Mei-Ling Chen
Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan & concurrently Minister
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, R.O.C. (TAIWAN)
Education
•LL.B., National Chengchi University
•LL.M., National Taiwan University
•LL.D., National Chengchi University
Professional Experiences
•Director General, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
•Chairperson of Legal Affairs Committee & concurrently Chairperson of Petitions and Appeals Committee, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
•Deputy Secretary-General, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
•Secretary-General, Tainan City Government, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
•Secretary-General, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Academic Experience
•Associate Professor, Department of Law, Chinese Culture University
Current Position and Organization
•Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan & concurrently Minister, National Development Council, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Sophia Cheng
Chief Investment Officer
CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDINGS
Sophia Cheng is the Chief Investment Officer of Cathay Financial Holdings and also teaches in the Department of Intl Business of National Taiwan University. Sophia has 25 years of experience in research and investment with last position acting as Chairman and head of research of Merrill Lynch Taiwan.
Sophia is highly regarded by the government. She is well known for her work in financial sector research and her proactive participation in forming government policies. Sophia has been appointed as Government Affairs Consultant of Executive Yuan and Advisory Committee Member of National Development Council since 2012 and 2015, respectively. Sophia also acts as the Fellow of Asia Pacific Industrial Analysis Association (APIAA) and Board of Director of the Taiwan M&A and Private Equity Council (MAPECT). In the recent years, she has also been actively promoting Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsible Investment in Taiwan. Sophia has been selected as Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen in September 2019 and also appointed as Chair of Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) in November 2018.
Sophia holds Master of Science degree in finance-banking from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, USA and a bachelor degree in Atmospheric Sciences from National Taiwan University.
James Cen Bonsor
Director, Investor Relations
CBC GROUP
James has over 15 years of capital raising, investor relations, fund investment, operations and consulting experience. Prior to joining CBC, he was previously a Senior Director at the Fosun Group where he was primarily responsible for fund/ project capital raising and strategic partnerships at several platforms including the venture capital team, Fosun Kinzon Capital, the internal placement agent/ partnerships team, Fosun Capital Group, as well as the TMT & Entertainment Group. Prior to joining Fosun Group, James was an Associate Director at Jade Invest in Shanghai, an independent China dedicated fund of private equity funds, where he covered fund investments, operations, legal matters and investor relations. Previously he has also worked at PwC in their corporate finance/ transactions services strategy consulting practice in Shanghai and London.
James holds a Masters Degree in mathematics from the University of Cambridge.
Jeff Chang
Managing Director
VERTEX GROWTH FUND
Jeff joined the Vertex group (祥峰控股集團) in 1995. He has over 20 years of venture capital investment and fundraising experiences with proven track records.
Prior to joining Vertex, he was Vice President of WK Technology Fund (普訊創投), a leading venture capital firm in Taiwan. He also co-founded a US$50M fund for C Squared Venture Capital (創義投資) in Greater China. Earlier in his career, Jeff was Vice President of Alexander Proudfoot (英商保富顧問公司), responsible for business development in Taiwan.
Richard Chang
Deputy Country Head - Taiwan
VENA ENERGY
Richard Chang is the Deputy Country Head of Vena Energy in Taiwan, responsible for the business development, investment, construction and operation of all renewable assets in the country.
With more than 20-years of experience in public infrastructure and construction management, Richard has been played an integral role in the development of Taiwan’s largest ground-mounted solar project in the Chiayi County, and has enabled the rapid expansion of Vena Energy’s portfolio across Taiwan. As a native of Taiwan, Richard has also been crucial in fostering relationships with the host communities, municipal and state governments through corporate and social responsibility initiatives.
Prior to his appointment as Deputy Country Head of Vena Energy Taiwan, Richard served in senior leadership roles in multinational and large-scale construction companies such as Kuan Hwa Property Development, Kuoyuan Construction and Engineering, T&T/Loblaw Company Ltd., and Bennett and Wright Construction and Engineering Company.
Richard received a Master of Science in Environment Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University.
