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Our Management Team
Avi Rapaport - Managing General Partner
Elaine Zhao - Managing Director
Sam Safadi -EVP of Real Estate and Finance
Jeff Huang- Managing Director, Shanghai, China
Jinhong Zhang - Managing Director
Goldman Gao- Managing Director, Beijing, China
Steve Huntsman, TheChinaInvestor.org and EVP
Mr. Hans Johannes Schulte, - Managing Director, Thailand
Dr. Yi Zheng - Managing Director, China
Alan Zeng- MD, Venture Capital Investment & Management
Charles Chen - Executive Director, Beijing, China
Jackey He - Managing Director, Los Angeles, USA
Professor Yulong Ma - Managing Director, Los angeles, USA
Jason Bie- Managing Director
Zhijie Wang - Managing Director
Wei Lu , Managing Director, Los Angeles, USA
Fei Sun - Managing Partner
Ming (Phil) Xu - Managing General Partner

 

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Fei Sun, Managing Partner, China Trust Expert and Senior Economist

Mr. Sun Fei is famous financial trust expert, economist, investment banker and senior economist with the Doctor's degree of Economics in Renmin University of China. He is director of Chinese Enterprise Overseas Development Center, deputy director of Academic Committee of National Learning and Training Team for Western Leaders, deputy director of Eastern-Central-Western Region Development and Reform Research Institute, member of Editorial Board for "A Scientific Development View on Five Overall Plans-A Textbook of Leading Cadres " published by the Party Building Readings Publishing House under the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, managing director of the Association for the Promotion of Chinese Western Research and Development, special research fellow of the Chinese Research Institute of Management Sciences, special research fellow of Chinese Research Institute of Western Economic and Social Development, managing director and special research fellow of the Research Center for Chinese Private-owned economy, special financial expert of China International Real Estate Exposition, member of the expert committee of China Commercial Real Estate Union, member of the expert committee of International Credit Appraisal and Supervision Association and International Credible Enterprises Association, member of the expert advisory delegation of Asia-Pacific Research Association, member of Expert Committee of China Real Estate Business, member of the advisory committee of Urban Methods, chief economist of Aisa-Pacific Human Resources Economic Research Center, senior economist of Chongqing International Trust & Investment Co. Ltd, director of Shanghai Fenghua (Group)Co. Ltd, executive director of American World Capital Market Investment Bank, Director of American GlobalLink Securities Co., Ltd. , chief economist, Chinese executive chairman of U.S.A. Pacific Ocean Association of Dealers, chief economist.

  
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Steve Huntsman, W.C.M EVP,TheChina Investor.org.

Steve plays a key role in deal origination, negotiation and implementation with intimate Chinese Government & World Class relationships. Steve's background includes 10+ years in the entertainment industry as a deal making Agent, Head of Production & Development, film events management, and film investment. Being on the Board of Advisors, acting Host and Celebrity - Guest - Sponsor Liaison for The Method Fest Film Festival, as well as creating & producing his own Animal Film Festival & Awards Show, Steve has a proven track record as an expert deal maker, negotiator and international entrepreneur.

Steve is also an on-going "Angel" Celebrity Liaison for The Annual American Cinematheque Moving Picture Ball, Golden Globes Awards, IFP Independent Spirit Awards, Women In Film Lucy Awards and The Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards to name only a few. He has traveled the world since youth as a JR. Ambassador with the USA World Athletic Teams. Complete Filmmaker and Actor, Steve brings quantified unique assets to our team. He has a diploma in Complete Filmmaking & International Entertainment Business Procedures & Distribution from the University of Southern California and studied International Commercial Media Management & Entertainment Law in Austin, Texas.

  
Top Elaine Zhao,Managing Director

Elaine has extensive experience with accounting and finance. Her areas of expertise include accounting, auditing, tax, financial planning, insurance analysis, investment consulting, and management consulting. Elaine currently has her own accounting and finance practice in Los Angeles, and also a registered representative and investment advisor representative with Genworth Financial, Independent Accountants Network. She has served clients including privately owned organization and publicly traded company in different industries. She has been working with banks and factors such as Wells Fargo, CIT, etc. in financing small businesses to grow.

