Advisory Board
Mr Victor Leung
Chairman of Advisory Board
Advisor for New Tech Investment in the PRC
Mr Victor Leung (HK Citizen)
Chairman of Advisory Board
Advisor for New Tech Investment in the PRC
Victor Leung is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers China (KPCB China). He is also sitting on the Advisory Board of the Greater China Fund of MaxGiant Capital Partners and director boards of other portfolio companies of KPCB China. Before joining KPCB China, Victor has accrued more than 14 years of private equity and venture investment experience with HSBC Private Equity (Asia) Ltd., as well as five years of investment and commercial banking experience. He set up HSBC Asia Ventures’ PRC office in 2006 and was the firm's director and PRC Chief Representative. Victor was directly involved in more than 30 investments in Asia. Successful investments include Actions Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ACTS), Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSIQ), China Biodiesel (AIM: CBI.LN), China Flooring Holding (HKSE: 2083.HK), Gourmet Master 85C (TWSE: 2723.TW) and China Techfaith (Nasdaq: CNTF).
Victor was a member of the investment committee of HSBC’s Asian venture fund. He serves as a director on the boards of DeltaChem, Qihang and SinoEv. Victor was honored as China’s Best Private Equity Investor at the China Most Valuable Venture Enterprises Awards in 2009 and was named among the World Economy Top 10 Outstanding Chinese Investor Leaders by the World Chinese Economy Accreditation Committee in 2009. He was honored the Top 10 Investors in 2011 by China Most Valuable Venture Enterprises Award again. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Victor has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Hong Kong, an MBA degree from the London Business School and an MS degree in biopharmaceuticals from the University of New South Wales.
Mr Ton Geurts
Vice Chairman of
Advisory Board
Advisor for Operational Transformation
Mr Ton Geurts (Dutch Citizen)
Vice Chairman of Advisory Board
Advisor for Operational Transformation
Mr Ton Geurts got his Bachelor and Master’s in Business law and European law at KU Nijmegen, the Netherlands in 1985. He is also Harvard Business School (“HBS”) Alumnus. He finished HBS AMP in 2013.
Ton is a world class, highly experienced transformation leader, Chief Procurement Officer (“CPO”) and Supply Chain top executive, across several industries and continents. His execution power and high delivery combined with a huge interest for people allow him to build and lead organizations at C-level.
In 2007, he joined AkzoNobel as CPO, reporting directly to the Board of Management (later Executive Committee). He took procurement from state of decentralization to a highly effective and efficient center-led global function centered on sustainable supply chains.
From September 2014 until March 2019, he joined NV Bekaert SA, directly reporting to the Bekaert Group Executive, responsible as CPO/ Senior Vice President Supply Chain Excellence and as a key top executive in professionalization, change and excellence management programs to improve the efficiency and bottom line of the company. Recently, he was involved in several advisory roles and executive coaching.
In 2010, he joined the NGO/CSO Solidaridad in their Board of Directors, where he acted as their chairman, and until 2019 as a Board member.
As per October 1st 2019 he is the Business Development Director of the Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation based in the South of the Netherlands. For this he is employed by the University Maastricht School Business & Economics.
Mr
R Venkataramanan
Advisor for India and Asia Pacific Market
Mr R Venkataramanan (India Citizen)
Advisor for India and Asia Pacific Market
Mr R Venkataramanan was born in India in 1974 and he is a science graduate and has done his MBA from the Sri Satya Sai University and Harvard Business School AMP. He has over 25 years business operation experience in the areas of finance, business support and strategy. For several years, he was Executive Assistant to Mr Ratan Tata, the former Chairman of Tata Group before he was promoted to be the Managing Trustee of the Sir Dorabi Tata Trusts and was responsible for management and oversight of all the Tata Trusts which are public charities and are the principal shareholder of the Tata Sons, the parent company of the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate.
He also was the managing director of RNT Associates which is a private equity fund of Mr Ratan Tata. Prior to his association with Mr Tata, Venkat was Head of Business Support at the Qatar Foundation, a non-profit based in Doha. He had also worked in Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, Mumbai (VSNL), now known as Tata Communication and the Gujarat State Finance Corporation based in Ahmedabad.