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About Vena Energy
Vena Energy is a leading Independent Power Producer (IPP) of renewable energy in the Asia-Pacific region, with over 11 gigawatts1 in operation, construction and development. Headquartered in Singapore, and with presence in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, India, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines, Vena Energy manages the development, design, procurement, construction management and operation of all its solar and wind projects. Vena Energy is committed to engaging local communities throughout its portfolio projects’ investment life-cycles, as well as the incorporation of the management of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards into its strategy and business practices. For more information, please visit www.venaenergy.com.
Vincent Chang
President, KPMG Deal Advisory /Head of Private Equity
KPMG TAIWAN
Vincent Chang joined KPMG Taiwan in 2000 after moving back from Australia where he was educated and obtained most of his qualifications. Prior to his current role, he was an audit and tax manager in an Australian-based Chartered Accounting firm for more than five years.
With extensive experience in transaction services, Mr. Chang has effectively coordinated and completed a significant number of complex M&A projects. Selected recent deals include De Yu Co., Ltd. acquired McDonald’s Restaurant Taiwan, Mitsubishi’s investment in DingZingAdvanced Materials Inc., Hitachi’s acquisition of YungtayEngineering Co., Ltd., Uni-President’s acquisition of WoongjinFoods Co. Ltd. in Korea, BlackRock’s acquisition of solar plants from J&V Energy Technology Co., Ltd.and New Green Power, and Cool Japan Fund’s investment in KKday.
In addition, Mr. Chang has also involved in certain non-performing loan transactions for both multinationals and local clients.
Steven Chen
Deputy Head of Markets and Partner, Head of Renewable, Infrastructure, Government and Healthcare
KPMG TAIWAN
Background
•Deputy Head of Markets,KPMGTaiwan
•Partner, KPMG Advisory Services Co., Ltd.
•Associate Director of Corporate Finance Co., Ltd.
•Member of KPMG Taiwan IGH LOB
•Manager, KPMG Financial Services Committee, Taiwan
•Supervising-Senior KPMG Certified Public Accountants, Taiwan
•Senior Auditor KPMG Certified Public Accountants, Taiwan
•Semi-Senior Auditor KPMG Certified Public Accountants, Taiwan
•Staff Auditor KPMG Certified Public Accountants, Taiwan
•Joined KPMG Taipei in 1997
Key Areas of Experience
•M&A/ Due Diligence
•Financial Model / Financial Model Auditor
•PPP /PFI /BOT Advisory
•Enterprise Valuation / Financial Modeling
•Purchase Price Allocation and Impairment Test
•Project Financing
•Audit
Function and Specialization
•Financial Services
•Real Estate and Hospitality Markets
•Infrastructure, Government & Healthcare
•Information, Communication & Entertainment
•Real Estate and Hospitality
Representative Clients / Projects
•Leading Advisor for Taipoweron offshore wing project
•Financial Advisory on offshore wind project on Formosa II project
•PMO & Auction advisory services for 4 Taiwan Offshore Wind farm projects for CIP
•Financial Advisory on offshore wind project for EKF
•Corporate PPA and T-REC advisory for NPI
•Financial Advisory on offshore wind sector for Asia Cement
•Financial Advisory on offshore wind sector for JBIC
•Financial Advisory on RE projects for MIRA
•Financial Advisory on solar project for Itochu
•Financial Advisory on solar project for I-Squared Capital
•Financial Advisory for TEPCO on M&A project
•Advisor of ITRI regarding offshore wind FDD guidelines
•Financial advisor of VENA on Solar project (Lenders’ Model Auditor)
•Financial model review services for Soleq2 solar power projects
•Financial advisor of BlackRock for solar project
•Financial advisor of John Liang for offshore wind project
•PPA & Valuation services for Marubeni’s two IPP projects
Other Activities
•Private Participation in Infrastructure investment committee member of Public Construction Commission in Taiwan
•Committee member of NCPPP in Taiwan
•China Certified Dealmaker
Tina Cheng
Managing Partner
CHERUBIC VENTURES
Tina is the Managing Partner at Cherubic Ventures, an early-stage VC fund with over 100 investments in Greater China and the US. Some of the fund’s notable investments include Flexport, Calm, Hims, Pinkoi, Wish.com, . At Cherubic, Tina is in charge of investments and spearheading cross-border portfolio management and initiatives. Prior to joining Cherubic Ventures, Tina worked at tech firms including Yahoo! and Cisco, and later moved back to Asia to co-found a company that connects students in emerging markets with education institutions around the world. Tina holds an MBA degree from UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Lionel de Saint-Exupéry
