Andrew Y. YAN / 阎 焱
 
Managing Partner / 首席合伙人
SAIF Partners / 赛富基金管理公司
 

 
Mr. Andrew Yan is the Managing Partner of SB Asia Investment Fund II and Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF), the US$1.04 billion growth capital funds that focus on telecom, media, and technology sectors in Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining SAIF, Mr. Yan was the Director for Strategic Planning and Business Development for the Asia Pacific region at Sprint International Corporation and a Managing Director and the Head of the Hong Kong Office for Emerging Markets Partnership. Mr. Yan previously was the Chief Engineer at the Jianghuai Airplane Corp. He also worked at the State Commission for Economic Restructuring of the State Council of China, World Bank and the prestigious Hudson Institute in Washington, D. C.

Mr. Yan holds Bachelor Degree of Engineering of Nanjing Aeronautic Institute, a Master Degree of Peking University and a Master Degree in International Political Economy from Princeton respectively University. Mr. Yan also studied at the EMBA program at Wharton School.

Mr. Yan was elected as “Venture Capitalist of the Year” in 2004 and “Top Ten Venture Investors in 2005” . Under Mr. Yan’ s leadership, AIF’ s investment in Shanda Interactive Entertainment (SNDA) has been named “the Investment of the Year” in 2003 and SAIF was voted as “VC Firm of the Year” .

Mr. Yan is an independent director of China National Offshore Oil Service Corporation and Stone Electrics (both listed at Hong Kong Stock Exchange); and China Eastcom (listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange).
阎焱先生现任赛富基金管理公司(“赛富”)首席合伙人。阎先生于2001 年加入赛富,该公司是一家拥有10.4 亿美元的创业投资基金,主要致力于投资亚太地区的电信、传媒以及IT 高科技领域。加入赛富之前,阎先生曾担任Emerging Markets Partnership 香港公司董事总经理和Sprint International Corporation 亚洲区策划及业务拓展董事。早期,阎焱先生还曾担任江淮航空仪表厂工程师;并曾在国务院经济体制改革研究所、世界银行和享有盛誉的美国华盛顿哈德逊(Hudson Institute)从事研究工作。

阎先生拥有南京航空学院工程学士学位,北京大学社会学系硕士学位和美国普林斯顿大学国际政治经济学硕士学位。阎先生还曾在宾西法尼亚大学沃顿商学院EMBA 项目就读。

阎先生所获荣誉包括“2004 年度中国最佳创业投资人”、“2005 年中国十大创业投资人”。其所领导的SAIF 基金也于同年被中国风险投资协会评选为“2004 年度最佳创业投资机构”。SAIF 在盛大娱乐互动有限公司的投资于2003 被评选为“年度最佳投资案例”,并于2004 年被评选为“年度最佳退出案例”。

阎先生目前担任中国海洋石油服务公司、四通电子有限公司(二者均为香港证券交易所上市公司)以及东方通信公司(在上海证券交易所上市)的独立董事。