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Taizo Ishida

Lead Portfolio Manager:

Taizo Ishida
Portfolio Manager

Taizo Ishida is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews International Capital Management, LLC. Prior to joining Matthews in 2006, Taizo spent six years on the global and international teams at Wellington Management Company as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager. From 1997 to 2000, he was a Senior Securities Analyst and a member of the international investment team at USAA Investment Management Company. From 1990 to 1997, he was a Principal and Senior Research Analyst at Sanford Bernstein & Co. Prior to beginning his investment career at Yamaichi International (America), Inc. as a Research Analyst in 1987, Taizo spent three years in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a Program Officer with the United Nations Development Program. Taizo received a B.A. in Social Science from International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan and an M.A. in International Relations from The City College of New York. He is fluent in Japanese.

Lead Manager
- Matthews Japan Fund
- Matthews Asia Pacific Fund


Sharat Shroff

Co-Portfolio Manager:

Sharat Shroff, CFA
Portfolio Manager

Sharat Shroff, CFA, joined Matthews International Capital Management, LLC in 2005 and is currently a Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining Matthews as a Research Analyst, Sharat spent five years in the San Francisco office and seven months in the Hong Kong office of Morgan Stanley as an Equity Research Associate. Sharat received a Bachelor of Technology from the Institute of Technology in Varanasi, India and an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, in Calcutta, India. He is fluent in Hindi and Bengali.

Co-Manager
- Matthews India Fund
- Matthews Asia Pacific Fund