Mr. Yichen ZHANG

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer CITIC Capital Holdings Limited.

Yichen ZHANG
Yichen ZHANG is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of CITIC Capital Holdings Limited. Mr. Zhang began his career on Wall Street in 1987, having joined Greenwich Capital Markets, Bank of Tokyo as Head of Proprietary Trading, and Merrill Lynch as Managing Director of Debt Capital Market for Greater China. In 2000, he joined CITIC Group as the President of CITIC Pacific Communications and Executive Director for CITIC Pacific (now CITIC Limited). He founded CITIC Capital in 2002 and has been involved in all phases of the firm's development since then. Under his leadership, CITIC Capital led a number of landmark deals, investing in some of China's leading companies, Alibaba, Sina, Harbin Pharmaceutical, SF Express, AsiaInfo-Linkage and Focus Media. He currently sits on the boards of Sina Corporation, Weibo Corporation, Shenhua Group Corporation Limited, Harbin Pharmaceutical, AsiaInfo-Linkage and SF Express.

Mr. Zhang is a leader in the alternative investment industry. He is a board member of Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), Executive Committee Member and former Chairman of the China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA), Vice Chairman of Beijing Private Equity Association (BPEA), and Vice Chairman of Tianjin Private Equity Association.

Mr. Zhang is also a leader in political, economic and social communities. He is a member of the Eleventh and Twelfth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Vice Chairman of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), member of the Foundation Board of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum, and a member of the China Economic and Social Council (CESC).

He obtained his degree in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A strong believer in education, Mr. Zhang has been supporting the Andover Asia Council as its Co-Chairman, Yale Asia Development Council as a Council Member, and the Dalton Foundation as a board member.