Fred Zuliu Hu
Advisory Director
Goldman Sachs
Dr. Hu is a former Partner and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, where
he has served successively as Chief Economist, Head of Corporate Strategy,
Co-Head of Investment Banking, and Chairman, Greater China. He is currently
an advisory director to Goldman Sachs.
Dr. Hu has been instrumental in building Goldman Sachs franchise in the
region. He has led some of the largest and most significant landmark
transactions in the firm’s history and has served on firmwide committees
including the Goldman Sachs Partnership Committee, the Global IBS
Leadership Group, and the Culture, Diversity and Leadership Committee. Dr.
Hu has advised on strategy, capital raising, domestic & cross-border merger
and acquisitions for China’s leading companies including Bank of China, Bank
of Communications, China Development Bank, ICBC, Lenovo, Ping An, ZTE,
among others. He was responsible for originating and leading the largest
investment deal ever in China.
Dr. Hu is a respected economist and a trusted policy adviser to the Chinese
government on financial and pension reform, SOE restructuring, and
macroeconomic policies. He served as an economist at the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C, where he was engaged in
macroeconomic research, policy consultations, and technical assistance for
member country governments including China. He currently sits on Hong Kong
Government’s Strategic Development Committee and the Advisory Committee
for the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and is the Co-Chair of
the Nature Conservatory’s China Board. He is Co-director at the National
Center for Economic Research and professor at Tsinghua University since
1996, and member of the editorial board for several academic journals and a
columnist for China’s leading business magazines.
Dr. Hu holds a Master in Engineering Science from Tsinghua University, and a Master and PhD in Economics from Harvard University.
