Name Abrar Mir | ||
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Education Master of Philosophy in International Law Alma mater Queens' College, University of Cambridge Occupation Managing Partner of Quadria Capital | ||
Quadria's Abrar Mir on "the future of and opportunities within healthcare in Asia" - Part-2
Abrar Mir is a Founder and Managing Partner of Quadria Capital, a leading Asian healthcare private equity firm. He is British and mainly lives in Singapore.
Contents
- Quadrias Abrar Mir on the future of and opportunities within healthcare in Asia Part 2
- Early life and education
- Career
- Social impact
- References
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.
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.
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.
Together with Dr. Amit Varma, Mir established Quadria Capital, one of Asia's largest healthcare investment firms, with the recent closing of its third investment vehicle, a US$304 million healthcare private equity fund, in June 2015.
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). 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.
Abrar currently serves on the boards of Quadria Capital Investment Management, Medica Synergie, Soho Global Health, Orilus Investment Holdings and Medisia Investment Holdings
Social impact
Mir is a strong advocate of bringing high quality healthcare at an affordable price to those that need it the most. 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.