Vivian Ren is a Senior Advisor based in Shanghai. She has 19 years’ investment banking and finance experience and was previously Executive Director of M&A at UBS Securities in Shanghai, where she advised on the consumer sector and related transactions.

She advised on Diageo’s partial tender offer for Swellfun, Rise Education’s dual track sale, and numerous other transactions. She began her investment banking career at Credit Suisse in Hong Kong, followed by roles at HSBC, Rothschild, and Houlihan Lokey in China. She holds an MBA from the University of Michigan, and a BA from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. She speaks Mandarin and English.