Bio

Nina Gong is a Managing Director advising on Asian buyout opportunities. She is based in Beijing. Prior to joining Carlyle, Ms. Gong was a Principal at Apax Partners, where she was a core member of the Greater China team and completed several transactions, such as: $170 million investment into Soufun, the largest real estate portal in China; £2.1 billion public to private transaction at Emap; and the majority investment into Tommy Hilfiger China. Prior to that, Ms. Gong worked at the Investment Banking Department at China International Capital Corporate Limited (CICC) in Beijing, a leading China investment bank, where she had been deeply involved in the restructuring and listing of a number of leading Chinese companies, including China Telecom, China Life and Baosteel. Ms. Gong received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.A. in economics from Peking University.