Our Team

Na Gai, our Chairwoman, has served as the executive president for Shenzhen Guoxing Capital Co., Ltd., an asset management and investment company based in China, since September 2015. Ms. Gai also served as a partner of Hunan Zhongsheng Hongcheng Investment Management Partnership (LP), a private equity investment company based in China, from February to May 2017.

Hongfei Zhang, our Chief Executive Officer, has been the managing partner of Knightsbridge Investment Group, a private equity and venture capital firm investing in technology, biotech and consumer related business, and the managing partner and co-founder of HEY Capital, an investment company investing in commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), since 2012. He currently serves on the board of several technology companies and is the chairman for YoujiVest technology, an ESG data and analytics company. Mr. Zhang is Vice Chair of Tsinghua Entrepreneur and Executive Club. From 2002 to 2012, he served as Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer of Dexia Group, a Franco-Belgian financial institution. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Zhang worked for Deutsche Bank as Vice President. Before 2001, he was a Director of Nationwide Insurance Enterprise. Prior to his financial industry career, Mr. Zhang was a Professor at Ball State University and University of Texas at Austin. He was also a research fellow at Argonne National Laboratory. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and has a PhD in mathematics.

Dr. Jing Lu, our Chief Financial Officer, has more than 20 years of experience in the financial service industry. Most recently, she served as Chief Financial Officer of Keyarch Acquisition Corporation, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company, from March 2021 until April 2024, when Keyarch successfully completed its initial business combination with ZOOZ Power Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ZOOZ). She has also been Chief Financial Officer of Bowen Acquisition Corp since July 2023. From 2019 to 2021, Dr. Lu served as Chief Investment Officer for the New Hope Fertility Center (NHFC), sourcing and managing private equity investments, bank loans and government PPP loans. Dr. Lu also served as a Managing Director and then Chief Operating Officer of China Bridge Capital International Inc., a private equity/venture capital investment advisory company specializing in innovative technologies from 2017 to 2019. Prior to China Bridge Capital, Dr. Lu was President of ACE AV Consulting Inc. from 2005 to 2017. She was an Executive Director at CIBC World Markets in 2001 working on corporate securities. Between 1998 and 2001, she worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as a bank regulator and supervisor, working on Basel Capital Accords as well as examining the banks’ implementation of the Basel Accords. Before moving to New York, Dr. Lu was a professor of economics at York University in Canada for four years, specializing her teaching and research in Macroeconomics, Institutional Economics, and Econometrics.

Lawrence Leighton is a seasoned international investment banker with approximately 50 years of experience. He has worked with many major international companies throughout his career, including Pernod Ricard SA (ENXTPA: RI) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). Mr. Leighton has served as a Managing Director of Bentley Associates, a boutique investment bank, since 1997. In 1989, he became President and Chief Executive Officer of UI USA, the US subsidiary of Union d’Ètudes et d’Investissements, the merchant banking arm of Credit Agricôle, the largest bank in France. From 1982 to 1989, Mr. Leighton served as a Managing Director of Chase Bank. Previously, he was a Limited Partner at Bear, Stearns & Co., focusing on international mergers and acquisitions. Starting in 1974, he was with Norton Simon as the Director of Strategic Planning/Mergers & Acquisitions. Before Norton Simon, Mr. Leighton was with Clark, Dodge & Co. where he became Co-Head of the Corporate Finance Department.

Wei Li has five years of Wall Street experience at 1st-tier financial institutions including Barclays Capital and HSBC. Ms. Li is the co-founder and has served as CEO of Hyatt Capital Management, a private investment fund and financial service company dedicated in impact investing in the Asian pacific area, since 2018. Previously, Ms. Li served as Managing Director and Head of Structured Finance at China Renaissance (HK.1911), a leading boutique investment bank in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing (where she was based during her time there), from 2016 to 2018. She was Executive Director & Head of Private Credit Investment at CITIC Securities (SH.600030), an investment bank, from 2011 to 2016.

Jun Zhang has served as Senior Partner and Associate Director at Mazars (Shenzhen Branch) since 2000. Mr. Zhang also founded Shenzhen Zhonghuan Certified Public Accountants Co., Ltd, an accounting firm, in 2009 and has served as Chairman since its founding. From 1994 to 2000, he served as Partner and Associate Director at Shenzhen Wenwu Accounting Firm. From 1989 to 1994, he was the Senior Manager at Shenzhen Shekou Zhonghua Accounting Firm. He served as Project Manager at Wuhan Accounting Firm of Wuhan Finance Bureau from 1986 to 1989. Mr. Zhang is a member of China Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA).