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Matthews Asia Funds - Board of Directors

The Board is critical to the success of Matthews Asia and our ability to create long-term value for our clients, employees, and the communities where we live and work.

Hanna Duer

Independent Director

Hanna Esmee Duer has been an Independent Director of the Matthews Asia Funds since 2017. She is a Certified Independent Director and has served on multiple boards in Luxembourg, Ireland and Denmark. Hanna is a senior investment professional with over 25 years of international experience in the financial sector. Hanna has worked as a Chief Investment Officer and, over the course of her career, has built up the investment management function for several international companies, implementing, among others, portfolio and risk management systems. She also has broad experience in insurance, treasury and retail banking functions. Hanna has extensive experience within UCITS and alternative investment funds, including private equity, real estate and structured products. She earned an MBA from McMaster University in Canada. Hanna received both a B.S. and an M.S. in Economics from the University of Copenhagen. She is a Certified Director (IDP-C) from INSEAD, France and Certified Director from the Luxembourg Institute of Directors.



Mark Phillips

Independent Director

Mark Phillips has been an Independent Director of the Matthews Asia Funds since 2025. He is a Certified Director with the Luxembourg Institute of Directors, as well as INSEAD France, and is also a Chartered Accountant and Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Mark has over 35 years of diverse experience within the finance and fund industry and is an active member of various industry associations, including the ILA Investment Fund Committee, The Findel Group, where he is Chair, and has in the past sat on the Luxembourg Fund Association (ALFI) Regulatory Board, and the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) Management Company Standing Committee. Mark has gained extensive experience sitting on regulated and unregulated Boards of Aviva Investors, covering a diverse range of asset classes, and investment vehicles. During Mark’s eight years as CEO of Aviva Investors Luxembourg, and member of the Management Team covering Aviva Investors regulated fund ranges in six domiciles, he worked to implement best in class corporate governance practices within the organisation and at Board level. Since leaving Aviva Investors, Mark has taken on non-executive director positions with prominent Asset Managers both at IFM and fund level across varying fund structures, distribution strategy and asset classes, including UCITS, AIFs, Private Equity, Private Debt, Real Estate and Infrastructure.



John P. McGowan

Global Head of Investment Operations and Fund Administration

John McGowan is Global Head of Investment Operations and Fund Administration at Matthews. Prior to joining the firm in 2004, John served as Chief Operating Officer at Forward Funds and ReFlow LLC, a mutual fund liquidity solution provider. Previously, he was a Director of Client Services at PFPC Global Fund Services. John has more than 30 years of financial services experience including positions at M&T Bank, First Pacific Advisors Inc. and Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. He served as a member of the Board of Governors and served as Executive Committee Chairman of the Investment Management Education Alliance. John received a B.A. in Marketing from Clarkson University.