Edouard Mercier – Ascender Capital

Edouard is the founder and CIO of Ascender Capital, which invests in a balanced portfolio of high quality businesses across Asia, including Japan. We focus exclusively on companies with a track record of profitability, capital efficiency and good corporate governance. Prior to founding Ascender in Hong Kong in 2012, Edouard had a successful career as an entrepreneur. He co-founded Sendit AB, a Swedish mobile telecommunications software company that was acquired by Microsoft in 1999 and then set up and managed Microsoft’s Mobile Internet Business in Asia until 2001. From 2002 to 2004, Edouard was the leading investor and CEO of Incomit AB, which was then acquired by BEA Systems (Oracle). From 2005, Edouard became an active financial investor across private and public markets. Edouard holds an MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and an MBA from INSEAD.