顾宏地

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Dr. Gu Hongdi (顾宏地) is currently Co-founder and Managing Partner of 星航资本 (Xinghang Capital) and Honorary Vice Chairman and President of XPeng Motors (小鹏汽车). Since joining XPeng in 2018, as part of the core management team, Dr. Gu has co-led XPeng's growth from a Chinese startup into a large internationally listed company, and has helped the company successfully complete private and public market financings totaling more than USD 8 billion. Before joining XPeng, Dr. Gu spent 14 years in J.P. Morgan's Hong Kong office, during which he served as Chairman of J.P. Morgan's Investment Banking business in Asia Pacific and as a member of its Global Strategic Advisory Council, making outstanding contributions to J.P. Morgan's business development in Asia Pacific and Greater China. From 1998 to 2004, before joining J.P. Morgan, Dr. Gu served in Lehman Brothers' global M&A division on Wall Street in New York. During his 20-year investment banking career, Dr. Gu provided strategic advice and services to many leading global companies and advised on landmark transactions totaling more than USD 200 billion. In the Chinese market, he was deeply involved in the capital financing, M&A or restructuring transactions of leading innovative companies such as Alibaba, Xiaomi, Ctrip, Baidu, Mindray and WuXi AppTec. Dr. Gu is currently a member of the Asia Pacific Council of The Nature Conservancy, a member of the Greater China Advisory Council of the Yale School of Management, and a member of the Board of Directors of Yale-China Association (雅礼协会). Dr. Gu holds an MBA from Yale University, a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Washington, and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Oregon.

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