Previously, Elaine worked as accountant and auditor in local CPA firm and had years of experience in international trading business. She also co-founded Southern California Chinese Professional Association. Elaine holds an MS in Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

   
TopSam Safadi, EVP of Real Estate and Finance

Mr. Sam Safadi graduated from The University of Michigan and earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 1989. Mr. Safadi is an entrepreneur and president of Dreamland Creative Investments Inc., a real estate holding and consulting company. Mr. Safadi is experienced with real estate markets nationwide and is considered an expert in his field in land development, property deficiencies, financial analysis, acquisition, due diligence, negotiating joint ventures and real estate legalities. His client base included real estate companies as well as high net worth individuals in the financing, acquisition and land development.

Mr. Safadi is also experienced with SEC legalities for Hedge Funds and recently closed a multi-million dollar private placement memorandum. Mr. Safadi was involved in numerous capital raising and funding of real estate projects. Mr. Safadi is an experienced businessman, investment banker, deal maker with a vast international network of connections and experience spanning almost 20 years.

  
Top Jeff Huang, VP of Strategic Acquisition

Jeff has ten years extensive experience in investment banking, equity research, fund management and public accounting. In China, he served as Vice President of the Bank of China International where he was responsible for the equity research department in its Shanghai Office. His experience also includes China International Capital Corporation, the largest Chinese investment bank with biggest foreign investor of Morgan Stanley, as a Senior Associate; and Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia as a senior analyst in its China research team, which is ranked the best in Asia, covering H shares, China Red Chips and B shares. Prior to his sell-side analyst experience, Jeff worked as a public accountant at Arthur Andersen. In US, his experience includes Portfolio Manager to manage a large cap value fund for Marshall School of Business, and Senior Consultant in a boutique California consulting firm, responsible for its Investment Banking Group and China Group.

He received his BS in Shanghai Jiao Tong University and MBA degree in Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, with concentration in Finance. He is a CPA in China and a level II CFA candidate.

   
TopJinhong Zhang, Managing Director, Long Beach

Jinhong has played instrumental roles in building and revitalizing businesses through developing autonomous leaders and synergic teams, executing innovative financial strategies, designing award-winning financial and operation systems, and articulating a people-first culture. Jinhong is fascinated by the unique strengths of each individual and is good at figuring out how people who are different can work together productively. His entrepreneurial sprit is fueled by his passion to help people to grow to their full potentials, as he confessed at his commencement speech at the University of Wisconsin, where he received his Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and MBA Degree. Although he is a CPA, Jinhong believes the true unlimited resource is the human imagination and initiative. He founded Full Potential Services, to support individuals to discover, develop and capitalize on their strengths. Jinhong lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. He is involved in many community services. He enjoys swimming, especially loves to swim with friends in the ocean. He loves to meet new people and share ideas and great conversations.

   
Top Goldman Gao, Managing Director

Goldman is a deal maker in China. He has extensive network and connections with China's state owned enterprises.He has been in China's securities industries for over 10 years.H

 
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Avi Rapaport - Managing Partner, Israel

Avi Rapaport is a veteran businessman with extensive experience spanning over 20 years in R&D, sales, marketing and Business Development in a range of high technology industries. Over the course of his career, Avi held senior management positions at technology vendors such as MRV Communications (www.mrv.com, NASDAQ: MRVC) of Chatsworth CA, InnoMedia (www.innomedia.com) of San Jose CA, TTI Telecom (www.tti-telecom, NASDAQ: TTIL) of Petah-Tikva Israel, Lannet Data Communications (eventually acquired by Lucent to become Avaya Israel), as well as SMS Management and Technology (www.smsmt.com, Australian Stock Exchange: SMX) of Melbourne Australia.

In recent years, Avi has been focusing on identifying promising privately held technology companies, and helping them get funded as well as become public. Avi Rapaport holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mathematics and Computer Sciences.

  
 

Mr. Hans Johannes Schulte, - Managing Director, Thailand; President & CEO CinnoTec.

