Dr. Harrison Wang

Chairman

Harrison Wang is the Chairman of Gryphus Capital and Director and Chairman of the investment committees of the RHB Pre-IPO & Special Situation Fund series and the RHB- OSK GC-Millennium Fund LP. Harrison brings a wealth of investment, operational and technology experience. His previous positions include CEO of Deutsche Bank's e- millennium Asia Fund, and Managing Director and Head of e-Business Asia Pacific for Deutsche Bank Group. He also worked for General Electric (GE) where he was the Managing Director, Asia Pacific Business Development responsible for mergers and acquisitions for the Asia Pacific region. He was the Managing Director of Emerging Market Group of GE Capital, responsible for GE Capital's business in four Asian countries, including Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Prior to GE, Harrison had extensive Silicon Valley experience including 4 years Robotics research work in Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and 8 years of venture capital and technology development and application work in robotics and industrial automation.

Harrison has over 25 years' experience as board member for public and private companies in over 10 countries. He received his BS degree from National Taiwan University and his MS and PhD degrees from Stanford University.

Jason Chen

Chief Executive Officer

Jason Chen is our Chief Executive Officer and leads our investment programme as a Managing Director. He is a board member of various companies and funds including the RHB Pre-IPO & Special Situation Fund series and also a core member of the investment committees. Jason’s wide investment experience includes previous positions as Vice President and Head of Asia for AIG Investments’ Capital Recovery Group, a proprietary group responsible for investing in global distressed and special situations opportunities where he was responsible for origination and underwriting of all investments in Asia. Jason was also AIG’s representative director for its US$1 billion China investment joint venture fund with Deutsche Bank, as well as a director for AIG’s Brazilian distressed investment platform. He was also a Vice President at Pine Tree Equity, a private equity fund set up by AIG for distressed assets investments in China and Korea.

Jason has significant start-up operation experience including the Asia rollout of ArrayComm, a world leading company in next generation wireless technology, and took the position as the Corporate Development Manager for Asia, and also the start-up operation experience in Singapore and in the United States.

Jason received his BA degree in Economics and Psychology from Stanford University and his MBA from INSEAD. He is a CFA and CAIA charterholder.

Steve Ting

Managing Director

Steve is a veteran in the information communication technology industry with more than 25 years of experience including management positions in Hewlett Packard and Mentor Graphics. His previous positions include Executive Chairman and Director of BT (British Telecom) Frontline; Founder and Executive Chairman of Frontline Technologies Corp., a company listed on the main board of the Singapore Stock Exchange and later acquired by British Telecom.

Steve is also an advisor to EDBI, the investment arm of EDB for future technologies and is represented on the board of numerous public and private companies in Asia Pacific.

Steve holds a B.Eng. degree from the National University of Singapore and was a previous recipient of the Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the NUS Centennial Entrepreneurship Award.

Klaus Goesmann

Managing Director

Klaus' 25+ years’ experience includes being a Managing Director and Divisional Board Member, Group Treasurer and previously Co-Head of Investment Management at WestLB; founding partner and CFO/COO of e-millennium Asia Fund, a strategic private equity fund set up by Deutsche Bank; and Director at Deutsche Bank where his roles included Director e-business, Head of Strategy Asia Pacific, M&A Asia Pacific, and Deputy Global Head of Equity and Balance Sheet Management. Earlier in his career Klaus held positions at Booz Allen & Hamilton consultants and Siemens AG. He also set-up and later sold a successful start-up business.

Klaus holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc in Physics from Munich University where he was a scholar of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

Koh Kai Xiang

Director

Kai Xiang holds the title of Director at Gryphus Capital, focusing on investment analysis and valuation, portfolio management infrastructure and other investment operations matters. Prior to joining Gryphus, he was a Senior Associate with the Corporate Finance team at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Singapore.

Kai Xiang is also a CFA and CA (Singapore) charter holder. Kai Xiang holds double first-class honours in Bachelor of Accountancy and Bachelor of Business from Nanyang Technological University/Business School.

Ng Shin Ein

Co-founder & Advisor

Shin heads our Advisory Board leveraging on her wide-ranging experiences and contact network. Her previous positions include Managing Partner of Blue Ocean Associates, SGX listing committee member and Corporate Lawyer at Lee & Lee.

Shin is an active board member of several listed companies operating in China and ASEAN.

She holds a law degree (LLB) from Queen Mary College and the National University of Singapore.

Graham Light

Co-founder & Advisor

Graham has 30+ years’ experience in investment banking, hedge funds and private equity including quantitative and statistical programming. He is a valued member of our investment committees and also a partner at QXI, a digital platform for the execution and scaling of systematic and quantitative asset management strategies. Previously, Graham was Divisional Board member, Head of Investment Management at West LB, responsible for a $100+bn portfolio. Prior to that, Graham was Managing Director at Deutsche Bank running a sponsored private equity fund, proprietary trader at Tudor Investment Corp, Tokai Capital Markets and a derivatives trader at Merrill Lynch.

Graham has an MA, Physics, Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar and an Anglo American Open Scholar.

Eamonn McConnell

Co-founder & Advisor

Eamonn's 30+ years’ experience includes being a founding partner of e-millennium Asia Fund, a strategic private equity fund established by Deutsche Bank; a Managing Director and CIO of Kensington Capital, a portfolio manager of alternative investment strategies based in Toronto; a Director of Independent Review Inc. an advisory firm working with the fund management industry in Canada; the Deputy Chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Canada; a Managing Director of Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong and London responsible for the firm's Debt Underwriting business; a Managing Director and CIO of Thai Asia Mutual Fund company where he managed the firm's equity portfolios; a Director of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in Hong Kong and London; an associate at Wood Gundy in London.

Eamonn holds an MBA from McGill University in Canada and HEC in France. He is a CAIA Charterholder.

Dr. Sheila Wang

Advisor

Sheila has extensive experience and networks in both academia and industry. She is the Academic Director, MBA Management Practicum and Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore and a Board of Director SAA at Stanford University.

Sheila's industry experience includes being Worldwide Director of Agilent Technologies and Director, Asia Pacific of Hewlett Packard.

Sheila holds a Masters in Management Sciences and Engineering from Stanford University and a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Newcastle.

Hazel Heng

Finance & Operations

Hazel has more than 25 years of experience in finance, accounting and office administration. Prior to joining Gryphus, she has worked with Jacobs Engineering, the Berjaya Group and the British Petroleum Group.

Hazel holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore.

Jacqueline Yong

Administration & Finance

Jacqueline is assisting the team on the Administration and Finance side.

She holds an Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business by ACCA from the Kaplan Learning Institute and is currently completing the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants examinations.