{"id":25886,"date":"2011-11-08T07:37:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T12:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=25886"},"modified":"2011-11-08T07:41:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T12:41:04","slug":"hedge-fund-people-moves-man-appoints-yifei-li-as-country-chair-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/11\/2011\/hedge-fund-people-moves-man-appoints-yifei-li-as-country-chair-china.html","title":{"rendered":"Hedge Fund People Moves: Man Appoints Yifei Li as Country Chair, China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/images-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25887\" title=\"images (8)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/images-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Hedge fund giant Man Group plc is establishing its presence in China with the appointment of Yifei Li as Country Chair, China. Li has 18 years of senior management\u00a0experience, having successfully led the expansion of several multinational companies in China.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This appointment signals the importance of China to Man\u2019s future development.&#8221; Peter Clarke, Chief Executive of Man, said. &#8220;We are\u00a0already extremely well represented in terms of trading, sales and distribution in Asia and expansion\u00a0in China is the natural next step. Yifei Li is widely recognized in the region for her extensive\u00a0experience managing multinationals\u2019 growth in the region and we are thrilled that she will be\u00a0leading Man\u2019s drive to establish its presence there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m thrilled to take on this role at one of the world\u2019s leading asset management companies\u00a0at a time when the financial industry is booming in China,&#8221; said Yifei Li. \u201cMan is extremely well\u00a0placed to take advantage of this trend and I look forward to leading Man\u2019s expansion into China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her employment by Man, Li worked representing GLG Partners, which was acquired by\u00a0Man in October 2010. She was previously Managing Director of MTV Networks Greater China and\u00a0Chief Representative of Viacom China.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Akesson<br \/>\nEditor for <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Hedge fund giant Man Group plc is establishing its presence in China with the appointment of Yifei Li as Country Chair, China. Li has 18 years of senior management\u00a0experience, having successfully led the expansion of several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16005,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-developing-stories","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25886"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25893,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25886\/revisions\/25893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}