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Management Team
Leadership
William J. Hackett, CPA
Chief Executive Officer
William Hackett joined Matthews International Capital
Management, LLC in 2007 and is currently Chief Executive
Officer. Prior to joining Matthews, Bill was a partner with the
global investment management practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Most recently, he led Deloitte’s U.S. Pacific Southwest
investment management practice where he functioned as a lead
client service partner for several of Deloitte’s major
investment management clients. Prior to this, Bill was based in
Tokyo for a three and a half year assignment as Deloitte’s
leader for the Asia Pacific investment management practice. In
addition to this overseas posting, he spent three years with
Deloitte on assignment in Luxembourg focused on Pan-European and
offshore investment management clients and markets. He joined
Deloitte in New York in 1990. Bill is a Certified Public
Accountant and received a B.S. in Accounting from the University
of Scranton.
Robert J. Horrocks, PhD
Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager
Robert Horrocks is Chief Investment Officer at Matthews and a Portfolio Manager.
As Chief Investment Officer, Robert oversees the firm’s
investment process and investment professionals and sets the
research agenda for the investment team. Before joining Matthews
in August 2008, Robert was Head of Research at Mirae Asset
Management in Hong Kong. From 2003 to 2006, Robert served as
Chief Investment Officer for Everbright Pramerica in China,
establishing its quantitative investment process. He started his
career as a Research Analyst with WI Carr Securities in Hong
Kong before moving on to spend eight years working in several
different Asian jurisdictions for Schroders, including stints as
Country General Manager in Taiwan, Deputy Chief Investment
Officer in Korea and Designated Chief Investment Officer in
Shanghai. Robert earned his PhD in Chinese Economic History from
Leeds University in the United Kingdom, and is fluent in
Mandarin. Robert has been a Portfolio Manager of the Asian
Growth and Income Fund since 2009.
Client Services/Marketing
Jodi L. Borkowitz, CFA, CFP®
Senior Vice President of Sales and Client Services
Jodi Borkowitz joined Matthews International Capital Management, LLC in 2006 as a Senior Vice President and leads the firm’s sales and client service efforts. Prior to joining Matthews, Jodi was a Partner and Director of sales & marketing with Advisor Partners, LLC, a boutique separate account manager. From 1992 to 2004, she served as a sales and relationship management executive at JPMorgan Asset Management in New York and San Francisco, and was a key contributor in building the organization's separate account, mutual fund and sub-advisory businesses. Jodi received a B.A. with honors in Mathematics and Economics from Northwestern University. Jodi is a registered representative of BNY Mellon Distributors Inc.
Jennifer B. Schatz
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Jennifer Schatz joined Matthews International Capital Management, LLC in 2007 as Senior Vice President responsible for the firm’s marketing activities, brand building efforts and shareholder services. Most recently, she worked with the Ariel Mutual Funds where she served as vice president of mutual fund marketing. Prior to this, Jennifer was one of the founding principals in the start-up of randmcnally.com, the online business unit of Rand McNally. She also spent over eight years at Accenture and held a variety of marketing and strategic planning roles, including an overseas assignment in Hong Kong as a member of the team that developed the firm’s Greater China market strategy. Jennifer received her B.S. in Business Management and Marketing from Cornell University. Jennifer is a registered representative of BNY Mellon Distributors Inc.
Legal/Operations
Manoj K. (Tito) Pombra
Chief Compliance Officer
Manoj (Tito) Pombra is Chief Compliance Officer at Matthews International Capital Management, LLC. Prior to joining Matthews in 2005, he was Senior Manager/Manager of Mutual Fund Compliance at Franklin Templeton Investments. Tito also served as Financial Reporting Manager at infoUSA.com and in various fund accounting, legal and compliance positions for over 10 years at Franklin Templeton Investments. Tito began his investment career at Dreyfus Funds as a Fund Accountant. He received a B.S. in Accounting and Economics from Queens College in New York and is a member of the National Investment Company Service Association (NICSA) West Coast Steering Committee.
Timothy B. Parker
General Counsel
Timothy B. Parker joined Matthews International Capital Management, LLC in 2005 as General Counsel. Prior to joining Matthews, he was a Partner with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, where he represented investment advisers, mutual funds, independent directors and hedge funds in regulatory, enforcement and transactional matters. Tim also served as Global Head of Compliance and Risk Management for Allianz Dresdner Asset Management, where he was responsible for developing and coordinating compliance and risk management systems for Allianz asset management subsidiaries globally, and was a Managing Director of RCM Global Investors, where he served in several legal and compliance roles. Tim received a J.D. from Hastings College of Law and an A.B. in History from the University of California, Berkeley.
James E. Walter, CFA
Executive Vice President of Investment Operations
James Walter is Executive Vice President of Investment Operations and Head of Trading at Matthews International Capital Management, LLC. James joined Matthews in 1996, and has built his investment career at the firm. James received a B.S. in Business Administration from John Carroll University.
John P. McGowan
Senior Vice President of Business Administration
John McGowan joined Matthews International Capital Management, LLC in 2004. Prior to joining Matthews, John served as Chief Operating Officer at Forward Funds and ReFlow LLC, a mutual-fund liquidity solution provider. Previously, he was a Director of Client Services at PFPC Global Fund Services. John has more than 20 years of financial services experience including positions at M&T Bank, First Pacific Advisors Inc and Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. He is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Governors of the Mutual Fund Education Alliance. John received a B.A. in Marketing from Clarkson University. John is a registered representative of BNY Mellon Distributors Inc.
Cheryl Fung
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Cheryl Fung joined Matthews International Capital Management, LLC in 2008, and is currently Senior Vice President of Human Resources (HR), responsible for leading the firm’s HR efforts. Cheryl has more than 18 years of experience in the field of human resources, and most recently was the HR Director for CollabNet Inc., a Bay Area technology company. Prior to this, Cheryl spent five years as Vice President of Human Resources with Morgan Stanley’s Online and Individual Investor Group in San Francisco. She also spent four years as the Business and Administration Manager with the Investment Banking division of Goldman Sachs in Singapore. Cheryl speaks both Mandarin and Cantonese fluently.
Chairman
Mark W. Headley
Chairman and Portfolio Manager
Mark Headley is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Matthews and
a Portfolio Manager. Mark joined Matthews in 1995 and has been actively
involved in Asian markets since 1989. He was an original member of
the team that launched the first SEC-registered open-ended Asia (ex-Japan)
fund. Mark received a B.A. in Economics and Politics from the University
of California, Santa Cruz. Mark has been a Portfolio Manager of the
Pacific Tiger Fund since 1996.
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