People

Christopher Norman Fish, age 64

Mr Fish retired as Managing Director of Close International Private Banking in 2004, a position he held since 1999, but remains as the Non-Executive Chairman of Close Private Bank. He has over 30 years experience in banking, investment and fiduciary businesses. Mr Fish was a Senior Executive Director and Group Head of Trusts for Rea Brothers (Guernsey) Limited (“Rea”) from 1998 until it was acquired by Close Brothers Plc in 1999. Prior to joining Rea he worked for 6 years at Coutts & Co. in various senior roles including Managing Director of Coutts & Co (Cayman) Ltd and Senior Client Partner and Director of Coutts Offshore Businesses. Mr Fish worked from 1989 to 1992 as Chief Executive of Leopold Joseph Holdings (Guernsey) Limited and he worked from 1973 to 1989 in a number of senior positions for The Royal Bank of Canada. He started his banking career in 1963 at Lloyds Bank where he remained for 10 years. He was educated at Norwich School, England. Mr Fish is a director of a number of other funds.

Dr Randolph Baer Cohen, age 43

Dr Cohen is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research specialties include the interface between the actions of institutional investors and price levels in the stock market and the identification of top investment managers. Dr Cohen worked for Godwins, Booke and Dickenson as a Senior Actuarial Analyst from 1991 to 1993 and Hewitt Associates as an Associate Pension Actuary from 1989 to 1991. From 1987 to 1989 he was President of Boston Auto Brokers. In 2002 he co-founded Vision Capital Advisors. He received a AB in Mathematics from Harvard University in 1987 and a PhD in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago in 1998.

David William Benway, age 42

Mr Benway is the Director of Origination and Investments for Vision Capital Advisors. He has more than 17 years’ experience in managing complex, global financial investment teams in various capacities. Before joining Vision Capital Advisers in February 2007, Mr Benway was the Chief Operating Officer for Twin Securities, Inc. where he led numerous strategic initiatives within the firm ranging from risk control and managed account implementation to cost controls, road show planning and marketing programs. From 2002 to 2005 he was Head of Institutional Sales and Business Development at Rose Glen Capital Group. He joined Rose Glen from Cooperneff Group (a BNP Paribas company) where he was Senior Vice President of Risk Managed Funds (2000-2002), Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Active Portfolio Strategies Group (1997-2000) and a trader in the Active Portfolio Strategies Group (1995-1997). Mr Benway worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. from 1992 to 1995 both as an Associate in the International Equities Operations Group (1994-1995) and as an Analyst in the Contracts & Proprietary Rights Group (1992-1994). In 1991 he co-founded KVD, Inc. where he was Chief Financial Officer until 1992. He received a BA in Government in 1990 from St Lawrence University and an MBA in Finance from New York University Stern School of Business in 1995.

Ruiping Wang, age 47

Mr Wang is currently the Managing Director and Founder of TDR Capital International Ltd, the Chairman of TDR (Tianjin) Fund Management Ltd and the Co-founder of China VIT Media Holding Ltd. He is also currently an independent director of Holley Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd and a director of SYSCAN Technology Holdings Limited. Mr. Wang was an Executive Director of Softbank Investment International (Strategic) Limited from October 2003 to December 2005 and before that the General Manager of Softbank China Venture Investment Limited from September 2001. In 2006 and the first half of 2007 he acted as Group Advisor to Softbank. During his time at Softbank Mr Wang was a director of a number of other companies in the group. From 2000 to 2001 he was the Vice President of the Greater China Investment Banking Division of Deutsche Bank. From 1991 to 2001 he was an Associate Director of Standard Chartered (Asia) and was in charge of investment in mainland China. Before joining Standard Chartered (Asia) he was a manager of CITIC Group (1986 to 1991). Mr Wang received an MA in Economics from Nankai University, Tianjin in 1986.

Dr Christopher Keith Polk, age 41

Dr Polk is a Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science (“LSE”). He specialises in the behaviour of security prices and investment strategies and researches a wide range of topics including stock market efficiency, behavioural finance and corporate investment decisions. He has advised several asset management companies on the effectiveness of their investment strategies. Prior to joining the faculty at LSE, Dr Polk was an Assistant Professor of Finance at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management for 8 years. From 1990 to 1993 he was a senior consultant for Andersen Consulting before leaving to pursue a PhD. He received a BS in Physics and Economics from Duke University in 1990 and a PhD in Finance from the University of Chicago in 1998.