Erik Guyot is the founder and managing partner of Cross Pacific Partners, a financial research firm based in Taiwan, and a director at the Asian Technology Absolute Return Fund, managed by RAYS Capital Partners in Hong Kong. He previously worked as a financial journalist covering Taiwan, China and Hong Kong, including as lead reporter on Hong Kong business for The Wall Street Journal. He was an ICWA fellow from 1987 to 1989, reporting on US economic and security assistance to the Philippines and Thailand.