Jonathan Popper

Director at Certis

Mr Jonathan Popper joined the Board in August 2018.

He has been with Temasek since February 2013. He currently serves as Managing Director, Investment, with responsibility for investments in the business services sector. He previously served as Managing Director, Structuring & Execution, with responsibility for advising Temasek’s investment teams on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other transactions.

Prior to joining Temasek, Mr Popper spent over a decade with Morgan Stanley’s Mergers & Acquisitions department in New York and Singapore, where he served as Managing Director and Head of Southeast Asia M&A. Mr Popper’s experience at Morgan Stanley spanned a broad range of advisory assignments for clients across industries and countries. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr Popper was an investment professional at Bassini Playfair + Associates, a private equity firm focused on emerging markets, based in New York and São Paulo.

Mr Popper is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Palmer Scholar. He is a CFA charterholder.