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Min Zhou
Managing Partner at China MaterialiaMin has diverse experience in technology development, business development and venture capital. Min spent 17 years in the US before founding China Materialia LLC in 2010.
Prior to China Materialia, Min was with Silicon Valley Bank Capital, where she was responsible for identifying and evaluating venture capital and private equity fund investments, with a focus on the China market. Prior to SVB Capital, Min was a principal at Unilever Technology Ventures (UTV) where she led investments in companies in the fields of cleantech, semiconductor, medical device, drug development and health and wellness, in companies such as Impinj (NASDAQ: PI), Halosource (AIM: HALO.LN), Textronics (sold to Addidas). Prior to UTV, Min worked as a senior scientist in the Materials Science division and a business development associate at the Technology Commercialization division at Rockwell Scientific, a high-tech enterprise.
Min earned a doctorate in materials science and engineering (with distinction) from University of Southern California, a MBA (with distinction) from Anderson Business School of the University of California at Los Angeles, and a bachelor’s degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
Patrick Berbon
Managing Partner at China MaterialiaPatrick has an extensive background in metallurgy, aerospace, power and cleantech industries. Before co-founding China Materialia, Patrick was a Senior Consultant at Performance Improvement, a risk analysis and management company specialized in power industries. Patrick is an experienced entrepreneur in the advanced materials space. His prior start-up focuses on advanced nanograin aluminum alloys and its applications, the company was successfully listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange.
Before his entrepreneurial ventures, Patrick was a Senior Scientist in Materials Science Division at Rockwell Scientific Inc. Patrick specializes in advanced materials and clean technologies, including renewable electricity generation, biofuels for transportation, green building, clean water, clean air, carbon dioxide emissions reduction, recyclable materials, sustainable foresting and agriculture, and energy efficiency.
Patrick obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, his M.S. from Tsinghua University (China) and M.S./B.S. from Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France), all in Materials Sciences. Patrick is a member of the Board of Directors of CTT, Camray, Octadem and Zipline Medical.
Shuo Chen
CEO of Zero Carbon SystemChen is the leading scientist and inventor from Cambridge UK. His invention of air build has dramatically changed the building and ship-making and aerospace industry.
With air build tech, a house can be built within 40 mins with much better performance and lower cost.
Corbin Church
CEO of Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd.Corbin Church is an experienced executive with a nearly 20-year track record of successfully building businesses, driving revenue and executing on the strategies of innovative technology companies and start-ups. As the CEO of CTT, he develops and leads the vision and direction of the company, while forming key customer and strategic partner relationships that drive growth. Having held previous leadership positions at high-growth tech companies such as Maintenance Assistant (now Fiix Software) as a co-founder, OLED backplane developer IGNIS Innovation, and as President of high-tech management consulting company, C2MCI Group, Corbin has built a strong network of industry contacts and raised tens of millions of dollars from angel, VC and government sources in North America, the UK and Asia. He’s presented at conferences around the world as an invited speaker and is a co-inventor on more than 15 patents and patents pending in both hardware (touch and displays) and software (enterprise SaaS). Corbin graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering.
Ed Forsdike
Group Head of Strategic Science & Technology at British American TobaccoEd joined BAT in June 2017 and leads Strategic Science & Technology, BAT’s front end innovation team charged with defining the long range and disruptive future innovation opportunities for the company.
He has over 15 years in product Innovation in FMCG at P&G, having led innovation for the Gillette, Venus, Braun and Art of Shaving Brands. Ed has broad experience across the R&D spectrum with expertise in reaching new consumers via product and business model innovation. He has an MEng in mechanical engineering.
Andrew Gaule
CEO of AimavaThroughout Andrew’s career he has been implementing technology and business change. He has been a senior Commercial and business manager in Unilever and part of the ‘future leader program’. From the late 1990s Andrew has been leading innovation and strategic change projects with global corporate venture units, advising on spin outs, investments and partnerships.
Andrew has been the founder and leader of a number of businesses in tech change, corporate venturing, new online travel products and new retail propositions. He has worked and travelled extensively in China and USA, as well as being based in Europe.
Andrew’s latest book is ‘Purpose to Performance – Innovative New Value Chains’. Testimonials and reviews of the book from board members of leading global organisations are on Amazon.
Andrew is also an early stage investor in a number of tech start ups. Andrew has an economics degree from St John’s College, Cambridge, is a qualified chartered management accountant and holder of MBA. He is visiting fellow and Chair of the Business and Technology SIG at Henley Business School.
