Co-hosted by the Yale School of Management (SOM) Alumni Association Beijing Chapter, Young Presidents' Organization Greater China Chapter and Yale Center Beijing. 

Event Time

Tuesday, Nov 26, 2024

Registration
18:30 pm - 19:00 pm

Q&A
19:00 pm - 20:30 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
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Ticket: Free.

Walk-ins will not be accepted.

This event will be in English.

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

The Event

Discover how your body, much like a well-functioning city, relies on robust and efficient infrastructure to support its systems, and cope with ongoing pressures and maintain balance.

Join us on November 26 as Siddharth Chatterjee, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, and Yusheng Zhang, Founder and CEO of Apricot Forest, share practical techniques to optimize bodily functions, including the art of effective breathing.

Speakers

Siddharth Chatterjee
The United Nations Resident Coordinator in China

Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee took office as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China on 16 January 2021 and is the designated representative of - and reports to - the UN Secretary General.

Mr. Chatterjee has more than 25 years of experience in international cooperation, sustainable development, humanitarian coordination, and peace and security in the United Nations and the Red Cross movement. He has served in many fragile and war-torn countries all over the world.

Mr. Chatterjee holds a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University.

Yusheng Zhang
Founder and CEO, Apricot Forest

Yusheng Zhang was trained as a physician and public health professional at Peking Union Medical College and Johns Hopkins University. He previously worked at WellPoint as a clinical research manager until his return to China to start his own business as Founder of Apricot Forest (Xingshulin). The company won the Beijing Startup Weekend Competition in 2011 and received venture capital investment from Silicon Valley.

Moderators

Stone Shi
Partner, Ascendent Capital Partners

Stone Shi is a Partner at Ascendent Capital Partners. Previously, he was Senior Vice President at the D. E. Shaw Group, leading private equity investments in Greater China. Before that, he served as Vice President at CCMP Capital Asia Ltd. (formerly JP Morgan Partners Asia), where he focused on buyouts and other private equity investments in China and the Asia-Pacific region. He began his career in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs, advising on international equity offerings and cross-border mergers and acquisitions for Chinese companies.

He holds a B.A. and M.A. from Tsinghua University.

Judy Zhang MBA '12
Managing Director, Cambridge Associates' Beijing Office

Judy Zhang is a Managing Director in Cambridge Associates’ Beijing office and head of China business. She 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.