An entrepreneur with a high degree of business acumen, Peihua has a great knowledge about different cultures around the globe and a deep understanding of the market dynamics in China.

Peihua is a strategist, a relationship builder, a man that has achieved leadership in communication. His communication talents have allowed the development of a strong network on both sides of the globe.

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Uwe has a degree in Economics and in Psychology from Mannheim University. He has been working for years at one of the best strategy advisers in Germany. He had established and ran operations in China, India, and Malaysia within healthcare industry.

Uwe gained valuable expertise in pharmaceutics and medical technologies as well. His strengths are laying in strategy and corporate governance, in restructuring and optimization.

Michele’s professional path is an amazing combination of tradition and innovation. He has been working in the automotive and consumer goods industries and gained sound experience in innovative distribution and logistic solutions on the fragmented European market. Michele is an expert in M&A, organisation and post merger support integration.

A former advertising executive with 23 years experience, Stephen has held a variety of positions at major international agencies including Bates, Lowe Howard Spink and WCRS. Previous clients included GM, Lloyds Bank, BMW United Distillers, The Post Office, BT and JVC Five years with the Walt Disney Company latterly as Senior Vice-President and Head of Marketing and Brand management for Europe, Middle East & Africa.

Having worked successfully above and below the line, client and agency side, he felt it time to do his own thing and founded Pimento in 2005.

Daniel’s professional path is an amazing combination of tradition and innovation. He has been working in the automotive and consumer goods industries and gained sound experience in innovative distribution and logistic solutions on the fragmented European market. Daniel is an expert in M&A, organisation and post merger support integration.

Rahul is the Founder of IndiaCo Ventures Ltd, and has over 18 years of experience in venture capital investing, general management and technology product management. He has personally invested, mentored and advised several mid-sized and large corporations. He is a Former member of the Advisory Committee for the Department of Science and Technology (STEP) and Chairman of the Incubation Committee of the NIF (National Innovation Foundation) of India. He was awarded by the Indian Economic Development Association (IEDRA) for “Outstanding Contributions to National Development.

An entrepreneur at heart and an engineer by training, Ashwani has successfully created and exited from three ventures.His latest venture was online food catering which won him various awards and recognitions. He works closely with portfolio teams and clients assisting them in gap analysis, operational analysis and technology up gradation.

Ashwani has a combined experience of 5 years in the fields of software, hospitality and venture capital.

Praveena has around 8 years of combined experience in arena of advanced materials and their characterization, technology transfer, patent landscaping and techno-market mapping

She has mentored several small & mid-size international firms in their product development activities associated with advanced materials like semiconductors, polymers, composites, etc.

She was involved in a number of research projects related to advanced materials like semiconductors, bioactive ceramics, polymers, composites, including carbon-carbon composites for fuel cell applications

Som has 10 years of experience in the field of venture capital investment. He works closely with portfolio teams and clients assisting them in gap analysis, financial analysis and operational analysis. He was also actively involved in the merger and acquisition for the portfolio companies and exit strategy for few portfolio companies.

Being a process oriented person, Som is responsible for the development of the Investment Manager’s operating procedures and ensuring the smooth running of opportunities assessment, pipeline development, investment banking, investor relationship and fund raising.

Ronny took his higher education from Vaxjo University and continued in the US with an EMBA from UCLA and along with this he obtained a degree in Intellectual Property Rights.This led him into positions at the Universal music publishing, WanerChapelmusic, McKinsey and MTG.

Mr. Showkat is an early age entrepreneur who has worked with world leading media houses, entertainment companies along with Venture Capital firms. He holds a Master in marketing and has 10 years experience in managing SME business on the global arena. Recently he joined Xeon International as Managing Partner for the Middle East and South& South East Asia Region.

Ronny took his higher education from Vaxjo University and continued in the US with an EMBA from UCLA and along with this he obtained a degree in Intellectual Property Rights.This led him into positions at the Universal music publishing, WanerChapelmusic, McKinsey and MTG.

