Mr Brandon LIN Ho-ping

Brandon founded Q+ Technology Fund | SMA Capital and is the President and Chief Investment Officer. He was previously at SPQ Asia Capital (affiliated with SAIF Group) from 2013 to 2023 which he founded and was President and Chief Investment Officer and Softbank Asia Investment Fund Partners Group from 2001 to 2023 which he joined as part of the founding team and was General Partner.

Before that, he was a Vice President in Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group (led by Frank Quattrone) and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (acquired by CSFB) from 1997 to 2001. He was also an Associate in Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Law at Sullivan & Cromwell from 1994 to 1997.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics degree with Distinction from Stanford University in 1991 (elected to Phi Beta Kappa in junior year as top 2% of class) and Juris Doctorate cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1994. Brandon is a Council Member of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.