Peter Fuhrman

Chairman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at China First Capital (www.chinafirstcapital.com) , China-focused international investment bank and advisory firm for private capital markets and M&A transactions in China. China First Capital has a disciplined focus on -- and strives for a leadership position in -- four distinct business areas. These are:

- Private placement and equity financing for China's high-growth entrepreneur-led companies;

- Private equity Secondaries, buy-side and sell-side representation for acquisitions

and early liquidity events;

- Strategic M&A transactions, domestic and cross-border;

- Restructuring, financings and advisory for China's ...More State Owned Enterprises.

Our transaction volume over the preceding twelve months exceeds USD $250 million. China First Capital's geographical reach and client mandates are across all regions of China, with exceptional proprietary deal flow. We have significant domain expertise in most major industries in China's private and public sector, structuring transactions for a diversified group of companies and financial sponsors to help them grow and globalize. We execute transactions across the capital spectrum to minimize dilution and optimize our clients' capital structure and financial returns. We are a knowledge-driven company, committed to the long-term economic prosperity of Chinese business and society, backed by proprietary research (in both Chinese and English), that is unmatched by other boutique investment banks or advisory firms active in China.

I’m a graduate of both Tufts University (BA Chinese History, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Cambridge University (M.Phil.) I also have solid background in high-technology financing and management, as CEO of Awareness Technologies, a California-based "cloud-based" security software company (Deloitte "Fast500"), and as CEO of California-based venture capital firm. Earlier in my career, from 1986-1995 I worked at Forbes Magazine, as journalist and later as Forbes' European Bureau Chief.