Managing Partner

Boon Sim

Boon Sim, Founder and Managing Partner. Prior to founding Artius Capital Partners in 2017, Boon was President, Americas, Head of Markets Groups, and Head of Life Science and Credit Portfolios of Temasek International. Boon also served on Temasek’s Global Investment, Management, and Strategic Policy and Risk Committees. In his role as Head of Markets Group, he had oversight for Temasek’s international offices, investment professionals and operations globally in the Americas, Europe, Asia, MENA and Australasia.

Prior to joining Temasek in 2012, Boon was with Credit Suisse Group and its predecessor firm, The First Boston Corporation in New York. During his twenty-year career with Credit Suisse and First Boston, he held various leadership positions of increasing responsibility, last as Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and prior to that, as Head of US and Americas M&A Group and Co-Head of Technology Banking based in New York. He also served on the firm’s Global Operating Committee and Leadership Council.

Prior to joining The First Boston Corporation, Boon was a design engineer at Texas Instruments Inc., focusing on semiconductor design and process automation. He is currently a board member of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board.  He is also a director of Artius Acquisition Inc. (learn more).  Boon is also a member of the Yale University SOM Board of Advisors. Born and raised in Singapore, Boon served as an Officer of the Singapore Army and was a Sword of Honor recipient. Boon holds a Master of Science (SM Engineering) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Private & Public Management (MPPM) from Yale University and a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng First Class Honors) from the National University of Singapore.