Biography

Simon Dazhong Lu, Ph.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since 2018. Since 2009, Dr. Lu has served as the Managing Director and Partner of SDIC Fund Management Company Ltd., a PRC-based private equity fund manager. From 2008 and 2009, Dr. Lu worked at CEL Partners, a private equity firm. From 2002 to 2007, Dr. Lu served as the Investment Manager and Partner of Shanghai Newmargin Ventures, a venture capital management company based in the PRC. Prior to that, Dr. Lu worked in a number of financial institutions, including China International Capital Corporation Limited, an investment bank based in the PRC, and as a financial analyst at Scotiabank in Toronto, Canada. Early in his career, he worked as an auditor and audit and business consulting supervisor at Arthur Andersen in Shanghai and Chicago. Dr. Lu received his Bachelor’s in Economics from Nankai University in China. He received his Master’s in Business Administration from McGill University in Canada, and his Ph.D. in Economics from Nankai University in China.