Abrar Mir
| Abrar Mir | |
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 Abrar Mir | |
| Education | Master of Philosophy in International Law |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Managing Partner of Quadria Capital |
Abrar Mir is a Founder and Managing Partner of Quadria Capital, one of Asia’s largest healthcare private equity firms, with over US$300 million in capital raised.[1][2][3][4] He is British and mainly lives in Singapore.[5]
Early life and education
Mir grew up in London and attended the Heathland School in West London. He graduated from Queens’ College, University of Cambridge with a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in International Law.[6]
Career
Mir started his career at international law firm, CMS Cameron McKenna’s London office as a trainee solicitor in its corporate finance practice. In 1995, he joined Salomon Smith Barney (later Citigroup’s) London office in its healthcare investment banking division. In 2002, Mir joined as Managing Director in Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s healthcare investment banking division based in London, where he was responsible for building the bank’s European and Emerging Markets healthcare franchise.[7]
Mir later moved from London to Singapore to join global emerging markets focused financial institution, Religare Capital Markets, as Global Head of Healthcare Investment Banking. There, he was responsible for building the firm’s healthcare investment banking franchise across emerging markets, including South and Southeast Asia.[7]
Together with Dr. Amit Varma, Mir established Quadria Capital, one of Asia’s largest healthcare investment firms, with the recent closing of its third investment vehicle, a US$304 million healthcare private equity fund, in June 2015.[8]
Quadria Capital’s global investor base comprises sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, healthcare corporates, family offices and development finance institutions such as the International Finance Corporation (IFC).[9] In addition to the US$304 million raised in its recent fund, the U.S. development finance institution, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), has also approved commitment of up to US$100 million to Quadria Capital in June 2014.[4]
Abrar currently serves on the boards of Quadria Capital Investment Management, Medica Synergie, Soho Global Health, Orilus Investment Holdings and Medisia Investment Holdings[5][10]
Social impact
Mir is a strong advocate of bringing high quality healthcare at an affordable price to those that need it the most.[11][12] He regularly speaks at impact investing conferences and is leading a study on effective, scalable business models for low cost healthcare delivery and how these can be adapted across various developing countries.[13][14][15]
References
- ↑ Leading Change in Emerging Health Markets Private Healthcare Conference
- ↑ Private equity firm Quadria Capital to buy Milestone Religare VCCircle, March 21, 2013.
- ↑ Quadria Capital raises US$304m for Asia healthcare investments The Business Times, June 10, 2015.
- 1 2 OPIC commits up to US$100m in Quadria Capital’s healthcare fund VCCircle, June 13, 2015
- 1 2 Singapore MAS Fund Management Database Monetary Authority of Singapore
- ↑ Abrar Mir Bloomberg Business Background
- 1 2 Religare Capital names Abrar Mir as global head of healthcare investment banking The Economic Times, September 14, 2010
- ↑ Quadria Capital raises US$304m for maiden healthcare PE fund VCCircle, June 9, 2015
- ↑ IFC Project Database
- ↑ SEA Private Equity Conference speaker list
- ↑ Quadria Capital to invest USD 304 mn in Asian healthcare Daily Excelsior, June 11, 2015
- ↑ CNBC Asia Squawk Box interview session, June 9, 2015
- ↑ Impact Forum Asia speaker list
- ↑ The ups and downs of building a niche fund: Quadria’s pan-Asian healthcare raise Private Healthcare Investor, July 10, 2015
- ↑ Innovations on health financing speaker list
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