Ker Gibbs is a Managing Director of The Hina Group, based in the firm’s Shanghai office.

Mr. Gibbs first came to China in 1985 and has been working in China and the greater Asia region for most of the past twenty years. He has been involved in a number of transactions and has deep operational experience with publicly traded companies as well as high growth enterprises.

Before joining The Hina Group he was Chief Executive Officer of MyETone Ltd., a leading E-commerce company providing consumer product reviews and interactive discussion platforms (user generated content) in China. In that role he led the acquisition of a company that was controlled by a state owned enterprise, the Shanghai Media Group. As a result of the acquisition MyETone became the market leader in the category.

Prior to MyETone Mr. Gibbs was Vice President for Asia Pacific with Secure Computing (NASDAQ: SCUR), a leading provider of network security solutions. He was responsible for overall business operations in the region with six regional offices reporting to him. Over the course of four years he grew headcount and revenue substantially and left it as one of the company’s best performing regions.

Mr. Gibbs has been involved with a number of internet start-up companies, including NBC Internet where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the company's Hong Kong based joint venture. He worked with NBCi's executive team to structure the venture and managed local operations throughout Greater China and the rest of Asia. He served on the board of directors of NBCi Asia as well as all local joint ventures and subsidiaries. Prior to NBC Internet Mr. Gibbs worked for Infoseek, a portal/search engine company based in Silicon Valley. He managed the Infoseek Japan business as well as other business development projects. Infoseek went public on Nasdaq and was later sold to the Disney Company.

Before his internet ventures Mr. Gibbs spent six years with Apple Computer. He started his career in Apple’s Cupertino headquarters before being transferred to Japan, then later Hong Kong where he was appointed Managing Director of Apple's Hong Kong based software subsidiary.

Mr. Gibbs holds an undergraduate degree in economics from UCLA and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Mandarin speaker and has studied Korean and Japanese.

ker@hinagroup.com