Hardy Zhu

Portfolio Manager

Hardy Zhu is a Portfolio Manager at Matthews and co manages the firm’s Asia Discovery, China, China Small Companies, China Dividend, China Total Return Equity, China Discovery, China A-Share, Emerging Markets Small Companies and Emerging Markets Discovery Strategies. Prior to joining the firm in 2011, Hardy was an Equity Analyst with Delaware Investments researching Chinese equities. Before earning his MBA from Duke University in 2007, Hardy was a senior accountant at PNC Global Investment Servicing from 2000 to 2005. Hardy began his career at China National Nonferrous Metals Import & Export Co., one of the largest state-owned international trading companies in China. He received a Master of Accounting degree from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a B.S. in Industrial Foreign Trade from Shenyang Polytechnic University in China. Hardy is fluent in Mandarin. 

Hardy has been a Portfolio Manager of the Matthews China Fund since 2024; of the Matthews China Active ETF since 2024; of the Matthews China Small Companies Fund since 2024; of the Matthews China Dividend Fund since 2024; of the Matthews China Discovery Active ETF since 2024; of the Matthews Emerging Markets Small Companies Fund since 2024; and of the Matthews Emerging Markets Discovery Active ETF since 2024.

Co-Manager: Matthews Emerging Markets Small Companies Fund, Matthews Emerging Markets Discovery Active ETF, Matthews China Fund, Matthews China Active ETF, Matthews China Small Companies Fund, Matthews China Discovery Active ETF, Matthews China Dividend Fund