| Alicia Eastman |
Ms. Eastman is Executive Director of Asia Pacific Capital and Asia Pacific Capital Fund II. Previously, she worked for the Head of Global Strategy and Alliances at Elan Pharmaceuticals, a US$7B pharmaceutical company. Ms. Eastman focused on business development, outsourcing, and investment in Asia as well as general M&A, corporate finance, and restructuring.
Prior to Elan, she was Vice President of Prudential's Asia Infrastructure Mezzanine Capital Fund (acquired by Darby and now Franklin Templeton), concentrating on portfolio management and investments in technology and communications. She was a Founding Principal at NetFuel Ventures (acquired by Arch Development, a subsidiary of the University of Chicago), and has held international strategy and investment positions at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Lend Lease. She was also a financial analyst in the Asian Operations group at AirTouch International (Vodafone) monitoring joint venture investments in India, Korea, and Japan.
She is an advisor to Microbank based in the Philippines and sits on the Board of One Ummah, a Foundation dedicated to building secular schools in developing Asia. She was also a founding member of the Wharton Club of Hong Kong and heads the Fletcher Club of Hong Kong. Ms. Eastman holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. She is based in Hong Kong.
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| Sean Lien (連勝文) |
Mr. Lien is Executive Director of Asia Pacific Capital, The GE Asia Pacific Capital Technology Fund, and Asia Pacific Capital Fund II. He previously served at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in London, New York, and Taipei. As Vice President of the Investment Banking Group in Taipei, his duties included M&A advisory, capital market transactions, and distressed asset investments in both Taiwan and China.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the International Bank of Taipei and the FWU-Sheng Investment Co. where he represents his family's holdings.
He holds a Bachelor of Law from Fu-Jen University and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. He is based in Shanghai and Taipei
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| Michael Liu (刘小明) |
Mr. Liu is Director of China Operations for Asia Pacific Capital. Previously, he was President of CT Holdings Group Co., a subsidiary of CP Group, a major multi-national and the single largest foreign investor in China. In less than two years, he acquired US$2 billion of undervalued assets in China.
Prior to CP Group, he was President of Electrolux (China) Co. and Senior Vice President of Electrolux Sales Co. Limited focusing on strategic direction, marketing, and sales. Before that he was the General Manager for Pepsico Food International China, responsible for sales and marketing as well as Director of Investment Planning Asia Pacific for Pepsico Inc.
Mr. Liu holds a JD from Harvard Law School, an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a BA in English from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou PRC. He was previously an associate at Coudert Brothers and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton based in New York. He is based in Beijing.
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