Phil Giesler
Group Head of Innovation Capabilities at British American TobaccoPhil has 30 years of professional experience across R&D, category innovation management, venture investing and new business incubation and development
Phil Leads British American Tobacco's programme on Innovation Capabilities after leading previously BAT's Strategic Science and Technology, bringing new innovation and business models to life in the pursuit of new, safer products.
Phil Worked with the Big Innovation Centre in London, enhancing the ability for UK SME's to access capital and finance
Phil has 7 years experience in corporate venture capital, leading Unilever's corporate venture and private equity investments in the United States. Phil established a model of corporate venture investing now seen as leading edge in the US and in the consumer space, culminating in Unilever being awarded the 2011 Global Corporate Venturing award for leading CVC in the consumer space.
Phil was past chairman of the NVCA's Corporate Venture Capital Group. He presided over a year which saw 10 new corporate members join to assist total membership to reach record numbers.
Jay Guo
Co-founder of ZenithNano (Also Professor at University of Michigan)Professor L. Jay Guo started his academic career at the University of Michigan in 1999, and has been a full professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science since 2011, with joint appointment in Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Macomolecular Science and Engineering.
Jay has > 220 refereed journal publications with over 25,000 citations, and close to 20 US patents. Many published work from his lab have been featured by numerous media. He is the recipient of the Research Excellence Award from the College of Engineering, and Outstanding Achievement Award in EECS at the University of Michigan. His group’s researches include polymer-based photonic devices and sensor applications, flexible transparent conductors and hybrid photovoltaics, plasmonic and nanophotonics, nanoimprint-based and roll to roll nanomanufacturing technologies.
Spencer Ho
Vice President at Cambrios Film SolutionsSpencer Ho is Vice President in sales & marketing division at Cambrios. He dedicates effort to development of the technology and application in Silver Nanowires area.
He used to be Vice President in Touch Solutions division at TPK. He took the lead role to open up and applied range for diverse products, such as cellphone, camera, notebook fields since 2007. Especially focus on “Touch display Integration”, also involved in automobile market. Spencer’s team has been selected several times as the best development partners award and the best supplier award. He engages in electronic materials since 2016, and joins Cambrios Film Solutions since 2017. Committed to the promotion of technology and application of Silver Nanowires.
Michelle Hua
Partner at China MaterialiaMichelle has extensive experience in private equity investment and strategy consulting.
Prior to joining China Materialia, Ms. Hua served as Director with Co-bridge Capital, where she led investments in companies in the fields of clean-tech, advanced material and IT service. Before that, Ms. Hua was a strategy consultant with Monitor Group and PRTM, where she advised clients on M&A, market entry, and operations strategy. Earlier in her career, Ms. Hua worked in Dell Computer and Nortel where she was involved in product development, strategic planning and operations management.
Michelle earned a MBA from University of Michigan Business School, a Master degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland, dual Bachelor degree in Material Science and Automation from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
Jian Wei Huang
Founder of Scent RealmHuang Jian Wei previously worked in Alibaba for 8 years and has successfully acquired a wealth of management experience and won the Best Tutor/Most Innovative Award during his time there.
In 2012, Mr. Huang founded Hangzhou Coder Information Technology Co., Ltd. and obtained the investment of Wang Gang, a famous angel investor.
In 2015, the company officially founded Scent Realm, and actively engaged in the research and development of digital odor technology. Scent Realm devoted itself to discovering the “gene map” of material odor.
Kai Jiang
Co-founder and CEO of Nuovo FilmKai has 20 years of experience in semiconductor, advanced materials and high-tech industry, with expertise in business development, corporate strategy, finance, operations and cross-border M&A.
Prior to co-founding Nuovo Film, he was the Sr. Director of Corporate Strategy and M&A at Atmel Corporation where he has led corporate strategic investment projects in the areas of touch screen applications, IoT, LED lighting, smart grid, industrial and automotive.
Kai also worked at McKinsey Silicon Valley Office as an Engagement Manager, where he served Fortune 500 companies across the high-tech value chain. Kai started his career at Xilinx Inc. as an operations manager and supply chain architect working closely with Cisco, UMC and Toshiba.
Kai got his Ph.D. from Stanford University, and B.E. from Tsinghua University.
Thomas Kostka
Senior Investment Manager at Henkel Ventures.Dr. Kosta joined Henkel in 2007 and held several positions in R&D, heading teams in Scientific Computing and in External Technologies.
