Global investment giant BlackRock has appointed Yik Ley Chan to lead the firm’s private credit team in an expanded remit for Southeast Asia (SEA).
Chan (pictured) will be based in Singapore and will become responsible for the origination and execution of private credit investments. The appointment takes effect next month in July, according to a company media release. He will also join the firm's Asia Pacific (Apac) private credit leadership team.
Chan has 16 years’ experience in financial services, of which more than 13 years were spent on structuring private credit and financing solutions. He was most recently Asia head of private credit at Jefferies, where he oversaw markets in SEA including Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. Yik Ley previously played a senior structurer role for Credit Suisse, covering SEA and frontier markets.
BlackRock’s global private debt platform manages $85 billion across the asset class. The global private debt team has over 200 investment professionals in over 18 cities globally as of December 2023.
BlackRock’s Apac private credit platform currently invests in opportunities throughout Australasia, South Korea, Japan, Greater China, India, and SEA.
Celia Yan, head of Apac private credit, BlackRock, said in the release: “SEA is an exciting region offering promising opportunities for private credit, as corporates look for ways to finance transformation beyond traditional avenues. Yik Ley’s wealth of investment experience and local insights will be of immense value to our clients, while strengthening our investment capabilities throughout developed and emerging markets in Apac.”
Deborah Ho, country head of Singapore and head of SEA, BlackRock, added: “Client demand for private markets investments has increased dramatically – a trend we believe is here to stay.”
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