Scott Lewis

Managing Partner

Chief Investment Officer

joined Leopard Capital in 2008 and has 16 years experience in investment banking and private equity. He was a Director of Merrill Lynch’s Global Energy & Power investment banking group in London, Houston, and Calgary. Earlier he was a member of the investment teams of First Reserve Corp., an energy-focused private equity group and Sterling Group, a private equity firm investing in the US petrochemical, agribusiness, and manufacturing sectors. Scott received an MPA and a BBA (Accounting) with High Honors from the University of Texas at Austin.

Brian Erskine

Associate Partner

has over 15 years of operational, investment, and consulting experience in North America, Europe, and Asia. In Asia, his background covers the transportation, retail, manufacturing, aviation, education, and agriculture spaces. His overall experience encompasses risk management, asset management, strategy, business development, and corporate finance, spanning multiple industries and companies including Mercer Management Consulting, General Electric, Downtown Associates, PPG Industries, Masan Group, and Vietnam Investments Group. He earned an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an AB with honors from Harvard University, and holds the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Society of the UK and the Treasury Management Certificate from the Tepper School at Carnegie Mellon University. Brian is fluent in French and conversational in Vietnamese.

Vichet Tep

Investment Associate

joined Leopard Capital in 2008. He has gained six years of work experience promoting and facilitating Japanese investment, developing expertise in project research and development, trading, legal services, and translation.  Vichet earned a Master of Law at Nagoya University under a Japanese government scholarship, and a Bachelor of Law from Osaka University. He is fluent in Khmer, English, and Japanese.

Sim Hoy Chhoung

Investment Associate

spent 3 years as deputy chief accountant at Canadia Bank in Cambodia. Previously he taught business for 5 years in universities such as National University of Management and Pannasastra University of Cambodia. Mr. Chhoung earned an MBA from Brandeis University under a Fulbright Scholarship, and won the South East Asia Supplemental Grant Award for Outstanding Fulbright Grantees. He has a Master of Economics from the Royal Academy of Cambodia, and is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Mathew Hector

Investment Associate

holds a Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance and International Business from Queen's University, Ontario, where he received the Merrill Lynch Scholarship for Academic Excellence. While attending university he founded a successful student franchising company.

Vandy Leng

Investment Associate

Prior to joining Leopard Capital, Vandy completed a Master degree in Public Policy (specializing in Economic Policy) at University of Tokyo, and a Bachelor of Economics from Kobe University in Japan. Both of Vandy’s degrees were funded through a scholarship awarded by the Government of Japan. Having distinguished himself in statistics and econometrics, Vandy wrote several empirical research papers relating to currency substitution in Cambodia, economic growth in Southeast Asia, the International Monetary Fund’s responses to financial crises, and the monetary policy of the US Federal Reserve. Vandy is fluent in Khmer, English and Japanese.

Brian Langis

Investment Consultant

graduated from Trent University with a BA in Economics and Business Administration. He is currently completing his Chartered Business Valuator (CBV) designation. He was a financial advisor for the Mouvement Desjardins and Manulife Securities. He also spent a year working in South Korea. Brian speaks French and English and is from Canada.

Marina Pok

Associate Director - ESG

founded Ethical Step, a company that consults clients on environmental management best practices. She developed the "Green Days" environmental training and team-building program for HSBC in France. As a sustainability advisor, Marina conducted a carbon audit for the Meurice Palace that outlined recommendations to reduce CO2 emissions. She launched Ecran Vert, a TV program on France's TV5 Monde that promoted sustainable development education. As the Kingdom of Cambodia's Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1993-98, Marina sought greater involvement from civil society organizations in postwar Cambodia. She holds a master's degree in sustainable development from the University of Paris Dauphine. She is fluent in French, Khmer, English and Japanese.

Michael Pritchett

Chief Operations Officer

has worked in the manufacturing, biofuels, and real estate sectors in Southeast Asia, Netherlands, and USA. Prior to joining Leopard Capital, Michael was developing entrepreneurial business opportunities in rural Thailand and Laos. He holds Bachelor degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics from the University of Virginia. Michael is fluent in English and Spanish, and has a working knowledge of Thai and Lao.

Thou Sen Chann

Financial Controller - Operations

was previously Financial Controller for Royal Angkor Resorts, Sunway City, and Allson Angkor Paradise Hotels in Phnom Penh, and Siem Riep. He earlier served as a Caltex Station manager, and Account Officer with Medtecs Cambodia. Thou holds Bachelor degrees in accounting and management from Royal University of Law and Economics.

Chhuon Rothmony

Executive Assistant

prior to joining Leopard Capital Cambodia, Rothmony worked as an assistant to the accounting instructors at CamEd Business School. She is qualified as an ACCA Technician in the CAT program at CamEd Business School where she received the award for achieving the highest score in her class. Rothmony received a full scholarship sponsored by the Cambodian government to pursue her ACCA certification at CamEd Business School and is also pursuing a Bachelor Degree in Education (TEFL) at the Institute of Foreign Languages, Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP).

