Dr. Kunalan Sivapuniam

Dr. Kunalan Sivapuniam has over three decades of Investment Banking, Wealth Management, Private Equity, Real Estate and Asset Management experience in Asia, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom.

He founded Tarian Capital in 2004, which evolved into Emirates Tarian Capital with partnership from UAE royalty. In just over two years, Tarian's asset management arm anchored 13 pre-IPO deals that listed on the SGX. He co-founded Hayden Properties, developing the iconic Ritz Carlton Residences and Hamilton@Scotts developments in Singapore, valued at over S$1.5 billion.

In 2010, he co-founded Sabana Investment Partners which completed the IPO of Sabana REIT, the first and only Sharia-compliant Islamic Industrial Property REIT in Singapore, in just 9 months from incorporation.