The Team

Mr. Pang is the founder and Managing Partner of Pinetree Capital Partners. Before setting up Pinetree Capital Partners, Mr Pang co-founded Westcomb Financial Group Ltd (“Westcomb”) in 2000, the first boutique investment bank in Singapore. He helped transform Westcomb into the leading IPO manager in Singapore and helped it list on the SGX in 2004. In 2004, Mr Pang founded Raintree Ventures Pte Ltd and from there he built a successful business in late-stage private equity fund management. Under leadership of Mr. Pang, the funds managed by and associated with Raintree Ventures invested in more than 50 deals and delivered fund IRRs of between 25% to 36%.

With a background in investment banking that started while he was at DBS Bank’s Investment Banking Department, Mr Pang has a deep understanding of the capital markets and is well-versed in corporate finance transactions.  He has managed numerous IPOs, corporate advisory deals, M&A and buyout deals.  In 2003, while at Westcomb, Mr Pang was one of the pioneers that brought Chinese enterprises to list on the SGX by way of “Red-Chip Restructuring”, thereby paving the way for the many SGX listings of Chinese companies that followed. It was during his investment banking career at Westcomb that he saw the unique value of marrying investment banking skill-set with private equity fund management expertise and the potential of such a combination for value-creation in late-stage opportunities.

With his deal flow network, and through his deal-sourcing, deal-picking and deal structuring skills, Mr. Pang was responsible for the superior performance of the Funds under his management at Raintree. Due to his track record, Raintree was appointed by UOBAM, Singapore’s largest unit trust manager, to help manage the latter’s pre-IPO fund.
Mr. Pang holds a B.S. Degree (Highest Honours) in Astro & Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under a scholarship from a Singapore Government-linked company and subsequently, under a double scholarship from the university, he obtained a M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering.  He was the winner of the prestigious Sword-of-Honour as well as the Letter of Commendation, and held the rank of Major while in military service.