EY’s China Central Assurance Leader & Partner George Chan: Michael is able to spot the issue and alert the appropriate leadership in a timely basis to help to get the issue resolved. He takes the initiative in building contacts with investment bankers by referring companies to them. The ibankers appreciate Michael's effort and resulted in referring potential IPO clients to EY in return. I'm impressed by the proactiveness of Michael and the fact that he could establish such a good working relationship with ibankers.
EY’s China Asset Management Leader & Partner Joyce Xu: Michael has a strong PE network which helps EY to build up PE related business and he has already used the network to line up the meetings for us, and also involved in our strategic discussions on PE industry. Michael supports EY on PE side by not only providing market insights frequently, but also introducing potential clients to us, such as Apax Partners, BoCom Asset Management and Edmond De Rothschild through his network.
Praises from Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific co-CEO, Morgan Stanley China PE Fund CEO, JPMorgan China Chairman & CEO, Credit Suisse Greater China FIG Head & MD, Credit Suisse Founder Securities CEO and BOCI Asia Equity Capital Markets MD on my analysis of China’s investment banking industry.
Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific co-CEO, China CEO Wei Christianson: Your depth of knowledge of investment banks is quite impressive.
Morgan Stanley China Private Equity Fund CEO Jun Xu: Michael is a self-driven, motivated and resourceful person. His relationships and personal networks will be a great addition to your franchise.
JPMorgan China Chairman & CEO Zili Shao: It is very informative and offers great insights on the industry and competitors landscape.
Credit Suisse Asia FIG Co-Head & Managing Director Simon Yuan: Very interesting articles and I enjoyed reading them ... wondering how you were able to collect all this info... I'm impressed.
Credit Suisse Founder Securities CEO Neil Ge: Quite comprehensive review and fact based. Good stuff!
BOCI Asia Equity Capital Markets Managing Director Annie Zhao: Thanks for the help that you have provided to BOCI various referrals of potential IPOs. It is highly appreciated that you have brought these leads to us and followed up with meeting arrangements and client feedbacks which proved very insightful to our pitching efforts. It is clear that you have good client contacts, a sound understanding of the clients’ capital needs and plans and the ability to line up meetings. In view of these support and efforts, I just wanted to let you know that we truly appreciated you as a partner.
Texas Pacific Group (TPG) Asia Managing Partner Shan Weijian: I wish to let you know that I enjoyed reading your pieces. I think your work goes a long way to educate the market about various players.
CRCI Cpital's Managing Director Liu Ji-Ou:Michael is a seasoned financial market observer and practitioner.