Lead Portfolio Manager:

Richard H. Gao
Portfolio Manager

Richard Gao joined Matthews in 1997 as a China Analyst and is currently a Portfolio Manager. He began his career at the Bank of China in 1989, first as a loan officer, then as a FOREX Trader in the Treasury Department. In 1993, he became Assistant Manager at the Bank of China, where he was in charge of FOREX trading for import/export companies. Richard received a B.A. in Literature from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in China and an M.B.A. in International Business from the Dominican University of California. He is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese. Richard has been a Portfolio Manager of the Pacific Tiger Fund since 2006, and of the China Fund since 1999.

Lead Manager
- Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund
- Matthews China Fund

Co-Portfolio Manager:

Mark W. Headley
Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer »

Mark Headley is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. Mark joined Matthews in 1995 and has been actively involved in the 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, of the China Fund since the Fund’s inception in 1998, of the Korea Fund since 1997, and of the Asian Technology Fund since the Fund’s inception in 1999.

Co-Manager
- Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund
- Matthews Asian Technology Fund
- Matthews China Fund
- Matthews Korea Fund

Co-Portfolio Manager:

Andrew T. Foster
Acting Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager

Andrew Foster is acting Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager at Matthews. As acting Chief Investment Officer, Andrew oversees the firm’s investment process and investment professionals. Andrew first joined Matthews in 1998 as a Research Analyst and left the firm in 2001 to attend graduate school. Upon completion of his M.B.A. in 2002, Andrew returned to Matthews in 2003. Prior to Matthews, he worked as a management consultant with A.T. Kearney’s Financial Institutions Group in Singapore from 1996 to 1998. Andrew received an A.B. in Public Policy and a secondary degree in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from INSEAD in France. Andrew has been a Portfolio Manager of the Asian Growth and Income Fund since 2005, of the India Fund since the Fund’s inception in 2005, of the Asia Pacific Equity Income Fund since the Fund’s inception in 2006, and of the China Fund since 2008.

Lead Manager
- Matthews Asian Growth and
  Income Fund
- Matthews India Fund

Co-Manager
- Matthews Asia Pacific Equity
  Income Fund
- Matthews China Fund