Irene Hong

Founding Partner at CEC Capital

Speaker

Ms. Hong is a founding partner for CEC Capital Group, and leads the healthcare industry group. Under her guidance, CEC Capital has emerged as a leader in the healthcare industry with the largest specialized team of over 50 dedicated healthcare bankers, covering pharma/biotech, medical device, services, digital healthcare, and synthetic biology sectors. CEC works with leading China healthcare players and also has a strong cross-border practice.

Prior to joining CEC Capital, Ms. Hong was with Accenture Strategic Services (formerly Andersen Consulting) in San Francisco. Before receiving her MBA, Ms. Hong worked as an engineer for Merck and worked on several significant projects, including a humanitarian technology transfer of a Recombinant Hepatitis B vaccine to China, and the launch of Crixivan, a protease inhibitor for HIV.

Ms. Hong has both her MBA and BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley.