Employee-owned, international financial services firm Baird has announced the appointment of a new Managing Director and Head of China Investment Banking.
Based in Shanghai Lydia Xu will be responsible for expanding access to strategic and financial Chinese buyers for the firm’s sell side assignments, as well as advisory work from Chinese corporates and private equity firms looking to sell assets, make new investments or refinance debt.
A seasoned investment banker and finance professional with 15 years cross border M&A experience, Xu joins Baird from BDA Partners where she was a Managing Director.
Prior to BDA Lydia Xu (pictured) worked at Asia Pulp & Paper (China), where she was responsible for conducting business analysis and evaluating market opportunities. She also previously worked for four years in investment banking with Hainan Securities Co Ltd, where she assisted Chinese corporate clients on IPOs.
Baird is an employee-owned, international wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Since 2011, Baird has completed nearly 400 advisory transactions representing more than $94 billion in transaction value and 530 financings raising $151 billion.
