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Management Team
G. Paul MatthewsChairman, Portfolio Manager Paul Matthews founded Matthews in 1991 as an independent investment management firm focused exclusively on Asia. He currently serves as Chairman and Portfolio Manager. Paul began his investment career as a Portfolio Manager at G.T. Capital Management and held various positions over 10 years, including Managing Director, President and Director. He has been actively investing in the Asian markets since 1982 and was named Value Line Fund Manager of the Year for 2002. Paul received an M.A. in History and Law from Cambridge University. Paul has been a Portfolio Manager of the Asian Growth and Income Fund since the Fund’s inception in 1994. 
Mark W. HeadleyChief 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. 
Andrew T. FosterActing 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. 
William J. Hackett, CPAPresident William Hackett joined Matthews in 2007 as President. Prior to joining Matthews, Bill was a partner with the global investment management practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Most recently, he led Deloitte’s U.S. Pacific Southwest investment management practice where he functioned as a lead client service partner for several of Deloitte’s major investment management clients. Prior to this, Bill was based in Tokyo for a 3 1/2 year assignment as Deloitte’s leader for the Asia Pacific investment management practice. In addition to this overseas posting, he spent three years with Deloitte on assignment in Luxembourg focused on Pan-European and offshore investment management clients and markets. He joined Deloitte in New York in 1990. Bill is a Certified Public Accountant and received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Scranton. |
