Yuchen Xia

Founder and Managing Director

Mr. Yuchen Xia is an accomplished investment management professional with over 15 years of experience in global financial markets. He holds a BA and MMath in Mathematics and Statistics from Oxford University and is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

Mr. Xia is the Founder and Managing Director of New Horizon Global Advisory, a leading boutique investment firm based in London, UK, authorised and regulated by the FCA. The firm provides bespoke financial services and investment solutions to both institutional and individual clients.
Before embarking on his entrepreneurial journey, he worked at several leading financial institutions, including BlackRock and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Xia began his investment career as a multi-asset portfolio manager at BlackRock, where he managed investments for some of the firm’s largest clients across EMEA. He later served as a Senior Portfolio Manager at Moneyfarm, one of Europe’s foremost digital wealth managers, where he helped build the firm’s investment capabilities and strategic partnerships.
In addition to his primary roles, Mr. Xia serves on the boards of several companies in the fintech, sports, and education sectors.

Yumian Lu

Partner

Ms Lu is a seasoned investment professional with 16 years of experience. Ms Lu spent 13 years at BlackRock, where she was a Director and senior product strategist within the Portfolio Management Group. Ms Lu holds an MA degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and an MSc in Risk and Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE).

She began her career at Deutsche Bank Global Markets as a structured product sales in Hong Kong.During her time in BlackRock, Ms Lu was instrumental in commercialising the firm's global bond investment capabilities, and developing portfolio solutions for prestigious institutional clients globally including central banks, government pension funds and global private banks.

Andy Liang

Partner

Mr. Liang is an executive with 30 years of experience in corporate strategy, development, and capital operations. He has held senior roles at Fortune 500 companies, including General Manager for Greater China and Regional Director for Asia Pacific at Schneider Electric, CEO of Ruyi Culture under Ruyi Holdings, China Market Director at SICK AG, and Business Director at KL Communications.

His leadership and operational expertise span investment, joint ventures, M&A, and operations across education, cultural tourism, digital transformation, and industrial sectors. Mr. Liang holds a master’s degree in Marketing Management from the University of Reading, UK.

Anders Forsberg

Partner

Anders Forsberg is a Swedish entrepreneur with over 30 years of executive experience in China. He began his career in the early 1990s as a senior executive at Wanda Group, and led major international deals for Wanda, including securing partnerships with Warner Bros., Real Madrid, Disney, Samsung, and Sofitel. He has advised major state-owned enterprises and private equity funds in China on cross-border M&A across sectors including sports, gaming, entertainment, digital, consumer industries and clean energy.

Mr Forsberg is widely recognised as a trusted advisor in China’s inbound and outbound business landscape, having represented numerous Fortune 500 companies and leading global organisation, such as Formula E, IKEA and UNHCR.

Lord Ed Vaizey

Senior advisor
Member of the House of Lords
Former Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy

Ed Vaizey (Lord Vaizey of Didcot) is a member of the House of Lords, broadcaster and business adviser. He is a former Government Minister and Member of Parliament. Ed was the Member of Parliament for Wantage between 2005 and 2019. He served as the UK Government Culture and Digital Minister from 2010-16, and is the longest-serving Minister in that role. He was appointed a privy councillor in 2016.

Ed presents three shows a week on Times Radio, the radio station of the London Times and has a weekly newsletter on tech and culture with many thousands of subscribers. He appears regularly in many media outlets as a political commentator. In the private sector, Ed is an adviser to a number of companies, technology funds and technology start-ups. Ed currently serves as chairman of the UK-ASEAN Business Council, a trustee of Tate, and a governor of St Paul’s School, London. Ed was educated at Oxford University and has an honorary degree from Newcastle University, where he is a visiting professor.