Speaker Categories: Impact Architects

Yong Ge

Executive Director, Green Startup Hub, Green Startup Hub

Yong Ge is the initiator of Green Startup Hub and Founding Partner of Green Leaf Investment. As one of China’s first platforms supporting green entrepreneurship, it adopts a hybrid model of incubation and impact investing to support sustainable startups.

Cheng Mi

Founder, TraditioNow, TraditioNow

Cheng Mi is the founder of TraditioNow, an impact investor, and a board member of the Dunhuang Contemporary Art Museum. She focuses on leveraging technology and finance to digitize and industrialize traditional culture, enabling the integration of cultural, social, and economic capital to support the continuous evolution of civilization.

Liwen Pan

Managing Director, Gobi Partners, Gobi Partners

Liwen Pan is Managing Director at Gobi Partners and Executive Director of Gobi Greater Bay Area, where she also leads ESG initiatives. She has over 15 years of experience in corporate management and operations, along with 8 years of international study and work experience. Her focus areas include AI, deep tech, life sciences, new materials, and ESG impact investing, with a focus on early-stage investments in the Greater Bay Area and cross-border innovation.

Yifan Zhu

Managing Partner & CFO, Shanghai Lianchuang Capital, Shanghai Lianchuang Capital

Yifan Zhu is Managing Partner and CFO of Shanghai Lianchuang Capital, with over a decade of experience in private equity investment. He previously worked at PwC and joined Lianchuang in 2011, where he rose to senior leadership. He has led investments totaling approximately RMB 1.5 billion and participated in multiple high-profile deals, receiving numerous industry recognitions.

Di Zheng

Investment Director, Bits x Bites, Bits x Bites

Di Zheng is an Investment Director at Bits x Bites, where she leads investments in agri-food and food technology sectors. She is responsible for sourcing high-quality projects and conducting comprehensive due diligence. During her tenure, she has led investment evaluations for companies including Jimu Robotics, Aikenong, Changjin Bio, Suto, Agrimax, and Alchemy. She also supports portfolio companies with industry insights and business development. Previously, she was a Senior Program Manager at the Leping Foundation, working with entrepreneurs to address challenges in food traceability, sustainable agriculture, and systemic issues in China’s food system.

Qing Ma

Director & Head of China, Apax Partners, Apax Partners

Qing Ma is a Director at Apax Partners and a member of the Greater China investment team, which she joined in 2018. She has recently led and participated in investments such as Huayue Education, a leading provider of Chinese curriculum reform solutions. Prior to Apax, she served as an Investment Director at Permira and previously worked at Lianyu Investment, focusing on growth and M&A investments in Greater China. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Fudan University and is a CFA charterholder.

Xiangyu Ma

President, China Impact Investing Network (CIIN), China Impact Investing Network (CIIN)

Xiangyu Ma serves as President of the China Impact Investing Network (CIIN), President of the China Social Enterprise and Impact Investment Forum, President of Forgood Future (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., and Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Sustainable Development Management Committee of the China Management Science Society.
As one of the first generation of professional executives in Chinese business schools, she spent 15 years at Peking University Guanghua School of Management, where she served as Head of Operations for Executive Education (ExEd). She led her team to become one of the most effective business school operations teams globally and built a comprehensive alumni network and engagement system for entrepreneurs.
In 2019, she joined the China Social Enterprise and Impact Investment Forum, working with her team to build an ecosystem platform for social enterprises, impact investing, and purpose-driven business. In 2022, she led the organization’s strategic transformation, establishing the Forgood social innovation matrix as a hybrid model for social innovation.
She holds a master’s degree from Peking University Guanghua School of Management and previously served as Assistant to the Dean of the Peking University Innovation Institute, focusing on industry-academia collaboration and innovation education reform.

Jun Liu

President, Yifang City Health & Healing Research Institute, Yifang City Health & Healing Research Institute

Liu Jun is Vice Chairman of the Health & Wellness Tourism Branch of the China Tourism Chamber of Commerce. He focuses on the investment and development of health and healing projects, promoting the integration of global wellness systems into China, including French thermal medicine, German forest medicine, American sports medicine, Thai healing traditions, as well as advanced fields such as preventive, regenerative, functional, and longevity medicine.

Xiang Yun

Founder & Chairman, Daren Group, Daren Group

Xiang Yun holds a Master’s degree in Engineering and Biology from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo. He is the Founder and Chairman of Daren Group and Chairman of I·O·JAPAN Co., Ltd. He previously served as Head of Development and Vice President for Greater China at SECOM, Japan’s largest healthcare and security services group.

With over two decades of experience in precision manufacturing, bioengineering, and health technology, he has led and contributed to advanced research projects with Mitsubishi Chemical, Hitachi Medical, SECOM, and Itochu Corporation. He holds a portfolio of over 300 patents, with more than 100 successfully implemented in China, particularly in nanotechnology and advanced water applications.

In recent years, he has focused on the development of natural medicine and health industries, acquiring healthcare platforms such as Ankangtong and Israel-based Natali Telemedicine, while also investing in hospital infrastructure. He currently serves as Vice President of the Japan Committee of the China Society for Promotion of the Guangcai Program, and holds multiple roles in organizations related to traditional Chinese medicine and integrative health.

Michael Sheldrick

Co-founder Global Citizen, Global Citizen

Michael Sheldrick is the Chief Policy, Impact and Government Relations Officer at Global Citizen. Over the past decade, Global Citizen’s campaigns have led to over $35 billion distributed to anti-poverty efforts around the world. Michael leads Global Citizen’s campaigns to rally support from governments, businesses and foundations to get the world on track to end extreme poverty.