John was a former investment banker at Macquarie Capital, where he worked on M&A, capital markets and principal investment transactions in the natural resources sector across the Asia Pacific region. His clients included private equity firms, regional family offices, mining companies and oil exploration and production companies. He then joined the oil origination team of major integrated oil and gas company, BP, where he worked on transactions involving reserve-based loans, refined product prepayments and oil refining joint ventures. After BP, John joined the Structured Trade Finance department of Trafigura where he was responsible for originating, structuring and negotiating commodity prepayments, deferred payment terms, and oil, coal and metals producer financing in the Asia Pacific region.

John has deal experience in assets and companies domiciled in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, and the Middle East.

John Lim (林子贤)

Managing Director

Email:  john.lim@caravel.sg

DID: +65 6808 6031

Mobile: +65 9336 5115

John specialises in the following:

• Structured commodity trade financing
• Complex financial modelling
• Sensitivity analysis
• Fiscal regime modelling for energy and mining projects
• Commercial review of legal documentation
• Evaluation of debt and equity proposals
• Coordinating due diligence in conjunction with specialist advisers
• Valuation analysis
• Managing data rooms and Q&A

Education and Qualifications

Chartered Valuer and Appraiser, Institute of Valuers and Appraisers, Singapore
Bachelor of Accountancy (Cum Laude), Singapore Management University