Conrad Tsang

Founder and Chairman
Strategic Year Holdings

Mr Tsang has been in the private equity and venture capital industry for 20 years.  Mr Tsang’s industry experience includes: education and professional services, TMT, retail and consumer products,  real estate, natural resources/mining, advanced manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, logistics, environmental products/services, energy and alternative energy, financial services etc.   Prior to founding Strategic Year Holdings Limited, he spent 13 years at Baring Private Equity Asia (“Baring Asia”), where his last position was Managing Director.  He was the Founding Partner of Baring Asia’s Beijing office.   Prior to that, he was with Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific doing equity research, focusing on media and retail sectors.  In the 1990s, Mr Tsang began his career at Peregrine Investment Holdings, where he was involved with Asian fixed income sales and marketing.

Mr Tsang is currently President, Co-Chairman of PRC Committee and Co-Chairman of Real Assets Committee of the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA).  Previously, he was Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association’s Chairman of the Board (2013-2015).  Mr Tsang is a Member of the Mainland Business Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).  He is also the Co-Chairman of the Financial Services Committee of Hong Kong China Chamber of Commerce (HKCHCC).  Prior to founding Strategic Year Holdings Limited, he was Senior Advisor, Asia with Apollo Education Group.

Mr Tsang obtained a Master’s Degree in Management Studies at University of Oxford, United Kingdom; and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (First Class Honors) at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, United Kingdom.