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Dreaming Big - Seizing Opportunities in China

July 1, 2020

IsCham invites you to join a special trio conversation between Ning Tang, founder & CEO of CreditEase, Chemi Peres, Co-founder & Managing Partner at Pitango, and Aaron Mankovski, Managing General Partner at Pitango, on the opportunities presented by the current crisis around online transformation, customer engagement and beyond.

Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm CST, July 1st (Wednesday) 2020

Language: English

Online Event

About Chemi Peres

Nechemia (Chemi) J. Peres, chairman of the advisory committee at Impact First Investments, is a Managing General Partner and Co-Founder of Pitango Venture Capital. In 1992, Chemi founded the Mofet Israel Technology Fund, an Israeli venture capital fund publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Chemi has served on the boards of several NASDAQ companies such as AudioCodes, BackWeb, Magic Software Enterprises, Aladdin, VocalTec, Orckit Communications and Koor Industries, among others. Chemi currently serves on the boards of numerous Pitango portfolio companies and also for several non-profit organizations. He is chairman of the Peres Center for Peace, board member at Social Finance Israel, and serves on the board of Governors of the Caesarea Foundation. Chemi holds a BSc. degree in Industrial Engineering and MBA from Tel Aviv University. Chemi served as a pilot in the Israeli Air Force for 10 years.

About Mr. Ning Tang:

Mr. Tang founded CreditEase in Beijing in 2006 and has been serving as its CEO ever since. He is also the Executive Chairman and CEO of Yiren Digital (NYSE: YRD).

In the past 14 years, CreditEase has grown into an internationally leading Fintech enterprise, promoting the development of inclusive finance and wealth management and Fintech innovation, with a strong emphasis on technology.

Yiren Digital (NYSE:YRD), CreditEase's online consumer finance and wealth management subsidiary, went public on NYSE on December 18, 2015 as the first Fintech company IPO from China in the global capital markets.

Apart from being an expert in everything finance, Mr. Tang has an exceptional personality and broad overview of various verticals in China and worldwide, and will share his perspective on the current business landscape in China and the tech collaboration opportunities between the two countries.