Executive Officers

Yung-Hsi Chang, 36
Director and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Chang has been the portfolio manager of Origin Equity Partners, a sub-fund of Carrington RHT Investments, a Singapore Capital Markets Services licensed financial institution regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, also becoming the representative of the sub-fund in April 2024. From April 2020 to August 2022, Mr. Chang was a managing director at SGI Partners, a New York-based private equity investment firm, where Mr. Chang was the head of Asia and was responsible for deal sourcing and deal execution. During this period, Mr. Chang helped to successfully facilitated SGI’s in-principle approval for the Venture Capital Fund Manager license regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. From May 2016 to April 2020, Mr. Chang served as a managing director and head of the sustainability practice groups of The Spectrum Solutions Group (“TSSG”), a transactional advisory firm headquartered in New York. During this period, Mr. Chang represented multinational corporations and state-owned entities on cross border investments, M&A transactions, and strategy development. Prior to May 2016, Mr. Chang served as a consultant to a major strategy consulting firm, with his work focused on the TMT sector and started his career as an attorney at Baker & McKenzie. Mr. Chang received his JD from Fordham.

Nicolas Kuan Liang Lin, 37
Director and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Lin has been the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Aether Holdings, Inc., a startup company in the financial technology sector. Mr. Lin has served on the board of several public companies in the U.S. and Canada with experiences including Hawkeye Systems Inc., Technovative Group Inc., Rebel Group, Inc., and Moxian, Inc., where he has led and executed multiple transactions ranging from fund-raising, restructuring, and advisory. Mr. Lin currently serves as a director of Advance Opportunities Fund and Advance Opportunities Fund I, an investment firm that focuses on investing in small and mid-cap companies, since March 2019, and as a director of St James Gold Corp (TSXV: LORD; OTCQB: LRDJF), a mining and exploration company headquartered in Vancouver, since October 2019. From October 2012 to March 2017, Mr. Lin was a manager at 8i Capital Ltd., an asset manager in Singapore, where he was involved in advising businesses to list in the United States and London, fundraising, and restructuring work. Mr. Lin is an experienced corporate finance executive having over a decade experience in the field of equity capital markets transactions, particular expertise in the field of U.S.-based transactions. Mr. Lin has advised and participated in a number of such transactions, often on behalf of Chinese and other Asian clients. Mr. Lin received his Bachelor of Laws from Queen Mary, University of London.

Board of Directors

Kuo-Shui Chao, 68
Director

Mr. Chao is the chairman of the Chinese Culture University Alumni association and senior advisor to Nankang Rubber Tire Corp., Ltd. a Taiwanese manufacturer of automobile tires and other synthetic rubber products listed on the Taiwan stock exchange TWSE: 2101. From October 2019 to October 2021, he was the vice-chairman of Nangkang Rubber Tire Corp and also a director of typhon federal corporation, a publicly listed wheel manufacturer in Taiwan (TWSE: 2102). Mr. Chao was the Chairman and co-founder of Teng-Da airways from February 2018 to December 2019 and from March 2015 to November 2017, he was the chairman of Taiwan Star Telecom, the fourth largest telecommunications company in Taiwan at the time. During his time as chairman, he represented Taiwan Star in its active participation in the fourth-generation spectrum auction that propelled Taiwan Star to almost double its revenue within a period of 2 years. From October 2009 to February 2015 Mr. Chao was the deputy-CEO and board member of Taipei Financial Center Corp., which managed Taipei 101. From November 2005 to June 2008, Mr. Chao was the CEO of China Airlines, the national airline of Taiwan (2610.TW), also serving as its chairman from October 2007 to July 2008. Prior to November 2005, Mr. Chao has served as the president of Mandarin airlines, vice president of Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd., once the largest television channel in Taiwan. Mr. Chao received his bachelor’s degree from Chinese Culture University and an EMBA from National Chengchi University. We believe Mr. Chao is qualified to serve on our board as a result of his experience in serving on the board for both listed and large private enterprises and his expertise in corporate governance in the greater Asia market.

Ann Chai Wong, 57
Director

Mr. Wong has been the founder and director of Nanosun Pte Ltd, a nanotechnology focused company that produces membranes for water recycling and has been researching in carbon-capture. Nanosun won the Business Times Award for Best Emerging Enterprise in 2021 and Innovation Award for Technology. Mr. Wong led his company to deploy innovative solutions in Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand serving industrial wastewater treatment in semi-conductor, food processing, pharmaceutical and petro-chemical plants. Mr. Wong also currently serves as Co-Chairman of Chemical Industries Speciality Group at the International Water Association since 2023 and has been a member since 2015. From May 2007 to December 2010, Mr. Wong was a Managing Director at Equity Capital Markets, DBS Bank. From January 2011 to July 2012, Mr. Wong served as Executive Director in the advisory role covering industrials, financial institution group (FIG) sectors at Nomura Investment Bank. Prior to an investment banking career, Mr. Wong was part of the Singapore Administrative Service for 20 years, having worked on defense, transport and housing policies. Mr. Wong attended the Young Officer’s Course at Fort Gordon, Georgia (USA) under the auspices of the US Army. Mr. Wong served on the board of Oceanus Limited as an independent director from June 2015 to January 2019 and on the board of Raffles Infrastructure Holdings as an independent director and non-executive chairman from October 2020 to October 2023. Mr. Wong has also served as a board member for Singapore Community Chest, a highly regarded charity in Singapore from April 2010 to April 2012. Mr. Wong received his Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford, and master’s degree in business administration from MIT Sloan School of Management. We believe Mr. Wong is qualified to serve on our board as a result of his experience in serving as a director for listed companies in the past, and his experiences both as an entrepreneur and the banking industry.

Daniel Alef, 80
Director 

Mr. Alef has over 30-years of experience in law and international investments. Since June 2021, Mr. Alef is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Law and Immigration Section of the California Lawyers Association and has been brought in by the U.S. Department of Commerce as an expert in the Commercial Law Development Program for Nepal, Bangladesh, Mongolia, and Kenya to advise foreign government officials on international investments related to complex public private partnerships. Mr. Alef has been retained by clients world-wide for advice relating to cross-border transactions and has extensive experience in negotiating complex investor disputes with sovereign states in Asia. From April 2010 to December 2012, he served as a consultant to Accenture, Mr. Alef was a columnist for the Santa Barbara News Press, a New York Times regional newspaper, and a syndicated columnist for several newspapers owned by Pulitzer and later Lee Newspapers., and the president and CEO of I-SYS technology, a small public company engaged in the early development of optical character recognition systems. In the 1970s, Mr. Alef served as a partner in AG Ventures, a venture capital fund Mr. Alef founded, he was involved in taking a score of companies public. He is also an award-winning author, a commentator on various television shows pertaining to American titans of industry including on Fox Business News, the History Channel, CNBC and others. From the late 1970s to 1990, Mr. Alef served as a senior partner at the Los Angeles law firm, Alef Baker Grunfeld and Wilson representing major clients. Mr. Alef received a BS degree from UCLA, JD from UCLA Law School, an LLM. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. We believe Mr. Alef is qualified to serve on our Board as a result of his experience with leading public and private companies, his expertise across different markets in Asia, and his experience in venture capital.