Ray Yang

Ray Yang joined NLVC with more than 15 years of experience in direct investments, government agencies and multinational corporations. Prior to NLVC, Ray was an investment director at Orchid Asia Group and helped establish its China operations. He focused on investment opportunities in consumer product and service sectors including education, health care, and retail. Before that, Ray was a commodity trader at Louis Dreyfus Corporation, focusing on agriculture commodities. Prior to this, he was a vice commercial consul for the Consulate General of China in Houston, Texas, promoting trade and investment between China and the southern region of the United States. Previously, he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation (now the Ministry of Commerce) for four years in Beijing as an operations manager, where he supervised operations of the Economic & Commercial offices of the Chinese Embassies and Consulates. Ray graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, and has a MBA from Harvard Business School.