Abrar Mir

Abrar Mir is a Founder and Managing Partner of Quadria Capital, a leading Asian healthcare private equity firm.[1][2][3] He is British and mainly lives in Singapore.[4]

Abrar Mir
Abrar Mir
EducationMaster of Philosophy in International Law
Alma materQueens' College, University of Cambridge
OccupationManaging partner of quadria capital

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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[6]

Together with Dr. Amit Varma, Mir established Quadria Capital, an Asian healthcare investment firm, with the recent closing of its first investment vehicle, a US$304 million healthcare private equity fund, in June 2015.[7]

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).[8] In addition to the US$304 million raised in its recent fund, the US development finance institution, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), has also approved commitment of up to US$100 million to Quadria Capital in June 2014.[9]

Abrar currently serves on the boards of Quadria Capital Investment Management, Medica Synergie, Soho Global Health, Orilus Investment Holdings and Medisia Investment Holdings[4][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
  1. "The Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association lauds PE and VC firms with successful deals and exits in the past year" (PDF). The Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. "Speaker: Dr. Amit Varma". Hitlab Innovators Summit.
  3. "To date, Quadria Capital has invested in 15 companies across six countries in the region, through three private equity vehicles, and has over US$1.5 billion of managed capital". SMEStreet.in. 5 July 2016.
  4. Singapore MAS Fund Management Database Archived 24 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Monetary Authority of Singapore
  5. Abrar Mir Bloomberg Business Background
  6. Religare Capital names Abrar Mir as global head of healthcare investment banking The Economic Times, 14 September 2010
  7. Quadria Capital raises US$304m for maiden healthcare PE fund VCCircle, 9 June 2015
  8. IFC Project Database
  9. "OPIC commits up to $100M in Quadria Capital's healthcare fund". VCCircle. 13 June 2015.
  10. SEA Private Equity Conference speaker list
  11. Quadria Capital to invest USD 304 mn in Asian healthcare Daily Excelsior, 11 June 2015
  12. CNBC Asia Squawk Box interview session, 9 June 2015
  13. "Impact Forum Asia speaker list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  14. The ups and downs of building a niche fund: Quadria’s pan-Asian healthcare raise Private Healthcare Investor, 10 July 2015
  15. Innovations on health financing speaker list
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