Mr. Fred HU
Founder, Chairman and CEO Primavera Capital GroupFred Zuliu Hu
Dr. Hu is Chairman and founder of Primavera Capital Group, a China-based
global investment firm. He was formerly a partner, managing director
and Chairman of Greater China at Goldman Sachs, and was instrumental in
building the firm's franchise in the region.
He also served as an economist at the I.M.F. in Washington D.C, where he
was engaged in macroeconomic research, policy consultations, and
technical assistance for member country governments including China. He
has been Co-director at the National Center for Economic Research and
professor at Tsinghua University since 1996, and is a member of the
editorial board for several academic journals and a columnist for
China's leading business magazines.
Dr. Hu has advised the Chinese government on financial and pension
reform, SOE restructuring, and macroeconomic policies. He currently sits
on Hong Kong Government's Strategic Development Committee and the
Advisory Committee for the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.
He is a member of the advisory committees of Harvard China Fund,
Stanford Center for International Development, and the Chazen Institute
of Columbia Business School. He is also a director of the South China
Morning Post Group Limited, a trustee of China Medical Board, and the
Co-Chair of the Nature Conservatory's China Board.
Dr. Hu holds a Master in Engineering Science from Tsinghua University,
and a Master and PhD in Economics from Harvard University.