The expertise behind the AOI group of companies.
Gary has served as a director and the Secretary of AOI since its inception. Mr. Seaton has also served as the Managing Director of Cootamundra Oilseeds Pty Ltd. (“Cootamundra”), Cowcumbla Investments Pty Ltd (“Cowcumbla”) and CQ Oilseeds Pty Ltd. since 2014,and Energreen Nutrition Australia Pty Ltd. — Brisbane Australia since 2013. Cootamundra and Cowcumbla arethe operating subsidiaries of AOI. Mr. Seaton has more than 42 years of experience in the field of international business operations, and he is a social entrepreneur. He currently serves as the Chairman of G&G Group of Companies (“G&G Group”), which is the parent company founded in Singapore and oversees all business except for Australian companies. G&G Group has operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Africa, India and Australia, predominately in the agricultural, commodities and renewable energy sector. Mr. Seaton is also the majority owner and Director of Energreen Nutrition & Bio energy plantations and is part of the Investment Committee of Aditya Birla Sunlife Global Clean Energy Fund.
Amarjeet Singh brings over 20 years of finance and accounting experience, with leadership roles in major global agricultural firms. His expertise makes him the ideal candidate to lead our finance team at this pivotal time. We thank Bob for his contributions and leadership over the past four years.Singh expressed excitement about joining Australian Oilseeds, aiming to drive global growth and shareholder value. Previously, he led finance at MOI International and Mewah Oils & Fats and held roles at General Electric and Snap-On Tools. A Chartered Accountant, he graduated from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 2007.
Mr. Singh is a founder and Director of Kapital Global LLC FZ and KGV Global FZE, which both provide strategic investments and advisory services.Mr. Singh worked with Citigroup Credit Services India Limited, Standard Chartered and NYSE listed HDFC Bank(HDB: NYSE). Mr. Singh has extensive knowledge and networking in the small and micro-cap space in developed, emerging and frontier markets, and he also has experience in cross-border transactions across sectors including agriculture and commodity businesses. Mr. Singh holds a post-graduate degree (2012) in International Business from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade New Delhi Campus.
Kevin has been EDOC’s Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer since September 2020. Mr. Chen has been serving as Chief Investment Officer and Chief Economist of Horizon Financial, a New York based investment management company that offers cross-border investment solutions to global financial institutions and individuals, since May 2018, where he is responsible for advising clients in investing healthcare facilities in the United States. Since November 2021, Mr. Chen has been a board member of InFinT Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: IFIN.U), a special purpose acquisition company that completed its initial public offering in November 23, 2021. Mr. Chen has also been serving as a board member of Horizon Global Access Fund (Cayman), a segregate portfolio of Flagship Healthcare Properties Fund, a leading U.S. Healthcare REIT, since February 2019. Previously Kevin served as a senior portfolio manager of Credit Agricole/Amundi Asset Management until October 2015, a director of Asset Allocation of Morgan Stanley from August 2004 to August 2008, and a manager of China Development Bank from September 1998 to August 2000. Kevin is Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of the Absolute Return Investment Management Association of China. Kevin has also been a guest speaker at Harvard University, Fordham University, Pace University, and IESE Business School. He is a former member of the Adjunct Advisory Committee and former Interim Head of the Private Sector Concentration program of Master of Science in Global Affairs, New York University, and has been an adjunct professor there since 2012. He is a Member of the Economic Club of New York, Co-Chair of the New York Finance Forum, Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association, Member of the Bretton Woods Committee, Editorial Advisory Board Member of the Global Commodity Applied Research Digest (GCARD) at JP Morgan Center for Commodities (JPMCC) at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Kevin obtained his PhD in Finance from the Financial Asset Management Engineering Center at University of Lausanne, Switzerland in 2005, Master’s degree in Finance, Center for Economic Research, Tilburg University in the Netherland in 2001, and B.A. degree in Economics from the Renmin University of China in China in 1998.
Mr. Shankar has served as Director of Lotus Hydro Power PLC since July 2016, and Director of Hatton plantations PLC since May 2019. He is a member of Audit Committee, Third Party Related Transaction Committee, Remuneration Committee of Lotus Hydro Power PLCand Hatton Plantations PLC, which are public companies listed on Colombo Stock Exchange. He is also the Group Director — Investments & Strategy for G&G Group of Companies, Singapore. Mr. Shankar worked in private banks for more than 10 years, and has handled portfolio management services for HNI’s & Corporates. Mr. Shankar graduated from NIT Jalandhar with a Bachelor of technology in BTech (Machine Designing & Automation Engineering) in 2001 and National Institute of Technology Warangal with an MBA (Marketing & System) in 2003.
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