Mr. Hans Johannes Schulte has over 20 years combined experience in corporate finance, publishing, trading and corporate communications. He has been a trader in petrochemicals, Industrial chemicals for the coatings, plastics and water industry. At Landmark Chemicals and other corporations in the petrochemical sector, Mr. Schulte was responsible for new market development, establishing links between OEM/chemical manufactures and end-user market, integration of marketing positions across business lines, strategic alliances, acquisitions, technology licensing, long range planning, and new product platform development.

Mr. Schulte has proven his abilities to analyze products, markets, and growth opportunities internationally, and introduce strategic and tactical solutions that improve competitive performance while increasing revenues and profits. Mr. Hans Johannes Schulte has been involved with numerous DPO's and PP's, whereas his focus and determination is in assisting private companies in raising capital, primarily true become public in the US and facilitate to have their securities tradable in the United States on the U.S. Stock Exchange. He has a extensive understanding and knowledge in specific marketing and its techniques for stock awareness and support.

Mr. Schulte will utilize his expertise for WCM market collaboration development, and new WCM product platform development.

  
  
TopDr. Yi Zheng, Managing Director, Private Equity Investment

Dr. Zheng is the founder of LSG Group, a San Francisco-based consulting company for international investors seeking investment opportunities in China. Previously, Dr. Zheng was an associate in the Newbridge Capital Group, the Asia investment arm of the Texas Pacific Group and Blum Capital Partners. In 2002, Dr. Zheng's work in the acquisition of the Shenzhen Development Bank on behalf of the Newbridge Capital Group was named by Finance Asia as the Best Private Equity Investments of the year. Prior to that, Dr. Zheng also worked as a consultant at Morgan Stanley and at a San Francisco-based startup in the financial service industry, as well as an assistant to the Director General of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development. Dr. Zheng holds Masters of Financial Engineering from the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley, a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Davis, and Masters of Science in Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University in China.

  
TopWei Lu, Managing Director, Management Consulting

Responsible for the business consulting practices in Southern California, major services include financial statement analysis and investment advisory, process reengineering and operation improvement, merger and acquisition.

Business Due Diligence: major tasks- bookkeeping, system solution, internal control, financial statement analysis

Project Management: Work includes requirement study, proposal (RFP) preparation, systems implementation lifecycle methodology, quality assurance processes, solution and process design, analysis, and implementation. Strong customer focus with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of trust and end user confidence.

IT strategy articulation and IT software selection: Work includes business landscape analysis, business model and financial model design, software requirement study and system selection, implementation and integration of new technologies, including SAP4.5, Oracle11i, Baan IV £¬JDE one world and other mid- tier software. Function module including accounting, logistics and some manufacturing.

Will Lu graduated from University of Southern California, Marshall Business School as MBA in 2003. His undergraduate is major in international finance from Fudan University

  
Top Professor Yulong Ma, Managing Director, Fund Management.

Professor Ma currently is a tenured Professor of Finance, earned his B.S. degree in Electric Engineering in China and received both his MBA in Finance and Ph.D. in Finance in the U.S. Dr. Ma also received additional teaching and research trainings through the Summer Institute In Finance Program at University of Chicago, taught by professors from both University of Chicago and UCLA. Prior to his current faculty position at California State University, Long Beach, Professor Ma had also taught undergraduate business courses and MBA finance courses in several universities in both China and the U.S.

Dr. Ma's academic and business interests include Corporate Finance, Banking and Financial Institutions, Investments, and International Trade and Finance. Dr. Ma has published over 30 research papers in 15 journals including leading business and finance journals as well as in numerous conference proceedings on the issues of international trade, emerging markets, Asian financial crisis, joint ventures and transparency in Chinese stocks, and insider trading, etc. He has also been serving on the Board of Reviewers for the reputable Journal of Business Research. Over the years, Dr. Ma has provided consulting services in the areas of Business Valuation, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Portfolio Management. He was born in Xi'an, China.

  
Top Alan (Xuelei) Zeng, Managing Director: Venture Capital Investment & Management.

Alan has over 15 years management, engineering and marketing experience in both US and mainland China, for start-up and early-stage companies. Mr. Zeng has served as engineering manager and principal engineer for Omnilux (an Idea Lab! company) and Spirent Communications in recent years. He also worked as project manager and lead engineer for Zuma Networks and MRV Communications (NASDAQ: MRVC) for over five years. He receives his MBA from University of Southern California, MS in Applied Physics from CSULB, and BS in Physics from Nankai University (Tianjin, China).

