Permira yesterday announced that Henry Chen and Alex Emery have been promoted to the rank of partner at the European private equity firm and will co-head Permira’s business in Asia out of Hong Kong.
Chen joined Permira in 2008 as head of its Hong Kong office. He was earlier at Goldman Sachs where he co-headed the general industrials group for Asia ex-Japan. Chen was recently involved in Permira’s $200 million buyout of Asia Broadcast Satellite.
Emery joined Permira in 2002 in London from McKinsey. He moved to Japan to help Guido Paolo Gamucci establish Permira's first office in the region in 2005. When Gamucci moved to Hong Kong in 2008 to...