Private Credit in Asia Pacific
Kadita is a responsible fund management company that aims to consistently deliver superior risk-adjusted returns to investors
through secured private credit investments in investment-grade jurisdictions across Asia Pacific,
with a focus on Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
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
Logistics
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 17 years of private investment experience in Asia, with the last 12 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 over 12 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 over 12 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 has over 7 years of experience in corporate lending across Southeast and South Asia. Prior to joining Kadita, he worked as a corporate banker at Meezan Bank and in Asset and Wealth Management at PwC. Hashim is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a B.Sc. in Economics & Finance from the Lahore School of Economics and an MBA from the National University of Singapore.
Winston Ngan
Winston was the Head of Assurance for Financial Services Singapore and ASEAN of Ernst & Young, overseeing the growth and strategic priorities of the Financial Services Assurance practices across Singapore and ASEAN, covering banks, asset management firms, and insurance companies, with 1,300 audit professionals reporting to him. He was the engagement partner with overall responsibility for the audits 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, among others.
Winston led teams on a number of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-initiated projects involving CMS license holders. He was also a partner in E&Y Singapore’s internal audit and risk management practice, and led numerous projects across regulatory compliance, financial crime, internal audit, enterprise risk management, and fraud prevention and investigation. In addition, he served on several special-purpose committees under the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) in Singapore.
Following his retirement from E&Y in 2020 after 26 years in professional services, Winston joined the board, as well as the audit and risk committees of HSBC Bank (Singapore) Limited. He also serves on the board of United Overseas Insurance Limited, where he sits on the audit, risk, and remuneration committees. More recently, he joined the board of VICOM Limited and serves on its audit and risk committee.
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 York University in Canada.
Benoit Sansoucy
Benoit Sansoucy (Ben) serves as an independent director on a wide range of alternative investment funds including private equity and private credit funds, hedge funds, and segregated portfolio companies.
Ben has over 20 years’ experience in operational due diligence and fund governance. Prior to joining Maples Fiduciary, Ben 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, Ben was a Senior Manager of Operational Due Diligence at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) from 2012 until 2016. Ben 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.
Ben also worked with Fortis Prime Fund Solutions in the Cayman Islands, where he was responsible for the internal control function of the business.
Ben 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.
