Bonnie Zhang

I've been in the finance field for over 25 years, and what drew me to this work from the very beginning was recognizing that every business needs finance - it's the fundamental of how the financial health can maintain and continue to grow. With companies public or private, compliance, integrity and ethic are critical. I'm currently in transition from a full-time perspective, but I'm working as a portfolio board advisor, advising a startup in the longevity and AI space. Right now, I'm helping the startup to fundraise, and from there, it's really going to help the startup to literally start up. In my very last role, I established the finance function from zero to one. It was a startup in the sense of the U.S. market - as a company, it's well established outside the U.S., but they got into the U.S. market as a startup at the time I joined, and that's kind of the mission for that entity in the U.S. I've been in that startup space with startup kind of mindset for the past few years. When it comes to my work, I prioritize trust because it's super important, especially when it comes to finances, I focus on quickly establishing that trust with partners, internally and externally, so that we can all move forward quickly. Communication is definitely key as well. What I care about most is the business growth and the team individually - that's one of those comments I've actually gotten from others as well.