Ming Lee

• Management buyout of Sal. Oppenheim (Hong Kong) Limited in December 2010. • Sourcing and due diligence activities related to investment selection and portfolio construction of direct investments and funds. Head of the Investment Committee. • Responsible for the procurement of Advisory Board, Co-investment and Investment Committee Observer seats. • Responsible for maintaining corporate governance and compliance procedures as a SFC regulated entity.

• Established Sal. Oppenheim’s first Asian presence and executed Asian strategy. • Committed USD 100M+ into Asian PE and hedge funds. • Developed and monitored investments and processes for both private equity and hedge fund portfolios; managed over 10+ investment professional staff. • Assisted Chinese SMEs with pre-IPO and IPO listings on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. • Member of the Investment Committee and Board of Directors.

• Obtained investment and strategic mandates with institutional investors and boutique alternative asset managers. • Prepared strategic plans for selected hedge fund and private equity managers requiring assistance in the development and expansion of strategic relationships, business lines and distribution channels in Asia. • Became profitable within first year of operations.

• Responsible for establishment of Asian presence for both investment and marketing purposes. • Established extensive network of leading financial, institutional and private family clients throughout Asia and Europe. • Underwent extensive training to understand the risk management and technical capability of Azimuth’s unique and cutting edge platform.

• Implemented client acquisition, relationship penetration & maintenance programs to rebuild and grow the Asian portfolio. • Constructed client portfolios. • Managed a team of four bankers plus six support staff.

• Transformed the first non-profit yoga organization into a profitable entity. • Organized the first domestic and regional yoga events and arranged for world renown teachers to teach workshops in Hong Kong and across Asia. • Converted the first yoga newsletter in to a profitable magazine.

• One of the first certified Iyengar Yoga Teachers in Hong Kong. • Helped to establish the first Iyengar Yoga community in the region and trained many of the Iyengar teachers in the region.

• Restructured the business significantly throughout the Asian financial crisis to create a foundation for a profitable business and turned it from loss making to profitable in less than three years during the crisis and thereafter. • Responsible for all commercial business activities and integration of acquired business units with different target markets and profitability dynamics; managed over 100+ front, middle and back office staff. • Refined product development strategies to match client profiles and developed account plans to deepen product penetration resulting in improved profitability of 20%. • Director on the board of two privately-placed Asian bond funds managed by MeesPierson. • Turned loss making business into breakeven in 1998 and exceeded budget by 200% in 1999.

• Responsible for underwriting, financing and managing a hundreds of millions real estate portfolio. • Led the only successful re-engineering team that led to significant savings and process improvement for the jumbo mortgage business which represented over 30% of the North American revenue stream.

• Partner in Business acting as sole agent for China National Arts & Crafts Import/Export Corporation for North American stuffed toy manufacturers.