He then moved to Strategy and New Business development, identifying and evaluating innovation opportunities through strategic Foresight Management, Scouting, Start-up Screening, and Venturing.
Dr. Kosta has previous first-hand experience working in two start-ups and his own consultancy in the field of Chemoinformatics & Computer-Aided Drug Design (USA & Germany).
Dr. Kosta holds a PhD in Chemistry from the FAU University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Min Li
Founder of HIUV New MaterialsLi Min is the founder of Haiyouwei New Materials Co., Ltd. He is currently the general manager and chief technology officer of Haiyouwei with a master's degree in polymer materials from Shanghai Jiaotong University, a second-time student of Peking University Guanghua EMBA and China Europe Pioneering Venture.
He has several national invention patents and international patents, and won the 2016 Shanghai Science and Technology Leadership Talent. And the 2017 Zhangjiang Talent title, and is a member of many professional organizations at home and abroad.
Haiyouwei New Materials Co., Ltd. is currently the world's top three suppliers of photo-voltaic module packaging film.
Yu Li
Vice President at Shenzhen Sunlord ElectronicsMr. Li Yu, obtained his Master of Inorganic Non-Metallic Materials at South China University of Technology and is currently Vice President of Shenzhen Sunlord Electronics Co., Ltd.
Mr Li has completed 6 years worth of research and development after graduation, and is familiar with electronic materials formulation and process. Since 1997, he has been engaged in sales and has rich marketing experience and good communication skills.
Chuan Liu
Head of Tobacco Future at British American TobaccoChuan Liu received his B.Sc from South China University of Technology in Guangzhou (China), and his Ph. D on Materials Science from Cambridge University (UK). He joined R&D Centre of British American Tobacco in 2000.
Currently he is a senior principal scientist with research interests across traditional and novel tobacco and nicotine product categories. He actively promotes tobacco research and travels regularly to China for collaborative studies, lectures and scientific conferences.
David Luo
Founder & CEO of DeamDavid Luo obtains his master's degree in microelectronics from the CentralSupelec; the french number 2 Engineering School. He has over 20 years R&D working experiences for leading companies eg Orange, Legrand, SYNOPSYS
Since the foundation of Deam in France in 2006, he dedicated to develop new HMI technologies that are easy to use, beautifully designed and environmentally friendly. At present, Deam’s proprietary optical films technologies （15 granted patents）which are successfully applied to the IOT, automotive industries. The company helped over 30 world-class customers developing nearly 100 new projects, eg: BMW ，Peugeot, Continental Automotive, Delphi，Hager.
In 2015, he started Nanjing Deam company, its HMI solutions has already embedded into IOT and Home appliances products, the market successes boost the large interests of the leading companies in China in our solutions, such as Supor, Mitshubishi, AO Smith, Midea and Haier.
Jia Zeng Luo
General Manager at Beijing Collaborative Innovation Investment Management Co., Ltd.Jia Zeng Luo currently serves as General Manager of Beijing Collaborative and Innovation Investment Management Corporation, and chairman of Beijing Collaborative and Innovation Meitainuo Investment Management Corporation.
He is now in charge of managing the Beijing Collaborative Innovation Investment Fund; has completed nearly 60 project investments; participating in and leading the planning and construction of six venture capital funds totaling approximately 3 billion RMB.
Mr Luo has more than 10 years of practical experience in industry research, industrial planning and strategic consulting, investment and post-investment management.
A graduate of Bachelor of Peking University, Master of Tsinghua University he has previously been a senior director of Beijing Samsung Pengtai Technology Consulting Co., Ltd.
Markus Solibieda
Managing Director of BASF Venture Capital GmbHMarkus Solibieda has been the Managing Director of BASF Venture Capital GmbH since November 2016.
Before joining BASF, he was a Partner at Mandarin Capital Partners and Head of the company’s Frankfurt office. Prior to this, he co-founded Baigo Capital, a growth capital fund focused on the healthcare industry. Markus Solibieda started his professional career in the Venture Capital team of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG and subsequently worked for Advent International and 3i in Frankfurt and London. From 1999 to 2002, he was CFO of ACG, a public company providing smart cards, RFID technology and semiconductor components.
Markus studied Business Administration at the European Business School in Wiesbaden, Germany, as well as in Dijon, France and Phoenix, USA.
Aaike Van Vugt
CEO of VSParticle B.V.Aaike van Vugt has a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Delft University of Technology. He is the co-founder of VSParticle, aiming to help research and industry in the production of inorganic nanoparticles with the goal to help researchers in the fundamental development of new products like batteries, catalyst, electronics, or nano-medicines.
