Dr. Dennis Cong is the Founding and Managing Partner of CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund (CEFIF). Dennis has more than a decade of leadership experience in investing, corporate development, investment banking, and technology innovation. Prior to CEFIF, Dennis was the CFO and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development & Capital Market of Yiren Digital, the NYSE listed subdivision of CreditEase, leading the efforts in corporate strategy and planning, M&A, and capital market operation. Dennis joined CreditEase from Deutsche Bank where he served as the Head of China Investment Banking of TMT Sector advising a series of high-growth technology companies for fundraising and strategic M&A in Asia and the US. He started his investment banking career in Silicon Valley working with Piper Jaffrey and Needham and Company covering high growth technology companies.
Dr. Cong received his BS from the University of Science and Technology of China, an MBA from Hass School of Business, University of California Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.