Theodore Liu Director, Dept. of Business, Economic Development and Tourism State of Hawaii

Ted Liu is the Director of the Hawaii State Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT). In that role, he provides the leadership and direction to fulfill DBEDT's mission; which is to support business, create jobs, and improve Hawaii's standard of living by diversifying the economy, expanding existing businesses, and developing new economic activity.

Ted has spent his life in law, finance and investments. From 1983 to 1993, Ted practiced corporate and international law with the New York law firms of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. in 1993, Ted joined Morgan Stanley & Co. as a Managing Director of Investment Banking for Non-Japan Asia, based in Hong Kong. Ted moved to Hawaii and in 2000 was a co-founder of PacifiCap Group, a private equity firm.