Leadership

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Executive & Leadership Team

Gary Gan

Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer

Gary Gan

Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer

Master’s Degree in Business Administration (University of Adelaide, Australia)

Gary began his career in a foreign-owned and multinational company based in Singapore, specializing in regional sales for industrial products and automation & control businesses responsible for Asia territory in the oil & gas and power generation market. Earlier in 2000, he took on a new challenge as Director for a Singapore-based Mechanical & Electrical Construction Company to start a new Industrial Business Unit focusing on oil & gas, petrochemical and power generation market in Singapore and other ASEAN Countries.

During his tenure of over a decade, he has successfully developed the Industrial Business Unit into a multi-million dollar business with industrial product solution, system integration and turnkey engineering, procurement and construction capabilities.

After decades of holding various key managerial and leadership positions in multiple companies, he has decided to resign from his last employment as President & Managing Director. He then established his own holding company, GSC Venture Group Pte Ltd, in February 2010 and commenced his journey as an entrepreneur.

He embarked on a business venture by setting up a joint venture entity in Singapore with a European Technology Company focusing on the Oil & Gas and Power market segments in the Asia Pacific region. Since then, GSC Venture Group Pte Ltd has developed a humble track record with various business partnerships.

Currently, he focuses his time on managing the joint venture entity, RMA Fiventures, as President and CEO, where GSC Venture is one of the active shareholders in this entity, and most recently, as the CEO of MEDS.

Cherif Assaf

Founder & Group Chief Strategy Officer

Cherif Assaf

Founder & Group Chief Strategy Officer

Master’s Degree in Engineering (Hautes Etudes Industrielles of Lille [France])

Mr. Cherif Assaf is the Program Director at ERI@N (NTU) for two important projects related to Net Zero: Smart Multi Energy System and Distributed Energy Resources management. Cherif brings with him more than 25 years’ experience in technology leadership as Senior Corporate Vice President at Schneider Electric, managing Sales, Strategic Marketing and Acquisitions and as Business Transformation Vice president at Philips Lighting, plus R&D and entrepreneurial experience from various parts of the world.

Currently, he is the Chief Strategic Officer of MEDS Group Pte Ltd, leading the strategic plan for providing consulting, optimization, and CO2 certification in the exciting challenge of the Net Zero transition.

Thomas Plocher

Group Chief Financial Officer

Thomas Plocher

Group Chief Financial Officer

Diploma in Business Administration (University of Applied Sciences Reutlingen, Germany) Diploma in Industrial Engineering (University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, Germany)

Thomas Plocher has more than 25 years of professional experience in managerial positions in international companies. His responsibilities encompass all administrative functions, especially in the areas of human resources, controlling and finance.

Within the RMA Group, Mr. Plocher is responsible for mergers and acquisitions and thus actively shapes the structure of the group, to which RMA Fiventures in Singapore has belonged since 2015. After joining us in 2008, the RMA Group has grown from eight companies to 27 to date.

Prof. Nouredin Hadjsaid

Executive Management and Technology Intelligence Committee

Prof. Nouredin Hadjsaid

Executive Management and Technology Intelligence Committee

Prof. Nouredine Hadjsaid received a PhD and the “Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches” degree from Grenoble Institute of Technology in 1992 and 1998, respectively. At present, he is a full professor at Grenoble INP/ENSE3, where he conducts research at G2ELAB. He is also a visiting professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech – USA). His main research interests are in the area of “smartgrids.”

He has directed the common academia-industry research center between EDF, Schneider Electric and INPGrenoble (IDEA: Inventer la Distribution Electric de l’Avenir) on smartgrids from 2001 to 2013. He is presently the Director of G2ELAB, the Director of an ENEDIS Chair of Excellence on “Smartgrids”, and the Chairman of Scientific Council of Think SmartGrids France. He is also the vice-chair of IEEE IGETCC (Intelligent Grid and Emerging Technologies Coordination Committee) and the French representative at the International Energy Agency for ISGAN-SIRFN Annex. He was the General Chair of IEEE PowerTech 2013 held in Grenoble-France, and IEEE SG4SC (SmartGrids for SmartCities) held in Paris in 2016. Prof. Hadjsaid has published more than 250 scientific papers in international conferences and journals, as well as authored/co-authored and directed seven books about power and smartgrids.

Prof. Phil Taylor

Executive Management and Technology Intelligence Committee

Prof. Phil Taylor

Executive Management and Technology Intelligence Committee

Prof. Phil Taylor is an internationally leading researcher and expert in energy systems who has worked in industry and academia for over 25 years. In 2013, he joined Newcastle University as Dean and Director of the multidisciplinary Institute for Sustainability, later becoming Head of the School of Engineering. Currently he is Pro-Vice Chancellor in Research and Enterprise division of University of Bristol (UK).

He is Co-Director of the EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems Integration and Director of the EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Hub, which brings together industrial and academic partners with other stakeholders to explore the interdependencies of energy networks and related challenges. His previous contributions in the industry include his time in GEC Alstom, EPS (UK), Teradyne and Senergy Econnect, where he designed the grid connection for the UK's first commercial offshore wind farm. He is a Visiting Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and a Non-Executive Director of Northern Powergrid.