Dr
Paul Roumeliotis
Advisor for Health Care Project
Dr Paul Roumeliotis (Canada Citizen)
Advisor for Health Care Project
Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, and holder of a First Class Honors B.Sc. Degree in Microbiology and Immunology, Dr Paul Roumeliotis, known to many as “Dr Paul” received his medical degree in 1983 at McGill University. He trained as a pediatrician at the Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH)/McGill from 1983 to 1987. He returned to the MCH and McGill in 1990 (Assistant Professor/Director of Continuing Medical Education in the Department of Pediatrics and Founding Director of Multiformat Health Communications). He founded and directed the hospital's Asthma Centre and Pediatric Consultation Centre and became a much sought-after lecturer on health communications, asthma and other pediatric issues. He completed his Masters of Public Health Degree at Johns Hopkins University in 2009, where he is now an Associate faculty member. In May of 2013, he obtained an Advanced Management Diploma at the Harvard Business School. In February 2018, he was one of 14 physicians in Canada to receive the Canadian Certified Physician Executive (CCPE) credential designation by the Canadian Society of Physician Leaders (CSPL), a Canadian Medical Association (CMA) division.
In January 2007, Dr Paul formally entered public health leadership, after realizing that his past experiences and vision were really “public health-oriented”. He is currently Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer of the Eastern Ontario Health Unit.
Dr Aon Lau
Advisor for Corporate Governance
Dr Aon Lau (UK Citizen)
Advisor for Corporate Governance
Dr Aon Siu-Fai LAU graduates from the Hughes Business School in the Sussex College of Technology UK with Master Degree in Accounting. He also has his Master Degree in Business Administration in the Clayton University in States. He received his Doctor's Degree in Finance from the Sussex College of Technology UK and received his PhD in Economics from the Costa Ford University. He is a certified financial planner in Hong Kong, a member of the American Institute of Management, a Member of the British Institute of Cost and Executive Accountants, a Member of the Australian Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Member of British Institute of International Accountants.
Dr Lau was the former Imagination Solutions Group Finance Director and former Financial Accounting Manager of Greg companies in the States. Since October 2004, he is the Chief Financial Officer of Li Ka-Shing Foundation and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Shantou University, Cheung Kong Law School, Cheung Kong School of Journalism. In 1999, Dr. Lau helped Pine Technology IPO in HK (HK: 8013). In 2007, Dr. Lau also participated in the IPO of Tiangong International Ltd. in HK with AIG investment fund. Dr. Lau was appointed as an independent non-executive director and the chairman of internal audit committee from Tiangong(HK:826) International in 2007. Dr. Lau is currently the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Asia Pacific Region of WiseLink Group Holdings Limited.
Mr
Pierre-Alain Graf
Advisor for Strategic Transformation
Mr Pierre-Alain Graf (Swiss Citizen)
Advisor for Strategic Transformation
Mr Graf is a Technology and Power Infrastructure Board Member and CEO with strong business acumen, creating value through strong strategic thinking and transformational industry wide change – including M&A - while managing complex stakeholder relationships at all levels, together with exceptional communication skills with multi-cultural experience and language skills.
He is Co-Chair Working Group of World Economic Forum “Cyberresilience in Energy Industry” since 2018. He was the senior VP Global Security Business for ABB since 2017, the Board Member of Landis & Gyr SA since 2017, and the Board Member of Broadband Networks AG (Zurich) since 2016. Before that, he was the CEO of Swissgrid AG (Laufenburg) and the General Manager of Cisco Systems GmbH (Zurich).
Pierre is a Harvard Business School AMPer and he earned his MBA from the University of St. Gallen and Master Degree in Law from the University of Basel.
Mr Sachin Pant
Advisor for Property Project
Mr Sachin Pant (India Citizen)
Advisor for Property Project
Mr Sachin Pant is a MBA Graduate from Management Development Institute of India and Master in Environment Planning from the School of Planning & Architecture in India. He is an expert in both commercial and residential property development industry.
