Top dealmaker Fred Hu was Chairman of Greater China at Goldman Sachs. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 1997, Dr Hu was a staff member at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC, where he was engaged in macroeconomic research and policy consultations for a number of member country governments including China.
Dr Hu has advised the Chinese government on financial reform, pension reform and macroeconomic policies, and has worked closely with China's leading companies including Bank of China, Bank of Communications, China Development Bank, ICBC, Ping An, and ZTE on business strategy, capital raising, and cross-border merger and acquisitions.
He has led many of the largest and most significant landmark transactions for Goldman Sachs, and has been instrumental in building the firm's franchise in the region.
He sits on the advisory board for China Huarong Asset Management Company, Shanghai Pudong Development bank, and the South China Morning Post.
Dr Hu has served since 1996 as co-director and professor at the National Center for Economic Research (NCER) at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he teaches a graduate course in international finance and macroeconomics.
Dr Hu has published widely on economics and financial markets. He is a member of the editorial board for several academic journals, including the International Economic Review, and is a columnist for Caijing, China's leading financial and business magazine.
Dr Hu earned an MS in Engineering Science from Tsinghua University and an MA and PhD in Economics from Harvard University.
