About: Our Team

Co-Presidents

Allison Liegner

Allison Liegner

Prior to Wharton, Allison completed a pre-MBA internship at T. Rowe Price in fundamental equity research. Previously, she was in the rotational program at Wellington Management where she spent time on the commodities team and the macro research team. Before that, she worked at an entrepreneurship through acquisition fund based in Boston. She graduated from Dartmouth College with a major in Economics and a minor in Ethics and holds the CFA designation. Over the summer, Allison was at Causeway Capital in Los Angeles.

Melody Xie

Melody Xie

Prior to Wharton, Melody worked at Nezu Asia Capital Management, a Tiger Cub hedge fund in Hong Kong, covering Japanese equities and Pan Asia Capital Markets. Before joining the buy side, Melody briefly worked on the sell side, at Nomura and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Melody graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Economics. Over the summer (2023), Melody interned at Fidelity Investments in Boston, MA.

Chief Operating Officer/Chief of Staff

Zach Long

Zach Long, CFA

Prior to Wharton, Zach was a Corporate Strategy associate at Russell Investments in Seattle, where he collaborated with the firm’s C-suite on key strategy and M&A initiatives. Before that, Zach was an investment strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management in New York, working with the firm’s Chairman of Market & Investment Strategy. Zach graduated from Stanford University, with distinction, earning a B.S. in Management Science & Engineering and a minor in Economics, and also holds the CFA designation. Over the summer, Zach worked in Corporate Strategy at Adobe. Zach is a Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Scholar in Quantitative Finance.

Chief Finance Officer

Yuke Tong

Yuke Tong

Prior to Wharton, Yuke worked at Shunwei Capital, a Venture Capital firm in China, covering consumer and tech sector. Before joining the VC, She was an entrepreneur in enterprise service sector. Yuke graduated from Peking University with a Bachelor of Law. Over the summer (2023), Yuke interned at Credit Suisse Securities Research Department and Springs Capital.

Head of Engagement

Mridul Dhanuka

Mridul Dhanuka

Prior to Wharton, Mridul was an Assistant Vice President at GIC in their Private Equity Team (Direct Investments Group), focused on investing in businesses across the Financial Services, TMT, Healthcare, and Consumer sectors. He began his career as an Associate at the Boston Consulting Group in their Financial Services practice. Mridul graduated with distinction from BITS Pilani with a major in Electronics Engineering and a minor in Finance. Over the summer (2023), Mridul worked with the Global Equities Team at Dodge and Cox in San Francisco. Mridul is a Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Scholar in Quantitative Finance.

Neil Fu

Neil Fu

Prior to Wharton, Neil was an Analyst at Neo-Criterion Capital covering Automotive, Electric Vehicle and the supply chain companies. He began his career at EY-Parthenon in Singapore with experience across Private Equity advisory, Healthcare, Real Estate, and Consumer & Retail industries. Neil spent the summer at Whale Rock Capital as an MBA Analyst covering the TMT industries. Neil graduated from Singapore University of Technology and Design with a B.Eng in Engineering Product Development.

Head of Comms

Sherry Li

Sherry Li

Prior to Wharton, Sherry worked as an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse TMT group in Hong Kong, primarily covering Internet names. She also worked as an investment specialist at an electric vehicle startup, where she led pre-IPO fundraising projects. Sherry graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics. During the summer, Sherry worked as an equity research intern on the Global Equity Team at Artisan Partners in New York.

Head of Career

Zoe Zang

Zoe Zang

Prior to Wharton, Zoe worked at Vanderbilt University Endowment as a generalist investor on the public investment team, covering investment strategies globally in long-only equities, hedge funds, distressed credit, fixed income, REITs, and commodities. Zoe graduated from Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in Mathematics. During the summer, Zoe worked as an equity research analyst intern at Fidelity Investments in Boston.

Wenhuan Chang

Wenhuan Chang

Before Wharton, Wenhuan worked at Bilibili (NASDAQ: BILI, the largest online video-sharing community in China) as strategy & commercialization manager. He also spent 3 years at Bain & Company, covering tech & consumer sectors. He recently worked as a pre-MBA intern at Everest Growth Capital, a long-only equity fund. He graduated from Tsinghua University with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and the University of California, Berkeley, with a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research. During summer 2023, Wenhuan interned at the Artisan Partners Sustainable Emerging Markets team in New York, focusing on emerging markets & ESG investing.

Head of International

Kevin Yu

Kevin Yu

Prior to Wharton, Kevin covered semiconductors and TMT at Cephei Capital, a Beijing-based long-only. Prior to Cephei, Kevin worked at a Tiger Cub hedge fund where he covered China as a generalist. Kevin graduated from the University of Southern California with a BS in Business Administration and minor in Computer Programming. During the summer, Kevin was at Wasatch Global Investors covering emerging market small caps.

Head of Conference

Ed Huang

Ed Huang

Prior to Wharton, Ed was a management consultant at Accenture and EY-Parthenon in Australia, with a focus on financial services clients. Ed graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) in Accounting and Finance, and holds the CFA designation. During the summer, Ed interned at Citi as an investment banking summer associate on the Global Industrials Group.

Jane Lu

Jane Lu

Prior to Wharton, Jane worked as a generalist at the mergers & acquisitions advisory team at Ernst & Young. Prior to EY, Jane also worked at a global Fintech startup as a founding member of their Asia office. Jane graduated from Beijing Sport University with a BA in Journalism and is a published author. During the summer, Jane interned at Caro-Kann Capital covering U.S. small caps.

Head of Social, Marketing and DEI

David Chen

David Chen

Prior to Wharton, David worked as an investment banking associate with Nomura in Hong Kong, covering the general industrials, infrastructure, and greentech sectors. He has advised billion-dollar clients in Greater China and Asia ex-Japan on $50b+ of equity, debt, and M&A deals. David graduated from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) with a BSc in Mathematics and Economics with First Class Honors (summa cum laude). During summer 2023, David was interning as a global generalist at Thornburg Investment Management in equity research in Santa Fe, NM.