Mentors

Dr. Ho Minh Nhat currently works at the Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Policy Research Network (Ministry of Science and Technology). He graduated with a master's degree in innovation and technology management from the University of Queensland, Australia - one of the top universities in Australia and ranked 50 in the world. Nhat holds a business administration degree from Swiss University and has over 10 years of experience with many domestic and international start-up projects in various roles such as management consultant, mentor, and crowdfunding ... His current research and expertise in entrepreneurship and innovation are associated with digital transformation, circular economy, and sustainable development.

A serial entrepreneur, an angel investor, Dr. Tran Luong Son is Founder and Managing Partner of Planet Impact Capital – PIC (established in 2020), an impact fund management company with a focus on early-stage startups in environmental protection, clean energy, and sustainable agriculture and consumption. Dr. Son is an expert in Intellectual Property protection, innovation in business and has more than 10 years in mentoring and coaching startup entrepreneurs. He has served as a judge at multiple national and international startup competitions. Dr. Son has obtained Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry in Metallurgy from National University of Steel and Alloys (Moscow, Russia), Master of Science in Management of Technology from MIT Sloan School of Management (US), attended Macro-economic course at Harvard Summer School, participated in training programs on entrepreneurship, innovation, ecommerce in Japan, Singapore, Israel, UK. In 2014, Dr. Son was awarded "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Shidler College of Business of the University of Hawaii, an honor award for successful entrepreneurs of Vietnam.

As an entrepreneur with 20 years of running businesses and organizing professional associations at senior positions, Quan participated and made many contributions to developing the national innovation startup ecosystem, incubating activities; a network of culinary tourism technology startups' acceleration and development; business consultancy and support; and start-ups & innovation in Vietnam for many years in the following positions:

+ General Director of Song Han Startup Incubation Center (Songhan inucbator)

+ Head of Tourism Technology Village 2018 -2020 at Techfest Vietnam

+ Vice Chairman of National Innovation Startup Advisory Council - Central Region Advisor to develop innovative startup ecosystem for the localities of Da Nang, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Tra Vinh, Soc Trang, Phu Tho, Quang Nam...

+ Co-founded and operated Danang Business Incubator (DNES) 2016;

+ Expert in consulting, training, incubating and accelerating for hundreds of businesses and startups in various fields.

Giang is an entrepreneur and investor with over 25 years of business building experience including 15 years investing in Vietnam. He is currently Managing Director of the RDA VIETNAM FUND, a Vietnam focused investment fund with offices in Boston and Ho Chi Minh City. He is also co-founder of INNOVATIVE PHARMACEUTICAL PARTNERS, a contract research organization based in Hanoi. Prior to RDA, Giang was co-founder and Managing Director of the EMA VIETNAM FUND. He was also the Vietnam Portfolio Manager of the EMA GARP FUND.

Prior to managing investments in Vietnam, Giang was a successful entrepreneur having co-founded several high-growth companies including Cambridge Energy Solutions and JungleSoft. For a number of years, he has been an investor, advisor and mentor to early stage companies as a member of the Launchpad Venture Group. 

Giang is passionate about entrepreneurship education and was a co-founder of the MITFive Entrepreneurship Program in Vietnam. He translated Bill Aulet’s book, Disciplined Entrepreneurship, to Vietnamese and has helped to develop the entrepreneurship curriculum for Vin University and Vietnam National University. He actively supports Vietnamese entrepreneurs.

Phuc has strong experience in start-ups and corporate finance and banking. He is currently the Senior Program Manager of VIISA. He is the former Program Manager of Startup Vietnam Foundation (SVF), the first and only non-profit startup-supporting organization in Vietnam. Besides, he is also an advisor for many startup projects. He has contributed to the success of many startups of VIISA, SVF, and to the won of many startups in Vietnam startup competitions. Before that, Mr. Phuc worked at large and reputable financial institutions (HSBC Vietnam, Standard Chartered Vietnam, ACB).

