Event Time

Wednesday, Jan 3 2024
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

Registration
Please click “HERE” further below to register.

Please send an email to yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu if there are any problems.

Ticket:Free

The language of the event will be English.   

Light refreshments are served to facilitate meaningful networking and conversations.

Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Event

Winter Socials are small, casual gatherings hosted by current Yale SOM students. Enjoy this opportunity to connect and learn about the Yale SOM experience and community. Admitted students, prospective students, and their partners are welcome to join.

Speakers

Judy Zhang '12 MBA
President, Yale SOM Alumni Association Beijing Chapter
Managing Director, Cambridge Associates' Beijing Office

Judy Zhang is a Managing Director in Cambridge Associates’ Beijing office and head of China business. She joined Cambridge Associates Boston office in 2012, then returned to China in 2014. Judy has worked with a variety of institutional investors (sovereign wealth funds, family offices, endowment and foundations, and insurance companies) with assets ranging from $100 million to $30 billion, on asset allocation strategy, manager selection, and investment program evaluation. She has also lead numerous private equity, venture capital and hedge fund due diligence.

Mike Peng '13 MBA
Founder, Seas Capital

Mike Peng is the founder of Seas Capital. Before founding Seas Capital, Mr. Peng was a Managing Partner at Aplus Capital, where he was responsible for early and mid-stage investments in TMT and the consumer sector. Prior to that, Mr. Peng was Vice President of Investment at Hillhouse Capital and a partner of Crystal Stream Capital, a VC arm of Hillhouse. Mr. Peng holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Peking University and an MBA from Yale University.

Pengbo Wu '20 MBA 
Product Manager, TikTok E-Commerce

Pengbo joined ByteDance after graduating from SOM. She currently works as a Product Manager for TikTok Shop and has fortunately witnessed its entire 0-1 process firsthand. Before entering the tech industry, she worked in Equity Compliance at Barclays in New York for 3 years. Pengbo earned her bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Virginia.
 

Faye Wang '24 MBA
Consultant, Boston Consulting Group

Faye is a second-year MBA student at Yale. Before pursuing her MBA, she worked as a senior associate at American Airlines, where she optimized the mid to long-term strategy for the airline. Additionally, she founded a food brand providing RTC meal kits to families with young children. At SOM, Faye is passionate about leading the recruitment efforts at Yale Consulting Club and engaging with topics related to renewable energy. She will join Boston Consulting Group upon graduation.
 

Austin Cai '25 MBA
VC Fellow, Harlem Capital Partners

Austin Cai is a first year MBA at Yale SOM. Prior to that, he was an enterprise solutions consultant at Scandit, a Swiss unicorn startup, where he led technical implementations for F100 clients. He also started his own real estate business to provide housing for low-income families. Before that he was a solutions engineer at Salesforce, with a focus on the CRM and Marketing verticals. He holds a computer science and informatics degree from the University of Michigan.