Siva Yam
President
United States-China Chamber of Commerce

Yam, Siva, CPA, CFA, is President of the United States-China Chamber of Commerce (USCCC), a non-profit organization co-founded by a member of the Bush Family that is dedicated to promoting trade and investment activities between US and China, and Managing Director of Siva Yam & Associates, LLC, a private consulting and investment banking boutique, which specializes in cross border business activities between the U.S. and Asia, in particular, The Greater China Region.

As an investment banker with over 15 years experience in mergers, acquisitions, public offerings and private placements of securities, venture financing, and privatization, Mr. Yam has extensive international experience in the U.S. and the "Emerging Markets" including China and has provided his corporate and governmental clients with a wide range of investment banking and consulting services in their domestic and cross border business activities.

Before he became President of U.S.-China Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Yam founded the organization’s Midwestern Regional Office and served as its Managing Director. At the request of Prescott S. Bush, Jr., Chairman Emeritus, he assumed the Presidency of U.S.-China Chamber of Commerce and turned the organization into one of the most dynamic and influential organizations in the U.S. and China.

Mr. Yam’s other professional experience includes Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of Investment Banking of Chicago Capital, Inc., Managing Director of Stifel International Capital Markets, Inc.

Mr. Yam has authored and co-authored many investment research reports. He also speaks frequently at various conferences, seminars, and television interviews such as CNN, People’s Daily and China Daily. He was a guest lecturer at St. Louis University Graduate School of Business MBA Program and Smurif Center for Entrepreneurship.

Mr. Yam received his MBA from Duke University on a Fuqua Fellowship and his Bachelor of Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Wisconsin. He also graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with honors and is fluent in both English and Chinese.