Assoc. Prof. Alessandro Romagnoli

Co-Founder, Executive Management and Technology Intelligence Committee

Assoc. Prof. Alessandro Romagnoli

Co-Founder, Executive Management and Technology Intelligence Committee

Dr. Alessandro is an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. Currently, Alessandro is working as the Assistant Dean on Innovation and Enterprise, focusing on technology translation and collaboration with the industry.

As of 2020, Alessandro has been appointed as Co-Director of the NTU-Surbana Jurong Corporate Lab, a S$60M effort looking at Intelligent Urban Solutions, Active Solutions for Sustainability, and Future of Construction and Underground. Alessandro is also the Cluster Director on Multi-Energy Systems and Grids at the ERI@N since 2015.

During his time at NTU, Alessandro established the Thermal Energy Systems Lab @NTU, which focuses on industrial energy efficiency, power generation (from large scale to distributed energy generation applied to micro-grids), and energy systems integration for different energy mixes, including renewables and energy storage.

Focus is being put on Liquefied Natural Gas, Cryogenic Energy Storage (Liquid Air Energy System and Hydrogen), Waste Heat Recovery and Thermal Energy Storage. Alessandro’s work also covers studies on the Cold Economy for Singapore and other developing countries by developing predictive and intelligent algorithms for optimal design, planning and integration of diversified energy systems.

Alessandro’s research activity mainly focuses on serving the industry by providing advice and viable solutions for some of their most pressing challenges, such as reducing carbon footprint, energy efficiency, and energy prosumption. Alessandro also advises the International Finance Corporation (World Bank) on energy-related projects to maximise energy efficiency in cold energy applications. Alessandro has published more than 100 articles in top-tier research journals, and is a recipient of several awards in the academic and research field.

Dr. Stefano Mazzoni

Executive and Technology Management

Dr. Stefano Mazzoni

Executive and Technology Management

PhD in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (Roma Tre University)

Dr. Stefano works as a Senior Researcher at ERI@N (NTU) and is the co-founder of MEDS ESS Pte. Ltd. He has consistent expertise in the optimization of gas turbine-based power plants and multi-energy systems, and developed the DECAPLAN™ software to support the necessary models and calculations.

Dr. Stefano also provides consulting services for companies such as SHELL and the Italian Authorities for Green Market Certifications. Before coming to Singapore, Stefano worked in European R&D projects for IGCC GT Cycles and as a professor at Roma University for two years. He took his PhD in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the Roma Tre University in 2014.

Sam Kok Jye

Partner & Senior Vice President

Sam Kok Jye

Partner & Senior Vice President

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (University of Malaya, Malaysia)

Mr. Sam has over two decades of experience in the oil & gas industry, mainly in after-sales service and project management. He began his career in 1996 as a Field Service Engineer in the oil & gas exploration industry. In the past 20 years, he has worked with clients in after-sales service and project management for analytical systems, heat tracing systems, fuel gas conditioning skid package and turnkey engineering, procurement construction contracts in Natural Gas, LNG, Power and Petrochemical Industries. In 2014, he joined Fiventures Pte Ltd as a shareholder.

Hoo Leong Yik

Partner & Senior Vice President

Hoo Leong Yik

Partner & Senior Vice President

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (University of Western Michigan, USA)

Mr Hoo had over 18 years of experience in senior management positions with responsibilities, including sales and marketing, proposal management, procurement and contract management. In 1997, he began his career as a qualified engineer. Subsequently, in 2001, he started his career in a Product, System Integration and Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning company, serving the gas, power and petrochemical Industry. In 2012, he became one of the founders of Fiventures Pte Ltd.

Mohd. Faizal Johari

Partner & Vice President

Mohd. Faizal Johari

Partner & Vice President

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)

Over the last 19 years, Mr. Faizal has vast experience serving the oil & gas, gas transmission & distribution and power generation industry. In 1999, his career began when he joined a major crude oil producer and supplier of natural gas in Malaysia. Then, he developed his portfolio in managing multidisciplinary engineering and commissioning activities in various projects around major continents, mainly in Plant’s Upstream and Downstream applications. In 2013, he joined Fiventures Pte Ltd as a shareholder.

Idy Ho

Head of Business Development

Idy Ho

Head of Business Development

Ms Idy Ho worked in the safety industry for over 14 years. Moreover, she has 22 years of experience in professional sales across the Greater China region in her role in the executive sales management and regional office management for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong markets serving various industries, including OGP, government and industrial sectors.

Ir. William Tan

Head of Business Development

Ir. William Tan

Head of Business Development

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (University of Malaya, Malaysia)

William had served in the automation and energy sector for over 16 years, taking on sales and technical positions in renowned OEM companies (European, Japanese) and an energy consultant company (European), helping valued clients primarily in the Asia Pacific region. He has been a registered Professional Engineer with a Practicing License under the Board of Engineers Malaysia since 2015. Currently, he is pursuing a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence.

