Mr. Boyang Liu, aged 50, joined the Group in January 2015. He is the Chief Investment Officer of the Group. Mr. Liu is responsible for formulating overall strategies and policies in relation to the project investment of the Group, responsible for the long-term strategies, project investment direction, business planning and forecasting, and mergers and acquisitions of the Group.
Mr. Liu has over 20 years of experience in investment banking, strategic investment and private equity investment. Before joining the Group, he served as the managing director of Guangdong Success Capital Partners Limited from January 2014 to December 2014, co-founder and chief financial officer of NovaSolar Limited from May 2011 to May 2014, and chief financial officer of Dongjiang Environmental (HK) Co., Limited, a subsidiary of Dongjiang Environmental Company Limited (listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, stock code: 895), from November 2007 to April 2010. Prior to that, he held various management positions in strategic planning, investment management and investment banking including as the Senior Finance Manager of PayPal Inc. from October 2005 to September 2007, as a manager in the financial strategy and analysis group of HSBC Card Services (under HSBC Bank USA, N.A.) from August 2004 to October 2005, worked at Byron Venture Partners L.P. from July 2001 to May 2004, and as the investment banking associate of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. from July 2000 to June 2001.
Mr. Liu obtained a master of business administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in May 2000, a master of science in environmental engineering from the University of Connecticut in August 1998, and a bachelor of science in nuclear engineering from Tsinghua University in July 1993.