She has twenty years of in-depth as a collaborative, strategic, and solutions-oriented entrepreneur, commercial banker, business leader, and community advocate, who connected, advised, and assessed thousand business models, successfully piloted new initiatives for Canadian small businesses under government mandates executed by Business Development Bank of Canada, launched commercial banking segment for Australia New Zealand Banking Group in Vietnam; led US$200 Million dollars domestic syndication to the international debt capital market for HSBC, and founded her personal venture to develop it into millions dollar business.

Don Kim Phan graduate from Yale University (U.S) and is one of the contributors to bring e-commerce giant Rocket Internet (Zalora, Lazada, FoodPanda ...) to Vietnam. Now he is the Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services and Venture Capital.

Assoc. Prof., Dr. Hong T.M. Bui received BA degrees in English at Hanoi University, and Economics at the University of Economics, Vietnam National University Hanoi. She then received scholarships to pursue her Master's degree in Educational Leadership and Management at MIT Vietnam, and in Communication and Language Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK, and Ph.D. in Management at Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia.
Hong is an Associate Professor in Higher Education Management at the International Centre for Higher Education Management (ICHEM) and Centre for Business, Organisations, and Society (CBOS), Division of Strategy and Organisation, School of Management, University of Bath, UK. Hong leads a Residential on Organisational Studies and Higher Education for the Doctoral of Business Administration in Higher Education Management (DBA in HEM) for higher education managers and leaders around the world. She is also a Visiting Professor at IPAG Business School, France. Before that, she worked for the University of Southampton, Bournemouth University, University of East Anglia, and Vietnam National University Hanoi.
Her research focuses on Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour, particularly on Learning Organisation, Systems Thinking, and Multidisciplinary approaches to Innovation and Sustainability. She has written more than 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and international conferences for the last decade. She has successfully obtained more than 30 institutional, national and international research grants and support; and substantial enterprise incomes. She has joined scientists and experts from different disciplines to work in innovation and sustainability in various developing countries in Asia, Africa, and South America.
Hong also serves in the leadership team of AVSE Global, joining various research, development, and consultancy projects. She leads the Education Network of AVSE Global.

Quynh has extensive experience with many different multinational corporations before joining Viet Capital Securities to manage multiple projects including Vietnam Access Day, a 2-day event that connects leading Vietnamese firms with investors from around the world. After her time as marketing manager with Forbes Vietnam, Quynh joined The Economic and Trade Mission with the Israeli Embassy in Vietnam as Southern Business Development Manager to take care of the sustainable economic trade and financial relations between Israel and Vietnam. A native of Ho Chi Minh City, Quynh graduated from Raffle High Education College with a Bachelor in Marketing, followed by a Diploma in Communication Design from Chatsworth Mediart Academy in Singapore.

Sarah Nguyen broadly studies the social impacts of information communication technologies, urban digital infrastructure, technological innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Her work has been published in premier scholarly journals such as the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, New Media and Society, Telematics & Informatics, International Journal of Communication, Journal of Information Technologies & International Development, Mobile Media and Communication, Health Promotion and Practice, Mass Communication, and Society. She presented at prestigious conferences targeting various audiences including academics, practitioners, industry leaders, and policymakers.

She has also been honored with several awards such as the ProSPER.Net Leadership Program Fellowship Award (2017) by the United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, the Yale M. Braunstein Student Award (2019) by the Pacific Telecommunications Council, and the Charles Benton Early Career Scholar Award (2020) by Benton Institute for Broadband and Society - TPRC Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy.

Khanh has been CTO / co-founder of three tech startups in Switzerland gaining millions of Swiss francs in both funding and revenue. He’s been advising a few other startups. Currently, he’s working as an Engineering Manager at TX Group in Switzerland. He’s interested in new business in any areas of tech & non-tech.

