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HK19: Mina Martinez โ€“ Ex Investment Banker helping underprivileged Pacific Islander children

October 18, 2020
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Mina Martinez had a stellar career as an investment banker in the US. She faced numerous challenges in rising up the ranks in investment banking coming from Asia Pacific Islander group. While in HK, Mina set up the HK chapter for Asia Pacific Islander Scholarship Fund for deserving but underprivileged students coming from Asia Pacific Island Community.

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โ€œ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ 1 ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก. ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก 100% ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ . ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’.โ€

“๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Œ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ป๐พ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™. ๐ผ๐‘› ๐ป๐พ, ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ€ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ป๐พ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘๐‘ .โ€

โ€œ๐ผ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘œ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ผ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘.โ€

โ€œ๐‘‡๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’, ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ [๐ด๐‘ƒ๐ผ๐ด๐‘†๐น] ๐ป๐พ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ 45 ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ˆ๐‘†. ๐‘†๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™.โ€

โ€œ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ด๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ด๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ , ๐ป๐พ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›. ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ป๐พ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘˜ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ .โ€

โ€œ๐ป๐พ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ .โ€

โ€œ๐ป๐พ ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘. ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘. ๐ผ๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ .โ€

โ€œ๐ป๐พ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘. ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ป๐พ. ๐‘‚๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘. ๐ผ๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ .”

๐†๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž:
Mina Martinez is a former Wall Street veteran, having spent 15 years in investment banking and private equity. Most recently, Mina was founding partners of Nogales Investors, a middle market private equity firm, located in Los Angeles. Previously, Mina has worked with notable firms such as Warburg Pincus as an investment principal, as well as with Lehman Brothers, Salomon Brothers and Bankers Trust, as an investment banking professional.

Mina has been involved with APIASF for approximately seven years. Upon learning that APIASF was the only national scholarship fund for Pacific Islander students, she was compelled to get involved as she herself was a scholarship recipient of various scholarships. Mina was born in Japan and grew up in Southern California from the age of three. She holds a BA from UC Irvine and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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