Lead Manager:

Richard Gao

Portfolio Manager

Richard Gao is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. He joined Matthews in 1997 as a China Analyst. Richard began his career at the Bank of China in 1989, first as a loan officer, then as a FOREX Trader in the Treasury Department. In 1993, he became Assistant Manager at the Bank of China, where he was in charge of FOREX trading for import/export companies. Richard received a B.A. in Literature from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and an M.B.A. in International Business from the Dominican University of California. He is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese. Richard has been a Portfolio Manager of the Pacific Tiger Fund since 2006, of the China Fund since 1999, and of the China Dividend Fund since the Fund's inception in 2009.

Lead Manager
- Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund
- Matthews China Fund

Co-Manager
- Matthews China Dividend Fund

Henry Zhang, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Henry Zhang is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. Prior to joining Matthews in 2007 as a Research Analyst, Henry served as an Application Consultant and Project Manager at Gifford Fong Associates for five years, where he was responsible for derivative security valuation, portfolio strategy investigation and investment risk analysis. Prior to moving to the United States, Henry worked for more than four years at Huaneng Power International, Inc., a NYSE-listed corporation, in China. Henry received a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. in Finance from San Francisco State University. Henry is fluent in Mandarin, and has been a Portfolio Manager of the China Fund since 2010.

Co-Manager
- Matthews China Fund