John Wei
Senior Investment manager at SABIC VenturesJohn Wei has over 15 years of experience in the energy and oil & gas industries in both technical and commercial roles. John graduated from Tsinghua University with a Bachelor degree and from Rutgers University with a PhD, both in Chemical Engineering. In addition, John holds an MBA degree from UCLA with a focus in Finance and Entrepreneurship
Zhao Yin Wen
Director of the Science and Technology Department at Shanghai Institute of CeramicsWen Zhao Yin received a Bachelor's degree at the Nanjing Institute of Chemical Technology (now Nanjing University of Technology) in 1984. In the same year, he entered the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and obtained Master's and Doctoral degrees. From September to December 1992, he went to the Physics Department of the National University of Singapore to conduct research work. From 1999 to 2001, he was a visiting professor at the Department of Chemistry, Mie University in Japan.
He is currently the Director of the Science and Technology Department of the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the head of the New Energy Materials and Applications Laboratory, and the Secretary General of the Academic Committee. He is Secretary-General of Solid State Ionology Branch of China Institute of Silicate, Director of Shanghai Energy Research Association, Member of American Electrochemical Society, and Member of International Solid State Ionology Society.
Mainly involved with solid-state ionology, solid electrochemistry and various functional inorganic materials research and development, Zhao Yin has been responsible for, or participated in, the development of a number of national research projects, 863 and natural science funds. At present, he is responsible for two key national projects, one being the frontier projects of innovative engineering disciplines, and another being the key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has published more than 90 papers in domestic and foreign journals and applied for 5 invention patents.
Jin Cheng Wu
Vice-Chairman at Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and InformatizationMr. Jincheng Wu is currently the Vice Chairman of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization.
Mr. Wu worked as Director of Division of Economic Operation of the Commission; Deputy Chief Engineer of the Commission; Director of Division of Energy Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization; Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee; and the Secretary General of the United Front Department of Shanghai Municipal Party Committee.
Kuochun Wu
Global Marketing Director of Cabot MicroelectronicsDr. KC (KuoChun) Wu has served as General Manager, Substrate Polishing Group and Transformational Technology Center at Cabot Microelectronics, the global #1 supplier of CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) slurries and pads for semiconductor industry.
Prior to that, Dr. Wu held several business and R&D management positions in semiconductor industry, including Global Marketing Director, and R&D Director at Cabot Microelectronics, VP of technology transfer management at Ultratech, Director of advanced technology development division at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), technical manager at Mosel-Vitelic, and senior process engineer at Applied Materials.
Dr. Wu received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1990, and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1997. He also received an Executive MBA degree in China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai in 2009.
Dr. Wu holds 10 U.S. patents and authored more than 30 publications
Xiaotong Wu
Vice-Director of Yangpu People's CongressMr. Xiaotong Wu is the vice-director of Shanghai Yangpu District People's Congress, and the vice chairman of Association for Science and Technology for Shanghai Yangpu District
Lei Yang
Managing Director of Northern Light Venture CapitalLei joined NLVC in 2010 with more than two decades of experience in technology development, corporate strategy/operations and investments. He leads NLVC’s Advanced Technology investments that cover a wide range of technology innovation driven companies (e.g., AI systems, IoT systems, sensors and semiconductor, robotics, new materials and environmental protection). Prior to NLVC, he was a Principal at VantagePoint Venture Partners (VPVP), where he also focused on early stage investments in transformational technology companies. Prior to VPVP, he was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company serving Fortune 500 companies across the high-tech value chain: semiconductor equipment, logic, memory and microprocessor devices, networking/storage equipment, and software and IT services. He supported and consulted with multiple clients in challenging corporate transformation and turnaround situations, cross border mergers and acquisitions of large technology companies in US, Europe and Japan.
Lei holds a BS in Chemistry from Peking University, a MS in Computer Sciences and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Jeff Yao
Co-founder & CEO of 3D-FABJeff is a serial entrepreneur with 10 years experience in 3D Industry and became the first Chinese company which developed a 3D laser desktop printer to fill the domestic gap in 2015.
Starting up 3D-FAB and becoming the first Chinese company to overcome the most advanced technical difficulties in this area – LEAP in 2016, which has increased printing speed by 100 times.
Jeff has also made outstanding contributions to Chinese 3D & Intelligent Manufacturing industry.