James Zukin

Mr. Zukin is the co-founder and Senior Managing Director of Houlihan Lokey, where he spearheads the firm’s emerging-market strategy. He is also a board member of Houlihan Lokey K.K, and the Board Chairman of Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin (China) Ltd. Mr. Zukin serves as a delegate to the Paris Club Meetings involving the private sector. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is an advisory board member of XMBA, the M&A Institute formed by NYU’s Stern School of Business, Guanghua School of Management (Peking University) and Judge Business School (Cambridge University). Mr. Zukin earned a B.A. with honors in economics and English from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.