Bio

Mr Chan is a Director and a member of the Executive Committee of Samena Capital and a Senior Managing Director of Samena Capital Hong Kong Limited. He was the Founding CEO for eight years of Spring Capital, an independent private equity firm that invests exclusively in China. Mr Chan has 25 years of experience in private equity, and has made over 45 investments in growth companies in China. Previously he was a Managing Director, Head of North Asia and an Investment Committee Member of JAFCO Asia for seven years. Prior to JAFCO, Mr Chan held positions with Suez Asia and HSBC Private Equity (Asia) in Hong Kong. He is currently the Co-President of the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (Chairman in 2005), a Board Member of the Hong Kong Foundation for the University of Manchester, a Director of the Manchester Business School Leadership Board, a Board Member of the HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education, and the Co-Chair of YPO Gold Pearl River Delta Chapter. Mr Chan was a member of the Main Board and GEM Listing Committee of the SEHK, a member of the Public Shareholders Group of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, member of Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee and Information & Communication Technology Services Advisory Committee of the HK Trade Development Council and a member of the Disciplinary Panel of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr Chan is a Member of Chengdu Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Mr Chan was named a Top 10 Venture Capitalist in China by Zero2IPO in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006. He was also selected as one of the 10 “Most Influential Venture Capitalists in China” by Top Capital in 2005 and one of the “China Best Venture Capitalists: Midas List” by Forbes Magazine in 2006 - 2015. He was selected as Number 9 Forbes China ranking of Best Venture Capital Investors in 2015. Mr Chan is a Chartered Financial Analyst (AIMR), holds a BA from the University of Hong Kong, and a MBA from Manchester Business School.