Mr. Whittingham is principal at the Frontier Group, overseeing the firm’s subsidiaries in Africa and the operations of its private equity fund focused on investing in technology minerals in frontier markets. Over the past 20 years in China, Mr. Whittingham developed a wealth of cross-border transaction experience that includes advising many of China’s largest state owned and private enterprises on their acquisitions and joint ventures across the globe. Mr. Whittingham holds a B.A. from Georgetown University in Political Economy and Chinese. He is fluent in Mandarin.