GSME Acquisition Partners I

GSME Acquisition Partners I

Apr 12, 2022 by sam.beattie

MANAGEMENT & BOARD


Executive Officers

Eli D. Scher, 29
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Since July 2007, Mr. Scher has served as chief executive officer of GSME Capital Partners Inc. From July 2007 to February 2008, Mr. Scher served as chief development officer and a director of MCG. Since February 2008, he has served as chief financial officer of MCG. Additionally, Mr. Scher is a co-founder, and serves as president and chief financial officer, of Fundamental Films. From September 2003 to February 2007, Mr. Scher served as a principal at Daroth Capital Advisors LLC, which is involved in investing and advising clients on financings, mergers and acquisitions and restructurings, where he led the firm’s Asian business development efforts. From July 2002 to September 2003, he served as a vice president of Cohen Bros. & Co., a private investment bank. From June 2001 to September 2001, he was a financial intern with China International Capital Corporation, a Sino-American joint venture investment bank where Morgan Stanley and the China Construction Bank acted as the principal partners and investors. Mr. Scher received an A.B. from Princeton University. Mr. Scher is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.


Zhong Wen Lin, 40
Vice President, Finance

Since February 2007, Mr. Lin has served as finance director of MCG. From July 2006 to February 2007, Mr. Lin served as general manager assistant at JCDecaux China Shanghai Zhongle Vehicle Paint-Spraying Co., LTD, an outdoor transportation media business. From January 2006 to July 2006, he served as finance director of JCDecaux China, Metro Media System Department, a traditional media subway advertising business. From April 1997 to January 2006, Mr. Lin held various roles within Media Partners International, a company acquired by JC Decaux, including: Shanghai Media Partners International Advertising Co., LTD, Public transit system department — Finance Director; Group (Shanghai) — Finance Director; Nanjing Media Partners International Public Transport Advertising Co., LTD — Finance Director; and Shanghai Media Partners International Advertising Co., LTD —  Finance Manager. Mr. Lin received a bachelor’s degree in Financial Accounting from Shanghai University.


Board of Directors

Jing Dong Gao, 42
Chairman of the Board

Mr. Gao has invested in and built businesses in China in a variety of industries, gaining experience in evaluating companies and investments in China. Mr. Gao is the co-founder and chairman of GSME Capital Partners, a principal investment business headquartered in Shanghai founded in July 2007. GSME Capital Partners makes early stage investments in Chinese businesses with a focus on service industries. Additionally, Mr. Gao serves as chairman and chief executive officer of Fundamental Films, a film distribution and production company he co-founded in April 2008, and invested in by the principals of GSME Capital Partners. Further, Mr. Gao is the chairman of Media Communication Group (MCG), a light-emitting diode (LED) high-technology media business he founded in 2006 and invested in by the principals of GSME Capital Partners. MCG is the exclusive operator of LED advertising screens in the Shanghai and Beijing subways, and owns proprietary media networking management software and has advanced LED screen optimization techniques. Prior to GSME, in 1997, he founded MCHEM Pharma Group, a generic pharmaceuticals manufacturer that manufactured drugs focusing on HIV/AIDS intermediates, APIs and FDFs which was sold to Matrix Labs of India. He served as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer from 1997 to 2007. Mr. Gao also invested in Xiamen Prosolar, a Shanghai stock exchange listed real estate development company (SSE: 600193), and sat on its board of directors until May 2008. Mr. Gao received a B.S. from Nanjing University.