OUR TEAM
Founded by veteran investment bankers, our team is made up of individuals with skills and experiences across the various aspects of financial advisory services.
Paul Ow
Co-Founder, Chairman
Paul has over 40 years of experience in investment banking as the former Chairman of Macquarie Capital Securities Malaysia and as an Executive Director of the Macquarie Bank Group for 13 years. Paul was instrumental in developing Macquarie's Corporate Finance business in Asia. Paul led a number of ‘firsts’ for the bank in Asia – first Structured Warrants listed on the KLSE, first Macquarie Infrastructure Fund and first Macquarie Bank REIT listed on SGX. He was also advisor to Tenaga Nasional on the privatisation of its power plants. Not one to rest on his laurels, Paul co-founded Well-Cept Equity Partners Sdn Bhd, a boutique financial advisory house. His extensive experience drove the Well-Cept team into greater heights and subsequently led the formation of LCM. Paul holds a degree in Economics from University of Western Australia.
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Wisun Soon
Wisun has close to 20 years in the field of corporate advisory and investment banking. He started his career in Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank’s Corporate Finance Department, and thereafter he subsequently joined KAF Investment Bank as Head of Corporate Finance. During his tenure, he successfully helped transformed KAF Discount House into a fully licensed investment bank in 1996. In addition, he also specialised in equity fund raising for the purposes of M&A and IPOs. Together with Paul, Wisun was a co-founder of Well-Cept Equity Partners Sdn Bhd and led the formation of LCM. Wisun holds a degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales Australia.
Richard Lim
Executive Director
With over 15 years of experience in the investment banking field, Richard is experienced in the origination and execution of both debt and equity instruments. Richard commenced his career at KAF Investment Bank Berhad (“KAF Investment”) where he served for 8 years and left as an Associate Director in the Corporate Finance department. During his tenure, he was also attached to the Debt Capital Market and Investment Banking departments. Throughout his career, he has executed various fund raising and corporate exercises including issuance of Islamic private debt securities (sukuks), M&As, restructurings, fund raising and general corporate advisory services. Prior to joining KAF Investment, he oversaw business development for a construction and property development group. Richard graduated from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia in Finance and IT. Richard was a Director for Project Finance in Well-Cept Equity Partners Sdn Bhd for almost 4 years, and was responsible for overall deal structuring and setting top level strategic direction.
Ivanna Loh
Executive Director
Ivanna has over 10 years of experience in the accounting and finance space where she was exposed to audit and several subsegments in the corporate finance industry dealing with equity capital market in particular. Throughout Ivanna’s career, she has undertaken various corporate exercises involving public listed companies including issuances of new securities, mandatory take-over offer, initial public offerings (IPO), reverse take-over, independent equity valuation and etc. Ivanna has obtained Bachelor of Degree (Hons) in Applied Accounting and is a member of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”). Prior to joining LCM, Ivanna formerly oversaw and was responsible for client coverage, deal analysis and execution for debt and equity capital market related deals at Well-Cept Equity Partners Sdn Bhd.