Vivi Hu

Vivi Hu is the co-founder and CEO of YoujiVest and serves as the Director of the Carbon Neutrality Lab at the Tsinghua Cross-strait Research Institute and Deputy Director of ESG Special Committee of China Enterprise Management Research Association. With over a decade of experience in quantitative finance, portfolio solutions, and alternative data, Ms. Hu has established herself as a pivotal figure in the FinTech sector. An early advocate of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and sustainable investment since 2012, she has been at the forefront of developing ESG investable products and analytics for global asset managers, with recent expansions focusing on AsiaPac managers. She is nominated as the 10 finalists of 2023UBS global Female Founder award.
Prior to the inception of YoujiVest, Ms. Hu held various roles at top-tier financial institutions. Her roles included serving as the Director of Product Sales for AsiaPac at the London Stock Exchange, Head of Fund Rating for AsiaPac at Lipper, and Sales Director for the China Region at FactSet.
Starting in 2021, Ms. Hu has spearheaded the collaboration with the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance to develop China’s inaugural investment-centric, TCFD-aligned climate risk model. This initiative aims to empower financial institutions and businesses to better forecast, analyze, and adapt to the effects of carbon emissions, extreme physical events, and climate change.
Ms. Hu holds a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering from Durham University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Fudan University.