Lighthouse Canton appoints Jason Lai as Strategic Advisor to support its next phase of growth in Asia

Founder of Thirdrock Group and former Chairman of Schroders Wealth Management Asia will advise the Board and leadership team on the Group’s growth in the region

Singapore, 12 November 2026: Lighthouse Canton, the Singapore-headquartered global investment institution, today announced the appointment of Jason Lai as Strategic Advisor. Based in Singapore, he will advise the Board and senior leadership team on the Group's strategy and continued growth across Asia.

Jason brings more than 25 years of experience in financial services and has played an important role in shaping Asia's independent wealth management industry. He founded Thirdrock Group, a Singapore-based independent wealth manager acquired by Schroders in 2019. Following the acquisition, he went on to lead Schroders Wealth Management as Chief Executive Officer, Asia. He served as Chairman until June 2026.

Across his career, he has built and led businesses through growth, expansion, and integration. He continues to advise family offices, venture capital, and private equity firms on development in frontier technologies through various advisory and board positions.

In this role, he will work with the leadership team on entering new markets, strengthening client offerings and building the organisation as it continues to grow. Having founded an independent wealth management company and taken it through acquisition and integration into a global financial institution, Jason understands what it takes to build and scale an investment business in Asia.

His experience with technology and digital asset companies will support the institution as it applies emerging technologies, including AI, to investment insight and the client experience. Asia’s wealthy families are in the middle of a generational transfer of wealth. The next generation expects real-time visibility of their portfolios, access to private markets and digital assets, and advice grounded in data. Jason will share practical lessons from his technology roles, including how to evaluate new technologies and the risks families should understand before committing capital.

Asia sits at the centre of Lighthouse Canton’s growth plans. The organisation oversees more than US$6.4 billion in assets across Singapore, Dubai, India and London. In November 2025, it raised US$40 million in a funding round led by Peak XV Partners to strengthen its technology, expand the leadership team, broaden its product capabilities and enter into high-potential markets. It is targeting US$10 billion in assets by 2027, with priority Asian markets such as Greater China and Southeast Asia forming a key part of that plan.

Shilpi Chowdhary, Group CEO, Lighthouse Canton and Keenai Global, said, "Asia is central to our growth plans, and Jason brings a wealth of experience in building and growing businesses in the region. He understands the opportunities and challenges that come with scaling a business, having experienced them first-hand. As we expand into new markets, strengthen our offerings and look at how technology can help us better serve our clients, his perspective will be invaluable. I'm delighted to welcome him on board and look forward to working closely with him."

Jason Lai, Strategic Advisor, Lighthouse Canton, said, "Lighthouse Canton has built a strong platform across four markets, with entrepreneurial energy and institutional discipline. My focus will be to help the Board and leadership team sharpen priorities and build the right foundations for the next phase. I am excited to contribute to that work alongside Shilpi and the team."

About Lighthouse Canton

Lighthouse Canton is a global investment institution with wealth and asset management capabilities. The organisation employs experienced professionals across its offices in Singapore, Dubai, India, and London, and currently oversee over US$ 6.4 bn worth of assets under management. Lighthouse Canton creates value through innovative investment solutions for accredited private clients, institutional investors, and an ecosystem of founders and entrepreneurs globally.

Lighthouse Canton’s Asset Management business comprises strong internal product capabilities in hedge funds, private equity, traditional fundamental analysis, investing through multiple strategies in real estate private equity, private credit, venture capital, growth debt, public equities, and global macros.

Its Wealth Management business caters to accredited investors including corporates, ultra-high net worth individuals, families and family offices, founders, and entrepreneurs, to help with their personal and business investments, estates, and philanthropic needs, providing them with tailored investment advisory, portfolio management, treasury, business, and family office solutions.

Its advisory and capital solutions business serves families and family-owned enterprises and early to late-stage corporates with strategic and M&A advisory, restructuring and refinancing, and strategic capital solutions. The business provides tailored financing solutions across the capital structure with varying degrees of complexity along with bespoke lending solutions designed to address sophisticated capital needs.

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