Fred is founder of Primavera Capital and prior to this was Chairman of Greater China for Goldman Sachs. He was key to developing Goldmans’ presence in China and led some of the largest and most significant transactions in the firm’s history. He is a respected economist whose main areas of research interest include macroeconomics, international finance and capital markets. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Fred worked in macroeconomic research at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and was involved in policy consultations for a number of member states including China. He has advised the Chinese Government on financial reform, restructuring of state-owned enterprises and macroeconomic policies. He is an adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Peking University, a member of Harvard University’s Global Advisory Council, and a member of the Advisory Committees of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School and the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia University. Hu served as the co-director of the National Center for Economic Research and a professor at Tsinghua University. Hu also served on the Hong Kong SAR government’s Strategic Development Committee and the Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. Hu is the non-executive chairman of Yum China Holdings Inc. and is a director of several corporate boards including Ant Group, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, ICBC, and UBS Group AG. Hu is the co-chair of the Nature Conservancy’s Asia Pacific Council, a trustee of the China Medical Board, a member of the Council of Foreign Relations’ Global Advisory Board. Hu holds a master’s in engineering science from Tsinghua University and a master’s and PhD in economics from Harvard University.