Director/Co-CEO
CDIB CAPITAL GROUP
Lionel is a board member of CDF and CDIB Capital Group (CDIB, formerly known as China Development Industrial Bank). He is also Co-CEO and Chairman of the Investment Committee of CDIB, as well as President and Co-CEO of CDIB Capital International, which Lionel established in its present form in 2006. Prior to CDIB Capital, Lionel was a senior banker in the investment banking division of Lehman Brothers, based in New York and London. During his investment banking career, Lionel worked on more than US$45 billion worth of public and private transactions in Mergers and Acquisitions as well as Equity and Debt Capital Markets. During those years, he advised leading private equity firms across a variety of leveraged buyouts, trade sales and IPO transactions. His experience spans across a broad range of industries such as Consumer, Media, Technology, Financial Services and Industrial throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Prior to Lehman Brothers, Lionel was a member of the Global M&A practice of Booz-Allen & Hamilton. In addition to CDF and CDIB Capital Group, Lionel sits on the Board of Directors of a number of the Group's subsidiaries as well as some of the Group's 250+ portfolio companies. He is a Trustee of the Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation and an active Member of the Pan-Asia Chapter of the Young President Organization (“YPO”).
Lionel holds an MBA with Distinction from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and a BS in Finance & Entrepreneurship from France's HEC School of Management.
Pamela Fung
Executive Director
MORGAN STANLEY ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS
Pamela Fung is an Executive Director for Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Private Equity Fund of Funds group, and leads AIP's Asian investment activities. She has 15 years of industry experience. Prior to AIP, Pamela was a consultant with McKinsey's corporate finance practice in Hong Kong; she has also worked for Monitor Group and Lehman Brothers. Pamela has Business and Law degrees (first class honors) from the University of Hong Kong and an M.B.A. with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Saifulbahri Hassan
Senior Vice President
KUMPULAN WANG PERSARAAN (DIPERBADANKAN) [“KWAP”]
Saifulbahri Hassan is a Senior Vice President with Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) [“KWAP”], Malaysia’s largest public sector pension fund where he leads the Private Equity and Infrastructure investment efforts for the organisation.
Professionally, Saiful has early industry exposure in Information Technology and Electronics Manufacturing. The last 17 years of his career has been in private equity, venture capital and developmental finance. Prior to joining KWAP, he was the Vice President of Malaysia Venture Capital Management Ltd (MAVCAP), a venture capital firm.
Saiful obtained his degree in Economics from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA and his master’s degree in Management from the International Islamic University of Malaysia.
Masahiko Honma
Co-founder and General partner
INCUBATE FUND
Masahiko Honma is co-founder and general partner of Incubate Fund, the largest seed to early stage focused tech VC in Japan, having the operations in Tokyo, Singapore, Bangalore, and San Francisco. Incubate Fund has been investing over 200 startups to date, and the firm is managing US$330M now, backed by seasonal LPs like Tencent, Yahoo, LINE, SEGA, Mixi, Mitsui Sumitomo Bank, and Japan’s government fund. Now Masahiko lives in Singapore.
James Hsu
President of CDIB Capital Healthcare Ventures
CDIB CAPITAL GROUP
James has participated in the establishment of CDIB Capital Healthcare Ventures since 2012. He is in charge of investment and management of the fund portfolio.
James has a bachelor's degree from Department of Industrial Engineering of National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and a master degree in Accounting from U. of Missouri - Columbia, US. He worked at KPMG as a senior auditor for nearly two years and has a CPA license in Taiwan. He used to be investment manager at Central Investment Holding. He then served as senior vice president of China Trust Venture Capital. In 2004, he became the senior vice president at CDIB. Overall, he has around 25 years of investment experience in venture capital sector.
James was a director / supervisor for TWi, JHL, Sharehope Medicine , Chunghwa Chemical Synthesis & Biotech, Synermore Biologics, Taiwan RT-Mart , Axiomtek, Acme Electronics ,etc.
Joyce I-Yin Hsu
Partner
CORNELL CAPITAL
Ms. Hsu is a Partner of Cornell Capital, which she has been involved in since founding in 2013. She is involved in the sourcing, evaluation, execution and ownership of investments, including strategies for cross-border expansion. Ms. Hsu began her career at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division, where she divided her responsibilities between the Equity Capital Markets Group and Corporate Finance. She subsequently joined the Principal Investment Area in 2000, where she served as an Executive Director and invested in corporate opportunities in Asia and the U.S. She led the investment efforts in a number of successful deals in China including Focus Media Holding Limited, China Yurun Food Group Limited, and Mindray Medical. She was also heavily involved in the investments of C&M Communications in Korea and Japan Telecom in Japan. In 2006, she joined Mindray Medical International Limited as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors. She led Mindray through its NYSE IPO in 2006 and subsequently two overseas acquisitions in 2008 and 2013. She subsequently acted as the sole adviser to Mindray on its US delisting in 2015 and private placement in 2016.. Joyce remained a member of the board until March 2016. Prior to joining Cornell Capital, she was a partner at Zoyi Capital. Ms. Hsu received her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
Ms. Hsu is based in the Hong Kong office.
Edward Huang
Head of Private Equity for Greater China and Korea
BLACKSTONE
Mr. Huang is Head of Private Equity for Greater China and Korea for Blackstone. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Huang was previously a Managing Director for China investments in Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, and also worked in investment banking for Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch in New York and Hong Kong. Mr. Huang received a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
James Huang
Founding Managing Partner, PANACEA HEALTHCARE VENTURE
Managing Partner, KPCB CHINA
James Huang is Founding Managing Partner of Panacea Healthcare Venture Capital (RMB 615m Fund & USD180.5m Fund). He has devoted his passion、diligence、intelligence and loyalty into life science and investment industry over 30 years. He is a successful entrepreneur、investor and an opinion leader in Venture Capital healthcare sector in China. Panacea Venture is focusing on investments in innovative and transformative early and growth stage healthcare and life sciences companies worldwide.
James Huang is also managing partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers China. He joined the firm in 2011 and focuses on the firm’s life sciences practice. His main investment interests are innovation around China’s growing healthcare markets and helping entrepreneurs build companies. James has made more than 15 investments in China since 2007.
Prior to that, James was a Managing Partner at Vivo Ventures, a Venture Capital firm specializing in life sciences investments. While at Vivo, James led numerous investments in China. Before joining Vivo in 2007, James was president of Anesiva, a biopharmaceutical company focused on pain-management treatments. During his 20-year career in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, he also held senior roles in business development, sales, marketing and R&D with Tularik Inc. (acquired by Amgen), GlaxoSmithKline LLC, Bristol-Meyers Squibb and ALZA Corp. (acquired by Johnson & Johnson).
James is Chairman of Board at Kindstar Global, JHL Biotech and XW Laboratory and Director at GenScript, ChiralQuest, Zenesis, CVie Therapeutics, CASI and Omni Pharmaceuticals.
James received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
James Ieong
Chairman and Managing Partner
PAGODA CAPITAL
James Ieong founded Pagoda in 2015 at Beijing China as a global investment platform transcending geographical boundaries. For the past 25+ years, his footprints have been found in various leading financial institutions across China and Asia Pacific, including CIC, QIC, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and StateStreet.
In the most recent one decade, Mr. Ieong has been mainly shaping sovereign wealth funds strategy on private equity investment and portfolio construction, with roles including Managing Director at China Investment Corporation (CIC) and Senior Advisor to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC).
Mr. Ieong has bachelor degree in Economics and Finance from RMIT University and Master in Applied Finance from Macquarie University in Australia.
Anthony Lamb
Head of Taiwan, Green Investment Group
MACQUARIE
Anthony has worked for Macquarie since 2002 across Europe, Australia and Asia. In that time Anthony has worked for both the Macquarie Capital and Macquarie Asset Management divisions of the group.
