About Us

who are we?

We are a privately-owned, independent investment firm which started out with a keen interest in private equity and debt investments into opportunistic real estate projects located in emerging markets, such as Cambodia and Malaysia. We are a Registered Fund Management Company (RFMC) regulated by MAS and based in Singapore.

As the name suggests, Galilee refers to a northern territory in ancient Israel, where Jesus performed the miracle of walking on water in the Sea of Galilee and also multiplied the five loaves and two fishes to feed the multitudes in Capernaum, Upper Galilee. Jesus also conducted most of his ministry in Galilee, spreading the Gospel to the multitudes. Our Company is based upon the foundation of His goodness and grace, allowing us to deliver maximum long-term investment returns for our clients while helping the less fortunate around us.

Our Vision

To be a Principled Conduit to Create Wealth with a Higher Purpose

Our mission

Investing in and developing projects that encourages progress and growth through creating numerous job opportunities for local stakeholders.

Our Values

Integrity - We strive to conduct ourselves with integrity in all aspects of our business, which is key to building strong relationships and trust among business partners and investors.
Diligence - We conduct due diligence with compliance in mind to ensure our investments are on track, assuring our investors can entrust their hard-earned money to us to generate value with a great margin of safety.
Teamwork - We hire and maintain a diverse team of professionals with different backgrounds to complement each other. The performance of each fund depends on everyone working together to provide the best value for our investors.

Leadership

Galilee’s leadership, Mr Y C Koh, Mr Joseph Ong and Mr Lawrence Lim are well-networked individuals with a combined experience of more than 80 years operating across Asia, particularly in the Indo-China region. They are supported by a dedicated team of professionals with diverse experience and background to support the execution of our Company’s investment strategy.

Top management executive experience in American Express International, Inc in Asia where he led his team to devise strategies that resulted in strong business growth and developed many successful programs with compelling value propositions to enhance customer engagement and experience for customers in Asia.

Over 20 years of extensive senior management experience in MNCs and SMEs overseeing sales, operations and business development. He was part of the team that successfully listed a local SME on SGX.

Over 20 years of operational and business management experience. He was involved in his ex-company’s strategic mergers and acquisition (M&As) initiatives which led to multiple successful M&A deals in excess of US$150M.