Nguyen Van Dung (Leo) is the Founder & Chairman of HAVINA GROUP, a reputable and sustainable education development group in Vietnam with 4 different education brands, a pioneer in the Personalized Learning Movement in Vietnam with a mission of nurturing future leaders of Vietnam. He has a BA in Education from the University of International Studies and Foreign Languages (ULIS), Vietnam National University (VNU), and an MBA from La Trobe University, Australia. He is known for his expertise in education and career orientation, education entrepreneurship in Singapore, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands, USA, Canada, and Vietnam. He is also a member of the Business Executive Network.

MSc in services marketing and management at Rennes School of Business and engineering diploma in software system at IMT Atlantique (France). He is participating in data science training at Ecole Polytechnique Executive Education.​

With a good background in engineering and business, Truong Thi has 13 years of experience working in information technology and digital technology industries with small and medium enterprises, multinational corporations, as well as government agencies in France and Vietnam.​

Through AVSE Global, Truong Thi always contributes to the development of French-Vietnamese diplomatic relations, especially in the high-tech sector. Truong Thi was a mentor of the French Tech Vietnam program in 2016-2017.​ Visiting lecturer for master program in e-business at CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France).​ Ex-chief of business development officer at Linagora Vietnam.​ Truong Thi is currently a consultant at Geoconcept Group, specialized on map software and field services management.​

At the age of 24, I did startup with opening our own advertising and communication company. While running the company, I found myself have a pursuit of Social Marketing, that's why I studied a master degree in Vietnam and France in 2010. Did not stop there, with my enthusiasm, at the age of 32, I founded a Vietnamese Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in education, communication and activities for children. Up to now, I am building 20 schools for ethnic minority children in northern Vietnam - the poorest and most difficult regions. In addition, educational development is the most important criterion for my project that promoting education and increasing interactions between teacher and student. I always balance between controlling my company with developing my organization. So until now, I develop my business become social enterprise with distinct characteristics and generating social impact.

Vo Minh Ngoc holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration in the UK. Furthermore, Ngoc has 5 years of media consulting experience for World Bank, Asian Development Bank, World Wildlife Vietnam and UN Vietnam organizations. In addition, she has also worked as a Coach / advisor for many projects / organizations, including Leading Asia Change, FemaLead, UNESCO Vietnam, BIDV, Navigos Search. Before residing in Germany, she was a founder of Impactus Academy in Vietnam. Currently she is working in Germany as a Communication Specialist for the Global Research Institute.

Dr Hoang ChuDuc received PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Washington University at St. Louis, He also former Researcher in Hanoi University of Science and Technology (2003 - 2016); Dr Hoang ChuDuc has over 40 research papers, 20 conferences, 04 Books and 5 projects in Biomedical, Healthcare, ICT, Technology Management and Innovation. He has also consulted and assisted over 100 scientists and businesses on innovation and currently manages and sponsors over 80 science and technology projects. Main research interests: Biomedical engineering (Arrhythmia, Diabetes, Medical information system, Medical software); Science Technology and Innovation Leaderships; Information, Communication and Technology. He is currently Head of R&D Funding Department at NATIF, Project manager of VINIF, and Founder and Chairman of ZINMED.

