Dated April 30, 2010 |
Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund
Managers
Lead Manager:Richard GaoPortfolio 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.
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Lead Manager:Sharat Shroff, CFAPortfolio Manager Sharat Shroff is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. Prior to joining Matthews as a Research Analyst in 2005, 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 receive 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. Sharat has been a Portfolio Manager of the Pacific Tiger Fund since 2008, of the Asia Pacific Fund since 2007, and of the India Fund since 2006.
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Co-Manager:Mark W. HeadleyChairman, Portfolio Manager Mark Headley is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Matthews and a Portfolio Manager. Mark joined Matthews in 1995 and has been actively involved in Asian markets since 1989. He was an original member of the team that launched the first SEC-registered open-ended Asia (ex-Japan) fund. Mark received a B.A. in Economics and Politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Mark has been a Portfolio Manager of the Pacific Tiger Fund since 1996.
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