ACG China Founding Chairman Youming Ye Departs Global M&A Association

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InterChina Partners’ Barry Chen will carry on Ye’s legacy

January 19, 2016: CHICAGO – The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), the global organization focused on driving middle-market growth, announces that The Jordan Group’s Youming Ye has complete his service as chairman of ACG China after a five-year term. As a charter member, Ye was instrumental in establishing ACG’s presence in China. 

"ACG offers sincerest thanks for Youming Ye’s years of leadership, hard work and commitment. His vision and wisdom led the way, and guided the development of ACG’s first chapter in the world's second largest economy," says Gary A. LaBranche, FASAE, CAE, president and CEO of ACG Global. "His legacy and name will be enshrined in ACG history." 

ACG China was established in 2009 as the organization’s first chapter in Asia, operating in Shanghai. ACG Hong Kong was launched in 2015. 

Ye now passes the torch of ACG China leadership on to Barry Chen, managing director and partner in charge of InterChina Partners, a leading strategy and corporate finance advisory firm. He began his five-year term in January of this year. 

"There is a Chinese saying, ‘the one before planted the tree, and the one after will enjoy the shade’," says Chen. "I think this captures the very essence of the difficult undertaking and impressive contribution Youming has made to ACG and the Chinese business community. I look forward to honoring his legacy and building on his success to expand ACG China." 

China remains one of the fastest growing markets in the world for private equity investing. In addition to chapters in Shanghai and Hong Kong, ACG also cosponsors the China International Private Equity Forum (CIPEF) in Tianjin, China, every June and welcomes dozens of Chinese deal-makers to the annual InterGrowth conference (May 2-4 in New Orleans). Through these efforts, ACG facilitates opportunities to access the Chinese middle-market M&A ecosystem. For more on ACG China, the calendar of events and membership information, visit www.acg.org/china

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About Association for Corporate Growth

Founded in 1954, ACG has 57 chapters across the globe. ACG’s worldwide network comprises 90,000 professionals within the middle market, including 14,500 members who serve as the investors, lenders, owners, executives and advisers to growing middle-market companies. ACG’s mission is to drive middle-market growth. For more information about ACG, please visit www.acg.org