Senior Management
Karel Vacek
Managing Director, CEO
Karel Vacek, PhD, is the co-founder and CEO of Fund Genesis, putting into practice his 26 years of senior finance experience in Asia. In his prior role, Karel was the CEO and Board Member of Leonteq Securities (Singapore) in 2013-2014. Karel concurrently served as the Head of Investments of EFG Asset Management (Hong Kong) in 2011-2012 and as the COO of Asia and Board Member of Leonteq Securities (Hong Kong) in 2010-2014. Prior to EFG and Leonteq, Karel was Director of Corporate Strategy in Mizuho Securities (Asia) Hong Kong in 2005-2010, where he expanded the securities company beyond Japanese equity brokerage into alternative asset management. Before Mizuho, Karel was the Head of Market Risk Asia in ING Barings in 1998-2005. Karel holds PhD from Osaka University, speaks Japanese and conversational German and Russian. Karel loves skiing, sailing, soccer and traveling.
Tomas Vacek
Managing Director, CIO
Tomas is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) for Fund Genesis, focusing on cross-border transactions in capital raising, acquisitions and private placements. Until 2015, Tomas was on the investment team at Silver Lake Partners, a $43 billion private equity fund specialized in technology investments. Prior to Silver Lake, Tomas worked at Goldman Sachs in Healthcare Investment Banking and as Equity Derivatives Trader on the Single Stock Volatility desk. Tomas earned his BA in Economics from Stanford University in 2010, where he was awarded Phi Beta Kappa and wrote his Honors Thesis under the direction of Prof. John Taylor discovering proof of LIBOR inaccuracy and deviations during the 2008 financial crisis. Tomas actively supports the community through leadership positions including the Outreach Committee at HKSI, ASSU Student Senator and Freshman Class President at Stanford University. In his free time, Tomas enjoys flying planes as a licensed FAA pilot, sailing boats, skiing and traveling.
