Adrian Li
Asia Leadership Council Member at Global Private Capital Association
Adrian Li
Asia Leadership Council Member at Global Private Capital Association
Jakarta, Jakarta
Overview
Work Experience
Asia Leadership Council Member
2023 - Current
The Global Private Capital Association, which was founded as the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) in 2004, is a non-profit, independent membership organization representing private capital investors who manage more than USD2t in assets across Asia, Latin America, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe and the Middle East. United by a long-term investment approach, our members are fund and institutional investors including private equity, growth equity, venture capital, private credit, real assets, pension plans and sovereign wealth funds, among others. Our mission is to connect and influence key market participants, promoting the sectors, strategies and deals that will drive investment returns and meet societal needs. A cornerstone of GPCA’s work is generating proprietary data, intelligence and deal cases to drive transparency and showcase innovation from across global markets. With headquarters in New York and Singapore, GPCA includes LAVCA, the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America, which operates as a parallel membership organization with its own dedicated team and board. GPCA is supported by a dedicated group of professionals, including its Board of Directors, Leadership Councils and Management Team.
Founder, Managing Partner
2020
AC Ventures is a an early-stage technology venture fund that focuses on investing in Indonesia’s digital disruptors. Our mission is to partner and support our entrepreneurs with more than capital, combining our operating experience, industry knowledge and deep local network to bring value. Our vision is to be a generational partner to entrepreneurs driving positive change to Indonesia and beyond through technology enabled ventures.
Managing Partner
2014
Convergence Ventures is an early stage technology venture fund focused on investing in Indonesia. Our partners are seasoned entrepreneurs with extensive operating experience in Internet businesses in emerging markets. We seek to back exceptional founders by leveraging our experience, network and resources to empower them to build long lasting and impactful businesses for Indonesia and the South East Asia region. Our Advisory Board and Limited Partners from the US, China and Indonesia have backed hundreds of technology businesses in the past decade with notable successes and bring deep local networks and resources in media and related industries to our founders.
Business Mentor
2014
Endeavor Indonesia was established in early 2012. Its mission is to support Indonesia’s long term sustainable development by selecting and supporting the kinds of entrepreneurs who could create jobs and economic returns, as well as serve as role models for Indonesia’s future generations.
Business Mentor
2013
The Founder Institute is the world’s largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, helping aspiring founders across the globe build enduring technology companies. Business Mentor for Jakarta based technology start ups for class of 2013/14
Managing Director
2011 - 2013
Rocket Internet is a leading global incubator and has already built some of the world's most admired and largest internet businesses (incl. Zalando in Europe, Dafiti in Brazil, Groupon International). Rocket Internet GmbH invests in the development of innovative companies in the internet industry. The Rocket Internet team provides advice and capital to companies. Some of our best-known internet projects are eDarling, Groupon (formerly CityDeal), Wimdu, TopTarif and Zalando.
President, Beijing Chapter
2010 - 2011
The Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) - for entrepreneurs only is a dynamic, global network of more than 7,500 business owners in 38 countries. Founded in 1987 by a group of young entrepreneurs, EO is the catalyst that enables entrepreneurs to learn and grow from each other, leading to greater business success and an enriched personal life. Membership in one of EO’s 118 chapters is by invitation only; the average member is 40 years old with annual revenues of US$18.4 million.
Vice President, General Manager
2010 - 2011
Managed sales and operations for Eleutian China
Co-Founder, CEO
2006 - 2010
Idapted is the largest provider of live on-demand one-on-one language instruction. We scale one-on-one training. We understand that the world is flat. That's why we built a company that re-thinks online learning. We make it live, on-demand and globally scalable while delivering the best learning experience ever. Our properietery e-learning technology along with our full-stack knowledge in content creation, instructor recruitment, training and management allows us to deliver a new generation of online learning products.
Leadership Development Program Associate
2005 - 2005
LDP Summer Intern, China Beverages Business Unit (BU) • Reported directly to Head of Non Carbonated Beverages (“NCB”) Unit in China Beverages Business Unit (“BU”) and VP HR for China BU • Prepared China BU NCB strategy, worked closely with Senior Management and consultants to design 2005-2010 Strategic Plan covering product, distribution and organizational strategy • Managed project launch timelines and worked with functional heads to align resources required for meeting 2006 launch deadlines. Managed kick off for introduction of two new NCB products in China • Designed on-boarding pack for new hires and assisted in HR strategy for sourcing local talent
Education
MBA
2004 - 2006
EMBA
2018 - 2021
BA/MA
1998 - 2001
Fellowship
2016 - 2018
12 A/A* GCSEs, 4 A’s A Levels
1992 - 1997
Investments
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