Dr Chi Hieu Le graduated from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST, Vietnam), Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) and University of Greenwich (United Kingdom) respectively in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Higher Education. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), a member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE), and a fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), United Kingdom (UK). Dr Chi Hieu Le is currently a Member of Advisory Board in Science and Technology for Saigon Hi-Tech Park, Vietnam, and Hi-Tech companies such as MD24 House Call (USA), Robot3T (Vietnam), and he is a CEO of VietSolutions (UK). Before working for University of Greenwich, he had been working for HUST and Cardiff University (UK) as a lecturer and a senior research fellow for 12 years. Dr Chi Hieu Le has been actively working in Higher Education (Learning, Teaching and Assessment), Research & Technology Development (R&D), Technology Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, especially in Innovative Product Development, Advanced Manufacturing (CAD/CAM/CNC, 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing, Micro-Nano Manufacturing), Robotics & Automations, Engineering Management, and Biomedical Engineering (Telehealth, In-Home Healthcare, 2D/3D Medical Image Processing, Personalised Implants, Biomedical Hi-Tech Products & Services). Since 2000, Dr Chi Hieu Le and his team have been fruitfully collaborating and working with medical doctors and surgeons in Vietnam, including Central Military Hospital 108 and Cho Ray Hospital, in Biomedical technology transfer, and innovative development of Biomedical Hi-Tech products and services to improve the safety and quality of medical diagnosis and treatments, which were well-featured in Newspapers in Vietnam such as Tuoi Tre, Vietnam News and Tia Sang, especially innovative developments of personalised implants and medical devices for bone reconstructions and surgical planning. Dr Chi Hieu Le also served as a member of editorial boards for several scientific and technological journals, and frequently a member of the scientific and organising committee of international conferences. He is also a project evaluator for funding organisations such as Wellcome Trust (UK), The Royal Society (UK: Global Challenges Research Fund), Welsh Assembly Government (UK), NIHR – Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme (Department of Health, National Institute for Health Research – DH NIHR, UK), and British Council. He annually serves as a visiting professor and an invited speaker at Higher Education Institutions in Vietnam, Thailand, China and Europe. Dr Chi Hieu Le is a co-founder of the Vietnam-UK Network of Higher Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (www.vuheie.org), which has been successfully secured at least 600,000 USD of the external funding for R&D activities in the last 4 years, with the active engagements and networking activities from scientist, researchers and experts between Vietnam, ASEAN and the UK, as well as the fruitful University-Business collaborations.

Anh Tuan Pham is currently the Chief Information Officer, Director of Becamex Smart City Project Management Office, and Director of Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center at Becamex IDC Corporation. He completed his PhD in Computer Science from INRIA Sophia Antipolis and I3S, University of Cote d'Azur, France (WIMMICS Team). His professional interests include: Industry 4.0 Technologies, Digital Transformation Strategy and Implementation, Semantic Web, Ontologies, Software Architecture, Software Engineering.

❖Thanh Huong holds a Ph.D. degree in Finance from the University of Paris - East, France and Interuniversity Centre of Research on Analysis of Organizations (CIRANO), Canada, and a Master’s degree in Financial Management from the University of Grenoble, France. She is qualified as a University Lecturer by the French National University Council. She was also a visiting researcher at HEC Business School in Canada.

❖A manager in Banking and Finance at Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company with more than 300,000 employees in more than 120 countries. She is the director of Executive Education of AVSE - Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts - as well as a researcher and lecturer for several Master's programs at various Universities.

❖Researching in University Paris 12 and teaching for many Master's programs in France and Vietnam.

❖Thanh Huong has published articles in different international journals such as « Investors, Bankers, and Markets »; « Journal of Behavioral Finance »; « Energy Policy »; « Banque et Marchés »; « American Journal of Finance and Accounting »; « Revue Française de Gestion ».

❖Thanh Huong participated in leadership training at Harvard. She often delivers invited talks about leadership, management, and motivation/aspiration for individuals, corporates, and organizations. At the same time, she is an active member of several think tanks focusing on Vietnamese economic and financial issues.

Phuong Nga is Head of Finance Management at Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank of the Credit Agricole Group, a leading bank in France and in Europe with more than 700,000 people in more than 70 countries. She has extensive experience in Finance Management (ALM & Treasury), Risk Management, and Finance Projects Management.

Phuong Nga was the highest graduated of the National Economic University of Vietnam and the first laureate of AUF and French’s government scholarships. Phuong Nga holds a Ph.D. degree with honors in Finance. She has now more than 16 years of hands-on experience in building and leading successful teams in Finance.

