Ling Wu, Managing Director, Amherst Partners, to Speak at China Leaders Forum 2009

New York, NY, September 22, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Ling Wu, Managing Director, Amherst Partners, will speak at GoldenNetworking.com’s China Leaders Forum 2009 (http://www.ChinaLeadersForum.com) on October 8th, in New York City. Ms. Wu is joining a prestigious roster of speakers that includes experienced executives, experts and practitioners from leader organizations such as China Opportunity Acquisition Corp., GE China, McGovernWang, Beyondbond, InterChina Consulting, Kurt Salmon Associates and Columbia Business School, among others.

Ms. Wu specializes in advising clients on corporate finance projects; offering extensive experience in both M&A and capital markets transactions. Additionally, Ms. Wu is active in providing assistance to Asian companies for investment and acquisition activities within the U.S. Ms. Wu has completed M&A and financing transactions in the U.S., Europe and Asia, ranging over a broad spectrum of industries including automotive, manufacturing, mining, retail, distribution, transportation, media/telecom, health care and entertainment. Prior to joining Amherst in 2003, Ms. Wu served as a director of PNC Financial Services, Inc., where she was responsible for its venture capital investment activities and M&A engagements involving emerging growth and high tech companies. Ms. Wu joined PNC in 1998 starting in its Capital Markets Division, where she focused on providing financial modeling, valuation analysis, transaction structuring, and distribution assistance in support of various capital markets products. Previously, Ms. Wu was a senior analyst in the Corporate Finance group of CBS Corp. (formerly Westinghouse Electric Corp.), participating in numerous merger and divestiture transactions as well as evaluation of major corporate strategic initiatives. Ms. Wu began her career with Westinghouse in its Corporate Audit department. Ms. Wu earned her dual master's degrees in Finance and Accounting from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and her bachelor's degree in Enterprise Management from Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University in P. R. China. In addition, she received CPA certification in the State of Illinois.

Guests are invited to RSVP for China Leaders Forum 2009 while tickets are available; guests that register by today September 20th are welcome to join GoldenNetworking.com's China Happy Hour, Monday, September 21st, a great opportunity to start the networking with fellow attendees to China Leaders Forum 2009. This forum is produced by GoldenNetworking.com, the premier networking community for businessmen, entrepreneurs, professionals and diplomats, founded by Columbia Business School MBA and former McKinsey consultant Edgar Perez.

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