Episode 41 - Part 1: Terrance Philips A midwestern Family man, ex-Marine, Managing Director at a major private bank & all around great human!

In this episode we sit down with Terrance Phillips. He is a Managing Director at a major private bank in Hong Kong, acting as Asia head of private equity coverage. In his role he is responsible for developing relationships with general partners of private equity firms and their respective funds across Asia. He coordinates with his partners to deliver his firms platform to the private equity asset class. This includes subscription facilities, private banking, investment banking and funds distribution. Prior to joining his current firm he spent 12 years at Silicon Valley Bank in several Senior positions. Including Management Advisor, Global Treasury Advisor & Managing Director where he was responsible for the firms Global Private Equity Service Group. He managed relationships with more than 130 international Venture Capital Firms through Asia, Europe, Israel & South America. In addition to his current role he's an advisor to the board of directors of both the China Venture Capital Finance organization & the Hong Kong private equity finance association. He is also a board member of the Children's Medical Foundation & a Member to the Hong Kong Select USA Committee. He holds a Bachelors in International Business from Pepperdine University & an M.B.A from Pepperdine's Graziadio School of Business.

In Part 1 we discuss his upbringing in Cleveland, Ohio. He started working in his father’s manufacturing factory at a young age which taught him how to figure things out and hard work. Not being a very studious person he then went on to join the Marine Core. He talks about the two biggest lessons he got from the Marine Core, you’ll make order out of chaos and make a decision when nobody else will. The military led him overseas in Paris and Venezuela where his met his wife. He got a taste of the good life living overseas with the military so when he came back to the US, to his cinder block room & to regular life he realized he wanted more. So he decided to further his education and go back to school. He chose to get his degree at Pepperdine University. He now mentors young Marines nowadays about finishing school after the Marines. After graduating with his Masters Degree his military connections led him into banking.

He also tells a funny story about missing out on the technology advances of the 90’s and how he came back to a World full of AOL chat rooms and he had no idea what was going on. Terrance also talks about being blessed with good mentors all his life and how important it is to have mentors guiding you. We talk about his career and rise at Silicon Valley bank.

We discuss how China is experiencing a year after year improvement in the quality of life and how all people in China are benefiting. Terrance realizes he’s found similar values to his upbringing in the Midwest in China. Terrance also talks about his transition to China and how he took a beating at first because it was a whole new culture & business culture. However, his experience has led him to be able to handle all the challenges and succeed.

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