
Chad Ovel
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Chad Ovel has lived and worked in Vietnam continuously since 1996.
Chad is a Partner at Mekong Capital, a Vietnam-focused Private Equity firm, specializing in consumer driven businesses. Established in 2001, Mekong Capital has the most extensive private equity track record in Vietnam having completed 35 private equity investments, of which 26 have been fully exited. Chad has led Mekong Capital’s successful investments in various sectors including pharmaceuticals, real estate, logistics, casual dining and retail.
Before joining Mekong Capital, Chad had a successful track record as a CEO leading the rapid growth of ScanCom Vietnam, a foreign-owned furniture export manufacturing business, and AA Corporation, a local company operating in the sectors of construction, retail and manufacturing.
Chad is originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He holds a BA from Carleton College and an MBA from University of Chicago.

Chris Vanloon
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Chris originally came to Vietnam in 1998 when the Furama Resort Danang was just opening, the first five-star resort in the entire country. Since leaving the Furama, he moved on to Property Management in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, working both as a consultant and later becoming the Head of Property Management in Hanoi for Chesterton Petty (later merged and rebranded as Savills).
He built up a portfolio of projects for Chesterton, from high-end luxury apartment buildings to mixed- use commercial properties. He also worked heavily in the area of development advisory, reviewing land usage plans as well as collaborating with project owners to assist in design layout and functionality of several buildings in the Hanoi skyline today.
Chris stepped away from property development for awhile to develop his marketing skills as he took on the role of Director of Northern Operations for Destination Asia,. In this role, he oversaw the daily operations of this high-end luxury travel and incentive business, and spent a great deal of time travelling to Europe, the United States, and Canada to promote Vietnam as a destination for foreign travellers.
From there it was back to property, helping to start a company called New Peaks JSC, where he was Managing Director overseeing the establishment of the company and its direction in areas of property development and advisory. At the same time, Chris helped found the property services company Viethomecare in Da Nang.
Ultimately though, his heart has always been in Da Nang, having witnessed the development of that great city over 20 years. When he was offered the job of General Director for Indochina Riverside Towers and Riverside Tower Commercial Center, it was the perfect way for Chris to resettle permanently in Da Nang.
With a background in Management and Marketing from Boston College after serving in the United States Navy, Chris’ diverse background in Vietnam and passion to develop Da Nang allow him to contribute unique strengths to AmCham Vietnam and its members.

Michael Edward Kelly
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Since September 2020, Michael Kelly has served as the CEO of BRG Hospitality. BRG is the premier hospitality company in Vietnam operating and developing numerous local and International brand hotels, resorts, restaurants, and golf courses thru out Vietnam; including Sheraton Grand in Da Nang, Sheraton Nha Trang, Hilton Opera Hanoi, Hilton Garden in both Hanoi and Vung Tau, InterContinental Hanoi West Lake, and Four Seasons Hanoi.
Prior to joining BRG Hospitality, Michael for the past five years served as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, CEO and General Director of the Ho Tram Project Company. The Ho Tram Project Company wholly owns and operates The Grand Ho Tram Strip (the most awarded integrated resort in Vietnam) and the Bluffs Golf Course (ranked in the top 100 course in the World) in Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
Michael has over 30 years of experience in the hospitality/casino industry in both the private and public sectors and has served as the CEO, COO, President, CFO, and CMO of some of the largest hospitality companies in the United States. Prior to relocating fulltime to Vietnam in September 2015, Michael also owned and operated two integrated resorts in North America.
He earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Villanova University (USA).

Christy Le
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Christy is CFO and President of Vietnam Operations for Arevo, an advanced composites additive manufacturing technology company. She is also President of Vietnam Operations of Harrison.ai, a software technology company that automatically analyzes medical images and provides medical professionals with real time decision support.
She is co-founder of Alabaster, a group that invests in early stage deeptech companies (30+ investments in new materials, biotech, and semiconductors).
Previously, Christy was in a few executive roles at technology companies including Vietnam Country Director at Facebook. Before that, she was the Fossil Vietnam MD and VP of Operations for Fossil Group (acquired Misfit for $260M in 2015). At Misfit, a wearable technology company, she was the founding CFO and COO. Before Misfit, Christy was a consultant at McKinsey and an investment banker at HSBC.
Christy graduated Double First in Economics at Oxford and as Valedictorian and a Legatum Fellow at MIT Sloan (MBA).

