Executive Officers

John Tan Honjian, 32
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Tan brings extensive experience as a corporate strategist and private equity investor who brings significant legal experience with local and cross-border corporate mergers and acquisitions, corporate joint ventures and strategic alliances, foreign investment, private equity and venture capital deals, private fund establishment and structuring for private equity fund and venture capital funds, project financing, structuring of investment deals for high net-worth family offices, strategic structuring of business deals, and property transactions for both corporate and individual clients. Since January 2015, Mr. Tan has served as Chairman and CEO of AEI Capital Group located in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Shenzhen, where he lead the Asia-Pacific-focused private equity investment group with AUM exceeding USD $500 million with the support of a seasoned team backed by diverse experience in more than 100 M&A transactions, exceeding 50 private equity deals and above 20 IPO exercises in major financial centers such as New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and Kuala Lumpur. AEI Capital Group specializes in late-stage, pre-IPO investments, merger and acquisition/joint venture transactions, private equity/venture capital deals, private investment in public equity (PIPE), hedge fund portfolio, private fund structuring, and buy-out of high growth small and medium-sized enterprises and tech ventures, with preferred exit via IPO on global stock exchanges such as HKEX, ASX and NASDAQ. AEI Capital Group received the award of Best Private Equity Firm (East Asia) in Fund Awards 2021 granted by Wealth & Finance International (WFI). Since January 2016, Mr. Tan has served as a Partner with Ng, Gan and Partners in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and has served as President of AEI Tech Venture Group where he provides board-level guidance to this tech venture builder with an in-house early-stage investment arm that co-builds digital business units of established mid-sized pre-IPO companies under AEI Capital’s investment portfolio. Since January 2017, Mr. Tan has served as President for Ashita Group in Malaysia where he chairs the Strategic Planning Committee on the Board of this corporate group exceeding billion-dollar annual turnover and provides board-level guidance and leadership for the capitalization, strategization and digitization while catalyzing the Ashita Group’s tremendous topline growth by 400% within 5 years to get very close to the milestone of second-billion turnover soon, steering valuation of the Group to jump by 1600% within 5 years in private markets. Mr. Tan joined the Board after AEI Capital became the largest institutional investor in Ashita Group. Since January 2020, Mr. Tan has served as co-President, Investment Banking Services Group at European Credit Investment Bank Ltd. where he leads its offshore investment banking services group to serve small-mid cap listed companies across Asia Pacific whose capital market needs are still mostly underserved by onshore investment banks and global institutional investors. Mr. Tan has served on the board of directors of various high growth companies across Asia Pacific and acted as the Board advisor to various public listed companies across Asia Pacific. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tan specialized in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and private equity as a common law-qualified cross-border corporate lawyer at Rajah and Tann Singapore LLP, the largest law firm in ASEAN, headquartered in Singapore, with affiliate offices in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, and founded in 1976. Mr. Tan also served as the regional counsel for a Fortune 100 Company in charge of the ASEAN and South Asia regions. Mr. Tan has received the honor of Global Innovator Award 2018 in Finance and Investment Category by Global SME Alliance, United Nations due to his significant contribution on ASEAN-plus-China One-Belt-One-Road private equity investment thesis. Mr. Tan spoke as a Panel Speaker in Global SME Summit alongside with global leaders such as France ex-Prime Minister Mr. Jean-Pierre Raffarin and China ex-Vice Premier Mdm. Wu Gui Xian. Mr. Tan completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) Essentials Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), with Executive Program completed at University of Oxford on Blockchain Strategy.

Gilbert Loke (Che Chan), 66
Chief Financial Officer and Director

Mr. Loke brings extensive experience in the financial industry, with an emphasis on corporate and private banking. Mr. Loke has served as the Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of and Chief Financial Officer of Greenpro Capital Corp (NASDAQ:GRNQ) since July 2019 and as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of Greenpro Venture Capital Ltd. since its inception on July 19, 2013. Mr. Loke has extensive knowledge in accounting and has been an accountant for more than 30 years. He was trained and qualified with UHY (formerly known as Hacker Young), Chartered Accountants, one of the large accounting firms based in London, England between 1980 and 1988. His extensive experience in auditing, accounting, taxation, SOX compliance and corporate listing has prompted him to specialize in corporate advisory, risk management and internal controls serving those small medium-sized enterprises. From September 1999 until June 2013, Mr. Loke served as an adjunct lecturer in ACCA P3 Business Analysis at HKU SPACE (HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education), which is an extension of the University of Hong Kong and provides professional and continuing education. Mr. Loke worked as an independent, non-executive director of ZMay Holdings Limited, a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange from January 2008 to July 2008, as Chief Financial Officer for Asia Properties Inc. from May 31, 2011 to March 28, 2012, and Sino Bioenergy Inc., with both companies listed on the OTC Markets in the United States from 2011 to 2012. Mr. Loke has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Greenpro Resources Corporation since October 16, 2012. He has also served the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Moxian Corporation from October 2012 until December 2014. Mr. Loke served as an independent director of Odenza Corp. from February 2013 to May 2015. He has also served as the Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer, and a director of CGN Nanotech, Inc. from September 4, 2014 to September 28, 2016. Mr. Loke served as director of Greenpro Talents Ltd. from November 16, 2015 to June 6, 2017, and as director of GC Investment Management Limited, which is the investment manager of Greenpro Asia Strategic SPC, since April 6, 2016. Mr. Loke earned his Masters of Business Administration degree (MBA) from Bulacan State University, Philippines, and earned his professional accountancy qualifications from the ACCA, AIA and HKICPA. He also earned other professional qualifications from the HKICS, ICSA as Chartered Secretary, FPAM – Malaysia as a Certified Financial Planner, ATIHK as tax adviser in Hong Kong and CWM Institute as Chartered Wealth Manager in Hong Kong. Mr. Loke brings to the board of directors accounting and financial expertise and business leadership.

Board of Directors

Andy Chow (Siu Hang), 45
Independent Director Nominee

Mr. Chow brings more than 20 years of investment banking and financial experience and is currently Chief Executive Officer and in charge of investment banking of Eddid Capital Ltd. (Hong Kong SFC-licensed investment bank) since May 2020, where he has led and actively participated in various large-scale Hong Kong listings, financial advisory, equity and bond placements and underwritings, domestic and overseas mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, pre-IPO investments and other projects, raising more than US$50 billion in the aggregate. He also currently sits on the board of directors of Eddid Special Portfolio Investment Fund SPC since October 2020, Hong Kong-listed Yincheng Life Service Co. Ltd. (1922:HK) since June 2018, is a member of the audit committee of the board of Yincheng International Holding Co. Ltd. (1902:HK) and Ziyuanyuan Holdings Group Ltd. (8223:HK) since October 2019, in the capacity of independent director on each board. Mr. Chow served in management positions in many large-scale Chinese and Hong Kong listed investment banks, including the managing director of Investment Banking Department of Essence International, the managing director and head of Investment Banking Department of CASH Financial Services Group, the managing director and head of Corporate Finance Department of CEB International, the executive director of Corporate Finance Department of Bank of Communications International, the associate director of Corporate Finance Department of Bank of China International and the manager of Corporate Finance Department of Haitong International. Mr. Chow has completed multiple IPOs on the Hong Kong Main Board involving numerous asset classes including financial technology, financial services, healthcare and pharma, industrial and engineering, environmental, food and beverage, REITs, real estate and construction, and coal.

Dr. Li Zhong Yuan, 59
Independent Director Nominee

Dr. Li brings nearly 30 years of financial services experience including bringing mathematics to the process of investment successfully. From June 2016 to July 2021, Dr. Li has served as the Executive Chairman of Pan Asia Data Holdings Inc. (1561:HK), listed on Hong Kong Main Board from June 2016 until July 2021. Dr. Li is currently the Chairman of the Board of Beijing Universal Medical Assistance Co. Ltd. and sits on the board of directors of Essenlix Corporation. Previously, Dr. Li occupied the position of Executive Director at China Health Group Limited (673:HK) since 2001 until June 2016. Dr Li is also a member of the international Advisory Board of the University of California at San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy and its 21st Century China Center’s China Leadership Board member. Prior to that, Dr. Li held senior positions with a number of major international investment banks on Wall Street, including Bankers Trust Company, Salomon Brothers and IBJ Asia Limited and has extensive experience in capital raising and risk management and innovatively structured financial products until starting his own independent businesses in 2000 including incubating and driving up innovative service ventures from scratch to successful exit as anchor principal. In late 1996, Dr. Li was in charge of building up capital markets and derivative businesses in multi-asset classes in Northern Asia and was a director of Rabobank International before setting up a financial and technology investment firm. Dr. Li is experienced in financial services and algorithmic technology and economy. Dr. Li has held roles as member of boards of directors and advisory boards of several innovative enterprises globally. Dr. Li received a doctorate (Ph.D.) from the University of Michigan in mathematics in 1990 and subsequently worked as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the USA (“MIT”), where he was consecutively awarded research grants from the National Science Foundation.

