Ker Gibbs is Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. He is a private equity investor focused on technology and life sciences. He was previously an investment banker at HSBC. As head of technology and media for greater China, he served clients like Alibaba, Touch Media, and JD.com. Before banking, Gibbs worked for technology companies including Apple, where he led the Hong Kong-based software subsidiary.
Gibbs has been an active member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai for the past 14 years. He served on the Board of Governors for the last two years, and was elected Chairman for 2016. Before joining the board, he served as Chair of the Financial Services Committee. He has been appointed to a number of other boards, including the ChinaSF Advisory Board, the San Francisco Mayor’s business initiative in China.
Gibbs first came to China in the mid-1980’s as a student, then returned to Shanghai in the 1990’s with the Boston Consulting Group. He has been living in Shanghai since 2002. He has an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
