Jun Hong Heng is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Crescent Cove Advisors LP. He established the firm in 2016 in San Francisco and oversees all aspects of the firm’s activities.
Mr. Heng is a board member of ECARX, a smart mobility company listed on Nasdaq, and Luminar Technologies, a Palo Alto-based maker of autonomous vehicle sensors and software listed on Nasdaq. He is also a board member of Crescent Cove portfolio companies including Vatic Investments, care.ai and HaptX. Mr. Heng serves as a board observer with Poplar Homes, Forterra and Lambda Labs, a deep learning company.
In the years leading up to the founding of Crescent Cove, Mr. Heng worked as a Principal with Myriad Asset Management from 2011 until 2015, focusing on credit and equity, including special situations and risk arbitrage. Prior to that, he worked at Morgan Stanley and Bear, Stearns and Co. in investment banking roles.
Mr. Heng is an alumnus of the University of Michigan Business School, and resides today in San Francisco with his wife, son and daughter.
Todd is General Counsel at Crescent Cove and handles the firm’s legal and regulatory matters. Prior to joining Crescent Cove, Todd was Assistant General Counsel at Matthews International Capital Management, where he was primary counsel to the Matthews Asia Funds, a family of US mutual funds. Previously, Todd also served as Senior Counsel at SVB Financial Group, where he advised the investment adviser and broker-dealer subsidiaries. Todd received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School.
Yulia is Crescent Cove’s Finance Director and is responsible for finance, accounting, and operations. Previously, Yulia served as the Controller at Lateef Investment Management and Cypress Wealth Advisors, focusing on risk management, investment fund accounting and tax preparation. Yulia began her career at Rothstein Kass, serving as an auditor in the firm’s financial services practice. Yulia holds a Master’s in Business Administration in Accounting from California State University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems from California State University. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in California.
K.V. is a Managing Director at Crescent Cove and leads business development. Previously, K.V. was the head of Guggenheim Capital Management Asia, where he was responsible for all business activities in the region including setting the firm’s strategic direction in Asia and delivering alternative investment solutions to global institutional investors. K.V’s investment focus included management of the private equity and special situations portfolio, while leading the firm’s investment efforts into sovereign debt, infrastructure lending and distressed secondary private equity transactions. Previously, he was a partner at Thomas Weisel Partners, where he spearheaded the firm’s asset management and research operations in Asia and held a senior role in their domestic equity business. K.V. holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Northwestern University and a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from the University of Calgary.
Sunny Gill is the Talent and Culture lead at Crescent Cove Advisors. He provides leadership and programming to foster a collaborative and inclusive culture at Crescent Cove, a workplace with people who have diverse backgrounds, viewpoints, and experiences. Sunny works with senior leadership to help staff members continually develop in their roles, learn from the communities we serve and contribute in a high-performing environment. His primary focus is on talent acquisition, promotion of an inclusive organizational culture and operationalizing human capital. Sunny brings 10 years of Human Resources experience to Crescent Cove concentrating mainly in the financial services and technology industries. Prior to joining the team, he was the Senior HR Business Partner at ironSource and previously was the VP of Talent and HR at Top Tier Capital Partners in San Francisco. Sunny has an MBA from Medaille University in Buffalo, New York, and a B.A. in Business Administration- Human Resources Management from California State University, Chico.
