Yuelin T. Yang is an accomplished global business leader with 39 years of C-suite experience managing $300 mil P&L and spanning governance, finance, partnership management and legal roles. He is widely respected for his influential global networks of relationships with decision-makers across corporate, sustainability, family business, family office, and institutional investment sectors.
Acknowledged as a thought leader and trusted by these decision-makers, he is uniquely positioned to bridge these communities. Yuelin regularly convenes and moderates dialogue among them, and between investors and corporates and family businesses, on important board level issues (sustainability, AI and geopolitics) as well as governance of family offices and family-owned compared to widely-held companies.
Currently, Yuelin manages a portfolio of board and advisory roles at (a) the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute and (b) the Asian Corporate Governance Association, whose investor members manage $25 trillion and $40 trillion, respectively, (c) Verlinvest Asia, the family office of a Belgian AB InBev shareholder family, (d) NUS Business School’s Centre of Governance & Sustainability and (e) The 1990 Institute, a leading US-China think tank.
He has managed all aspects of joint ventures from sourcing, structuring, negotiating, managing, to buyouts across five major JVs (NYSE-listed Chevron and GATX, TSE-listed Mitsui and Modec, and a Chinese SOE), achieving a 3x return on $200 million invested capital.
Earlier, Yuelin practiced intellectual property law in Silicon Valley for nine years at leading law firms and as Associate General Counsel at Acer Computers, reporting directly to founder Stan Shih. In 1995, he transitioned to Asia to join his late uncle’s family business.
Privileged to be situated at the intersection of institutional and family capital, investors and corporates, family and widely held companies, and East-West, Yuelin values diverse views and is sought after for his perspectives. He delivered the keynote at the Wee Cho Yaw 2025 Business Forum in April organised by NUS Global Institute with its strategic partner UOB.
Yuelin received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and a JD from Stanford Law School.
