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Andrew Y. Yan is the Managing Partner of SB Asia Investment Fund II and Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF), the US$1.04 billion growth capital funds that focus on telecom, media, and technology sectors in Asia Pacific region. Born in the People's Republic of China, Mr. Yan was the Chief Engineer at the Jianghuai Airplane Corp. from 1982 to 1984. From 1984 to 1986 Mr. Yan worked as a Research Fellow at the State Commission for Economic Restructuring of the State Council of China. He worked at the Policy, Planning, and Research Division of the World Bank on several major projects on the reform of Chinese enterprise and welfare systems from 1989 to 1991. Mr. Yan was a Research Fellow with the prestigious Hudson Institute in Washington, D. C., where his research covered the US foreign policy issues on China, Japan and Korea from 1991 to 1994. Mr. Yan was the Director for Strategic Planning and Business Development for the Asia Pacific region at Sprint International Corporation. He was a Managing Director and the Head of the Hong Kong Office for Emerging Markets Partnership, the Principle Advisor to the $2.7 billion (US) of AIG Asian Infrastructure Funds during Jan. 1995 - Oct. 2001. He has been in his current position since Oct. 2001.
Mr. Yan's many honors include the University Scholarship, Mellon Prize and University Honorific Scholarship from Princeton University, 1989 and 1990 respectively; the Top Honorary Prize from Beijing University, 1985. Under Mr. Yan¡¯s leadership, SAIF¡¯s investment in Shanda Interactive Entertainment (SNDA) has been named ¡°the Investment of the Year¡± by China venture capital industry in 2003. SAIF was voted as ¡°VC Firm of the Year¡± and Mr. Yan was elected as ¡°Venture Capitalist of the Year¡± in 2004 by China venture capital association.
Mr. Yan is currently a governor of the Chinese Venture Capital Association. He is an independent director of China National Offshore Oil Service Corporation and Stone Electrics (both listed at Hong Kong Stock Exchange).
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