Bio

Mr. Edward Tian is the founder and Chairman of China Broadband Capital Partners, L.P. (CBC). CBC Capital was formed in May, 2006. It is a TMT sector focused private equity fund and invests primarily in companies in the Telecom, Internet, Broadband, Media and Technology (“TMT”) sector and companies serving the TMT sector in China. Before Mr. Tian founded CBC Capital, he was the Vice Chairman and CEO of China Netcom Group from Nov. 2002 to May 2006 and CEO of China Netcom Company Ltd. from Aug. 1999 to May 2002. Mr. Tian also used to be the Vice Chairman of PCCW Limited from 2005 to 2007. Prior to joining China Netcom, Mr. Tian was the co-founder and CEO of AsiaInfo Holding Inc., the first Internet technology provider in China. AsiaInfo was public listed in NASDAQ in 2001, and become the first public listed high tech company in China. In Jan. 2014, AsiaInfo privatized and Mr. Tian was serving as the Executive Chairman of the company till now. Mr. Tian is also serving on board as the Independent Director of several multi-national companies, they are including Lenovo Group Limited and China Minsheng Bank. Mr. Tian holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Management from Texas Tech University, USA.