Asian private equity firm Unitas Capital -- previously known as CCMP Capital Asia -- has hired Lian Xiaolu from BNP Paribas to source deals in China.
Based in Shanghai, Lian assumed his new role as a managing director for Unitas last week. He joins four other people based in Shanghai and three others based in Hong Kong who are responsible for sourcing deals in China. He reports to Unitas's partner in Shanghai, Kei Chua.
Lian's main responsibility is sourcing deals in China, similar to what he was doing in BNP Paribas. At BNP Paribas, he worked on origination and sourcing deals, and worked to keep relationships with the government and clients....