Executives

William J. Hackett

Chief Executive Officer

William Hackett is Chief Executive Officer at Matthews International Capital Management, LLC. Prior to joining Matthews in 2007, 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 three and a half 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 received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Scranton.

Robert J. Horrocks, PhD

Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager

Robert Horrocks is Chief Investment Officer at Matthews International Capital Management, LLC and a Portfolio Manager. He manages the firm’s Asian Growth and Income strategy and co-manages the Asia Strategic Income strategy. As Chief Investment Officer, Robert oversees the firm’s investment process and investment professionals and sets the research agenda for the investment team. Before joining Matthews in 2008, Robert was Head of Research at Mirae Asset Management in Hong Kong. From 2003 to 2006, Robert served as Chief Investment Officer for Everbright Pramerica in China, establishing its quantitative investment process. He started his career as a Research Analyst with WI Carr Securities in Hong Kong before moving on to spend eight years working in several different Asian jurisdictions for Schroders, including stints as Country General Manager in Taiwan, Deputy Chief Investment Officer in Korea and Designated Chief Investment Officer in Shanghai. Robert earned his PhD in Chinese Economic History from Leeds University in the United Kingdom, and is fluent in Mandarin.

David A. Hartley

Chief Financial Officer

David Hartley is Chief Financial Officer at Matthews International Capital Management, LLC. Prior to joining Matthews in 2011, he served as Chief Accounting Officer at Invesco Ltd., responsible for corporate accounting and financial reporting to the firm’s Senior Managing Directors and Board of Directors, and all public reporting. David had previously been Chief Financial Officer of Invesco's Institutional and Global divisions and served in a variety of roles at Invesco after joining the firm in 1991. He began his career with KPMG in London in 1982 and five years later joined the firm’s Atlanta office, where he worked as a Senior Manager in the international auditing practice. David received a B.S. in Economics and Accounting from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and is a Chartered Accountant.