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Mike Simon

Industry Specialist / Managing Director

Mike has over 30 years of strategic mergers & acquisitions transactions made on behalf of middle-market and larger corporate clients, focusing on cross-border transactions between the United States and other countries. Mike has worked with AFG Venture Group principals for over 20 years while maintaining an independent strategic advisory business in New York, American Corporate Services. He has completed over 150 transactions in buy-side advisory, sell-side advisory and valuations.

Previously he was a managing director at OEM Capital Corp and a principal at Glocap Advisors. Mike started his career in Corporate Finance at Ferranti High Technology, a corporate venture capital firm funded by UK based companies active in the technology industry and Baring Brothers (now ING group N.V.). While at Ferranti, he was involved in raising capital, restructuring, M&A, and valuation advisory for companies in the technology sector. He also served as a director of several portfolio companies.

Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He holds Series 7, 24, 63, and 79 licenses with FINRA. Simon FINRA

Peter Church’s professional experience in Asia commenced in 1978 when he was the first Australian to practice law in Indonesia. Since then, he has continued to live and/or work throughout South East Asia and India as a lawyer and corporate adviser and has represented many of Australia and the world’s largest corporations in their activities in those markets.

Lindley Edwards has spent most of her professional career undertaking cross border transactions (debt, equity and M&A) with Asian based companies and individuals. For many years Lindley was a director of Asialink, which organisation also focuses on strengthening Australian and Asian ties and networks. Through these experiences Lindley has developed long term relationships throughout China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Singapore.

Michael Fay, who heads our Education and Skills Training division, has over 30 years of experience of the education and training sector in Australia and South East Asia. He was the co-founder and managing director of Insearch Education at the University of Technology Sydney UTS. Michael has a particular focus on Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam and has provided strategic advice to a wide cross section of Australian education stakeholders from schools, English language, skills training, higher education and EdTech. Michael has convened the ASEAN Australia Education Dialogue since 2018 which is a highly regarded regional platform linking Australia and ASEAN www.aseanaustraliadialogue.com

Garry Hersey has had many years’ experience working in senior executive roles with both listed and private companies in relation to their Australian and Asian businesses. He has a particular focus on Vietnam and other countries within ASEAN. He has significant experience working with companies facing strategic and financial challenges, undergoing significant external corporate developments or requiring debt and equity funding.

Sherman Mak is a multi-disciplinary strategic advisor, investor and entrepreneur. He has over 25 years of strategy, investment, banking and advisory experience. He has held senior appointments in global strategy, marketing, human capital and products with a range of international brands, such as Citigroup, HSBC, J.P Morgan and Westpac. He personally advises a number of Asian private family wealth offices, governments, DeepTech investment groups, one of South East Asia’s largest telecommunications companies and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated multi segment agri-food conglomerates (Charoen Pokphand Group of Thailand).