Speaker: Peter Mach, Columbia Alumni Association Board Member, Vietnamese Studies Senior Advisory Board Member
Moderator: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, Dorothy Borg Chair in the History of the United States and East Asia, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Born and raised in Vietnam, Peter Mach graduated from Columbia University with a BA in 1995 and a Master’s degree in 1996 after migrating to the United States as part of the Amerasian Homecoming Act. He worked in finance as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs in New York and Hong Kong between 1996 and 2002 and as a Managing Director at Credit Suisse in Hong Kong between 2002 and 2007. In 2007, Peter co-founded Vietbridge Capital, a fund management company that specialized in investing in equities and real estate development projects in Vietnam. In 2011, Peter was a partner at the hedge fund HDH Capital Advisors in Singapore, which specializes in M&A and investing with event-driven strategies across many sectors and instruments (equities, high-yield bonds, equity derivatives, etc.). In 2012, Peter established a non-profit educational organization called AMA Vietnam Ltd in Singapore, helping underprivileged students and teachers in Vietnam with scholarships and motivational work. In 2014, he co-founded Tanzanite International Ltd to invest in and develop luxury resort and residential properties in Vietnam. In 2022, Peter was a featured speaker at WEAI’s conferences in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, “Understand the Past/Transform the Future”. Peter is also a member of the Global Advisory Board of Fulbright University of Vietnam, as well as a board member of an educational foundation in Vietnam called “Technology For All,” which provides full scholarships and internships to underprivileged students at the prestigious Ho Chi Minh University of Technology. Peter will engage in a conversation with WEAI Director Lien-Hang Nguyen on the importance of Vietnam for Columbia on the higher education geopolitical landscape.
This event is hosted by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and cosponsored by the New York Southeast Asia Network.
