DIRECTORS

Andrew Korner

Mr. Korner is former head of Credit Suisse First Boston’s operations in Japan & North Asia and of Merrill Lynch’s Asian investment banking division. He has served on the Boards of The Bangkok Fund, China Securities Investment Trust Co., Chinfon Life Insurance Co., Indonesia Capital Fund, Merrill Lynch International Capital Management, Thai Venture Capital Corporation and Vietnam Enterprise Investments; and on the Advisory Boards of Korea International Trust, The Taiwan (ROC) Fund and The India Fund. He has also served as a member of the Conference Board’s Research Council on Global Investment and the Board of Blacksmith Institute. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and Eton College.

Roque Vaz

Mr. Vaz is former head of ACP’s Mumbai office and was previously senior management consultant with Mahajan & Aibara. He was educated at the University of Bombay and is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Iris Wang Hong

Ms. Wang is former head of ACP’s Beijing office and was previously with Nuveen Investments in Los Angeles and Banque Indosuez Group in Beijing. She was educated at Nankai University, Tianjin, and University of California, Los Angeles, where she received her MBA and has been a visiting professor; and is a CFA charter holder.

SENIOR ADVISERS

Ausaf Abbas

Mr. Abbas is former Chief Operating Officer of Merrill Lynch Asia-Pacific/Australasia and of Merrill Lynch’s Europe & Middle East Global Private Client Division. He received his BSc at the London School of Economics and MSc from the University of York.

David Mathew

Mr. Mathew is managing partner of Himalayan Ventures. A former managing director of Robert Fleming’s investment banking operations and Baring’s private equity investments in Eastern Europe & Central Asia, he also previously headed Jardine Matheson’s office in Beijing. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford and Eton College.

Judd Kinne

Mr. Kinne is former Executive Vice President of Kim Eng Holdings. He previously ran the South East Asian investment banking operations of Vickers da Costa, Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers and Peregrine Group.  He holds a Master's in International Management from the American Graduate School of Management and is a graduate of Colgate University.

Soon Hak Lee

Mr. Lee is former Chief Financial Officer of the Samsung Group, Executive Vice President of Samsung Securities and Chief Executive of Samsung JP Morgan Investment Management. He received his MBA at Seoul National University.

Tan Sri Dr. Lin See Yan

Tan Sri Dr. Lin is former Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia and Chairman of Pacific Bank. He is member of Malaysia’s National Economic Action Council Working Group; Chairman, Expert Group on Finance, UN Commission on Sustainable Development; Pro-Chancellor, Science University of Malaysia; Chairman, Harvard Graduate School Alumni Association Council; and Governor, Asian Institute of Management. He serves as a Director of Genting, Great Eastern Life, Straits Trading and other companies. He was educated at Harvard and is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.

Yusuke Yasuda

Mr. Yasuda is former Chief Country Officer and General Manager of BNP Paribas Group in Japan. He also served as manager of the finance Department of Japan Air Lines Co. Ltd. He graduated from Tokyo University Law School and received his MBA at Harvard Business School.