Rachel Lam has been group managing director of US-based media company Time Warner’s strategic investment unit for 10 years Her unit has been investing in early to mid-stage companies that generate strategic value for Time Warner.

Lam has also worked for venture capital firms connected to banks, including Quetzal/Chase Capital Partners and at CSFB Equity Partners, the private equity captive unit of Switzerland-based bank Credit Suisse. She has also worked in banking at Credit Suisse and at Morgan Stanley.

She has a degree in industrial engineering and operations research from Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

What is the future of your sector?

Lam said: “The future of the digital media sector looks strong given the rapid change and technical and product innovation in the space.”