Mark Fischer has enjoyed more than two decades of building successful sports and media businesses in China and other key markets in Asia. Mark now runs Eastbridge Sports Management, providing sports advisory and business development services to brands, rights-holders, and related entities seeking to exploit the growing power and popularity of sports in China and vicinity. From 1997-2009, Mark held a series of leadership roles at the National Basketball Association (NBA) in Asia, including as Managing Director of NBA China from 2003-2008, when he grew the team and revenues each 40-fold to lead that division from a two-person startup to a valuation of $2.3 billion.

As EVP & MD Asia for the Ultimate Fighting Championship / Zuffa LLC from 2010-2014, Mark established the UFC’s operations in the Far East, drove 10-fold increases in both audience and revenues, organized Zuffa’s first six live events in the region, and produced the first Ultimate Fighter China reality TV series.Proficient in Mandarin Chinese, the Boston native holds a Master’s degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School and a Bachelor’s from the University of Michigan. In addition to other non-profit pursuits, Mark serves as Chair of the Sports & Entertainment Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai, and board member of the University of Michigan’s Sports Management Advisory Board.

Chen Zhu is an Investment Director at China Everbright Limited with a focus in growth stage investments in TMT and consumer sectors. Prior to Everbright, Chen was the General Manager of Strategy and Investment of Wanda Sports China, and was responsible for the formulating and implementing the inorganic growth (M&A and equity investment) strategy for the leading sports event management company in China. Previously he worked at BHR Partners and was focused on cross-border private equity investments. Before that, Chen worked for the Mergers and Acquisitions team at CITIC Securities, advising corporate clients in domestic and cross-border M&A and investment activities across various industries. Prior to that, Chen worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York in structured finance and securitization. He has finance degrees from both NYU and Cornell and a computer science degree from Nanjing University.

Kent Dong has ten plus years of brand management, advertising, marketing and communication experience through his executive experience at companies including IBM, Coca-Cola, Oglivy & Mather, Publicis Group etc. He has eight years of sports marketing and consulting experience with NBA China and Viva China Sports. Currently he is one of the top sports management agents in China with Chinese Olympic Gold Medalist Lin Dan (Badminton), Ma Long (Ping Pong) among others as clients. He is a graduate of the general management program at Harvard Business School.

Bryan Bachner is Co-Chair of the Sports Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce Sports Committee. He serves as Investment Director for China Everbright Limited in the Private Equity (TMT) platform (formerly General Counsel of the PERE platform). He also serves as Director of the Beijing Institute of Technology Football Club, a professional team in League 2 of the China Football Association and the first foreign owned/managed sports club in China. He played professional basketball in Hong Kong for over ten years where he represented HK three times in the Asian Basketball Federation Club Championship. Bryan has a PhD from Wuhan University in intellectual property rights.