GREATER CHINA CORPORATION About Us

John W. Allen Chairman & CEO of GCC. Instrumental in starting and building more than 20 companies worldwide, some of which have reached a $multi-billion size. Involved in Asia and China for over 30 years. Also, founding member of the China Investment Group LLC (www.chinainvestmentgroupllc.com) and founding Trustee of the Chinese Cultural Foundation see: (www.chineseculturalfoundation.org/about.html). CEO of Turtlesnap Ventures, Inc. and Spring Investment Corp. Helped to found AIESEC in China and was Chairman of the Board of AIESEC, US and of AIESEC Yale. Headed the international investment subsidiary of the Bank of Boston and at Schroder Bank and Trust Company was Assistant to James D. Wolfensohn (former head of the World Bank). Subsequently became President of the International Securities Exchange Corporation. Served as a Trustee of the Soros Open Society Institute and as one of three Trustees of the International Science Foundation along with George Soros and Nobel Laureate James Watson. Director of the World Policy Institute and of the International Business and Academic Council, a successor of the Business Council for the United Nations. Advisor to Womensphere.org. Received BA from Yale University and MBA from Harvard Business School.

James Borton Writer and editor for major publications including: Asia Times, The Washington Times, and Foreign Affairs (published by the Council on Foreign Relations) and contributor of articles and web-reports on Venture Capital and entrepreneurial activities in China, Viet Nam, and other countries throughout the Asia Pacific region. Founder of Venture Japan (sold to Investor Dealers Digest) and Asia Pacific Communications, Inc. Lecturer at: University of South Carolina, West Virginia School of Journalism, New School University, Pace University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hanoi School of Business. Educated at Yale University, the University of Maryland (Masters of Arts Degree with honors) and recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.

Cornelius E. Colley International investment banker and entrepreneur with specific expertise in restaurants, consumer markets, asset management and real estate. Helped design and build restaurant franchises as well as structure and place related financings. A leader in development of international mutual fund products and services and manager of $multi-billion portfolios in global markets. Served in senior management positions with Coutts & Co., Citibank N.A., The Boston Company and Merrill Lynch.   BA in Sociology and Economics from Hobart College.

Guying Guo Senior lawyer with King & Wood in Beijing and Schiff Hardin in NYC. Admitted to practice in New York and China. Was foreign counsel for Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and headed Greater China practice for Lee & Lee in Singapore. Law Degree from Beijing University and Master of Law from both the National University of Singapore and New York University. Has successfully completed a number of China related transactions for major Chinese and U.S. clients with a focus on metals and mining. Frequent participant on CNBS’s Asia Business News.

Liang Heng Author, journalist, and for more than 25 years personal representative to George Soros on China affairs. Has well-established relationships in the Chinese media and financial communities. Wrote “Son of the Revolution” and founded and was Editor–in-Chief of the quarterly publication, “The Chinese Intellectual”. Received his Bachelors degree from Hunan University and Masters Degree from Columbia University.

Karen Jagoda Author and Internet entrepreneur. Founder and President of the E-Voter Institute, Turtlesnap Ventures, Inc. and Turtleback Interactive. Host of numerous symposia relating to the use of the Internet for on-line political advertising and advocacy and for Turtlesnap’s Global Trends In Technology. Author of a number of publications in collaboration with the New York Times and others including: Crossing the River: The Coming of Age of the Internet in Politics and Advocacy. Received her BA in Mathematics and Political Science from Goucher College and MS in Business Administration from the Johns Hopkins University.

David Jin Executive Director, Shanghai Broad Resources Investment Management Co., Ltd.. Maintains CEO level relationships with leading Chinese and U.S. healthcare entities including the Buchang Group, Shanghai Chinese Medical University, the State Center for Disease Control, (SCDC), Chongming Island Economic Development Committee, Shanghai 2010 World Expo Committee, Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Health System, the INOVA Health System and others. Graduated summa cum laude from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and received his M.D. and PhD from the State University of New York. Has directed over 15 clinical trials and published over 30 papers in leading medical journals

William Knight   Director. London based International Investment Banker specializing in Emerging Markets. Serves as a Director for JP Morgan Chinese Investment Trust, Premier China Fund, Fidelity Asian Values Fund, Evolvence India HoldingsPlc (Chairman) , Axis Private Equity Fund and was instrumental in starting the Vietnam Fund. Founding partner of Emerisque Capital, an "East-West" management buy-in firm. Began career with Lazard Brothers and continued with Lloyds Bank International in London and Hong Kong.

David N. Laux Trustee and former Chairman of the NYSE-listed Taiwan Greater China Fund. Served as Director of Asian Affairs on the National Security Council, was Chairman and Managing Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (the U.S. substitute for an Embassy) and was President of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council. He was also the first Commercial Counselor at the American Embassy in Beijing in 1981-1982. With earlier experience with China in the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments, he is considered one of the leading American experts on economic, business and political affairs in China and Taiwan.

Laurence B. Levine International Investment Banker and Attorney. Chairman of the Neptune Piracy Prevention initiative, Director of Perfect Fit Industries, and Chairman of Blair Holdings. Represented Federal Express, Shell, Nedlloyd, Maersk, Lykes Bros., CargoLifter AG (Germany), Thomson Newspapers, & General Reinsurance. Founded Signature Financial Group and EdVerify, an educational service company. Was Director of Corporate Finance for Rothschild Inc., Smith New Court Securities and Henry Ansbacher LLC, and Senior Vice President of Burnham and Company. Received his BA from Princeton University and JD from Stanford Law School. Served in the US Marine Corps.

Daxi Li Chairman of the Chinese Association for Science and Business and Advisor to the Chinese Government in developing China’s Five Year Plans for Policy and Economic Development. Graduate of South China Normal University with Masters Degree from Sun Yat-sen University and PhD in high-energy physics from the City University of New York. Developer of Entrepreneurial Innovation Centers in Shenzhen and Guangzhou China. Frequent speaker at major China conferences.

Dennis Y. Loh A leader in bio-medical research for Monsanto and Merck and served on the Scientific Advisory Boards of the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Assoc.    Managed 300 scientists at Nippon Roche Research Center in Japan and 1,000 at Hoffmann-La Roche. Advised Merrill Lynch, Atlas Ventures, TVM and Kadem Cap[ital on biotechnology investments. Consulted Did research at MIT in cellular immunology and was Professor of Medicine at Washington University in Saint Louis. Received BE in chemistry and biology from Caltech and PhD from Harvard Medical School. On Advisory Board of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University.

Elizabeth Ning Mann Successful international executive who has started and built several multi-million dollar companies in the U.S. and China. Was President of BNU Corporation, the U.S. real estate and financial services subsidiary of COFCO, China’s largest food company. Was also Vice President of AmBanc Ltd. responsible for their international business division, and Asian Project Manager for Eli Lilly International. Received her Bachelor of Business degree from Beijing University, her Masters degree from American Graduate School of International Management, and was a PhD candidate at Penn State University.

Robert McGrath, Jr. International Investment Banker and Consultant with expertise in real estate, financial services, waste management, port development, power generation and cross border transactions. Negotiated agreements with Central Banks and Finance Ministries in China, the Philippines, Panama, Papua New Guinea and other emerging countries for numismatic issuance. Received his BBA in Accounting from Notre Dame and MBA from UCLA.

Robert A. Mundell   Nobel Prize Laureate and Professor of Economics at Columbia University. “Father of the Euro” and frequent advisor and speaker on currency issues in China, the U.S., Europe and Asia. Founder of the Mundell International University of Entrepreneurship in Beijing. Awarded the Global Economics Prize at the World Economics Institute in Germany, the Companion of the Order of Canada and the Cavaliere di Gran Croce in Italy. PhD in Economics from MIT and attended or taught at the London School of Economics, McGill University, University of Waterloo and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

John W. Murdock Global strategist and advisor to numerous international corporate, government and NGO organizations. President of MITC and co-founder of Turtlesnap Ventures, Inc. Served as director or advisory of: the National Science Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Agency for International Development and the
Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s technology support program in Southeast Asia. While at Battelle Memorial Institute developed programs on information systems in Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. M.S. in Nuclear Physics from Iowa State University, B.S. in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Marshall University, attended Executive Management Program at Northwestern University and taught at Johns Hopkins University School of Continuing Studies.

Tong Ich (Tom) Pham President and CEO of Global C&D, Inc., a real-estate development company with major activities in Vietnam. Instrumental in normalizing relations between the US and Vietnam and achieving membership for Vietnam in the World Trade Organization. Negotiated the rights to one of Vietnam’s prime beach-front properties (“Dragon Beach”) and advised on the master plans for Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Author of two important publications which assisted the Vietnamese government and people to re-join the global community: “Achievement Without War” and “Vietnam: Year 2020”.

Richard Radez President of Russell & Company, an international investment bank specializing in financing for ventures in and with China and other parts of Asia. Provided financial advisory services for ABS Ventures, AIG, Asian Development Bank , GE Capital, Hambro International, IBM, Jardine Fleming, Morgan Stanley, Paine Webber, Robert Fleming, Rockefeller & Co, , Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Shui On Holdings. Worked in Hong Kong, New York and Australia with Jardine Fleming, McKinsey & Co. J. Henry Schroder Bank and Barclays Bank International. Received BS with distinction from West Point and MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.

