A team of dedicated and experienced professionals committed to delivering outstanding investment returns for managed funds, advisory and discretionary accounts.
Francisco J. Sánchez
Francisco Sanchez is the Advisory Partner of Skyforth in Washionton D.C. He served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce, a post he was nominated to by President Barack Obama in 2009. As Under Secretary, Sánchez lead the International Trade Administration.
Sanchez was one of the architects of the President's National Export Initiative (NEI), with the ambitious goal of doubling U.S. exports. Under his leadership, working with partners in government, U.S. exports reached all-time highs in both 2011 and 2012.
During the Clinton Administration, he served as the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Sánchez previously served in the White House as a Special Assistant to President Clinton, and Chief of Staff to the Special Envoy to the Americas.
Sanchez also serves as a Senior Managing Director of Pt Capital, an Alaska based private equity firm.
Sánchez also taught at the Harvard Negotiation Project and advised companies on negotiation strategy. Sánchez advised the President of Ecuador in negotiations that led to the resolution of a long-running border dispute with Peru.
Sánchez was named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine and also one of the top Hispanics nationwide by Poder Magazine. Sánchez served on the board of directors for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. He has been awarded the National Point of Light Award and the Governor’s Point of Light Award for Outstanding Community Service. In 2010, he was named to the National Hall of Fame for the Boys and Girls Club of America. Sánchez obtained his B.A. and J.D. from Florida State University, and a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
May Liu
May Liu is the Director of Skyforth in Hong Kong. An active film producer, financier and philanthropist. She has Master degree in finance at Baruch College, CUNY. She is specialized in corporate valuation and risk management. She was HK SFC license holder at First Shanghai Securities from 2008-2010. Since 2007, she was the vice president in China Enterprise Investment Fund, she participated numerous of IPO stock placement, investment size over $100M, maximum investment portfolio return 300%. May starts her venture capital advisory career at Asiawired in 2003, serving as chief rep. in China, where she provided private equity and investment banking advisory service to private enterprises and professional investors. Her financing advisory experience covers Internet, media, fashion, and Film industry. She also successfully organized a training program for Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2003. Prior to Asiawired, she held management position in Wal-Mart China and other HK public companies.
As an active film financing capitalist, she was invited by Forrest Capital to be the Jury Member of Film Finance Awards 2012 in Cannes Film Festival. She has participated the early stage financing of the film: The "The Revenant", "Escape Plan 2" etc. Her first independent film: <Shadow Days>was nominated to be Top 7 Chinese films in Berlin Film festival 2014. Her produced film project including: "Fake Fiction", "Inside Out". "Blooming Sisters"(Best Screenplay Award 2018 US China Film Festival)
Peng Mun Foo
P.M. Foo is the Partner of Skyforth in Singapore. He is a CPA , CFA, holder of Singapore Fund Management Representative’s license and is also a Licensed Private Equity Fund manager. PM has over 15 years of experience of investing in and building businesses in Asia. PM is ex-CFO, Asia Pacific, and Deputy General Manager of London Asia Capital Plc，and was CFO of 4 investing companies. PM joins London Asia from Legg Mason Asset Management (Asia), the Asian operations of a US-listed Money Manager with over US$ 1 trillion AUM(one of the 5 Largest Asset Manager Operating in the world) where he was Chief Operating Officer. He was also responsible for Regulatory, Legal, Finance, Taxation and Human Resources functions of the 3 Asian entities as Company Director, including implementing Legg Mason’s acquisition of Rothschild Asset Management (Singapore) as well as providing certifications required by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC, US) as subsidiaries of the US-listed Legg Mason. Prior to Legg Mason, PM spent several years as a Venture Capitalist backed by listed equities experience at Deutsche Bank. PM was co-founding member of Bowtie Asia, a boutique seed stage venture capital investment firm.
Jack Chang
Jack Chang is the Chief Representative of Skyforth in Shanghai. He has over 20 years of experience in hotel management, name brand Franchise and management sector. He was the Managing Director of Hongkong Perfect Hotel Management for 5 years, from 2011.01 to 2012.12 he delegated the Australian Argyle Hotel Management Group, to carry out from building preparation to operational management of Doyi Argyle Boutique Hotel as the General manager; he responsible for internal operational management and external hotel marketing, public relations, and creation of revenue. From Year 2000. to Year 2010.12) Served as VP or Owner Representative in preparatory consultation work for Taiwanese invested hotels and Mainland real estate developers. Followed Mr. Zhou Wu to work for The WESTIN Tashee Taiwan , Fuchun Resort Hangzhou, The RCI Eastern Taipei, The DYNASTY(Taipei and Beijing), and The Sherwood Taipei LEADING international five-star hotels,The Chateau Resort Guilin, mainly responsible for the integration of hotel market and direction of development in Chinese mainland market. 4.(1995.01-1999.12): served as a MARCOM director of Unify Health World, a five-star resort hotel and top club and a General manager of its Kenting branch, organized works from building, preparation to operational management; in the same period, responsible for managing three resort hotels and seven clubs . 5. (1990.01-1994.12)：Served as a teacher in Da-De senior high school and a MARCOM director of Folk Resort in Taiwan.
