BHR EQUITY INVESTMENT FUND MANAGEMENT - Key Persons


Aaron Tong

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Venture Partner
With 12 years of experience in strategic planning and 11 years of experience in venture capital, Mr. Tong has invested in projects including BesTV, FocalTech, S.C New Energy Technology, Himalaya FM, Cambricon, Innoviz, Hailo, etc, and led the investment department of TCL Venture Capital to invest in more than 90 domestic and foreign deals with a total investment amount of nearly 10 billion RMB. Mr. Tong has 9 years of experience in investing in overseas funds as a limited partner, investing in 4 USD funds, and has 5 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions as a senior manager. Mr. Tong was Vice President of TCL Corporation, President of TCL Venture Capital, and General Manager of TCL Strategic Fund. Before joining TCL, Mr. Tong worked as an assistant professor at the Business School of the National University of Singapore and a senior manager of strategic management at Motorola. Mr. Tong is a Postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. He holds a Ph.D. in Management from The George Washington University, and a bachelor's degree in Acoustics from Nanjing University.

George Guo

Job Titles:
  • Investor
  • Corporate Executive

Hao Yao

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Venture Partner

Mr. Antonio Morales

Job Titles:
  • Founder and CEO of ABS Partners
Mr. Morales is the Founder and CEO of ABS Partners, a well regarded financial advisory firm established in London in the early 2000s. It specialises in both Public and Private equity markets. Prior to that, in a career in the City of London spanning over 30 years, Mr Morales had held various positions as Director of European Equities, handling an important number of large European IPOs and corporate transactions. Mr Morales also advises, on a completely private and bona-fide capacity, the boards of several European corporations and start-ups. He is also involved in fund raising for two children charities and two environmental organizations devoted to Marine Conservation and Sustainability and Planetary Wellbeing.

Mr. Changqi Lu

Job Titles:
  • Venture Partner
  • Vice - Chairman
  • Founder of Ample Harvest
Mr. Changqi Lu is the founder of Ample Harvest and also serves as its director and Chairman of the Investment Committee. Mr. Lu has extensive experience and connections in the Chinese capital market and in the last ten years he has been actively involved in numerous IPOs both in the Chinese and overseas markets. Prior to Ample Harvest, Mr. Lu co-founded a joint venture company with the Shanghai Municipal Government focusing on IT business and investment. He was also the senior manager of Hewlett-Packard China branch and Data Equipment International.

Mr. Huiping Zhou - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
  • Venture Partner
Mr. Zhou focuses primarily on cross-border M&A investments in the advanced manufacturing and bio-tech sectors. He is also experienced in investment opportunities in next-generation technology. He has raised and invested over US$800 Million in cross-border acquisitions and currently serves as an IC member on BHR (Shanghai) Investment Fund III. Prior to joining BHR, Mr. Zhou worked at the Chicago Office of CGN & Associates.

Mr. James J. Bulger

Job Titles:
  • Venture Partner
  • Vice - Chairman
  • Chairman and Co - Founder of Thornton Group LLC
Mr. Bulger is Chairman and co-founder of Thornton Group LLC, a leading advisory firm with offices in Beijing and the United States. Mr. Bulger has created and cultivated many strategic alliances with his global clients over the years, helping many firms formulate and implement a China strategy. As a trusted advisor to many Chinese and American clients, Mr. Bulger has used his cross-border expertise to inaugurate new business deals and to provide advice on the dynamic Sino-US business climate. In particular, Mr. Bulger has expertise in the energy sector with over twenty-five years' experience in that industry and with major international infrastructure projects, including road and rail projects in China. Education Bachelor of Arts in History, Suffolk University

Mr. Jason Zhu - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
  • Venture Partner
Prior to joining BHR, Mr. Zhu served as Vice President of Bohai Industrial Fund Management Company, overseeing the investment and management of the RMB6 Billion Bohai Industrial Investment Fund. He orchestrated and executed multiple investments in the manufacturing, financial services, media and consumer goods sectors. Education MBA, Brock University B. Engineering, Tongji University