Phuong Nga also participates in financial training programs at French universities (Paris, Orleans, Poitiers..) with the aim of granting operational vision & professional perspectives to students in Banking and Finance.

Convinced that giving all our force to what we do is the key to success, Phuong Nga has always been keeping a positive & dynamic life with active actions in many areas. Phuong Nga is particularly interested in social and community connecting activities. She plays the role of event manager where she is good at. Her ultimate purpose is to serve to promote Vietnamese values.

At AVSE Global, Phuong Nga performs the function of Deputy Finance Director and participates in key projects of AVSE Global.

Duong Quynh Nguyen is the Founder and CEO of Nhanh.vn. This is one of the best companies in providing multi-channel sales management software, website design, and shipping portal. Nhanh.vn is trusted by more than 4500 online and offline businesses in Vietnam. Duong Quynh Nguyen is also a sales consultant and manager for big Vietnamese businesses such as YODY, GERME, TORANO,...

Phuong Nguyen-Tri is now regular professor at the department of chemistry, biochemistry and physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivieres (UQTR), Quebec, Canada. He is the founder and Head of the laboratory of advanced materials for Energy and Environment of UQTR. Recently, he has been appointed as Director of UQTR research chair in advanced materials for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). He obtained a MSc in Ecole National Superieure de Chimie de Mulhouse, France and a PhD in material sciences at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers of Paris, French in 2009. He worked then two years as a tenure track assistant professor position at Department of industrial polymers, CNAM of Paris, French. He moved then to the Department of mechanical engineering, Ecole de Technologie Supérieure (ETS), Montréal, Canada to take a researcher position at the Chair in Protective Materials and Equipment for Occupational Health and Safety and became a manager of this research chair. Dr. Nguyen-Tri worked as a research officer at the Department of Chemistry, University of Montréal, Canada, and then as an associate Professor at ETS of Montreal (2015-2019) before accepting a regular professor position at UQTR, Canada from Jun 2019. His main research interests are nanomaterials, hybrid nanoparticles, smart coatings, polymer crystallization, polymer blends, and composites. Dr. Nguyen-Tri has edited 12 books (10 from Elsevier) for which he is a leader a team of over 300 international researchers in these book projects and he is authored of 14 book chapters, 3 international patents, and published over 100 articles and conference proceeding. He served as an editor of 5 special issues in the ISI indexed journals. Dr. Nguyen-Tri is an Editor and Guest-editor for RSEM, PLoS One, SN Applied Science (Nature-Springer), Progress in Organic Coating (Elsevier), Polymers (MDPI). He is currently international grants and book (Elsevier) reviewer.

He completed his Ph.D. research on computer vision and machine learning in 2011 at La Rochelle University, France. Up to the present, he has participated in many innovation projects in diverse domains including designing and developing software, exploiting data and AI.

In addition, Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Nhu Van is also an active member of AVSE Global -The Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts. He is currently an Innovation leader and involved in multiple projects such as the Knowledge Center project, a strategy for Vietnamese talent policy, and an Innovation Summit in Vietnam.

Dr. Quy VO-REINHARD, MBA, Co-Founder & Chief Data Officer at HIT Foundation, Switzerland Quy is the Chief Data Officer and Co-Founder of HIT Foundation – a blockchain-based marketplace for healthcare data – in addition to being a globally-renowned speaker. Her life’s work is dedicated to healthcare innovations aimed at providing equal opportunities and benefits to all stakeholders. Quy took the initiative in Blockchain For Healthcare Project in Vietnam with many hospitals, City Health Departments and will help to drive the project Blockchain4Healthcare with the Ministry of Health in Vietnam.