Francisco J. Sánchez
Francisco Sanchez is the Advisory Partner of Skyforth in Washionton D.C. He served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce, a post he was nominated to by President Barack Obama in 2009. As Under Secretary, Sánchez lead the International Trade Administration.
Sanchez was one of the architects of the President's National Export Initiative (NEI), with the ambitious goal of doubling U.S. exports. Under his leadership, working with partners in government, U.S. exports reached all-time highs in both 2011 and 2012.
During the Clinton Administration, he served as the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Sánchez previously served in the White House as a Special Assistant to President Clinton, and Chief of Staff to the Special Envoy to the Americas.
Sanchez also serves as a Senior Managing Director of Pt Capital, an Alaska based private equity firm.
Sánchez also taught at the Harvard Negotiation Project and advised companies on negotiation strategy. Sánchez advised the President of Ecuador in negotiations that led to the resolution of a long-running border dispute with Peru.
Sánchez was named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine and also one of the top Hispanics nationwide by Poder Magazine. Sánchez served on the board of directors for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. He has been awarded the National Point of Light Award and the Governor’s Point of Light Award for Outstanding Community Service. In 2010, he was named to the National Hall of Fame for the Boys and Girls Club of America. Sánchez obtained his B.A. and J.D. from Florida State University, and a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
May Liu
May Liu is the Director of Skyforth in Hong Kong. An active film producer, financier and philanthropist. She has Master degree in finance at Baruch College, CUNY. She is specialized in corporate valuation and risk management. She was HK SFC license holder at First Shanghai Securities from 2008-2010. Since 2007, she was the vice president in China Enterprise Investment Fund, she participated numerous of IPO stock placement, investment size over $100M, maximum investment portfolio return 300%. May starts her venture capital advisory career at Asiawired in 2003, serving as chief rep. in China, where she provided private equity and investment banking advisory service to private enterprises and professional investors. Her financing advisory experience covers Internet, media, fashion, and Film industry. She also successfully organized a training program for Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2003. Prior to Asiawired, she held management position in Wal-Mart China and other HK public companies.
As an active film financing capitalist, she was invited by Forrest Capital to be the Jury Member of Film Finance Awards 2012 in Cannes Film Festival. She has participated the early stage financing of the film: The "The Revenant", "Escape Plan 2" etc. Her first independent film: <Shadow Days>was nominated to be Top 7 Chinese films in Berlin Film festival 2014. Her produced film project including: "Fake Fiction", "Inside Out". "Blooming Sisters"(Best Screenplay Award 2018 US China Film Festival)
Peng Mun Foo
P.M. Foo is the Partner of Skyforth in Singapore. He is a CPA , CFA, holder of Singapore Fund Management Representative’s license and is also a Licensed Private Equity Fund manager. PM has over 15 years of experience of investing in and building businesses in Asia. PM is ex-CFO, Asia Pacific, and Deputy General Manager of London Asia Capital Plc，and was CFO of 4 investing companies. PM joins London Asia from Legg Mason Asset Management (Asia), the Asian operations of a US-listed Money Manager with over US$ 1 trillion AUM(one of the 5 Largest Asset Manager Operating in the world) where he was Chief Operating Officer. He was also responsible for Regulatory, Legal, Finance, Taxation and Human Resources functions of the 3 Asian entities as Company Director, including implementing Legg Mason’s acquisition of Rothschild Asset Management (Singapore) as well as providing certifications required by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC, US) as subsidiaries of the US-listed Legg Mason. Prior to Legg Mason, PM spent several years as a Venture Capitalist backed by listed equities experience at Deutsche Bank. PM was co-founding member of Bowtie Asia, a boutique seed stage venture capital investment firm.
Jack Chang
Jack Chang is the Chief Representative of Skyforth in Shanghai. He has over 20 years of experience in hotel management, name brand Franchise and management sector. He was the Managing Director of Hongkong Perfect Hotel Management for 5 years, from 2011.01 to 2012.12 he delegated the Australian Argyle Hotel Management Group, to carry out from building preparation to operational management of Doyi Argyle Boutique Hotel as the General manager; he responsible for internal operational management and external hotel marketing, public relations, and creation of revenue. From Year 2000. to Year 2010.12) Served as VP or Owner Representative in preparatory consultation work for Taiwanese invested hotels and Mainland real estate developers. Followed Mr. Zhou Wu to work for The WESTIN Tashee Taiwan , Fuchun Resort Hangzhou, The RCI Eastern Taipei, The DYNASTY(Taipei and Beijing), and The Sherwood Taipei LEADING international five-star hotels,The Chateau Resort Guilin, mainly responsible for the integration of hotel market and direction of development in Chinese mainland market. 4.(1995.01-1999.12): served as a MARCOM director of Unify Health World, a five-star resort hotel and top club and a General manager of its Kenting branch, organized works from building, preparation to operational management; in the same period, responsible for managing three resort hotels and seven clubs . 5. (1990.01-1994.12)：Served as a teacher in Da-De senior high school and a MARCOM director of Folk Resort in Taiwan.