Aung Zaw Myo

Head of Engineering & System Integration

Aung Zaw Myo

Head of Engineering & System Integration

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (National University of Singapore) Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

In 2008, he started his career as a Process Engineer after obtaining his Master’s degree. Throughout his career, he has gained in-depth experiences in Process Engineering of Gas Receiving Stations.

His major strengths include knowledge in international codes and standards, technical competency, diligence, commitment to assigned roles and responsibilities.

Sophia Aung (Htet Htet Aung)

Head of Contract & Procurement

Sophia Aung (Htet Htet Aung)

Head of Contract & Procurement

Master of Science in Industrial and System Engineering (National University of Singapore) Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering

In 2009, Ms. Sophia started her career as a Proposal Engineer after obtaining her Master’s degree. Throughout her career, she has undertaken different portfolios and gained hands-on experiences in Procurement and Supply Management working in the oil & energy industry.

As a result-oriented individual, she has a successful record of accomplishments in Proposal Management, Pre-& Post-Sales Management, End-to-End Supply Chain & Logistics Management, and Project Cost Control/Budget Management. Thus, honing her strong sourcing and procurement as well as strategic sourcing and efficient negotiation skill.

Her major strengths include strong collaboration skills, excellent communication skills, technical competency, diligence, dutiful respect for compliance in all regulated environments, commitment to assigned roles and responsibilities as well as good supervisory skills. She also has in-depth experience in EPC Contracts, Procurement and Supply Chain Management for more than a decade.

Thu Ra Win Htut

Head of Project & Service Management

Thu Ra Win Htut

Head of Project & Service Management

Master of Science in Project Management (NTU – University of Manchester Joint Degree Program) Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (YTU, Myanmar)

Mr. Thu Ra is highly skilled professional with proven track record in managing Oil and Gas Projects of all sizes spanning more than 15 years. In 2003, his career began as Project Engineer in one of the Myanmar-based Construction Companies. Subsequently, in 2007, he joined Singapore-based Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Power Generating Company as Project Engineer later becoming Project Manager. He received Master Degree (Project Management) in 2017, and demonstrated success applying Project Management best practices, Technical Expertise and Business Acumen to consistently achieve targeted results.

He has proven track record of delivering projects that exceed expectation on time and on budget in South East Asia, East Asia and internationally.

Koh Ken Huwi

Deputy General Manager of Project & Service Management for MEDS Global Pte Ltd

Koh Ken Huwi

Deputy General Manager of Project & Service Management for MEDS Global Pte Ltd

Executive & Leadership Team

Leadership

Executive & Leadership Team

Executive & Leadership Team

Gary Gan

Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer

Stanislav Borisov

Chief Operating Officer

Thomas Plocher

Group Chief Financial Officer

Napat Ratanakul

Chief IT Officer

Hoo Leong Yik

Partner & Senior Vice President

Sam Kok Jye

Partner & Senior Vice President

Mohd. Faizal Johari

Partner & Vice President

Dobrin Dimitrov

Principal Carbon Consultant

Stanislav Borisov

Chief Operating Officer

Thomas Plocher

Group Chief Financial Officer

Napat Ratanakul

Chief IT Officer

Hoo Leong Yik

Partner & Senior Vice President

Sam Kok Jye

Partner & Senior Vice President

Mohd. Faizal Johari

Partner & Vice President

Dobrin Dimitrov

Principal Carbon Consultant

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Gary Gan

Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer

Master’s Degree in Business Administration (University of Adelaide, Australia)

Stanislav Borisov

Chief Operating Officer

Master of Business Administration (National University of Singapore)

Bachelor & Master’s Degrees in Operation Management of Power Plants (Siberian Federal University)

Thomas Plocher

Group Chief Financial Officer

Diploma in Business Administration (University of Applied Sciences Reutlingen, Germany)

Diploma in Industrial Engineering (University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, Germany)

Napat Ratanakul

Chief IT Officer

Master of Business Administration (National University of Singapore) Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (New York University)

Hoo Leong Yik

Partner & Senior Vice President

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (University of Western Michigan, USA)

Sam Kok Jye

Partner & Senior Vice President

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering(University of Malaya, Malaysia)

Mohd. Faizal Johari

Partner & Vice President

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)

Dobrin Dimitrov

Principal Carbon Consultant

MSc in Machine Engineering and Dipl. Ship Engineer from Vaptzarov Naval Academy (IMO accredited), Summa Cum Laude

Master’s Degree in Business Administration
(University of Adelaide, Australia)

Master of Business Administration
(National University of Singapore)

Diploma in Business Administration
(University of Applied Sciences Reutlingen, Germany)

Diploma in Industrial Engineering
(University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, Germany)

Master of Business Administration
(National University of Singapore)
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
(New York University)

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
(University of Western Michigan, USA)

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
(University of Malaya, Malaysia)

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
(University of Southampton, United Kingdom)