Rachel Lam has been group managing director of US-based media company Time Warner’s strategic investment unit for nine years.
Her unit has been investing in early to mid-stage companies that generate strategic value for Time Warner. Deals this year include leading the $15m round for Conviva, as well as backing Dynamic Signal, Adaptly and Bluefin Labs.
Lam has also worked for venture capital firms connected to banks, including Quetzal/Chase Capital Partners and at CSFB Equity Partners, the private equity captive unit of Switzerland-based bank Credit Suisse. She has also worked in banking at Credit Suisse and at Morgan Stanley.
She has a degree in industrial engineering and operations research from Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.