Ken is Managing Director and U.S. representative of ChinaVest, a merchant bank based in Shanghai with over 30 years of experience on the ground in China. The firm advises a diverse mix of clients, including companies wanting to access the China market for the first time, established companies doing business in China and Chinese companies looking for overseas expansion. In addition, Ken is also the U.S. Representative of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. AmCham Shanghai, known as the “Voice of American Business” in China, was founded in 1915 as a non-profit, non-partisan business organization and is committed to the principals of free trade, open markets, private enterprise and the unrestricted flow of information.
Prior to ChinaVest and AmCham Shanghai, Ken was Executive Director of the California-China Office of Trade and Investment. The Office is a public-private partnership between the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, various economic development organizations and public and private companies throughout the State of California. Ken led dedicated experts in California and China in an effort to promote and facilitate Chinese investment into California and to help California companies doing business in China. Prior to the California-China Office of Trade and Investment, Ken was an Executive Vice President with Wells Fargo Bank.
During a career that spanned 30 years with Wells Fargo, he held many positions, including: Executive Vice President, Head of Global Banking Alliances and the China Desk Chief Executive Officer London and Regional Manager of Europe, the Middle East and Africa Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo Bank International, Dublin, Ireland Chief Executive Officer of Wells Fargo Securities International, Ltd. Managing Director of the Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank and other senior international banking positions.
Ken has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio and a Master’s in Public Administration from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California. Ken has significant corporate governance experience. He has served and continues to serve on a variety of boards, associations and organizations. He holds dual US and UK citizenship and resides with his wife in Ross, California.