Experience
Anthony is a Division Director within the IEG division of Macquarie Capital where he is responsible for originating and executing investments in the clean energy sector across Asia Pacific.
Anthony has experience across a range of sectors including renewable and thermal energy, utilities, waste, transport infrastructure and industrials. Anthony has 17 years’ experience in banking and finance including positions of the board of directors of offshore wind, onshore wind, biomass, waste to energy and solar businesses.
Anthony was previously on the Investment Committee of UK Climate Investments LLP.
Anthony has degrees in mechanical engineering and science from the University of Western Australia and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.
Chien-Fu, Jeff Lin
Chief Economist
CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO.
Education：
Doctor of Philosophy（Economics）,University California San Diego
Current Position：
Chief Economist of CTBC Financial Holding Co.
Chairman of Chinese Taipei Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee
Executive Director, CTAPEC Study Center
Professional Experience：
President of Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER)
Professor of Department of Economics, National Taiwan University
Director of Taipei Exchange
Expertise Summary：
Monetary Financial Policy, Economic Policy Analysis, Macroeconomic Analysis, Econometrics
Jessica Liu
Partner
APPWORKS
Jessica is a Partner leading our efforts in Southeast Asia and the region’s burgeoning blockchain ecosystem. She loves helping visionary founders realize their full potential. Jessica has been active in the digital industry since 2010, starting her career managing online marketing for Standard Chartered Bank’s cross-selling strategies before joining AppWorks in 2014. At AppWorks, Jessica has been closely watching the development of consumer internet applications, especially as they intersect with the increasing ubiquity of deep technologies. She previously served as an Associate in charge of our Accelerator and Southeast Asia initiatives amongst many other major projects before becoming a Partner in 2019. Jessica received her B.B.A from the University of Southern California.
Edmond Ng
Founder and Managing Partner
AXIOM ASIA
Edmond Ng is Founder and Managing Partner at Axiom Asia (www.axiomasia.com) which manages over US$5.0 billion in private equity strategies focused on funds in Asia.
Edmond is responsible for Axiom’s investments in China, South Korea and regional funds. Edmond has 21 years of PE experience over 18 of which were in Asia.
Prior to founding Axiom Asia in 2006, Edmond's PE experience was gained principally at GIC SI. During his seven-and-a-half-year tenure at GIC SI, Edmond had diverse PE experience, working in the company's Singapore, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Beijing offices. He has experience in both fund and direct investments, and has worked on transactions in the U.S, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Taiwan and Australia.
Edmond has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University and a Master of Science in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.
Edmond reads and writes English and Chinese, and speaks several Chinese dialects.
Sam Robinson
Managing Partner
NORTH-EAST PRIVATE EQUITY ASIA
Sam Robinson is Managing Partner of North-East Private Equity Asia, which focuses on Asia private equity funds. Mr. Robinson is based in Singapore and has worked in private equity since 1998, initially joining Schroder Ventures in the UK. In 2001, he was one of the founder members of SVG Advisers, a fund of funds business, where he managed the global investment team. SVG Advisers was acquired by Aberdeen Asset Management in 2013, whereupon Mr. Robinson became Head of Asia Private Equity Fund Investment until his departure in 2015.
Jarret Su
Co-Head of Healthcare & Life Science
KPMG TAIWAN
Jarret is Co-Head of Healthcare & Life Science at KPMG Advisory Services Co., Ltd. and senior lawyer at KPMG Law Firm.
He has over 20 years of experience in medical practice and was a member of IRB, Barnes-Jewish Medical Center and School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA as well as member of Commissions of TFDA and CDC, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan.
Jarret has dedicated his professional life in various areas, especially in infrastructure, government, healthcare, biotechnology and pharmaceutics. He facilitates and advises the biotechnology companies on the subject of assets activation, merge and acquisition, and IPO. He also led and accomplished the first sale-leaseback transaction of medical institutes in Asia as Chief Counsel. Meanwhile, Jarret provides advisory services to deal with the healthcare and biopharmaceutics issues, such as clinical trial, licensing, drug pricing, reimbursement, malpractice, accreditation, etc.
