JIAO Zhen,President, CDH Investments, Beijing, China

焦震，北京鼎晖投资(CDH)总裁

Mr. Jiao graduated from Shandong University (山東大學) with a bachelor of mathematics in July 1986, and obtained his master’s degree in engineering from the PRC Ministry of Aerospace Industry in October 1989. Mr. Jiao was a researcher in the China Aerospace Service and Technology Corporation (中國航天科技集團公司第710研究所) from August 1989 to January 1995. He served as the vice-general manager of the direct investment department of China International Capital Corporation Ltd. (中國國際金融有限公司) from December 1995 to August 2002. Since 2002, he has been the President of CDH Investments. A spinoff from Chinese investment bank China International Capital Corp., CDH started in 2002 with nine people, led by Mr. Wu（Chairman). It now has US$14 billion in assets under management and has ambitions to be the go-to Chinese manager of more than just private-equity investments. Already, private equity accounts for just three-quarters of its business, with the rest coming from investing in publicly listed stocks, real estate, mezzanine finance and venture capital.