Wendy is a seasoned executive with 18+ years of experience in private equity, venture capital and corporate reorganization.
Most recently, she was an Investment Partner and Head of Investment Management with Omidyar Network, in which she has supported impact projects like Good ID with the World Economic Forum, and digital ID development with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
Prior to relocating to the Silicon Valley, Wendy has led Sequoia Capital China as Chief Financial Officer and Operations Lead through its most aggressive growth period. She was instrumental in aligning its legal, finance, tax, and HR departments into one cohesive team to scale up investment and operational excellence.
Before venturing into the private equity and venture capital industry, Wendy was the Partner in Tax & Business Advisory Services with Ernst & Young. She was also the Regional Leader for Tax Accounting and Risk Advisory Services for central China region in which she developed the go-to-market strategy and successfully conducted SOX404 projects for U.S. multi-nationals. Wendy attained Partnership within 9.5 years of her career and was the youngest to be admitted into the Ernst & Young partnership in the China tax department.
Wendy was awarded as one of the Top 10 CFOs in the private equity and venture capital industry in China for 2015. She has a deep interest in the entrepreneurial eco-system and has founded the Joint Association to Develop Entrepreneurship (JADE) to promote knowledge sharing between the Silicon Valley and Hong Kong.
Wendy received an executive MBA from Kellogg School of Management, a Master of Applied Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne.