Sean Hinton

Biography

Sean Hinton is a senior investment and strategy executive, advisor and company director with over 25-years’ experience of leading growth, globalisation and social impact.

From 2015 - 2022 Sean was the CEO of the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) and Director of the Economic Justice Program at the Open Society Foundations, one of the world’s largest private foundations. Prior to this, he was a Principal at Terbish Partners, which he founded in 2007 to provide strategic advisory services on China, Mongolia, and Africa and the social and economic impact of large-scale extractive investments. In this capacity he was a long-term senior advisor to Goldman Sachs (Asia) and the Rio Tinto group. His other roles included: Chairman of the Board of Global Access Health, a social enterprise that works to expand access to affordable state-of-the-art medical technology, Deputy Chairman of SouthGobi Resources; Special Advisor to the CEO of SOHO China; and Chairman of China Networks.