Chavapas Ongmahutmongkol (Joe) is a founder of Quadriga Private Equity and Quadriga Advisory, a leading strategic and financial advisory firm advising Boards and C-Suite officers on various top-management issues.

He is one of Thailand’s leading management consultants and for the past 20+ years, has been advising a range of clients ranging from General Motors, Temasek (NOL/APL), PTT PLC, PTTGC, ThaiOil, Intouch, SCG, Thai Airways Catering, BAFS, Tipco, ThaiWah, Siam Commercial Bank, Krung Thai Bank, Osotspa, Singha, Dusit Thani, Airports of Thailand, BTS, etc. He is also a founder of PrimeStreet Advisory Group, PrimeStreet Consulting, and was a former consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Chavapas serves on various public e.g.B-52 Capital PCL, Jakpaisarn Estate PCL and private Boards and has been teaching Management Consulting at the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy at Chulalongkorn University for the past 10-years+.

He is also a founder of the Bangkok Venture Club, Thailand’s largest active angel investor group, and a founding member of the ASEAN Angels Alliance, a partnership of angel groups across 8 ASEAN countries. His personal investments have included start-ups in the fintech, marketplace, health & beauty sectors. He is also a co-founder of the HBS Alumni Angels, Thailand Chapter.

Chavapas has served as an advisor/mentor/judge for various business plan/case competitions including the 1st DTAC Accelerate, UnLtd Thailand by ChangeFusion, Banpu Champions for Change, Magnolia’s iCare creative social business contest, Climate Cool by British Council, Ashoka’s Youth Venture, Thailand Social Enterprise Office (TSEO), Chulalongkorn International Case Competition (CICC), Thammasat University Business Case Competition (TUBC), MAI Bangkok Businss Challenge @Sasin, Hong Kong PolyU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Global Student Challenge, Topica Founders Institute (Vietnam), Korea Venture Capital Association, Tigers@Mekong, etc.

He received his MBA from the Harvard Business School on a Fulbright Scholarship and currently serves as Vice-President of the Harvard Club of Thailand and Board Director of the Harvard Business School Association of Thailand.

Rick’s expertise is in identifying investment opportunities within ASEAN and frontier markets.

Rick was Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s (Singapore) Lead Portfolio Manager for Asia ex-Japan and Co-Lead for N-11 (frontier markets) equity funds.

Prior to that role, Rick served as Director of Research for ASEAN at Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research (Singapore). Prior to Goldman Sachs, Rick was J.P.Morgan (Thailand)’s Head of Research for Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines and the UBS (Hong Kong) Head of Equities & Head of Research for Indonesia and Philippines.

Rick has a Master of Science degree from the School of Engineering, Stanford University.

Hardy’s expertise is in industrial goods, automotive, and supply-chain logistics.

Hardy was a Senior Principal, Asian Industrial Goods Practice at the Boston Consulting Group and a Principal in A.T.Kearney’s Asian Automotive Practice.

Later, he served as a Member of the Global Account Management Leadership team in Asia Pacific for TNT Express Worldwide N.V. He then joined DKSH (Thailand) as the Executive Business Director for FMCG Logistics and Supply Chain. Hardy later formed TVS Logistics Siam as a management shareholder and served as Managing Director and was concurrently Vice President, South Asia of TVS Asianics Supply Chain Solutions based in Singapore.

Most recently, Hardy headed up the Commercial Operations of Thai Yarnyon Intersales, a multi-billion (revenue), leading luxury van converter based in Bangkok, Thailand. Hardy is a graduate of Columbia University and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining Quadriga, Supachai was a marketing professional with over 20 years of experience in FMCG, retail, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, biotechnology, and insurance.

His areas of expertise includes but are not limited to Marketing Strategy, Marketing Research, Brand Management, Sales Promotion Management, Trade Marketing, Network Marketing, Advertising, and Consumer Research.

Supachai was a senior consultant at AON Consulting. He was in charged of formulating and delivering employee benefits consulting to corporate customers in Thailand.

Supachai was a marketing executive at Kao Commercial (Thailand), where he double the market share of Feather Shampoo in 1994.

Supachai is also a holder of the Certified Professional Marketer from Asia Pacific Marketing Federation as well as a Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner from Asia Pacific Financial Services Association.

He is also a lifetime member at Marketing Association of Thailand (MAT). He has been awarded the Marketing Excellence Award for his outstanding achievement at Abbott Laboratories.