Moreover, Quy is an AI advisor of LAPO blockchain (Switzerland) which brings stability with traditional Swiss expertise in financial services to crypto assets worldwide. She was voted ‘The Most Influential Woman in Blockchain in Europe’ ( ‘Blockshow Europe 2018’) and received various awards throughout her life, including Professional Excellence Scholarship, EBS University of Business and Law, Germany (2016); Excellent Young Lecture, Vietnam (2008); National 2nd prize for supervising a student in research, Vietnam (2007); Five Ph.D. scholarships in the UK, Spain, Canada, Italy, Germany (2006-2009); Four postdoctoral scholarships (2013-2014); 1st prize in Biology for the 12th grade (1999), etc… At the age of 25, she was the youngest Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Biology, Vietnam National University, and drove 150 staff departments as the strongest unit.

She founded Give Him The Light, an international charitable project that aims to save lives and solve problems of relevance to humanity. The fundraising went to the first case diagnostic of the baby with FEVR/NORI disease and numerous babies in need of urgent surgery in Nhi Dong Hospital in Vietnam, as well as to build the school and provide food for children in Ha Giang province. She also a member of the Board of Directors of different Vietnamese Associations globally (International Vietnamese Academics Network, Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals and Experts in Switzerland …) to promote networking, collaboration among academics professionals, researchers, and university students of Vietnam origin living in Vietnam and abroad. Recently she joins AVSE Global: AVSE – Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts in Digital technology and Knowledge city team to deliver strategy and approach for Vietnam sustainability growth in Industry 4.0.

Quy undertook her Ph.D. in Computational Biomedicine at the Rhine-Westphalian Technical University of Aachen (Germany), thereafter being a senior scientist and lecturer in Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) and Stuttgart University (Stuttgart, Germany), co-founded a start-up about enzyme innovation which got EXIST-Business Start-up funding from the German government. She earned an MBA from the EBS University of Business and Law (Germany) and being an entrepreneur after that.

Tai Nguyen-Ky received the B.E., M.B.A, and M.E. degrees from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 1991, 1999, and 2003, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in biomedical from the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), QLD., Australia, in 2011.

He received USQ international research excellence scholarship award, 2008; Dean’s Commendation Award for Graduate Research Excellence 2008; Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence 2009, USQ, Australia; the award for the Best Student Paper, the fourth International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT2009), Gold Coast, Australia.

His research interests in biomedical engineering and agricultural engineering. He has made significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the areas of biomedical engineering, specifically in extending the technology for monitoring the depth of anesthesia.

He is a research fellow in the USQ Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences (IAESS). In the last three years, he has been a key member of the strategic project “Computational models to enhance food security and decision support in agriculture” funded by the USQ. He is currently developing an AI crop model to monitor, predict and control crop status in agriculture. Three main research results presented in the USQ research website.

Dr Man, a leading expert in geomechanics, currently is the resercher lead of Econstruct (Dubai, UAE) in ultra high performance reinforce concrete, Cement-soil mixing, rammed-earth, and the manager of GTC Soil Analysis services Laboratory (Dubai, UAE).

Dr Man is a natural problem solver. With distinctive stratergic and innovative mindset he has greately contribute to the success of various AVSE-global projects such as Vietnam Public Administrative and Government Reform, Social and Economy planning for Yen Bai Province, VSOE2018, Van Don SEZ, etc. where he has aslo been a team leader.

Man got his PhD in Civil Enginnering from Southampton University in 2009, M.Eng from Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand) and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (Vietnam). He has learned, and daily practiced and applied Innovative thinkings since he was a student.

Do Thanh Trung studied and graduated electrical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin. From 2007 he was a Research Associate, Chief Engineer, and lecturer at the Helmut Schmidt University and the Technical University Hamburg.

He is doctor of electrical engineering in ‘Grid Integration of Renewable Energies’ and regular consultant of german grid operators.

His doctoral thesis and research results were awarded with the Hamburg -University-Science-Prize in 2015. The results of his doctoral thesis were used scientifically and economically in many follow-up projects funded by german ministery of economics and energy (BMWi) such as network impedance measurement 110-kV, network harmony and NEW 4.0.

From 2017, he became Full-Professor and Head of the Institute for Electrical Energy Systems and Automation at TU-Hamburg.