Christopher Clower, 55
Independent Director Nominee

Mr. Clower has been in the financial industry for approximately 27 years, and has raised more than $4 billion in capital for his clients. Mr. Clower co-founded, and built PT Manoor Bulatn Lestari, an Indonesian resource company, and sold it for more than $120 million and achieved 30x return on investment in two years for himself and his investors. Mr. Clover serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Welbsach Holdings Pte Ltd. of Singapore since April 2021, as Director of N51 Capital Management Pte Ltd. since February 2021, as Director of BetShop Pte Ltd. since February 2021, as a Director of Argo Lake Management Pte Ltd. since November 2020, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Tiger Tech Acquisition Corp Pte Ltd. since October 2020. He also serves as Director of Batavia Prosperindo Premium Pte Ltd. since February 2017 and non-executive director for Malacca Trust Pte Ltd. since February 2015 and Director of Batavia Prosperindo Premium Pte Ltd. since February 2017 and Commissioner of PT Batavia Prosperindo Asset Management since January 2014. Previously, Mr. Clower was Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance for Southeast Asia at Merrill Lynch for 11 years when he left the firm in 2009. Mr. Clower sits on a number of boards of financial services and financial technology companies in Southeast Asia, including PT Batavia Prosperindo Finance Tbk, an Indonesian consumer finance company, listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange and regulated by OJK, the Indonesia Government financial regulatory authority. Mr. Clower also continues to advise on and invest in deals with a network of private investors, and helps build companies, primarily in Southeast Asia. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Clower was with Deutsche Bank investment banking in Singapore and Bankers Trust investment banking in New York and Chicago. Mr. Clower has a bachelor of science degree in Nuclear Engineering from Northwestern University through a US military scholarship, and an MBA with Honors from University of Chicago.

Lionel H. Derriey, 60
Independent Director Nominee

Lionel Derriey brings more than 30 years of international finance expertise including with emerging companies and investment funds on value creation, growth and fundraising to the company. Mr. Derriey is known for creating viable solutions to solve business challenges or market needs and has succeeded as a team leader who encourages and fosters individual strengths and provides opportunities for personal and team growth. Presently, Mr. Derriey serves on the Advisory Board of Readiness Associates since April 2021 to support the company’s mission to ensure that business are prepared for disasters and emergencies, and are compliant with existing federal regulations. Prior to that, for 18 years from 2002 to 2020, Mr. Derriey served as Director of Alesar Limited where he advised businesses on financing opportunities, arranged debt purchase facility for UK commercial and consumer finance company, organized financing of UK commercial property development lender, introduced German commercial property investment opportunities to UK investors resulting in expanded sales distribution channels among other duties. Prior to that, from 2007 to 2012, Mr. Derriey served as a Financial Services Consultant for DFD Select Group SARL in Paris where he inaugurated and marketed investment opportunities to insurers, family offices, funds of hedge funds, wealth managers, private banks, pension funds and actuarial consultants. In this role, Mr. Derriey developed structured products and alternative investments appropriate to investors’ need, marketed distressed real estate credit funds as part of U.S. government co-investment program. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Derriey served as a Director for Criterion Capital Limited (CCL) in London where he identified publicly-quoted investment opportunities that featured significant asset backing or other downside protection, often from real estate or other tangible assets and co-ordinated CCL’s bid to acquire a leading UK health and fitness chain where he valued assets and development potential of brand and discovered significant potential cost savings and formulated tactics on maximizing CCL’s bid. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Derriey served as the Director of Investments for Eisner LLP in New York where he managed private equity portfolio of 37 companies and, during that time, increased their value by advising on fundraising and business and corporate development, worked with private equity funds on portfolio companies, appraised effectiveness of business plan execution and formulating enhancements and introduced corporate clients to appropriate venture capital funding sources including some funds of funds. Mr. Derriey is a graduate of The Wharton School of Business with an MBA in Finance and a graduate of Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts in History.