Kelvin Yap

Bio

Kelvin Yap joined the direct investment group in HarbourVest's London-based subsidiary in 2006 to focus on European direct growth equity and buyout investments and became a senior associate in 2010. Kelvin has been involved in several of the Firm's direct investments, including Avio, Finjan, Minimax, MYOB, Schenck Process, Trainline, and TynTec. In 2009, Kelvin transferred to HarbourVest's Hong Kong-based subsidiary to focus on partnership, direct growth equity, and buyout investments in Asia Pacific. Kelvin joined HarbourVest from Deloitte in London, where he managed merger and acquisition (including demergers and IPOs) due diligence for both private and public transactions in the Corporate Finance Transactions Services division. Prior to that, Kelvin was a senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He received a BC with a double major in Accounting and Finance from Monash University in Australia in 2001. Kelvin is a Chartered Accountant with The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. In addition, he received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2007 from the CFA Institute. He speaks fluent Cantonese, Indonesian, and Malay.