MEMBER

INVESTMENT PROFESSIONAL

Principal

LENNY (KAYO) CHIN

  • PROFILE
  • CAREER
● Lenny (Kayo) Chin joined UTEC in July 2021 and focuses on investments in seed / early-stage startups in the fields of AI, quantum computing, and other technologies with the potential to create disruptive innovation.

● He currently serves on the boards of Oxford Quantum Circuits, Quanmatic, obniz, RICOS, forest and issin.

● Previously, he worked at Lenovo and PwC Advisory LLC in Tokyo, Japan. Leading strategic planning and operations at Lenovo Japan, he managed the consumer business’ P&L for NEC—Japan’s market-leading PC brand.

● As a turnaround advisor at PwC Advisory LLC, he provided restructuring / turnaround advisory to 12+ global Japanese companies operating in financially distressed environments.
Before joining UTEC in 2021, Lenny (Kayo) Chin was a Senior Manager at Lenovo Japan and a turnaround advisor at PwC Advisory LLC.
He earned a BS in Mathematics from the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.

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