Furthermore, he supports the clients in meeting the Governance, Regulatory and Compliance challenges in food, drugs and cosmetic industry. The abundant experiences and great enthusiasm that Jarret possesses in the life science and healthcare profession has empowered him to be the pioneer and an expert in the relevant businesses.
Professional Service Experience
- Facilitated and advised the biotechnology companies on the subject of assets activation, Merge and acquisition, and IPO
- Led and accomplished the first sale-leaseback transaction of medical institutes in Asia as Chief Counsel
- Provided the advisory services to deal with the healthcare and biopharmaceutics issues, such as clinical trial, licensing, drug pricing, reimbursement, malpractice, accreditation, etc.
- Supported the clients in meeting the Governance, Regulatory and Compliance challenges in precision medicine, Long-term Care institutes, food, drugs and cosmetic industry
Hamilton Tang
Managing Director
CDIB CAPITAL GROUP
Hamilton is a Managing Director of CDIB Capital. Prior to joining he served as the group Chief Executive Officer of Simon Murray & Company and Managing Partner of SMC Capital China ("SMC"), a Greater China focused investment management firm in private equity, long only funds, hedge funds, fixed income, and other direct investments. Prior to that, his background includes appointments as co-CEO of a UA Cinema (Hong Kong) and Vice President at Morgan Stanley investment banking division in New York and Hong Kong.
He received a JD-MBA from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, and an undergraduate degree from Harvard College.
Kok Leong Toh
Vice President, Private Infrastructure Asia
PARTNERS GROUP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Kok Leong Toh is part of the Asian Private Infrastructure business unit, based in Singapore.
He has been with partners Group since 2011. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at CIMB Bank.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Singapore Management University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
He currently serves on the board of directors of Formosa Solar Renewable Power, a solar platform established to build solar power plants across Taiwan.
Andy Tsai
Partner
STEPSTONE GROUP
Andy Tsai is Partner at StepStone Group, a global private markets specialist that currently over US$120 billion of private capital allocations, including over US$232 billion of assets under management. StepStone provides customized investment, portfolio monitoring, and advisory solutions to some of the most sophisticated investors in the world. We cover the spectrum of opportunities in private markets and focus on providing highly responsive and collaborative client service.
Prior to joining StepStone, Mr. Tsai was Head of Alternative Investment of Cathay Life Insurance Company and responsible for managing portfolio across private equity and hedge funds globally, and evaluated direct investment and venture capital funds in Taiwan.
Mr. Tsai holds a BA from the National Taiwan University and an MS from the National Taipei University.
Jim Tsao
Chairman and Head of China
PERMIRA ADVISERS CHINA LIMITED
Jim Tsao is Chairman and Head of China and based in Permira's Shanghai office. He has worked on a number of transactions including Grobest.
Prior to joining Permira, Jim was Partner, in charge of China, for Unitas Capital (formerly known as JP Morgan Partners Asia) for more than 10 years.
Before that, Jim had a distinguished career in the food and beverage industry. He was the CEO of the Hong Kong listed Lam Soon Group and Managing Director for Asia at Lion Nathan, the leading brewer conglomerate in Australia and New Zealand.
He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, USA and is an Economics graduate of the National Taiwan University.
Paul Yang
Member & CEO of Greater China
KKR
Paul Yang (Hong Kong) joined KKR in 2017 and is a Member and Head of KKR Greater China. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Yang was the president and CEO of the China Development Financial Corp. ("CDFC"), one of the oldest and largest merchant banking groups in Asia with over $20 billion in assets. He led a team of over 7,000 people with operations in Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore, Bangkok, and Jakarta. Having joined CDFC in 2005 as its chief investment officer and head of its private equity operation, he was promoted to the CEO role in 2011. During his tenure, Mr. Yang successfully restructured its then-proprietary private equity operation into a growing asset management franchise and was credited with completing a series of strategic acquisitions in banking and securities that has transformed CDFC. Prior to CDFC, he was managing director and head of private equity and mezzanine finance at DBS Bank in Hong Kong. He has held positions at ICG Asia, Goldman Sachs & Co., General Atlantic and The Boston Consulting Group in the U.S. and Asia. He holds an M.S. and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at MIT and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Rebecca Yang
Head of Alternative Investment, TAIWAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD;
Head of Fintech Investment, CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO., LTD
Rebecca Yang heads the Alternative Investment program for Taiwan Life Insurance and leads the Fintech investments for CTBC Group, a 53 years old leading financial group in Taiwan. Ms. Yang starts her career in CTBC since 2003 with experience of corporate banking, financial advisory, infrastructure investing and venture investing.
