Victor Zhikai Gao
Executive Director, Beijing Private Equity Association; Secretary-General, China Private Equity Association
Victor Zhikai Gao is Executive Director of the Beijing Private Equity Association. He was recently elected as the first Secretary-General of the China Private Equity Association, the principal self-governing body for the private equity industry in China. He has extensive working experience in investment banking and corporate management, including positions with Morgan Stanley and its joint venture, China International Capital Corporation. He also served in a variety of senior management positions with the Chinese National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC). He has served with the Chinese Foreign Service in Beijing and at the United Nations, and was an English interpreter for the late Deng Xiaoping. In 1999 and 2000, he was the China policy advisor with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. Gao received a bachelor's degree from Soochow University (Taiwan), a master's degree from Yale University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Panel:
The U.S.-China Relationship: The Uneasy Ties That Bind
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