Sean Hinton founded Terbish Partners in 2007 to provide strategic and investment advisory services in North Asia, since when he has advised on transactions of more than US$9 billion. Sean’s current and recent roles include: an ongoing role as Senior Independent Advisor to Goldman Sachs (Asia); Special Advisor to the CEO of SOHO China on their IPO; and Chairman of China Networks Ltd. a regional TV roll-up.

Prior to this Sean was a partner and principal at Media Entertainment Advisors, a boutique investment bank in London, where he advised private investors and corporate clients including major public broadcasters, distributors, banks and hedge funds as well as governmental agencies. He sat on the investment committee of the Creative Capital Fund, a London-based start-up venture capital fund, and on the board of advisors of a number of online start-up companies.

From 2000 – 2005 he was Managing Director of Ealing Studios and Fragile Films, the oldest film studio in the world and one of the UK’s largest film production companies. Sean oversaw the operation of all the businesses from facilities to production, focusing on strategy and business development.

Sean worked with McKinsey & Company for 5 years from 1995, working in the Sydney and London offices, where he advised major clients on a wide range of strategic issues, specialising on helping companies deal with growth challenges. He also worked extensively as a specialist in the Media and Entertainment practice working in online and offline media. Before McKinsey he was founder and CEO of the adventure travel and trekking operator, Nomads Expeditions, which he sold in 1995, having lived and worked in Mongolia for seven years. Sean was trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Cambridge University and the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, USA, for four years was the Honorary Consul-General of Mongolia in Australia, and was a founding member of the national Baha’i council of Mongolia. He currently lives in Beijing with his wife and three daughters.