O.D. KOBO

O.D. Kobo is a Hong Kong-based financier with more than two decades of experience in private markets across China, Africa, Russia and the Middle East. His work has focused on the origination, structuring and syndication of large-scale transactions across technology, digital infrastructure, energy and real assets.​

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​Mr. Kobo began his career in Hong Kong, co-founding SinoSheen Investments in 1997 and KGIM in 2002. Both firms focused on private and pre IPO investment opportunities in China’s technology and internet sectors.​

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​From 2003 to 2010, Mr. Kobo led technology and digital infrastructure investments in China on behalf of His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, who served as Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar as well as Chairman of the Qatar Investment Authority. His work during this period involved transactions and investment initiatives with major Chinese financial institutions, state owned enterprises and investment groups, including China Investment Corporation, CITIC, China Development Bank, China Telecom, Shenzhen Capital Group and Fortune Capital.

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In 2008, Mr. Kobo co-founded PIR Equities, a London based private investment firm focused on energy transactions across the China Africa and China Russia corridors, as well as technology investments in the Middle East. He remained with the firm until 2019.​

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From 2020 to 2023, Mr. Kobo worked as part of a consortium of partners on the structuring and syndication of data infrastructure projects in North Africa involving Chinese state owned enterprises.​

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Mr. Kobo was born and raised in Hong Kong, where he attended Hong Kong International School. He subsequently studied business at Regent's Business School London and finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science.