Louis Nguyen
Chairman & CEO

• Former Managing Director - VinaCapital fund management company based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Founding General Partner - IDG Ventures Vietnam, a fund management company based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Former Vice President - Intelligent Capital, a mergers and acquisitions firm based in San Francisco, California.
• Former Partner - Osprey Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California.
• Held management positions in finance and manufacturing operations at NEC and Apple Computers in California.
• Audit and management consulting experience at KPMG in San Jose, California.
• Member of board of directors of various listed and private companies based in Vietnam.
• BS in Accounting, San Jose State University, California.
• Fluent in English and Vietnamese.

• Chairman - Colliers International (Vietnam), manages $1B of real estate assets in Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi.
• Former Managing Director - VinaCapital Real Estate, managing the property investments and developments made on behalf of Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF) and Vinaland (VNL).
• Former Managing Director - CBB of Chesterton Philippines Ltd.
• Former Director & Chief Representative - Chesterton Petty (Vietnam) Ltd.
• MRICS Surveyor, (ISVA now RICS), Manchester Central College, UK.
• HND Land Use (Estate Management), Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University), UK.
• Fluent in English.

Kevin Flaherty
Managing Director, Energy and Natural Resources Investments

• Over 16 years experience in Vietnam's Resource Sector, in both mining and petroleum. 
• Former Founder, CFO & Director - Tiberon Minerals, a TSE-listed mining exploration company that discovered Vietnam's Nui Phao tungsten deposit, later acquired by an Asian based investment fund for $270.0 mm. 
• Former Founder & Director - Keeper Resources, a TSXV listed company with two oil & gas properties in Vietnam, later acquired by an Asian based investment fund for $60.0 mm
• Advisory Board Member - Sunshine Oilsands, a privately owned Canadian oil sands company with 2.2 billion bbls of contingent resources.
• MBA in Finance, University of Calgary.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.

• Director & Former Executive Vice President of Business Development - a venture-backed internet consumer services company based in the US.
• Former Counsel - Clifford Chance US LLP, a leading global law firm based in the UK.
• Chairman & President - SAVVi, the largest network of Vietnamese-interest professionals for deal sourcing among executives and investors.
• Former Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of Foreign Relations Committee of the International Law Section - California State Bar.
• Asia21 Young Leader - the Asia Society.
• Fluent in English and Vietnamese.

Henrik (Hien) Vu
Managing Director
Real Estate Investments

• Over 10 years of on-the-ground experience in real estate in Vietnam including development, consultancy, research, and valuation.

• Managing Director - CitiPlus Corporation.
• Instrumental in the creation of the Corporate Services and Investment Properties divisions in Vietnam for CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).
• Client Manager - Calyon Corporate & Investment Bank where he was in charge of financial analysis, project-based financing, loan appraisal, and marketing of the bank’s facilities and services to multinational clients.
• Master Degree in Real Estate Development and Investment from University of Greenwich (London).
• Fluent in English and Vietnamese.

Chinh Hoang
Director
Equity Investments

• Over 6 years of pioneering experience in private equity, real estate investment in Vietnam and 7 years in operational management for a leading multi-national corporation.
• Advisor and Board member in leading private and public companies in Vietnam.

• Director of Research and Investments - Dynasty Investments, a boutique private equity and real estate investment company in emerging markets and Vietnam.
• Director & Portfolio Manager - Mekong Capital, a leading private equity investment firm in Vietnam.
• Held various operational and process improvement management positions at Ford Motor Company.
• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean management.
• BS in environmental engineering, MBA, RMIT University.
• Fluent in English and Vietnamese.

• Founder & President - Caudex Strategies Ltd., Vietnam based property development, health & education, natural resources holding/investment advisory.
• Active in emerging and frontier markets for more than 20 years.

• Led the acquisition economics for a +$100mn mining sector bid in Indochina.
• Consultant & Director - numerous World Bank, ADB, UN, and government ODA projects in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe.
• Director - Indian telecoms, energy, and finance linkage project with Canadian firms.
• Director - Office of the President and Cabinet of Malawi strategic budgeting and planning project utilizing South African government agencies.
• Director -agriculture grading, standards, and financial receipts/indemnification project for the Government of Romania prior to EU accession.
• Masters Degree in Economics, University of Calgary.
• Director/Past member and advisor to Clinton Hunter Initiative, UNICEF, and Canadian Association of Business Economists.
  

Markus Winkler

• Founder and President of VGZ Vermoegensverwaltungs-Gesellschaft Zurich, a Swiss wealth management company.
  
• Founder-member and former Vice-President of the Swiss Association of Asset Managers and member of its Ethics Committee for the last 20-years.
  
• Founder-member and Board member of the Swiss Investors’ Association for the last 10 years.
  
• Regular lecturer and writer on investment matters.
  
• Member of several advisory and supervisory boards of Dublin, Frankfurt / Xetra and London listed funds investing in Asian and Eastern European emerging markets.
  
• Advised several Vietnam funds regarding positioning, structuring and fund raising.
  
• Studied Law at the University of Zurich, and Economics and Banking at the University of St. Gall (HSG).
  

Mark Pedretti

• Chairman of the Private Equity Group and Deputy Managing Partner of Reed Smith's New York office.
• Representative for private equity funds, venture capital funds, corporate venture funds, and start-up companies, concentrating in corporate structuring and investing in various types of complex private equity transactions.
• Areas of practice: private equity, mergers and acquisitions, securities, transactional intellectual property, public mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, recapitalizations and management buyouts, particularly in the financial services, media and telecommunications, software and technology, real estate, health care, apparel and entertainment industries.
• Extensive capital markets experience, representing both issuers and investors in public offerings and private placements as well as in joint ventures, strategic alliances, and license arrangements.
• Author of various articles on securities law and mergers and acquisitions.

Desmond Lin

• Vice Chairman of How Yu Construction and Development Group.
• Chairman of Pan Pacific Financial Group.
• Independent Board Director of DreamHouse Saigon Investment Group (Listed code: DRH).
• Chief Inspector of Phu My Bridge Investment Company Board. 
• Former Managing Director - Saigon Asset Management, Real Estate Investments.
• Managing Director - GrandFord Venture Capital, an investment fund based in Vietnam and Taiwan.
• 15+ years of on-the-ground experience in Vietnam.
• CEO - Momentum Information Technology Vietnam, a service provider for core banking and payment systems.
• Deputy General Director at various landmark projects and joint ventures in Vietnam including  the Legend Hotel, Saigon Riverside Office Building, Hai Thanh Kotobuki, Fei Yei, Dat Viet.
• Senior management positions at Hallyard Resort, Peito and WuLai Taiwan, and How Yu Construction Corporation.
• MBA, University of Southern California.
• BS in Finance, University of Oregon.
• Fluent in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese.