Mr. Cashell is the Founder and Managing Partner of Asia Pacific Investment Partners, a privately held investment operating company founded in 2001. The firm is currently engaged in four industries in Mongolia including real estate development and management, tourism and hospitality, cashmere fashion retailing, and financial services.

Formerly a Greater China economist and financial analyst based in Hong Kong, Mr. Cashell has been living and working in Asia for fourteen years and has acted as an advisor to numerous technology firms, investment funds and government agencies throughout the region. Prior to founding Asia Pacific Investment Partners he served as a private equity fund manager for JAFCO Investments Asia, one of the largest private equity groups in the Asia Pacific region with over US$3 billion under management. At JAFCO Mr. Cashell was responsible for investments in the Greater China region where he focused on valuation arbitrage opportunities, internet technologies, construction materials, and infrastructure.

Mr. Cashell serves as the Director of Asia for US Corporate Ventures Group, an investment advisory firm based in New York serving middle market strategic investors with overseas expansion. Mr. Cashell is also a founder of Zero2IPO, a technology conference organizer and has been a contributor to publications including Business China, The China Financial Report, The Economist Intelligence Unit, and the Mongolia Real Estate Guide.

Mr. Cashell received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware with a dual major in economics and political science and received his masters degree in international business from The American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird). Mr. Cashell wrote his thesis on Emerging Market Portfolio Management with special emphasis on the emerging financial markets of the People’s Republic of China.