Ms. Jingbo Wang is our co-founder and has been our chairman of the board of
directors and chief executive officer since our inception. Ms. Wang has over
ten years of experience in the asset and wealth management services industry.
Prior to co-founding our company, from May 2000 to September 2005, Ms. Wang
worked in several departments and affiliates of Xiangcai Securities, a securities
firm in China. Ms. Wang served as the head of the private banking department
at Xiangcai Securities from August 2003 to September 2005, where she established
the securities firm’s wealth management business. Prior to that, she worked
as a deputy head of ABN AMRO Xiangcai Fund Management Co., Ltd., a joint venture
fund management company, from February 2002 to August 2003, and the head of
the asset management department at Xiangcai Securities from May 2000 to February
2002. Ms. Wang was the financial controller and general manager for the settlement
center of Chengpu Group from September 1994 to December 1999. Ms. Wang received
her master’s degree in management and her bachelor’s degree in economics
from Sichuan University in China. Ms. Wang also graduated from the Global CEO
Program of China Europe International Business School in 2009.
Mr. Zhe Yin is our co-founder and has been our director since our inception.
He is also the chief executive officer of our asset management business. Mr.
Yin has extensive experience in wealth management. Prior to co-founding our
company, Mr. Yin was the deputy general manager of the wealth management department
at Xiangcai Securities from November 2003 to September 2005. Prior to that,
he worked at Bank of Communications of China from July 1997 to November 2003.
Mr. Yin received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Shanghai University
of Finance and Economics in 1997, and graduated with an Executive MBA degree
from China Europe International Business School in 2010.
Mr. Boquan He is our co-founder and has been our director since August 2007,
and independent director since October 2011. Mr. He is the founder and chairman
of the board of directors of Guangdong Nowaday Investment Co., Ltd., a private
investment company specializing in greenfield investments in the Chinese retail
and service industries. In 1989, he founded and, until 2002, served as the chief
executive officer of Robust Group, a food and beverage company, which is now
a member of Danone Group. He also serves as the chairman of the board of directors
of 7 Days Group Holdings Limited and the chairman or vice chairman of the board
of directors of several privately owned companies in China. Mr. He graduated
from Guangdong Television Public University in China.
Ms. Chia-Yue Chang has been our director since August 2007 and the chief executive
officer of Noah Upright since 2011. Ms. Chang has 23 years of experience in
the asset management industry with in-depth knowledge about developing business
in a dynamic financial world. Ms. Chang was the chief executive officer for
Greater China and South East Asia regions of Robeco Hong Kong Ltd. from October
2007 to June 2011. From 2004 to 2006, she served as China chief executive officer
and senior vice president of ABN AMRO Asset Management Asia Ltd. During the
same period, she was the chairman of ABN AMRO Xiangcai Fund Management Co.,
Ltd. from 2004 to 2005, and then the vice chairman of ABN AMRO TEDA Fund Management
Co., Ltd from 2005 to 2006. From 2000 to 2004, she was the president of ABN
AMRO Asset Management in Taiwan. Prior to that, she worked at various positions
at Kwang Hua Securities Investment & Trust Co., Ltd. and entities affiliated
with Jardine Fleming Investment in Taiwan. Ms. Chang received her master degree
in library science from University of California, Los Angeles and her bachelor’s
degree in library science from National Taiwan University.
Mr. Neil Nanpeng Shen has been our director since January 2016. Mr. Shen is
currently Founding and Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital China, a co-founder
of Ctrip.com and Home Inns, Chairman of the Board of Yale Leadership Center
in China, Trustee of the Asia Society and Vice Chairman of the Beijing Private
Equity Association. Mr. Shen was previously named in the “Forbes Global
Midas List” in 2012-2015 as the highest ranking investor from China, “China’s
50 Most Influential Business Leaders in 2015” by Fortune Magazine, the
“25 Most Influential Entrepreneurs” in 2014 and 2015 by China Entrepreneur
Magazine and “Venture Capital Professional of the Year” by AVCJ
in 2015. He was also chosen as one of the “Top Ten Economic Figures in
2006” by CCTV. Mr. Shen received his master’s degree from the School
of Management at Yale University and his bachelor’s degree from Shanghai
Jiao Tong University.
Ms. May Yihong Wu has served as our independent director since November 2010.
Ms. Wu has served as the chief strategy officer of Home Inns & Hotels Management
Inc., an economy hotel chain based in China and listed on the NASDAQ Global
Market, since April 2010. From September 2010 to July 2013, she was an independent
director, a member of the audit committee and the corporate governance and nomination
committee of Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd., a company listed
on the New York Stock Exchange. From April 2010 to April 2012, she was an independent
director and chairwoman of the audit committee of E-House (China) Holdings Limited,
a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Ms. Wu was the chief financial
officer of Home Inns from July 2006 to April 2010. From January 2005 to March
2006, Ms. Wu was first vice president at Schroder Investment Management North
America Inc., and a vice president from January 2003 to December 2004, responsible
for investment research and management of various funds specializing in the
consumer and services sectors. Ms. Wu holds a bachelor’s degree from Fudan
University in China, a master’s degree from Brooklyn College at the City
University of New York and an MBA degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School
of Management at Northwestern University.
