Legal/Operations

Timothy B. Parker

General Counsel

Timothy Parker joined Matthews International Capital Management, LLC in 2005 as General Counsel. Prior to joining Matthews, he was a Partner with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, where he represented investment advisers, mutual funds, independent directors and hedge funds in regulatory, enforcement and transactional matters. Tim also served as Global Head of Compliance and Risk Management for Allianz Dresdner Asset Management, where he was responsible for developing and coordinating compliance and risk management systems for Allianz asset management subsidiaries globally, and was a Managing Director of RCM Global Investors, where he served in several legal and compliance roles. Tim received a J.D. from Hastings College of Law and an A.B. in History from the University of California, Berkeley.

Manoj (Tito) K. Pombra

Chief Compliance Officer

Manoj (Tito) Pombra is Chief Compliance Officer at Matthews International Capital Management, LLC. Prior to joining Matthews in 2005, he was Senior Manager/Manager of Mutual Fund Compliance at Franklin Templeton Investments. Tito also served as Financial Reporting Manager at infoUSA.com and in various fund accounting, legal and compliance positions for over 10 years at Franklin Templeton Investments. Tito began his investment career at Dreyfus Funds as a Fund Accountant. He received a B.S. in Accounting and Economics from Queens College in New York and is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP).

Jean-Paul Migrditchian

Deputy Chief Compliance Officer

Jean-Paul Migrditchian is Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at Matthews International Capital Management, LLC. Prior to joining Matthews in 2006, Jean-Paul served as a Vice President within RCM Capital Management’s Compliance Department and also served as Chief Compliance Officer for RCM’s affiliate, Caywood-Scholl Capital Management LLC. Before joining RCM, he was with Union Bank of California, where he served in various audit, compliance and risk management roles. He received a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance and Real Estate from California State University, Northridge.

James E. Walter, CFA

Executive Vice President, Investment Operations

James Walter is Executive Vice President of Investment Operations at Matthews International Capital Management, LLC. James joined Matthews in 1996, and has built his investment career at the firm. James received a B.S. in Business Administration from John Carroll University.

John P. McGowan

Senior Vice President, Business Administration

John McGowan joined Matthews International Capital Management, LLC in 2004. Prior to joining Matthews, John served as Chief Operating Officer at Forward Funds and ReFlow LLC, a mutual fund liquidity solution provider. Previously, he was a Director of Client Services at PFPC Global Fund Services. John has more than 20 years of financial services experience including positions at M&T Bank, First Pacific Advisors Inc. and Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. He is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Governors of the Mutual Fund Education Alliance. John received a B.A. in Marketing from Clarkson University.

Cheryl Fung

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Cheryl Fung joined Matthews International Capital Management, LLC in 2008, and is currently Senior Vice President of Human Resources (HR), responsible for leading the firm’s HR efforts. Cheryl has more than 18 years of experience in the field of human resources, and most recently was the HR Director for CollabNet Inc., a Bay Area technology company. Prior to this, Cheryl spent five years as Vice President of Human Resources with Morgan Stanley’s Online and Individual Investor Group in San Francisco. She also spent four years as the Business and Administration Manager with the Investment Banking division of Goldman Sachs in Singapore. Cheryl speaks both Mandarin and Cantonese fluently.