Michael Beckman
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Michael currently leads the newly launched law firm of EY Indochina, a fast growing team of 15 corporate lawyers based in Ho Chi Minh City. EY Law Global has over 4,000 lawyers in 85 offices around the world, and now intends to expand quickly throughout ASEAN. Michael will head this expansion process in Indochina.
Michael has over 20 years’ experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. Prior to joining EY, Michael worked as a corporate attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, London and Los Angeles, as well as Debevoise & Plimpton in New York, focusing on international corporate bankruptcy, securities and M&A work. He is a member of the bar of New York and California and is a licensed foreign lawyer in Vietnam.
Outside of law, Michael worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in their pharmaceutical practice group and managed his own hedge funds for a decade.
Michael graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University, received his M.A. from Princeton University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. He also studied at both Cambridge University in the UK and Georg-August University in Germany.

Liviu Leșe
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Liviu, a Romanian national, is General Manager of Universal Alloy Corporation Vietnam (UACV), a subsidiary of Montana Tech Components AG. UACV had the groundbreaking ceremony for its Da Nang facility in March 2019 and has been in operation since January 2020. UACV provides the aviation & aerospace industry with aluminum alloy components.
Under Liviu’s leadership, UACV already has achieved several important milestones. The project has been highly valued by the Da Nang authorities for its completion commitments and being ahead of the scheduled targets. Da Nang authorities have highlighted the success of UACV’s project in order to attract more international high-technology manufacturing investment into Danang.
With a background in engineering, Liviu started his career in Electrolux as a mechanical engineer and later began working for UAC company from 2013. In 7 years, he gradually gained experience, skills, and knowledge in leadership, program management, operation management, and quality management in the aviation and aerospace industry.

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Luke Treloar
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Luke is Managing Director of Strategy for Vietnam and Cambodia, and has over 10 years of experience in management consulting and financial services across Asia.
Relevant Industry Experience
- Led a strategy engagement in visioning Vietnam as a regional Life Science hub for a Foreign Research-based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association in Vietnam
- Led a market study on medical devices, laundry and central sterile supply services in Cambodia for a Thailand investor
- Led a research on Vietnam’s self-care industry for a leading American drug manufacturer
- Led a market study on Vietnam’s healthcare market with focus on primary care, ambulatory care, tertiary care and diagnostic centers
- Led a pricing strategy project for one of the largest private healthcare service providers in Vietnam
- Led a social and economic impact assessment service on Vietnam’s innovative pharmaceutical industry to quantify the social and economic impact, as well as articulate value propositions
- Hospital expansion strategy for one of Hanoi’s premiere foreign hospital brands;
- Assisted one of the largest Korean beauty retail chains in designing market entry retail strategy to support its future expansion in Vietnamese market
- JCI rollout strategy for one of China’s largest foreign-invested private hospitals;
- Hospital investment strategy assistance for America hospital operator seeing to expand in to China market;
- Government customer journey and market sounding for America’s largest computer hardware manufacturer operating in China;
- Vertical integration strategy for Fortune 100 American semiconductor company that was exploring near-patient monitoring space. Project focused on a buy-vs-build China-market medical device strategy assessment;

Dr. Kasia Weina
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Kasia Weina has extensive experience and education in research and project management with a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), masters of science in pharmaceutical drug discovery/sciences (University College London) and a PhD in Molecular Biology with field focus in cancer and stem cell research (University of Heidelberg, Germany). She has worked in various laboratories in different countries including the Great Lakes Water Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison with the NIH, biotech firm in the Cambridge area, UK and the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Germany. After her PhD and a Postdoc period, she decided to pivot her career and apply her strong research background to sustainable development and social entrepreneurship specifically in Asia and frontier markets. In 2015 she co-founded her first startup focused on designing & producing eco-friendly products in Hong Kong. before moving to Vietnam in early 2016 to co-found Evergreen Labs.
As the director of Evergreen Labs, a solution-driven social and environmental project development organization and social venture builder, she oversees daily operations including all idea validation, innovation and technology within the experimentation branch of the organization, while simultaneously applying a scientific approach to sustainable business development. In the past five years, she has co-developed and spun-off two social businesses in addition to growing the advisory branch within the business. To date, Evergreen Labs has worked and scaled innovations not only in Vietnam but also in Myanmar, Lao PDR, Indonesia and Thailand. The key sectors Kasia focuses on include solid waste management, agriculture value chain and sustainability management. She has managed projects for a variety of notable clients including ADB, MBI, IDH, GIZ and IUCN.
To date, Kasia has published 10 papers in international journals, co-authored work with UNDP and has been featured in South China Morning Post. In 2020 she received the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Graduate of the Last Decade Award. Kasia still supports labs in Germany specifically with research paper publications in peer-reviewed journals and has supported research projects at VN-UK University of Danang, Vietnam.
