About Rachel Leng
Rachel Leng has a transnational and multi-industry background, with experience in East and Southeast Asia, Italy and US across finance, private equity investments, international business development, government & policymaking, media, academia and publishing. She is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of SeiRogai Inc., a business consultancy and media production company in Tokyo. Prior to that, she was Leader of Business Development at a Tokyo-based Japanese private equity fund from January 2017 to December 2020, where she was responsible for private equity investments from sourcing through to execution, strategizing business development, fund raising and client marketing. Before joining private equity, she was Policy Analyst at the leading South Korean thinktank, Asan Institute of Policy Studies, Hyundai HI Group from July 2015 to August 2016, where she researched and briefed policy development with diplomats, journalists, scholars, and industry leaders. She graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Public Policy Studies and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Double Distinction with Highest Honors) and completed a Masters of Arts in Regional Studies - East Asia (GSAS Merit Fellow and Commencement Marshall) at Harvard University.
Website: www.rachelleng.com
Recent Publications
- 11 Investment Themes in Post-COVID Japan
- “The Circulation of Ghostly Women and Li Yongping’s Affective Sinophone Malaysian Identity,”
- “Kuo Pao Kun’s Zheng He Legend and Multicultural Encounters in Singapore,”
- “Queer Reflections and Recursion in Comrade Bildungsroman”
- “Japan’s Civil Society from Kobe to Tohoku: Impact of Policy Changes on Government-NGO Relationship and Effectiveness of Post-Disaster Relief,”
- “Eileen Chang’s Feminine Chinese Modernity: Dysfunctional Marriages, Hysterical Women, and the Primordial Eugenic Threat,”