Bob Dodds

Bob is a leading China M&A advisor with over 20 years of China experience and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Bob was head of China M&A for the global investment banking division of HSBC. Previously, Bob worked as a senior banker at CICC, China’s top local investment bank and a joint venture of Morgan Stanley, and played a key role in building CICC’s M&A practice. He has led a wide range of acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, JVs, IPOs and restructurings across many industries. Before his investment banking career, Bob practiced corporate and international trade law in Washington, DC and New York and holds J.D. and M.S.F.S degrees from Georgetown University and a B.A. from Columbia University.

Yang Ye

Yang Ye focuses on business development and M&A execution in the Shanghai office. Ms. Ye was a Senior Investment Manager at Pacific Asset Management Co., Ltd. in the Project Investment Department. In this role she completed a number of projects with a total investment of 10 billion RMB. Previously, Ms. Ye spent 10 years in the Investment Banking Department of China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC), where she was involved in IPOs, financial advisory, private equity and M&A. Ms. Ye received her BA from Shanghai Jiaotong University and an MBA from the University of Birmingham, UK. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Shanghai Dialect.