Ms Wittman oversees Aquitaine’s pan-Asian investment management services and strategies. Ms Wittman has direct responsibility for the Group’s private equity and venture capital operations and serves on the Investment Committees for the firm’s hedge fund investments and oversees the Group’s specialist marketing and distribution operation within the region. Ms Wittman has approximately twenty years’ experience in the Asian region in the investment in and research of Asian companies and capital markets. Prior to founding Aquitaine, she was a Director of Nikko Securities (Hong Kong) and Nikko Europe Plc (London). Her experience of investment management stems from her experience with a Boston-based investment advisory and with a Hong Kong-based private equity group. Ms Wittman holds an AB from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School. Additionally, Ms Wittman holds an MBA in international finance. She also attended Fudan University in Shanghai and the Institute of International Relations of National Chengchi University in Taipei. She is fluent in spoken and written Mandarin, in addition to Russian and French. Ms Wittman is a registered investment advisor with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong