Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Frances Lim (Singapore) joined KKR in 2011 is a Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific Macro, and a member of the Global Macro, Balance Sheet and Risk team. She also leads portfolio management and asset allocation for KKR's Strategic Partnership Initiative (KSPI) and is a member of the Asia Risk and Operations team. She also serves as Co-Head of KKR's Asia Women's Network. Previously, Ms. Lim served as Head of Asia Pacific Macro and Asset Allocation based in Sydney, and Head of Portfolio Management and Asset Allocation for Strategic Partnerships in New York. Prior to joining KKR, she was a vice president at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and a member of the Global Macro and Asset Allocation team. Ms. Lim focused on macro trends and top-down global analysis and was a co-portfolio manager of the MSIF Absolute Return Currency Fund. She also worked as an equity strategist at Fortress Investment Group and Morgan Stanley Equity Research. Ms. Lim earned her M.B.A., Beta Gamma Sigma, from the Stern School of Business at NYU and was awarded the Egbert H. Van Delden Scholarship. Ms. Lim earned her B.A. from the University of East Anglia under a Malaysian Public Services Department (JPA) Scholarship. She also served on the board of Teach for All.