Mr. Showkat is an early age entrepreneur who has worked with world leading media houses, entertainment companies along with Venture Capital firms. He holds a Master in marketing and has 10 years experience in managing SME business on the global arena. Recently he joined Xeon International as Managing Partner for the Middle East and South& South East Asia Region.

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Faisal Islam was active as an Investment Banker with The Anex Group prior to joining Xeon International. Previously, he worked for sixteen years in the Chemical Industry for various divisions of a publicly traded chemical company. His responsibilities included research and development, operational management and regulatory affairs.

Faisal has a master’s degree from The Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from The Merrick School of Business in Baltimore. Faisal has transactional experience in biotech, energy, retail chemicals, micro-finance and agriculture. He has created a dealflow of more than $200MM in South East Asia.

Marty is an experienced and accomplished management executive, having spent over 25 years as a senior retail manager, building and developing companies ranging in volume from $25 million to $1.5 billion in annual sales, and managing up to 7500 associates. Upon retiring from retail, Marty began working in financial services, serving clients in the acquisition and financing of real estate, and helping clients with life insurance, retirement planning, and health care needs.

He currently works with developers in the preparation of business plans and financial statements for funding purposes. Marty earned a MBA in Marketing, and also holds a Real Estate and Mortgage Sales License, and a Life & Health Insurance Sales License.

Mr. Pignataro has over 12 years of experience in Investment Banking and Private Equity in business mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, asset divestitures, asset acquisitions, and debt and equity transactions covering the oil, gas, power and utility, internet and technology, real estate, defense, travel, banking and service industries.

Mr. Pignataro worked at TH Lee Putnam Ventures, a $1 billion Private Equity firm affiliated with buyout giant Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to TH Lee, Mr. Pignataro was at Morgan Stanley, where he worked on various transactions in the technology, energy, transportation and business services industries. Some of the transactions included the $33.3 Billion merger of BP Amoco and ARCO, the $7.6 billion sale of American Water Works to RWE (German water company), the sale of two subsidiaries of Citizens Communications, a $3.0 billion communications company and the sale of a $100 million propane distribution subsidiary of a $3 billion electric utility.

He graduated from New York University with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a bachelor’s degree in computer science. His areas of expertise include financial analysis, valuation, corporate finance, mergers/acquisitions and LBO modeling over many industries.

Steve Lowry is a senior associate at Meridian Partners. Mr. Lowry is responsible for analyzing new investment opportunities and providing support with the ongoing portfolio management process. Prior to joining Meridian, Mr. Lowry was an Analyst at Delta Capital Partners, a private equity fund, where he evaluated acquisition opportunities and worked with portfolio company managers on numerous projects.

Steve is a graduate of the University of Florida (B.A. Finance) and Illinois Institute of Technology (Masters in Finance). At Illinois Institute of Technology, Steve served as the President of Student Government.

Lauton & Foxton Capital Partners makes privately negotiated investments in the debt and equity of small market companies and seeks to provide value added financing with speed, flexibility and skills for complex financial transactions.

The company’s primary focus is to provide financing in the most efficient and expedited manner thereby allowing you to get your project out of the planning stages and into full scale development as quickly as possible.

We prefer to invest in senior secured loans, but will consider other forms of investment on an opportunistic basis. LCG applies a private equity approach to credit investments, with a specialty focus in key industry sectors (energy/natural resources/health care/real estate) as well as general capabilities across a broad range of manufacturing and services industries.

On projects where we choose not to invest directly, we may arrange to offer financing through our proprietary network of angel investors, accredited investors, investment companies, private equity firms, hedge and other funds and credit unions. We may also work in conjunction with our investment partners to provide stronger investment capacity.

Azize completed his Master of Business Administration and Finance at University of Cologne.His fields of specialisation were banking management, insurance business management an international tax law.Azize worked his whole career within the Financial Service Industry.

He has been working for leading financial institutions such as Citibank, DEG and Copa where he gained a lot of experience in the fields of Corporate banking, investment and project financing. He was in charge of a portfolio of debts, Mezzanine and Private Equity for African cooperates.Azize mission is to take care of the West African territory and to introduce the highest quality service standards for its clients.