/Associates
Our team members have the practical experiences from working in economic and business development, often in challenging environments, predominantly in developing and emerging economies.
Associates
- A Securities Firm (subsidiary of large SOE Bank), Vietnam
- Development of strategic plan and training program for in-house staff
- A Building Materials Group, Vietnam
- Strategic and business advice to Chairman relating to ongoing operations and future strategy
- Operational efficiency review through business wide interview process
- A Cement Company, Vietnam
- Transition and change management guidance and coaching for newly appointed external CEO
- A High Net Worth Financial Adviser, Indonesia
- Structuring advice to establish investment vehicle or asset management company to be based in Singapore
- An Investment Group, Vietnam
- Development of initial concept and oversight of masterplan development of multi-billion dollar ecotourism project in south Vietnam
- An Agri-business Investment Firm, Vietnam
- Strategy advice relation to crop development in sectors including quinoa, seaweed processing, and fruit.
- A Building Materials Group, Vietnam
- Lead Adviser on successful acquisition through privatization from government
- A Cement Manufacturer, Vietnam
- Exclusive adviser on successful sale of majority shareholding to foreign investor (completed)
- An Industrial Parks Corporation, Vietnam
- Lead adviser to privatization process to assist Vietnamese client to acquire majority shareholding (on-going)
- A Waste-to-Energy Project, Indonesia
- Non-exclusive advisor and source of investment funds for greenfield plant, (on-going)
- An Investment Advisory Firm, Vietnam
- Non-exclusive mandate to introduce foreign investors for country-wide Karaoke business (on-going)
- Non-exclusive mandate to introduce foreign investors for state owned boutique brewery and spirits producer (on-going)
- A Privately held Investment Firm, Thailand
- Exclusive mandate to sell boutique tourist hotel (bidding suspended pending new strategy)
- Advice to state owned conglomerate in Vietnam to redesign organizational structure and reporting lines to improve business performance
- A Securities Firm (subsidiary of large SOE Bank), Vietnam
- Development of strategic plan and training program for in-house staff
- Compliance review of investments by IFC for adherence to Environment and Social Performance standards on behalf of the Compliance, Adviser and Ombudsman (CAO)
- Founder was Director of major projects to advise governments on design and execution of Privatization programs in Russia, Ukraine, India, Uganda, Serbia Hungary, Czech and Slovak Republics
- Mediation of long running contractual dispute between two UN agencies
Board membership (2007- current)
- Chairman, including of Audit Committee. UN Office of Project Services (UNOPS), Copenhagen, Denmark. The UN’s primary infrastructure and project implementation agency with annual revenues of $1B. Operates in 80 countries.
- Member, International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Independent Panel, overseeing Environment, Social and Governance risk across IFC’s $19B investment portfolio.
- Member, UN Arbitration Panel. Satisfactorily resolved a complex financial dispute between international bodies.
- Non-Executive Director, Pamiga Finance, SA, Luxembourg-based investment fund specializing in the African financial sector, including commercial microfinance.
- Non-Executive Director, Resolution Insurance Ltd., Tanzania.
- Sustainability Adviser, US Infrastructure Investment Fund for South East Asia.
Leadership and Management Expertise
- Team building and people management. 30 years’ experience recruiting, deploying, directing, multinational teams in 50 countries.
- Commercial management. CEO of a financially successful US-based business for 25 years. Experience implementing Risk Management Systems (ERM).
- Directed successful CEO succession planning in private and public sectors, enhancing diversity in both sectors.
- Directed and provided oversight of strategic plans.