Jane Ren International investment banker and advisor. Partner of Centenium Capital Partners, LLC, a China focused asset management group and Senior Investment Advisor for China Investments for CITIC’s China International Economic Consulting Group. Also held executive asset management positions with Nomura Securities, Reuters, and Lehman Brothers. Received MA in Economics from Tufts University, BBA from University of Tokyo, attended Guanghua Business School at Peking University, and serves on the Brown University Advisory Council for China and Asia.

Jeremy J. Schoenfelder Real estate and asset management entrepreneur. President of Sienna Partners, LLC and Director of Development for Turtlesnap Ventures, Inc. Managed two real estate investment funds responsible for project analysis, due diligence, acquisition and administration. Member of the Board of MITC, a NGO that provides new technologies for application in global development projects. Received a BS in Mathematics from Northern Arizona University.

Phillips G. Smith Managing Director of Centre Capital Advisors, LLC , an investment banking firm that provides merger and acquisition advisory services, capital raising and strategic planning for mid-sized companies. Has over 30 years of experience in corporate and investment banking in the U.S. and internationally. Was Senior Vice President of Bank of New York responsible for Fortune 1000 clients in Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia and Latin America.. Received his MBA with distinction from Wharton, his BE with honors from the Stevens Institute of Technology and served in the U.S. Navy in Asia. Member of the Board of Trustees of Tabor Academy.

Marcela Speert Founder and President of Marcelka, Inc. and Global Management Associates, LLC. and a pioneer in the direct selling industry. Has served in senior positions with Pepsi, Colgate-Palmolive, Mary Kay, Aramark, Confab and Nice-Pak Products. Her start-up of Mary Kay in Central Europe was recognized throughout the industry as one of the most successful in history.   She has been an advisor on M&A in the direct selling industry to Permira, The Blackstone Group, Oak Hill Capital, Thompson Street Capital Partners, Cerberus Capital and CCMP Capital Advisors (formerly JP Morgan Capital Partners).

Charles Tang Chairman of the Brazil - China Chamber of Industry & Commerce; Member of the Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics; Founder of IPEDE – Institute for Research and Study of Economic Development. B. S. Cornell University; Completed Law School at Estácio de Sá University; Doctoral Course at Paris V, Sorbornne; was Assistant Professor of Economic Development; Member of the International Advisory Board of the Wuhan Government; Economic Counselor to the Government of Jilin Municipality; Introduced leasing into Brazil as executive of the Bank Boston.

Bin Wang International Investment Banker with over 25 years experience in China and the U.S. specializing in global M&A and financings.   Was Vice President, International Financial Services at JP Morgan Chase and recently a Founding Partner of Eon Capital which advises medium and large-size Chinese companies on global corporate finance. Frequently interviewed on CCTV and by other major Chinese media organizations. Received his Masters of Engineering Degree from Xi’an Jia-Tong University and Master of Arts in Economics from Illinois State University.

Elizabeth B. Wang   Founder of the Chinese Cultural Foundation and the Elizabeth Wang Gallery. Has organized major cultural events at the Palace of Versailles in Paris, the World Economic Forum and China-U.S. Business Summits in Beijing, the Asia Capital Forum in Dongguan, the Institutional Investor - China Investment Forum in New York City and on numerous occasions at the United Nations, Bank of China, Citibank, National Arts Club and other important venues. Maintains close relationships with Chinese and American political, business and cultural leaders and organizations. Ms. Wang was China’s National Classical Dance Champion and earned her Masters Degree in Arts Administration from the City University of London.

Qing Yang, CPA, is an Accounting Executive at American Express Company responsible for the preparation and filing of the Company’s 10Q and 10K audit reports as well as for SEC and other regulatory filings. Prior to joining American Express, she held positions at IBM and Avon Products with responsibility for the Asia Pacific region’s sales forecasts and analysis. She has extensive experience in financial accounting and analysis, consolidations, management information systems and SEC reporting. She started her career with Ernst & Young after receiving her Bachelor’s Degree from Beijing University School of Foreign Studies and Masters Degree from Columbia University.

Mark Young Managing Partner, Carbon Services Capital, LLC an investment banking and advisory firm based in New York City. Previously served as President of Aravali Partners LLC a municipal bond management company. Over 20 years experience with McKinsey & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co., Salomon Brothers and PriceWaterhouse Coopers. Successfully funded numerous companies through venture capital, private equity and public offerings. Certified CFA, CPA, Series 3,7 & 63 and registered SFA. Received his BS from Boston College and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Balin (“Bill”) Zheng Former CEO of Bank of China for the Americas, Executive Director of Prosperity Minerals Holdings Limited, Hong Kong, also served as Senior Advisor to Citigroup in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Held executive banking positions with Bank of China in Shanghai, Hong Kong and London. Actively involved with the Institute of International Bankers, the China Chamber of Commerce and the United Nations, where on behalf of the UN he participated in Brazil and other countries advising on Foreign Direct Investment programs. Graduate of Peking Foreign Languages College and a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School.