Speaker

Vivian Lin Thurston, partner and portfolio manager, William Blair

Vivian Lin Thurston is a partner and portfolio manager for William Blair’s emerging markets growth, China A-shares growth, China growth and emerging markets in China growth strategies. Previously, she was a global equity research analyst covering the China A-shares market and large-cap consumer companies. Before joining William Blair, Thurston was vice-president and consumer sector head at Calamos Investments and prior to that, she was the executive and senior investment analyst at UBS Global Asset Management, Brinson Partners. She’s a chartered financial analyst and a member of the CFA Society Chicago and is the founder and chairman of the board of the Chinese Finance Association of America, a non-profit organization. Thurston received her bachelor of laws in sociology from Peking University and a master’s of arts in sociology and a master’s of science in finance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.