Eric Chan

With $1.3 billion in total capital under management across investment funds in private equity, hedge funds, real estate and mezzanine capital at CITIC Capital Holdings, Eric Chan, the firm's chief financial officer, is a busy man. Chan, who joined CITIC Capital in early 2005 after working as an investment professional at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and International Finance Corporation in Singapore, speaks to Wanching Leong about building the fund administration team at CITIC Capital and the fast pace of life in Hong Kong.