Christopher Lee is a partner at FAA Investments, a private investment group focusing on real estate, early-stage companies and in-depth research on hedge funds and private equity managers. Additionally, he is a board director with expertise in financial markets, risk management, governance, and leadership development. He is an independent board member with Matthews Asia Funds and a strategic advisory board member of Linqto, Inc., a Silicon Valley FinTech company. Previously, Christopher was an investment banker for eighteen years, acting as managing director and divisional and regional heads at Deutsche Bank AG, UBS Investment Bank AG, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He worked in global capital markets, managed derivative product development, and provided equity sales and trading functions to institutional investors. He is an advocate of sustainable enterprises and environmentally conscious projects, serving on the boards of Smithsonian Institution Libraries and Archives, African Wildlife Foundation, and the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. He is also an associate professor (part-time) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and teaches financial mathematics and risk management courses. He completed the AMP at Harvard University and holds an MBA and a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. Christopher is a member of the board of directors of Salzburg Global Seminar.