Our Executive Team

 Formerly a private equity fund manager in Hong Kong, Mr. Cashell has been living and working in Asia for eighteen years where he has held various positions within the investment banking industry including Chinaeconomist, financial analyst and corporate finance manager. He has acted as an advisor to numerous technology firms, investment funds and government agencies throughout the region. Prior to founding Asia Pacific Investment Partners he served as a private equity fund manager for JAFCO Investments Asia, one of the largest private equity groups in the Asia Pacific region with over US$ 3 billion under management. At JAFCO Mr Cashell was responsible for investments in the Greater China region where he focused on valuation arbitrage opportunities, internet technologies, construction materials and infrastructure opportunities. Mr. Cashell is also a founder of The Mongolian Institute for Sustainable Economic Development as well as Zero2IPO, a China based investment bank. He has been a contributor to publications including Business China, The China Financial Report, The Economist Intelligence Unit, the Mongolia Real Estate Guide and the Mongolian Financial Report. Mr. Cashell is a member of the Pan Asia Chapter of the Young President’s Organization. Mr Cashell received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware with a dual major in economics and political science and received his Masters degree in international business from The American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird). Mr. Cashell wrote his thesis on Emerging Market Portfolio Management with special emphasis on the emerging financial markets of the Peopleʼs Republic of China.

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 Ms. Bordukh, a native Mongolian, is the firm’s Chief Investment Officer in Mongolia. She overseas current investments in Mongolia including corporate acquisitions, land acquisitions, and property investments. Ms. Bordukh is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Mongolia Properties Construction Corporation and is responsible for the construction of the Companyʼs residential high-rise properties. She also serves on the board of Directors of Belgravia Mining, Asia Pacific Securities and Central Asian Cement. Ms. Bordukh is married to Mr. Cashell. She was formerly the representative of the Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Beijing where she gained tremendous experience assisting Mongolian companies in their business development efforts overseas. Ms. Bordukh received her Bachelorʼs degree from The National University of Mongolia in Foreign Service.

Simon Dewhurst joined APIP as an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer in April 2012. Over his career, Mr. Dewhurst has excelled across a number of world-class companies in accountancy, media, investment banking, gaming and hospitality. He has proven experience through a spectrum of finance roles; from M&A advisor at CLSA to EVP and CFO at Melco Crown Entertainment, a major US listed gaming and hospitality company.  Here he was directly responsible for raising in excess of US$5bn in six landmark transactions including; the largest ever NASDAQ IPO for an Asia company, a US1.75bn syndicated construction loan and the first ever senior subordinated bond by a Macau issuer. Most recently, Mr Dewhurst has been acting CEO of PCG Resources, an Asia based natural resources trading business listed on AIM. Mr Dewhurst qualified as an Associate with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales whilst at Arthur Andersen.

 Mr. Tindall is the Business Development Director for Asia Pacific Investment Partners and is accountable for all of the public relations, marketing and investor relations within the Group. Most recently Mr. Tindall co-founded a public relations company in London, where he developed corporate communication services for investment banks, private banks, wealth managers, family offices and asset managers. Prior to this he worked at a leading investor relations and financial public relations agency and managed the accounts of companies across a broad range of industries; from major airlines to newly established niche hedge funds. He was responsible for guiding a significant number of these clients through a selection of M&A transactions, including dual listings and IPOs.

Mr. Tindall began his career as a private banker/wealth manager for one of the major private banks in the City of London. He moved internally from this role into a business development and marketing manager position and developed a number of key initiatives at an important growth phase for the bank. Mr. Tindall received his bachelor degree in Economics and Finance from Exeter University and holds a number of FSA qualifications.

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 Joshua Haines, Chief Operating Officer

Josh joined APIP in early June 2012 as the groups Chief Operating Officer after spending the last three years in Afghanistan. As the Director of Construction and International Procurement for Technologists Inc, he completed over forty Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police projects totaling over $600 million for the US Army Corps of Engineering, including their largest single project in the country: The National Training Facility.

Prior to his work in Afghanistan, Josh served for six years as the Director of Construction Procurement for Comstock Homes Inc, and for twelve years as CEO of The Haines Companies. Over this period he was instrumental in the completion of numerous mixed-use projects across Washington DC, ranging from large-scale production facilities to high-end residential structures.

Josh attended the United States Military Academy and holds degrees in Business Management and Construction Management from the University of Maryland and Montgomery College. In addition he is a licensed Project Management Professional (PMP).

Mr Trzcinski began his career in Asia in 1989 and was one of the founding members of Star TV – Asia’s first satellite television network. Following this he went on to start a successful publishing company, where he produced trade magazines and annual directories for the broadcasting industry across Asia. Selling the publishing company in 1999, he returned to the United States where he founded a successful wine-tourism business, which was recently sold in 2011. With an appreciation of fine wine, Mr Trzcinski briefly consulted for the Hong Kong Wine Centre, and was successfully building a sales network for US wines in China before being recruited to join APIP.

 Mr. Dangaasuren has been with APIP for 4 years, during which time he has completed the firm’s management training program across several different business divisions including; property management, construction services, tourism administration, securities trading and cement production. He is currently the acting director of Central Asian Cement and responsible for all aspects of the firmʼs operations including human resources, sales, business development and fund raising. Mr. Dangaasuren obtained his bachelor degree in Humanities from Ulaanbaatar University in 2004. Mr. Dangaasuren took part of his studies in India, after which he returned to work in Ulaanbaatar.

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 Mr. Dashdorj is Director of Business Development and Community Relations for the firm. He actively works throughout the organization to assist in the growth of various businesses and work with the communities we engage with. He actively manages the firm’s Belgravia Mining and Topazstone mining exploration activities. Mr. Dashdorj worked in various management positions in the United States before returning home to Mongolia.