Andrew Qian

Founder and Managing Director, New Access Capital

Andrew is the Founder and Managing Director of New Access Capital, a boutique investment consulting company. He was formerly a Vice President with SOFTBANK China. Prior to his VC/finance career, Andrew practiced US corporate law with premier law firms in New York and Hong Kong, where he participated in the IPOs of China Southern Airlines and China National Offshore Oil Company.

At New Access, his team successfully completed several private placement and cross-border M&A deals in the past 2 years, with transaction amount over $100 million. Its existing or former clients include the 9.com (NASDAQ: NCTY), Focus Media (FMCN), Norstar Media (www.it168.com), DNS (www.dns.com.cn), China Broad Media (www.cnr8.com)and Shanghai Chinllenge Gases.

Andrew earned a Juris Doctor degree from Yale University Law School and an MA in political science from UCLA. He grew up in Shanghai and attended college in Beijing. He is President of the Yale Club of Shanghai, and an executive member of the Chinese National Youth Association Returnees Council. He was formerly an advisor to the Shanghai Xuhui District government.