Paula Beroza

Ms. Beroza has years of experience in investment banking and investment management originating, structuring, and marketing over $26 billion of acquisitions, debt and equity issues of U.S.
and international companies (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany, and Latin America).
Ms. Beroza spent 11 years at Merrill Lynch where she worked in a variety of capacities including running the Greater China investment banking business in the mid-1990’s.
As head of the Greater China investment banking group, Ms. Beroza helped international firms seeking access to the China market, completed the first international equity offering of a Chinese company, structured and placed innovative financial products, and educated the government and Chinese enterprises as to the operation of the international capital markets, including investor expectations, regulatory practices, transparency, after-market trading, etc.
In all, Ms. Beroza has helped raise over $2 billion in financing for Chinese enterprises.
Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Ms. Beroza worked in the High Yield Capital Markets and Private Placement divisions of Salomon Brothers and with the Prudential Insurance Company of America in the Private Placement Department.
Ms. Beroza received her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and her master’s degree in Finance from the University of California, Berkeley.
Ms. Beroza is based in San Francisco, California.