Shannon Chow is a powerhouse private markets leader with over 25 years of comprehensive experience across capital formation, asset servicing, and alternative investment solutions. Currently as Managing Director, Head of Capital Solutions APAC at Innovation Asset Management and also prior role as Managing Director and Head of Greater China Client Solutions at Hamilton Lane, she leads fundraising, building private wealth business, new market development, and client portfolio construction for private wealth investors, sovereign wealth funds, insurance giants, and endowments across Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and SEA. Shannon has a phenomenal track record, personally raising billions in capital across private equity secondary, credit, and infrastructure evergreen funds. She holds a Kellogg-HKUST EMBA and has served as an HKU MBA mentor since 2023.

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As a career coach, Shannon is an exceptional guide for navigating high-stakes private markets fundraising, institutional relationship management, and alternative portfolio design. Mentees can learn her concrete strategies for winning multi-million dollar SMA mandates, onboarding evergreen fund strategies to private banks/private wealth platforms, and launching localized RMB PE secondary funds. Her earlier career covers client management and business development roles covering  pension funds, hedge funds services, custody relationship management and ETFs distribution at various global firms including Invesco, HSBC, Northern Trust and Bank of Montreal Global Assets Management , and ultimate C-suite leadership at a global private markets firm—provides an incredibly versatile career blueprint.