblox, and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc’s Waymo, KKR said.

KKR also announced that its head of technology investing at KKR Asia, Lucian Schönefelder, would transition to the role of an advisor.