Dr. Benny Widyono

served as a United Nations diplomat in Cambodia, Thailand, Chile, and New York. He was a peacekeeper in Cambodia with UNTAC from 1992 to 1993, then returned to Cambodia to work for the UN Secretary-General's Representative from 1994-1997. His recently published book, Dancing in the Shadows: Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge, and the United Nations in Cambodia, was written while Dr. Widyono was a visiting scholar at Cornell University. Dr. Widyono holds a PhD in Economics and is currently professor of economics at the University of Connecticut.

Terence Mahony

Chairman

has over 40 years of professional experience in investment management and financial services. After 20 years in Institutional Sales at White Weld and Paine Webber in Geneva , Hong Kong, and New York (1970-1990), Mr. Mahony joined Baring International Investment Management in Boston to serve as Director and Chief Investment Officer of Latin America, where he launched the highly successful Baring Puma Latin America Fund. In 1993 he joined HSBC Asset Management as Chief Investment Officer for Global Emerging Markets and Member of the Global Asset Allocation Committee, and launched HSBC’s first Global Emerging Markets fund. From 1996 to 1999 Mr. Mahony served as Trust Company of the West’s Managing Director for Emerging Markets Equities, Chief Investment Officer of Global Emerging Markets, and President of TCW Asia Ltd., overseeing up to $2.2 billion of assets under management. He spent 6 months pro-tem in Ho Chi Minh City as CIO for the London listed IndoChina Capital Fund. Mr. Mahony currently serves as Chairman of Platinum Advisory International Inc., and is on the board of several UK London listed Investment Trusts. Mr. Mahony holds an MBA (INSEAD) and a BA (Oxford).

Douglas Clayton

has over 26 years experience in emerging markets investments. In 1999 he founded Abacus Equity Partners which arranged and participated in several of Thailand’s most successful private equity investments. As Chief Investment Officer of Knight Asia Group, he helped manage Knight Pacific Fund. He also served as a senior executive at prominent securities firms such as CLSA. Douglas holds an MM from Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University and a BA (History) from Cornell University.

Dr. Marc Faber

Chairman

is Executive Director of Marc Faber Limited, an investment advisor and fund manager for private clients.  He is the author of the widely read newsletter Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, which highlights unusual investment opportunities around the world, and the book Tomorrow's Gold - Asia's Age of Discovery, a Best-Seller in 2002.  Well-known for his contrarian investment approach, Dr. Faber is a popular speaker at investment conferences and in media panels, and serves as a director of a number of international investment funds.

Rolf Jud

Independent Director

has 23 years experience in private banking and portfolio management at several international institutions in Switzerland. Since 2002 he has been Managing Director of Jud & Partner Vermögensverwaltung AG (JPV) which offers investment advisory and asset management services to institutional clients and high net worth individuals. In addition, JPV develops financial structured products and theme investment certificates for institutional investors and professional asset managers, with a specialization in Emerging Markets and Commodities.

Douglas Clayton

Director

founded Leopard Capital in 2007, and has over 26 years experience in emerging markets investments. As a senior executive at CLSA Securities, Indosuez WI Carr Securities, and Kerry Securities, he managed investment teams in Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, New York City, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, and Chile. In 1999 Douglas founded Abacus Equity Partners which arranged and participated in several of Thailand’s most successful private equity investments. He serves as Technical Advisor to the Director-General of the Securities & Exchange Commission of Cambodia, and Trustee of the Center for Khmer Studies. Douglas holds an MM from Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University and a BA (History) from Cornell University.

Thomas Hugger

spent 27 years in private banking, where he specialized in managing portfolios of listed and unlisted equity investments. His most recent position was Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Management at LGT Bank, Hong Kong. Earlier he held investment positions at LGT Bank in Zurich and Bank Julius Baer in Zurich and Hong Kong. Mr. Hugger is a CFIA – (Federal) Certified Financial Analyst and Investment Adviser - in Switzerland, and a Certified EFFAS (European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies) Financial Analyst. He is fluent in English and German and has working knowledge of French.

Markus Winkler

was educated at the University of Zurich and the Business School of St. Gallen, from which he graduated. He is President of the Board of VGZ Vermoegensverwaltungs-Gesellschaft Zurich, an independent asset management company he founded in 1973. Prior to that he was trained at Bank Leu and UBS. He is a founding-member and former Vice President of the Swiss Association of Asset Managers and has been a member of its Ethics Committee for 20 years. He also was a founder and for more than 10 years a Board member of the Swiss Investors' Association. He serves on the Advisory and Supervisory Boards of a number of Dublin, Frankfurt, and London listed funds investing in Asian and Eastern European emerging markets.