Mr. Fang has served in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation as well as several regional companies. In the past two decades he has had extensive experience sourcing and structuring transactions such as China Telecom’s acquisition of equity stakes in Hong Kong Telecom; the initial public listings of China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, China Netcom, PetroChina and SinoPec; and overseeing mergers and acquisitions such as Pacific Century Cyber Works’ acquisition of Hong Kong Telecom and China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s acquisition of a major oilfield in Nigeria.
Mr. Fang was recognized as one of the “Top Ten Influential Leaders of China’s Capital Market” by Financial Asia and was awarded “Asian Financial Service Development Outstanding Achievement” by Euromoney. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Teach for China, China Advisory Board Member for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and International Committee Member for the Kennedy Center for the Arts. Mr Fang is also the founder of the Duancun School in Hebei and the Fuxi School in Gansu. Mr. Fang graduated from Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University with a B.A. in Chinese and Economics. He also received a Harvard Business School Executive Education certificate from the Advanced Management Program.
方先生曾在中国对外经济贸易部和多家地区性公司任职。过去二十多年间，他在资本市场多个重大交易项目的开发、结构设计和监督执行方面拥有广泛经验，包括中国电信收购香港电讯股权，中移动、中电信、联通、网通、中石油和中石化的首次公开招股，以及电讯盈科收购香港电讯和中海油收购尼日利亚油田等重大并购项目。
方先生曾被《亚洲金融》杂志评为“中国资本市场最具影响力的十大领袖”之一，并获《欧洲货币》杂志颁发“亚洲金融服务发展杰出成就”奖。他也是美丽中国理事会副主席、林肯表演艺术中心中国顾问委员会委员和肯尼迪艺术中心国际委员会委员。他还捐助成立了河北端村学校和甘肃伏羲学校。方先生毕业于广州中山大学，拥有中国语言文学和经济学学士学位，并获颁哈佛商学院高级管理培训课程证书。