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Sherman Mak

Principal Advisor

Sherman is a seasoned multi-disciplinary corporate strategist, board member, and executive coach with over 25 years of experience across diverse industries. He has held senior global roles in strategy, marketing, human capital, and product management at prestigious international brands and Global 500 companies like Citigroup, HSBC, and Westpac. His expertise has expanded into emerging fields such as AI, micro-infrastructure, micro-mobility, modern FMCG, Fintech, and New Energy and Renewables.

His leadership is demonstrated through his role as Advisory Board Chair for HelloRide, the world’s largest shared and micro-mobility solutions company, and EziStreat, an incubator kitchen and venue for food entrepreneurs in Australia.

Sherman’s extensive client list includes private Asian family wealth offices, governments, DeepTech investment groups, and major conglomerates such as the digital telco Telkom Group and the Agri-conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group.

Passionate about innovation, diversity, critical thinking, and education, Sherman serves as an innovation mentor for the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Defence Science and Technology (DST). He is also an industry mentor for Griffith University.

A distinguished fellow of the Asialink Leaders’ Program, his academic background includes studies in business, economics, psychology, and human resources. Sherman’s professional experience spans Singapore, England, Ireland, America, and Australia.

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).