Mr. Steven Xiao
Managing Partner
Equator Fund

Mr. Steven Xiao, in his forties, originated from Mainland China, stationed in the Greater Bay area, serves as Senior Partner and Director of Equator Fund, a PE fund with a prior investment focus on maritime, logistics, and new energy industries. Equator Fund manages several funds under its portfolio, including the Shenzhen New Energy and Maritime Fund, an industrial policy fund established by the Shenzhen Municipal Government. 

Mr. Xiao has over 27 years of working experience with 5 years in China public services and 22 years in business endeavors focusing on investment, trading, shipping, logistics, and supply chain sectors. He has dedicated 15 years to working with IMC Shipping Group, overseeing the global commodity and investment sector, by integrating all relevant commodity supply chain elements from investment, shipping, and logistics to marketplaces, while he also assisted then-Asian Shipping Tycoon Tan Sri Frank Tsao, Founder of IMC Shipping Group. He used to serve as 1st- -term Secretary General of the Singapore Center for Maritime Studies. 

Mr. Xiao has been working in many APAC cities, like Singapore, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc. with extensive knowledge and deep understanding of multiple businesses and cultures.  

Mr. Xiao received his academic degrees of BA (English and Economics) from Sun Yat Sin University in Guangzhou, MSC (Maritime Studies) from Nanyang Technological University, MSSC (Int’l Studies) from the National University of Singapore, and EMBA from China Renmin University in Beijing. Currently, he is taking the Doctor degree program in Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong.