Warburg Pincus hires tech specialist

Chow's background as an executive at Yahoo! and Netscape makes him ideal for the job, says Chang Sun, managing director of Warburg Pincus in Hong Kong. "He will be helping us to find deals, but also to work with our existing investments," says Sun. "His experience at running a business will mean that he can offer strategic advice to our companies on any part of their operations. If revenues need boosting he can suggest ways to strengthen their sales efforts. He will also help us to improve internal controls within each of our portfolio companies."