Now he is CEO of morEnergy GmbH, a specialist in producing of innovative and noval measurement techniques for smart factory and smart grids.

Hoang Cong Doan is currently a member of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union and of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association, and the Chairman of the Investment and Startup Club of Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Vietnam Youth Union Quang Nam, Vice Chairman of Quang Nam Business Association, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Song Thao Investment Joint Stock Company. In 2016, he was honored to receive the title of TOP10 Outstanding Young Entrepreneurs nationwide voted and awarded by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union and the Central Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association. Following that success, Hoang Cong Doan and other excellent young entrepreneurs gathered and established the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Startup and Investment Club, which is a club under the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association. Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Investment and Startup Club has built and oriented activities to: + Create a favorable environment to promote and support young entrepreneurs and young people in the process of starting a business, innovating, creating, cheering, encouraging and building the spirit of entrepreneurship for young entrepreneurs, youth and students; step by step meet the needs of youth start-up support. + Mobilize financial, human and physical resources in accordance with the law, combine resources from programs and projects to support youth start-ups. Currently, the Club has established Investment and Start-up Clubs in more than 20 provinces and cities across the country with more than 4000 members who are young entrepreneurs and young people starting up.

CMO- Co-founder at Afood Creative Agency

Vice Marketing Director at CJC - Cosmos Japan Creation

CMO at Way Branding Marketing

Lead a@ Phuc Hung Thinh

Marketing Manager @ REACH

Business and Brand Consultant @ Comfit - EMS Training - Fitness Franchise Model

Chris Nguyen is an Analyzing and Researching Digital Product expert with over 8 years of experience. He has deep expertise in many projects across different industries, focusing on Product Strategy and Business Process Reengineering. In 10 years of living in Australia, he worked at two Big Four accounting firms, EY and Deloitte. In addition, he also participated in many projects on technology and digital products with The Government of New South Wales. Currently, he is Head of Product Analysis at GEEK Up - a leading partner in the field of building digital products, accompanying businesses on their digital transformation journey in Vietnam.

Quynh Anh has a Master of Finance, the Certificate of Southeast Asia's Healthcare Leadership (Harvard Medical School). In terms of her experiences, she has 14 in-depth years of experience in Banking and Financial Investment, as well as 6 years of experience in medical operations management. Currently, she is a post-graduate student in The Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management program.

Her motto is "You go ahead. You go ahead and sit back in your comfortable chair and you be the critic, you be the observer, while the brave one gets in the ring and engages and gets bloody and gets dirty and fails over and over and over again, but yet isn't afraid and isn't timid and lives life in a bold way.” - Teddy Roosevelt.

Tra Nguyen has obtained degrees of Ph.D. in Management Sciences from CNAM (Paris), Master in European Business from ESCP Europe (Paris), MBA from AIT (Bangkok), and BBA from FTU (Hanoi). Tra Nguyen has been working as a Program Manager of several programs of MBA and Master in Management (MIM) at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France for more than ten years. She coordinates and develops four specializations for the master MIM in Project Management, International Business Development, Sustainable Development, and eBusiness. She has developed different academic cooperation and international partnerships with universities around the world, especially in the BRICS* , MINT** and CIVETS***. Besides management activities, she also involves in teaching management, strategies, and business simulations for Master students in Business and Engineering Schools (CNAM, KEDGE, EDHEC, ISG). Observing and involving in the operations of business schools led her to the idea of making a link between the academic world and the business world. Her current research focuses on strategic management and significant determinants for the changes in management education, especially in MBAs. She has contributed to many international conferences in management and education management (AOM, EAIE, IAFOR, HBS, Biennale, QS MAPPLE) Tra Nguyen is the HR Director of the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE Global). She leads the Leadership project and is the Co-Chair of the Vietnam Symposium on Leadership and Public Policy, co-organized with Ho Chi Minh Academy of Politics, Vietnam