Alicia Eastman
Ms. Eastman is Executive Director of Asia Pacific Capital and Asia Pacific Capital Fund II. Previously, she worked for the Head of Global Strategy and Alliances at Elan Pharmaceuticals, a US$7B pharmaceutical company. Ms. Eastman focused on business development, outsourcing, and investment in Asia as well as general M&A, corporate finance, and restructuring.
Prior to Elan, she was Vice President of Prudential's Asia Infrastructure Mezzanine Capital Fund (acquired by Darby and now Franklin Templeton), concentrating on portfolio management and investments in technology and communications. She was a Founding Principal at NetFuel Ventures (acquired by Arch Development, a subsidiary of the University of Chicago), and has held international strategy and investment positions at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Lend Lease. She was also a financial analyst in the Asian Operations group at AirTouch International (Vodafone) monitoring joint venture investments in India, Korea, and Japan.
She is an advisor to Microbank based in the Philippines and sits on the Board of One Ummah, a Foundation dedicated to building secular schools in developing Asia. She was also a founding member of the Wharton Club of Hong Kong and heads the Fletcher Club of Hong Kong. Ms. Eastman holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. She is based in Hong Kong.