Where does Cece Zhao, CFA work?

Cece Zhao, CFA is Venture Partner at Vectors Angel.

Where did Cece Zhao, CFA go to school?

Cece Zhao, CFA studied at Columbia University (M.S. in Operations Research); Yale University (Financing and Deploying Clean Energy (FDCE)); The University of Hong Kong (Bachelor of Economics and Finance).

Cece Zhao, CFA

Investor

Venture Partner at Vectors Angel

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Cece Zhao is a Principal and Counselor at Pallas Advisors, where she advises national security leaders transitioning from public service and emerging defense technology companies. Her work covers post-government ethics and compliance, government and commercial contracting, go-to-market strategy, and legal infrastructure. She holds a JD/MBA and the CFA designation, and is a Special Operations veteran.

Experience

MicrosoftGlobal Strategic Partner Investment Leadcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE)Board Membercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Vectors CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2026 — present
Vectors CapitalVP, Investment2025 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
The AES CorporationGrowth Initiative, Investments and Valuation2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
SoledaAdvisor, Product and Go-To-Market2024 — 2025
CapeZeroConsultant, Product and Modeling Solutions2024San Francisco Bay Area
AllianceBernsteinVP, Multi-Asset and Hedge Fund Solutions2018 — 2024New York, United States
Raise GreenImpact Partner2023 — 2024New York, United States
Invesco Ltd.Quantitative Analyst, GPMR - Alternatives Investments2014 — 2018Greater London, England, United Kingdom
CitigroupSummer Analyst, Corporate and Investment Banking2013Hong Kong SAR
Center for Asian StudiesEconomics Research Assistant2012Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Asia Institute for Political EconomyResearch Assistant2011Hong Kong SAR

Skills & more

Mentoring1Public Speaking1Financial Modeling24Data Analysis8Project Finance5Project Management2Renewable Energy2Energy Policy1Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)1Portfolio Optimization1Asset Allocation1Portfolio Management1

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People DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentGlobal MacroInvestmentsQuantitative ResearchBloombergPython (Programming Language)SQL

Languages Cantonese · English · Mandarin

ESG Investing — CFA Institute
CFA — CFA Institute

From Cece's professional profile.

Colleagues at Vectors Angel

Charles (Chuck) Eesley, Ph.D.

Advisor - Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University at Vectors Angel

Connie Koh

Chief of Staff at Vectors Angel

Grace Wang

Venture Partner - General at Vectors Angel

Jason Jay

Advisor - Director of Sustainability Initiative, MIT Sloan School of Management at Vectors Angel

Jeff Henretig

Venture Partner - Finance at Vectors Angel

Jing (Jane) Ge

Managing Partner at Vectors Angel

Johnny Huang, MBA & Ph.D.

Venture Partner - DeepTech at Vectors Angel

Jordan Garside

Legal Advisor at Vectors Angel

Frequently asked questions

Who is Cece Zhao, CFA?: Cece Zhao is a Principal and Counselor at Pallas Advisors, where she advises national security leaders transitioning from public service and emerging defense technology companies. Her work covers post-government ethics and compliance, government and commercial contracting, go-to-market strategy, and legal infrastructure. She holds a JD/MBA and the CFA designation, and is a Special Operations veteran.
Where does Cece Zhao, CFA work?: Cece Zhao, CFA is Venture Partner at Vectors Angel.
Where did Cece Zhao, CFA go to school?: Cece Zhao, CFA studied at Columbia University (M.S. in Operations Research); Yale University (Financing and Deploying Clean Energy (FDCE)); The University of Hong Kong (Bachelor of Economics and Finance).