Andy Yan joined SAIF in October 2001 and heads SAIF as the Managing Partner. Prior to joining SAIF, Mr. Yan was Managing Director & Head of Hong Kong Office of Emerging Markets Partnership which is the Principal Advisor to AIG Asian Infrastructure Funds. He has held the position of Director for Strategic Planning & Business Development at Sprint International Corporation. His career also spans his work as an Economist with The World Bank - Policy, Planning, and Research Division and he was a Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute Washington, D.C. as well as a Research Fellow at the State Commission for Economic Restructuring of the State Council of China. He has also worked as Chief Engineer with Jianghuai Airplane Corporation.

Mr. Yan graduated in Engineering from Nanjing Aeronautic Institute. He has done Master of Arts in Sociology & Economics from Peking University. He also holds a Master of Arts in International Political Economy from the Princeton University.

Investment Experiences

· Founding Managing Partner of SAIF Eagle and the TMT Fund of Huatai Securities.

· Investment President of Chia Tai Bright Investment, Charoen Pokphand Group’s Financial Holding Co.

· Managing Director of Hambrecht & Quist (H&Q) Asia Pacific

Mr. Tang engineered or played key roles in many mega transactions, such as: 

· PingAn Group’s acquisition of Autohome for US$1.6B

· Taking Qihoo360 private for US$11B

· CP Group’s US$1B investment in Itochu

· CP Group’s HK$80B investment in CITIC Group

Mr. Tang is a renowned technologist and serial entrepreneur in IC/5G/IP technologies：

· Co-founder and CTO of Harbour Networks, acquired by Huawei for US$170M in 2006

· Co-founder of 3Intron Semiconductor and Aubade Networks

· Various senior IC engineering/management roles at leading tech companies in the Silicon Valley: Siara Networks, Redback Networks, 8x8 Systems, Acuson, etc.

Education

· Mr. Tang received a BS in Physics from Beijing University and a MS EECS from UC Berkeley. 

· Mr. Tang was a bronze medalist of Team China at the 18th International Physics Olympiad.

• General Partner of SAIF Eagle Fund

• Previously General Partner of SAIF Partners for 13 years

• Served as Head of Corporate Business Development for Cisco Asia Pacific Region, responsible for M&A and venture investments 

• Co-founder of Metaplex, a networking technology startup in the US/Australia that was acquired by Cisco in 1996

• General Partner of SAIF Eagle Fund

• Previously Founding member of PENG Capital and HuaTai TMT Fund

• More than 15 years of experiences in PE investment and asset management