TEH Kim Seng
Chairman & CEO
Mr. Teh's background spans the legal, corporate advisory, M&A and corporate finance, venture capital and technology industries in Asia. Trained in London, then in Hong Kong, he has undertaken major engagements in M&A and corporate finance including deals such as the listing of companies in Hong Kong and London and cross-border M&A. He has extensive experience in advising, managing and operating technology start-ups/growth companies in Asia having previously invested in, advised and taken interim positions in many such companies.
Prior to founding Netrove, he was a partner, director and COO at Clarion Capital, a regional investment firm. Before that he was a senior associate and a member of the Corporate & Finance Group at Simmons & Simmons for a number of years where he specialised in corporate finance, securities and commercial deals including international public securities offerings, cross-border mergers and acquisitions (including takeovers), securities and regulatory advisory work, corporate reorganisations and restructuring.
Currently, he sits on various public boards of directors/advisors including that of Softlead Inc and Dragon Group International Limited, a semiconductor group listed on the main board of Singapore Stock Exchange.
Mr. Teh holds an LL.B. (Hons) from Leeds University, England and an LL.M. (Hons) from Queens' College, University of Cambridge, England.
At Netrove, Mr Teh is responsible for all strategic and business developments of the group and all its investments.
Robert TRAN
Partner
Mr. Robert Tran has extensive regional corporate finance and business development experience in North Asia and an in-depth understanding of new media, research and IT. He has held senior positions in corporate and business development including most recently as Regional Head of Asia Pacific in Hong Kong with Experian, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, overseeing strategic partnerships and corporate mergers & acquisitions for the Asia Pacific region.
Prior to that, he was the Senior Director of Business Development in Sybase for Asia Pacific where he developed strategy and executed multi-million partnerships with leading IT companies in Japan, Korea and China. He was also at Next Media Interactive & Ventures, and launched its first Internet and venture strategy to complement its traditional media business.
Robert holds an MBA from Southeastern University, Washington and graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Boston University, USA.
Thanongsak HUTANUWAT
Partner, Head of Thailand
Mr. Hutanuwat’s career of more than 25 years has spanned across various industries including logistics, agriculture, SME development, tourism and renewable energy in the SEA region. He has extensive experience in corporate advisory and turn-around and strategic business management.
Mr. Hutanuwat has previously held advisory positions for several Thailand ministries including the Ministry of Tourism & Sports, Agriculture, Science and Technology, Defense and Office of SMEs Promotion. He was also appointed the Chairman for the National SMEs Development Advisory Committee and of Board of Management of Thai Airports Grounds Services Co. Ltd. Currently, Mr. Thanongsak is the President of the Thailand Dragon Group, CEO of National Power Media and Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the public listed Solartron Public Company Limited.
Mr. Hutanuwat holds a Bachelor Degree on Business Administration, a major in Marketing from the University of San Diego, USA and is also a lecturer at the Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand and the Pepperdine University, USA.
Tony XU
Partner, Head of China
Mr. Xu is a successful serial entrepreneur in China. Formerly, a co-founder of IGM Limited, he has over ten years of operational, product design & management, and marketing experience in the IT and telecom industry in China. Mr. Xu has in-depth understanding of the characteristics and dynamics of the Chinese IT and telecom sectors in terms of product strategy, development and marketing. Prior to IGM, he was a Business Development Manager at Guangzhou Tian Xia Technology Ltd. a company that was eventually acquired by a NASDAQ listed company. Over the six years in Tianxia and IGM, Mr. Xu has accumulated significant business operations experience in the data-communication VAS and IT industry and developed working relationships with several leading mobile telecommunications companies in China.
Mr. Xu has extensive knowledge of the government regulations and requirements of the telecommunications and IT industry and has strong working relationships with various Chinese governmental departments.
Mr. Xu graduated from Hunan Polytechnic University of China, majoring in Computer Applications Technology.
FOO Yong Kwang
Partner
Mr. Foo was the Managing Partner of OTP Consulting, an Internet, IT and telecommunications consulting company. He has more than 20 years of technical experience inclusive of 12 years of consulting. His prior postings were with well-known and leading edge technology companies such as NCR, AT&T and Bell Lab. Mr. Foo has international Internet and telecommunications exposure having spent stints in the USA, New Zealand, Australia, Korea as well as Malaysia.
Mr. Foo was a member of the AT&T/NCR Corporate Field Advisory Council and was a Practice Leader in various major consulting engagements worldwide and has been involved in developing and validating worldwide network and system planning, integration and management consultancy methodologies.
Mr. Foo graduated from Auckland University, New Zealand with an Electrical and Electronics Engineering degree. He further obtained an MIS degree from the same university. He is a member of IEEE, W3M Consortium and ATM Forum in the United States.
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