Affirma Capital is an independent emerging market private equity firm owned and managed by the former senior leadership of Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE). The Founding Partners have worked together for over 15 years and currently manage ~US$3.8 billion in assets for leading global limited partners and sovereign wealth funds. Affirma Capital helps build and nurture national and regional champions by investing in companies backed by strong management teams and founders. Throughout our 22 year history of investing in emerging markets we have deployed over US$6 billion in ~100 companies across Asia, Africa and the Middle East and have returned over US$7 billion in cash proceeds to our investors at highly attractive rates of return. Our investment philosophy, focused on selective origination, disciplined deal structuring and intensive portfolio management, has helped us build a superior track record with realized returns at a significant premium to the MSCI Emerging markets index.