Cheng Chai

Ms. Chai is a chartered accountant (ICAEW) by profession with an honors degree in Finance from Sheffield University, England. Her career spans over 25 years, reflecting a unique combination of finance and investment banking advisory work combined with executive responsibility of a major corporation. With over 15 years of investment banking experience, largely based in Hong Kong with Schroders and Merrill Lynch, responsible for fund raising (equity and equity linked issues), IPOs, M&As, corporate restructuring and general advisory transactions for local and multinational corporations in a variety of industries in North and South East Asia.

She has a varied and extensive transactional background of operating and negotiating in the region, and a wide and deep network of contacts acquired throughout the region. Ms. Chai also served as Finance Director of SCMP Group, a HK listed corporation which is one of the largest English language publishing and print media companies in the region.