Our Senior Management Team
Mr Eric Cheung
Founder
Mr Eric Cheung (HBS AMP, HK Citizen)
Founder
Mr Eric P F Cheung received his first degree at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Then he finished his second degree (MBA) at the London Business School. He became a Harvard Business School (“HBS”) Alumnus when he finished HBS AMP184 program in 2013. He is the Recruiting Partner for HBS SELP starting from 2018.
Eric has been living and working in Mainland China for more than 27 years. Before he started his own business, he was the C-Suite executives from various multinational companies such as Philips, GE and Novartis. He was the man who first introduced Philips Lighting and GE Lighting to the PRC with tremendous success. He also was the man who turned around Chinese Major Internet Portal into profit when he was the Senior VP at Netease which is a Nasdaq listed company.
Eric has more than 10 years solid experience in physical commodities trading before he decided to start Aranti Capital focusing on a one-stop expertise platform in physical commodities trade with transparency, trust, integrity and responsible procurement on a global level.
Dr Ray Zhong
Partner and
Chief Investment Officer
Dr Ray Zhong (US Citizen)
Partner and Chief Investment Officer
Dr Ray Zhong holds a PhD in Finance from Cornell University and MBA from Columbia University. After teaching at the Columbia Business School and Business School of Fordham University in New York, he then came to the PRC and taught EMBA/MBA at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business as a faculty of Finance. He now is a Professor of Financial Economics, Business School , University of Texas.
Apart from his teaching career, he has over 13 years in investment banking and PE/venture capital business as independent financial advisor to various companies and financial institutions in the PRC for both buy side and sell side. During this period, he also acted as Co-founders in various startup companies in the PRC, including Rui Xin Supply ChainTechnology Company Limited, Beijing Perfect Time Media Group, Hai Run Media Group, Shenyang Hong Yao Pharma Group,etc.
His solid financial and investment backgrounds providing professional investment and financial services to our clients to secure their deals and grow their business further than physical commodities trade.