Gary Sands has run his own private equity financial advisory in Shanghai since 2006, and contributed a number of opinion pieces as a columnist for the Global Times, Shanghai Star Business Journal, Caijing, South China Morning Post, The China Inbox, and Shanghai Talk. He was previously employed in lending and advisory roles at Shell Capital, ABB Structured Finance, and the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He earned his Masters of Business Administration in International Business from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a Bachelor of Science in Finance at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. He has also lived in Zurich, London, Adelaide and Rio de Janeiro and visited more than 80 countries.