Mr. Tze-Kaing Yang has served as our independent director and the chairperson
of the audit committee since May 2015. Mr. Tze-Kaing Yang is currently the Chairman
and CEO of Yangtze Associates, a venture capital and private equity fund management
company in Taiwan. He also serves as the supervisor of ASUSTeK Computer Inc.,
a leading company in motherboards and personal computer products, the director
of RITEK Corp., the non-executive director of Natural Beauty Bio-Technology
Limited, a Hong Kong listed company, and the independent director of ASRock
Inc. and DBS Bank (Taiwan) Ltd. Mr. Yang was previously the Political Deputy
Minister of Finance in Taiwan from 2003 through 2004, managing director and
acting chairman of Bank of Taiwan from 2003 through 2004, president of China
Development Industrial Bank and an independent director of the Taiwan Stock
Exchange, AU Optronics Corporation and Vanguard International Semiconductor
Corporation. He was also the executive secretary of National Development Fund
of Taiwan. Mr. Yang holds an MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from National Chengchi University in
Taiwan. Mr. Yang teaches Investment Banking and Venture Capital courses in the
MBA Program at National Chengchi University and National Chiao Tung University
in Taiwan.
Mr. Jinbo Yao has been our independent director since November 2014. Mr. Yao
is the founder, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer
of 58.com Inc. (NYSE: WUBA). Mr. Yao is a pioneer in China’s internet
industry. Prior to founding 58.com, in 2000, Mr. Yao founded domain.cn, a domain
name transaction and value-added service website in China. After domain.cn was
acquired by net.cn in September 2000, Mr. Yao served in various managerial roles
at net.cn including vice president of sales until 2005. Mr. Yao currently serves
on the board of directors of Xueda Education Group (NYSE: XUE), a company he
co-founded. Mr. Yao received his bachelor’s degrees in computer science
and chemistry from Ocean University of China (formerly known as Ocean University
of Qingdao) in 1999.
Dr. Zhiwu Chen has been our independent director since January 2014. He has
been professor of finance at the School of Management at Yale University, and
visiting professor at University of Hong Kong and Peking University. Dr. Chen
is on the International Advisory Board of the China Securities Regulatory Commission
(CSRC), the Advisory Board for the 13th 5-Year Plan – Financial Reforms
at the People’s Bank of China, and the board of directors of PetroChina
and Bank of Communications in China. He is a member of the Global Agenda Councils,
World Economic Forum. Dr. Chen was on the Board of Trustees of the Yale China
Association, the 12th and 13th Five Year Plan Advisory Commission to the Beijing
Municipal Government, chief academic advisor to two 10-episode CCTV documentary
series, “Wall Street” and “Money”, and chief advisor
to Permal Group. Dr. Chen previously served on the Expert Advisory Board for
the formation of the China Investment Corporation (CIC) in 2007, and on the
board of directors at Lord Abbett China, Jiayuan.com International (a NASDAQ
listed company), and China Eagle Securities Corp. He was co-founder and partner
of ZEBRA Capital Management from 2001 to March 2011, and co-chairman of ValuEngine
Inc. from 1997 to 2004. Dr. Chen received from Yale University a Ph.D. in financial
economics in December 1990 and M.Phil. and M.A. in financial economics in May
1990. He received his master’s degree from National University of Defense
Technology (formerly known as Changsha Institute of Technology, China) in 1986
and his bachelor’s degree in computer science from China’s Central-South
University in 1983.
Mr. Kenny Lam has been our president since March 2015. Mr. Lam has 14 years
of experience in strategic, operational and management transformations in the
financial industry. Prior to joining our company, he was a global senior partner
at McKinsey & Company and a co-leader of its Asia Financial Service Practice,
covering 13 markets across Asia. He has led transformational programs for leading
financial institutions across China, India, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea
and Japan on a wide range of strategic, financial and operational topics. Before
McKinsey, he worked at Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York and Hong Kong.
Mr. Lam received his master’s degree in law with honors from Oxford University
and his bachelor’s degree in finance magna cum laude from the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Joseph Wharton Scholar
and a Benjamin Franklin Scholar.
Ms. Ching Tao has been our chief financial officer since November 2014. Ms.
Tao has more than 18 years of experience in investment and financial management.
Prior to joining our company, she served as the chief financial officer of Charter
Group Holdings Ltd., a high-end, large-scale Chinese department store operator
from 2011 to 2014. Ms. Tao worked at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, New York and
Beijing from 1996 to 2011 and most recently was an Executive Director of the
Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs Gao Hua Securities Company Ltd.
in Beijing. Ms. Tao received an MBA from Columbia Business School in 1996 and
a bachelor of arts degree from Dartmouth College.
Mr. Harry B. Tsai has been our chief operating officer since January 2012. Prior
to joining our company, he was the executive vice president of Yuanta Securities
of Taiwan since July 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Tsai served as the chief operating
officer of ABN AMRO China from July 2004 to July 2008, and the chief operating
officer of ABN AMRO Taiwan from August 1997 to August 2003. Mr. Tsai has been
working in the finance industry since 1989. Mr. Tsai holds a master’s
degree of science in chemical engineering from University of Southern California.
Mr. Tsai also holds an MBA in finance from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Noah Holdings Ltd currently has 1030 employees.