Mr Pant’s 22 years of career stint has been with Mott Macdonald, Feedback Infra, Ramky group & entrepreneurial set ups & spun around business development, marketing, independent handling of businesses and multi sectoral exposure. His core areas of expertise are business planning, private investments, marketing, partner search & business development and has closely worked with key government nodal agencies and private sector world.
He has been even actively involved in new business initiatives, geographical expansions & investor relationships. He has solid experience in property and infrastructure industry cover various countries like India, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, Bahrain, Nigeria, Gabon, Ethiopia Morocco, UK and Russia. He has been part of many CEO business delegations with the government to various countries. He is active speaker in various national & international forums including academic interest in areas of PPP, project finance and investment opportunities.
Have joined SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd since September 2019, a public listed flagship arm of SREI group as President & shall be leading advisory business, SREI is leading public financial institution with 7 billion USD AUM and market leader in equipment finance & leasing besides group’s diversified business portfolio in roads, power, water & waste water, waste management, industrial development, real estate, hospitality, healthcare, food processing & IT.
Mr
Nandkumar Dhekne
Advisor for
Manufacture Excellence
Mr Nandkumar Dhekne (India Citizen)
Advisor for Manufacture Excellence
Mr Nandkumar Dhekne is a senior management executive with 40 years’ experience in diverse areas across Field Services, Project Management, Operations Management, Sales, Marketing, General Management and CEO roles in Specialty Chemicals and the Energy Industry with leading global US companies. Have led large territories with GE’s two businesses with strategic and operational responsibilities. Very rich national and international exposure with Indian/ MNC’s start up’s as well as mature set-ups. Led culture and leadership initiatives for successful outcomes.
He was graduated from Mumbai University and Distinguished Alumnus of Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai (UDCT) 1979. He also the Alumnus of both INSEAD and Harvard Business School AMP. He also is a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt-GE.
He currently is the Vice President, Solenis (Shanghai) Chemicals Co., Ltd, a leading solutions provider of process and water solutions to pulp, paper, oil & gas, chemical processing, mining, bio-refining, municipal, and other industrial markets since its formation in 2014 (now a JV with BASF). Before that, he was the Vice President – Asia, Ashland Specialty Ingredients (Personal Care/Coatings/Pharma ingredients/Construction chemicals) based in Shanghai 2009 to 2014 and Chair Person Ashland Regional Leadership Team 2011 & 2012. He also was the Managing Director - Asia, Aqualon Division of Hercules Inc. 2007- 2009 and the President & CEO, GE Energy, India, 2004-2007 & Board Member BHEL- GE Gas Turbine Services and GE Power Systems India Limited.
Ms Frances Sun
Advisor for Education Sector
Ms Frances Sun (US Citizen)
Advisor for Education Sector
Frances Sun is an active Harvard alumni and education practitioner in China.
She founded Wenxiaoyou Tech Co after decades of leadership position for global consulting firms. In China. WXY aims to provide better education solution for Chinese students at a global stage.
Frances served as Director for Asia, Harvard Alumni Association (2013-2017), Executive Board Director (2019-2022), 2005 Committee, Organization of Chinese Returnee Scholars from US and European, Director for Center for China and Globalization.
Frances has a BA of Journalism from Fudan University in Shanghai (1986-1990) and an MA in MPA from Harvard University (2002-2003) . She is the Mason Fellow of Harvard Kennedy School, a prominent program for global leaders.
Frances is The 10 most influential Women in China (2015) among other awards.
Mr Cary Tu
Advisor for New Retail Sector
Mr Cary Tu (HK Citizen)
Advisor for New Retail Sector
Cary is the founder and CEO of a new retail company. He is the Alumni of Harvard Business School, MBA graduate and a chartered surveyor.
Witnessed the growth cycle of Hong Kong consumer retail market and the development of mega shopping malls. Experienced the centurial business opportunities availed with the retail evolution from bricks & mortar, to internet and to new retail over the last 15 years in China.