Mr. Jonathan Li - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Venture Partner
  • CEO of BHR
Mr. Li is the CEO of BHR and former CEO of Bohai Industrial Investment Fund. Prior to joining BHR, Mr. Li served as Managing Director at Macquarie Investment Advisory (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Vice President of Huawen Investment Holding Co., Ltd., President of Beijing Century Faihoo Technology Co., Ltd. which he founded, and Director of Peregrine Capital Company Limited. Being a veteran investment banker with over twenty-five years of experience in the Greater China region, he was instrumental in many pioneering and complex listings, including the Shanghai Petrochemical company H-share IPO, being the first H-share listing of a PRC company; the red-chip listing of Haihong Group (now known as China Merchants Group), being the first Chinese company red-chip listing; the Shanghai industry investment red-chip listing and the Beijing enterprise group company red-chip listing. Mr. Li was one of the first professionals of China's private equity market, with his extensive knowledge of and experience in the Chinese (including Hong Kong) public and private sectors, he is uniquely positioned to advise and assist Chinese and global clients. Education LLM, University of London BA Law and Physics, University of Nanjing Qualification PRC Bar

Mr. Ming Xue - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Managing Partner
  • Venture Partner
Prior to joining BHR, Mr. Xue served as Executive Director and Investment Committee Member of Bohai Indutsrial Investment Fund. Mr. Xue also served as Managing Director of Beringea Fund (Shanghai) Investment Consulting Co., Ltd., Vice General Manager of Intime Group, General Manager of the M&A Division of Deheng Securities, Vice President of Personal Banking Division of Societe Generale, Director of China Everbright Pacific Ltd. and China Everbright Temasek Industrial Investment Fund, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of China Everbright Group's Singapore business,and Deputy Director of the Department of Public Debt of China's Ministry of Finance of China and the Department of World Bank Affairs. Mr. Xue has experience in both equity and debt investment and his portfolio of investments include the issuance of Samurai bonds and Yankee bonds. Prior to joining BHR, Mr. Xue was involved, inter alia, in the financings of Natsteel, Peopleā€˜s Food Holdings, Jiaoda Kunji High-tech., China Garments Co., Intime Retail, Juneyao Airlines, Nanshan Fabric and Garment. Education BA International Trade, Northeastern University of Finance & Economics MBA, Nanjing University

Mr. Renda Fan

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Venture Partner
  • Chairman and Managing Director of AsiaLink Capital Limited
Mr. Fan is Chairman and Managing Director of AsiaLink Capital Limited. His expertise lies in the field of general management, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, company consolidation and restructuring. Prior to that, Mr. Fan was Deputy Chairman of Trust-Mart Group Limited. Mr. Fan was also Managing Partner of AsiaTech Venture Limited, a venture capital firm that managed approximately US$250 million. Furthermore, Mr. Fan held senior positions in a number of international financial institutions including Nomura, ABN AMRO Hoare Govett, Paine Webber and was Managing Director of a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Mr. Xiang Hong

Job Titles:
  • General of Guanghua Club and the Chairman
Mr. Xiang Hong is the Director-General of Guanghua Club and the Chairman of Xizhou Capital Group, both well-known thinktanks specializing in advising corporations and institutions on macro and corporate strategy formulation and implementation. He is concurrently serving as the Deputy Director-General of the Belt & Road Initiative Academy the Dean of the Belt and Road Institute of Southwest Jiaotong University, and the President of Hejun Vanguard Consulting Group. Mr. Xiang is the former CEO of Wutong Capital and the former Executive Chairman of Guangcai 49 Holding Co., Ltd., Delong Group, and Creat Group. With more than twenty years' experience in the investment markets of China, Europe, and the United States, Mr. Xiang Hong has handled a number of high profile corporate reorganizations involving listed companies.

Mr. Yuji Zhao

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Beijing BoyueInvestment, Expert in SOE Management and Reforms

Ms. Annie Zhao - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
  • Venture Partner

Ms. Xin Wang

Ms. Xin Wang received her Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University and Juris Doctorate from Boston University. She is a qualified lawyer in the State of California and Solicitor in England and Wales, with extensive experience in leveraged, acquisition and project financings as well as mergers & acqcuisitions. Ms. Wang served as Counsel with White & Case before joining BHR as Managing Partner.