A member of the top 100 from the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist
Charles Pan, special assistant to the chairman of Taiwan-based manufacturer Foxconn, is also its chief investment director.
It is a privileged position held since 2012, but one he brings advanced skills to as effectively head of its global investment and mergers and acquisitions team.
His LinkedIn profile identifies more than $2bn of financings executed, three investment franchises established and more than $400m of VC and private equity funds raised.
At Foxconn he has led investments in Migme, where he is also an executive board member, and Company A, and formed an incubator in Beijing for wearable devices. Others included Best Logistics, a warehousing and delivery services provider for the e-commerce sector, and leading a $7m round for Taiwan-based wearable tracking device maker Athentek in March.
His previous role was starting and running France Telecom’s Greater China corporate development team for four years as managing director of Orange Capital and so managing dollar and RMB venture funds.
Earlier, he had spent a year as chief financial officer at eDynamics after seven years as a venture investor for ID SoftCapital and Crimson Investment.
