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NICHOLAS C. ASHBY
Founder and CEO
Celadon Capital Group
Nicholas' career as an investment banker stretches back to 1981, taking in M&A,
privatizations, venture capital, equity research and find management. Prior to
establishing the Celadon Capital Group in 1996, he was attached to CrosbyGroup from 1992,
now a unit of Societe Generale, where he oversaw the development of its corporate finance
and securities operations in Malaysia, India, Korea and Philippines. Previously, he held
senior positions with the M&A arm of Nomura Group in London, during which time he was,
among other roles, part of the team that privatized that Czech tobacco industry through a
US$400 million sale tyo Philip Morris Inc. In his earlier career, he was attached to the
equity research operations of SG Walburg Securities in Tokyo as well as a leading London
stock broking firm, both firms now part of UBS Group.
Nicholas is a well known figure among the financial, internet and entrepreneur communities
in Malaysia, being one of the co-founders of the Kuala Lumpur chapter of the First Tuesday
Group. First Tuesday is an international networking group for internet entrepreneurs,
business angels, venture capitalists and service providers to the internet sector, with
80,000 members worldwide and operations in 75 cities and 50 countries.
Nicholas holds Masters Degrees in Chemical Engineering and Natural Sciences from Trinity
Hall, Cambridge. England. His interests include the cinema, photography and flying.
Resident in Kuala Lumpur, he is married with two children |
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