Taiwan Life is one of the leading institution investors in Taiwan with over US$ 3 billion exposure in alternative investment. Ms. Yang builds up the internal operation system, leads the portfolio construction and commitment allocation across multi asset classes including corporate PE, secondary, structured credit, infrastructure, VC, public equity mandates and other alternative asset class. At the same time, Fintech is another vertical that CTBC is building exposure in AI, data, Block chain, payment and wealth management through fund investing and direct investing globally.
Ms Yang received her BA in Business Administration from National Chengchi University in Taiwan and MBA from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in US.
Edith Yeung
Managing Partner
PROOF OF CAPITAL
Edith Yeung is the managing partner at Proof of Capital, the creator of the China Internet Report and Advisor at 500 Startups. She invests in blockchain and AI startups, including Stellar, Nebulas, Solana, Oasis Labs, Hooked, DayDayCook, Silk Labs (acquired by Apple), Fleksy (acquired by Pinterest), Human (acquired by Mapbox), AISense, Penrose, Cryworks, Piper, Apptopia, Palantir and many more.
Before 500, Edith is the GM of Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia-backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide. Edith also worked with many Fortune 500 companies such as Siebel, Oracle, AMS, AT&T Wireless and Autodesk. You can also find some of her work on SCMP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS , NPR, Techcrunch, Next Web, Mashable, Read Write Web, TechinAsia, etc. She frequently speaks on China & Silicon Valley investment landscape.
Alex Ying
Managing Director and Head of Buyout Group
CDIB CAPITAL GROUP
Alex is a Managing Director and Head of the Buyout Group at CDIB Capital. Prior to joining, he was the Founder and Managing Partner of Rivendell Partners, a mid-market buyout firm in Greater China. Prior to that, Alex was a 20-year veteran of the Carlyle Group, where he served as Managing Director and invested in buyout transactions across a range of industries in Greater China, including telecom, media, financial services, business services, and industrial manufacturing. Alex has also worked as part of Carlyle's U.S. Real Estate Group before joining Carlyle in Asia.
Prior to Carlyle, Alex was an investment banker with CIBC Oppenheimer, where he focused on a variety of industries, including telecom and healthcare. Prior to that, Alex worked in both the Acquisition and Asset Management groups of Colony Capital, a global real estate private equity firm.
Alex received his MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received a Master Degree in Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Vivian Zheng
Partner
ADVANTAGE PARTNERS
Vivian Zheng is a Partner at Advantage Partners, a mid-market buyout fund manager founded in Japan 25 years ago. As firm’s Greater China head, she has been leading the investment activities in the region and have made buyout investments in F&B, packaged food, kids education, and modern services industries, etc.
She has over 20 years of experience in private equity investment, management consultancy, and corporate management. Prior to joining the Advantage Partners, she was a Managing Director at PineBridge Investments (former AIG Investments), where she led the China PE investments in automotive, luxury retail, entertainment, and education industries. In addition, she has been serving on the board of Minth Auto Group (a leading global automotive supplier) and Fufeng Group (a leading corn-based fermentation bio chemical company), both of which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange main board.
Before joining PineBridge, Ms. Zheng was a senior partner at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and a Principal with the Boston Consulting Group for more than 12 years. Being a pioneer in China's management consulting industry from mid 90’s, Ms. Zheng has extensive experience in strategy development, organizational restructuring, brand management, global sourcing, JV strategy, and post-merger integration.
Ms. Zheng also served as Group Vice President and President of Brilliance Auto Group Sales Company, leading the company’s restructuring as an outgrowth of her engagement as a consultant at BCG. She started her career in the computer industry in China and the US in the early 90's.