Choedpong’s expertise is in finance and strategy of technology-based businesses, innovation-led growth strategy, venture building, and perspectives from digital transformation. Choedpong was an analyst for McKinsey & Company, USA; a Program Manager at Microsoft in Redmond, WA, USA; a Product Director at Kaidee.com, Bangkok, Thailand; and a tech startup entrepreneur at Phuket Application Co. Ltd., Phuket, Thailand. Additionally, Choedpong runs venture building programs and innovation capability building programs for many well-known clients, including AP, PEA, ThaiCom, GECS, PTT GC, Gulf, etc.

At McKinsey, Choedpong developed expertise in operations optimization of large commercial banks, having crafted strategies that delivered hundreds of millions of dollars. At Microsoft, Choedpong drove new product bring-ups with hardware partners often with non-traditional revenue models, driving hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue growth from new product features. At Kaidee, Choedpong led the transformation of the product team from project-based to product-led, imbuing it with innovation practices, and led the design and creation of platform-wide revenue-generating features. At Phuket Application, Choedpong built a tourism platform startup from scratch, which matches independent travelers with local boat operators for extraordinary experiences.

Besides his professional responsibilities, Choedpong serves as Vice President and Treasurer of the Stanford Alumni Club of Thailand, created a course in Product Management at Thammasat University, occasionally teaches at KMITL, MFL, PSU, and other universities on the topics of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, negotiation; and runs an AI research project creating a new core technology for smart city solutions. Choedpong is a graduate of Stanford University.

Naoe brings to Quadriga a distinctive perspective on cross-border strategic collaboration and deal making between Japan and Thailand, leveraging his background in consulting and rich entrepreneurial experience. Naoe is currently Quadriga’s principal representative in Japan.

Having obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University in the United States, Naoe embarked on a professional journey as a design engineer in the automotive industry. In this capacity, he oversaw the integration of new technologies and designs while actively bridging the gap between the United States and Japan. After six years in the automotive sector, Naoe pursued further academic achievements by completing an MBA at the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration at Chulalongkorn University.

Naoe was the founder of 'Coin⇄ Back’, a service dedicated to donating excess foreign currency to charitable causes. Subsequently, he played a crucial role in establishing ServisHero, a Malaysian startup, serving as its Chief Operating Officer and leading talent acquisition efforts for its entry into the Thai market. Leveraging his experience in initiating and growing businesses, Naoe transitioned to the field of design consulting, assuming the role of a Business Designer at IDEO Tokyo.

Currently, he also functions as an innovation business consultant and acts as a bridge between Japan and Southeast Asia, Naoe provides invaluable support to businesses in venture building and business design across various sectors. His clientele ranges from conglomerates to SMEs in diverse industries such as agriculture, F&B, manufacturing, medical, and energy. Drawing from his personal experience in building a startup from scratch, Naoe specializes in "zero to one" venture building. This involves employing creative design to transform ideas into tangible products and services through a customer-centric approach. His expertise spans vision setting, team and culture building, operational excellence, problem-solving, product development, customer acquisition, and establishing strategic partnerships.

Additionally, Naoe serves as a JETRO Bangkok Business Advisor, aiding businesses in their overseas expansion efforts between Japan and Thailand. He is committed to fostering collaborative initiatives and contributing to the dynamic landscape of innovation. His ongoing efforts underscore a steadfast dedication to facilitating the growth and success of enterprises in Japan and Thailand, emphasizing collaboration, innovation, and the establishment of new ventures.

Pisakwalee has extensive experience managing and growing leading consumer brands. His career has seen him venture through Colgate Palmolive, Osotspa, DKSH.

He was former Managing Director of Malee Enterprise, instrumental in the company’s turnaround.

Pisakwalee was also former Managing Director at Seagram (Thailand) Co., Ltd. In the past couple of years, he has been an advisor and consultant to several leading corporate CEOs and companies.

Piyapong is an expert in digital marketing and retail development.

Piyapong has extensive experiences in the retail sector where he has held several top management positions including the Director in Digital Business Development and Strategy at T.C.Pharmaceutical Industries (Red Bull), the Associate Director in Business Development & Strategy at Siam Makro (Public), the Director of Business Development at Big C Supercenter (Public), and the Head of Retail Services at Ek-chai Distribution System (Tesco Lotus).

He also brings board experiences in the field of banking and credit where he was the First Vice President of business development at Kasikornbank, Vice President of marketing at AEON Thana Sinsap (Public), Vice President for Marketing for Citibank Ready Credit, and Senior Manager for Marketing and Client Management at GE Capital (Thailand).

He has also held head of business segment marketing/market development posts at TRUE (TA Orange) and Kodak. Piyapong holds an MBA from the USA.