Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> January 20, 2003

Lawrence Pemble – Chindex International Inc (chdx)

LAWRENCE PEMBLE is the Executive Vice President for Finance and Business Development at Chindex International, Inc., an American public company active in the China market since 1981. The company provides Western healthcare products and services to the China market place. Mr. Pemble has been with Chindex since 1983 and is one of three original partners in the company. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and made his first trip to China in 1979. In the past 22 years he has traveled to China on more than 75 occasions for business and pleasure. He holds a BA degree in Chinese Studies from the University at Albany and has pursued post- graduate studies at Liaoning University in China and Columbia University in New York. Mr. Pemble has published articles and given speeches on area of expertise in China trade. He has served on the American delegation to the Medical Technologies Subgroup of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade. He has been interviewed on CNN International and has testified on China trade issues before committees of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of Chindex

International and a picture of the company as it is now?

Mr. Pemble: Chindex International was founded in 1981 to