  
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Charles Chen, China Director

Charles has been a deal maker in investment banking industry in China for over 6 years. His client experience includes Federal Express, World Bank, PWC, Waden China Venture Capital, Nomura Venture Capital, Netherlands Embassy and etc. His expertise and experience demonstrates in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, private equity financing, business outsourcing, and foreign investment in China. He co-founded Harmony consulting with Ming in 1999 and managed to make it a very successful business with good track records. Previously, he was CFO of JPI Group of Companies and Project Manager of Beijing SINOC International. He received his BA from Beijing International Studies University.

  
TopJackey He, Managing Director, Project Financing,

For over ten years, Jackey He has been the president of an import/export company in China. He managed buy/sell, investment, and import/export of metal, precious metal, and nonferrous metal. After coming to America in 1996, Jackey attended the America-China Executive Development Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago and successfully completed the Master Level Seminar Entitled Modern Business Management. Jackey is also an active real estate developer in Socal, USA.

   
TopZhijie Wang, Managing Director, Deal Origination

Jason Bie is currently working as Chief Operating Office at INOD Financial. Before he founded INOD Financial in 2007, Jason had extensive professional experiences in many Fortune 500 companies, including Bank of America, Countrywide Financial, Capital One Financial and AT&T. Jason is the Charted Financial Analyst (CFA) and Financial Risk Manager (FRM). He received his MBA and Master’s degree in Information Science degrees from Baylor University.

TopZhijie Wang, Managing Director, Deal Origination

Dr. Wang worked at Beijing Haidian District Government Agency closely affiliated with Zhong Guan Cun High-tech Park before he came to the US in 1994. He returned to Shanghai, China in Summer, 2002. He worked as business executives for consulting firm, SOE of pharm giant, government-funded investment company focusing on high-tech. Currently he starts his venture in Shanghai Zhangjing High-tech Park in the fields of VC, I-bankings, Business Development especially for early stage projects: www.shuang-bo.com. He set up a new website providing information, mentors and business for Overseas Chinese Returnees: ¡°Hai Gui¡± both in China and ¡°Hai Gui will-be¡± overseas: www.haiguichina.net.

Dr. Zhijie Wang graduated from Peking University with his BS and MS in Chemistry. Dr Wang obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from University of Southern California and MBA from USC Marshall School of Business. He also conducted his postdoc research at USC Dental School and later promoted to a research faculty there.

  
TopMing (Phil) Xu, Managing General Partner, Deal Execution

In the 1990's, MingXu worked for an international broadcasting company as a program producer in Beijing, where he gained local experience with the China business environment, as well as insights to global opportunities. During the same period, MingXu consulted with Fams, one of the largest marketing research companies in China. His client experience includes Fortune 500 companies including Motorola, Siemens, and P&G. Additionally, from 1997 to 1999, MingXu consulted for HLB International, the 11th largest global accounting advisory firm; at HLB, where he focused on IPO, M&A and foreign investment in China.

In 1999, MingXu co-founded the firm, Harmony Investment International in Beijing. This firm successfully closed several RTO (reverse merger) & IPO deals and also provided consultant services to the government of Netherlands, helping with their investment strategic planning; this service is still active today. From 2000 to 2002, he worked in the U.S. for a major telecom company and then for Prudential Financial.

In 2002, MingXu co-founded World Capital Market Inc., located in Beverly Hills, California. Before, MingXu consulted to Private Equity Management Group, Millennium Hanson Capital and Millennium Capital, including IPO capital raises for China.com. He also serves as Chairman of the Southern California Chinese Professional Association.

Education

  • BA in English literature from Beijing International Studies University
  • Attended the MBA program at Peking University in 1999; Got Master degree in Communication Management (a multi-disciplinary program) from University of Southern California (including classes in the USC schools of business, communication, and engineering);attended school in UCLA on M&A and Wall Street strategies.

Born in Danyang, Jiangsu Province, China

 

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