CEO

Jaff Shen sees himself as a social entrepreneur, social innovation catalyst and market maker. After selling his company in 2002, he co-founded, grew and led Leping Social Entrepreneur Foundation to catalyze social innovation and build the market for positive changes in China. Jaff has in ten years grew five social enterprises in a series. In 2013, he introduced SVP, a venture philanthropy model, to China. It opens up innovative ways to strengthen the financial market, energize the talent market, and enhance thought leadership in the field of social innovation. Jaff brings robust strategic planning, vigorous board governance, and increasing social impact to Leping. It has become the umbrella organization for many social innovation ventures and initiatives, managing the largest investment portfolio of social enterprise in China. SVP model has so far drawn talents and resources in several cities across China to support the growth of high potential social purpose organizations in the local area. Recent initiatives including social innovation book series publication and social innovation curriculum development are also in good shape, as an effort to build thought leadership.

Simultaneously, Jaff led the team to become the Chinese publisher of Stanford Social Innovation Review(SSIR). These accomplishments set precedents for the upcoming endeavors in China's emerging field of social innovation. In 2014, Jaff was honored Youth Leader of the Year by “Southern People Weekly Magazine”. He acts as Program Ambassador of the German Chancellor Fellowship for tomorrow’s leaders and The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Fellow. Jaff holds a B.A. in Oriental Studies and a law degree from Peking University.

Executive Director，Is in charge of (strategic/operational) management of microcredit companies and other social enterprises invested by Leping.

After graduating from China Agricultural University, Zhang Chao has been engaged in international trade of agricultural products for four years. Out of concern for the livelihoods of small farmers, he joined Beijing Fuping Development Institute in 2007 and has engaged in micro-loan work so far. At present, he is the executive director of Leping Investment Management Department, responsible for the operation and management of social enterprises such as Leping Investment Microfinance Company.

Marketing & Communications Manager, B Corp China

Lu Yuting graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a Master's degree in Marketing Communication. Before joining the China Advocacy Team of Venture Creation, she worked for many years in the international well-known luxury brand and enterprise consulting company for market strategy formulation and brand promotion and dissemination. Now she is committed to promoting the concept of corporate social responsibility and good business in China.

Human Resources Supervisor

Since March 2013, Jing Li has been engaged in human resources work since she joined Leping Social Entrepreneur Foundation.She was in Yum Sheng Group - KFC, responsible for operation and management for nearly five years, and later engaged in human resources related work for nearly 10 years, mastering the system of human resources theoretical knowledge and rich human resources practical experience, with his own human resources established.

Senior project officer, Council Secretariat

Yu Fang graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University, majoring in diplomacy. In 2010, he joined Beijing Fuping Development Institute. She engaged in enterprise employee volunteer projects, enterprise relationship maintenance, ecological trust in agricultural customer development, and Venture Creation project fund-raising and other work. She is currently responsible for the Secretariat of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation, including its governance, resource mobilization and governing services.

Editor, Leping Studio

She was graduated from Dalian University of Technology, majoring in management of information system. She has worked in Bank of China and China Foundation Center.