FUTURE NEW POWER - Key Persons

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• Founder
• Founder of China - US Leadership Development Foundation / Founder of China - US Young Leadership Summit

Dr. Hong LI has won high public praise and obtained professional respect in China for many years based on her capability in dealing media relationships with governments, embassies, foreign agencies in China and worldwide; and also because of she was capable to invite worldwide famous VIPs such as entrepreneurs, politicians, economists, experts etc. for DIALOGUE program and WIN IN CHINA program in the Economic channel of China Central Television (CCTV-2). The two programs are both well known in China. Dr. Hong LI has been successfully invited a good number of celebrities, such as Tony Blair (Prime Minister of Britain), John Snow (US Treasury), Lee Kuan Yew (Senior Minister of Singapore), Supachai Panitchpakdi (Director-General of the World Trade Organization), Joseph Stiglitz (2001 Nobel Laureate of Economics), Stephen Roach (Chief Economist of Morgan Stanley) etc. for Dialogue of CCTV-2 during 2002-2004; and invited Robert A. Mundell (The"Father of Europe Currency"), John Rutledge(former financial advisor to U.S. Presidents), Long Yongtu (Chief Representative of Chinese Delegation for China entry into WTO negotiations), Fan Gang (famous Chinese economist), Martin Wolf (Chief Economics Commentator of Financial Times) etc. for WIN IN CHINA in 2006. Dr. Li Hong has been led, strategized and emceed the"HK, Macao, and mainland Preeminence Chinese Businesswoman Leadership Forum"in 2006 and the "Chinese Businesswoman Innovation Forum"in 2007 held by Chinese Women Entrepreneur Association. She also has been planed and organized"Kennedy School of Government (KSG of Harvard University) China Forum"in June 2005, Ms. Hong was acted as the owner & principal of"KSG Forum". Dr. Hong LI has won high public praise in Chines media industry for many years, and successfully organized many multiple international events like Zhisland-Buffett Visit, Global Business Leaders Conference in 2014 Boao Forum For Asia, and Zhisland Investment & Cooperation Roundtable in Sino-European Entrepreneur Summit. She got her Ph.D. degree from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and was a visiting Research Scholar of University of California, Berkeley during 2008- 2010. She is also a former Chief Director of PR, Guest Booker and VIP Interview Leader in DIALOGUE program and WIN IN CHINA program of China Central Television (CCTV-2). Based on the past achievements, Dr. Hong LI won the "Outstanding Contribution Award" from CCTV in 2006; "Top 100 Outstanding Chinese Women Entrepreneurs Award" from the China Association of Women Entrepreneurs in 2007; "Mass Media Excellent Management Contribution Award" from the International Management Institute (IMI) in 2008; Dr. LI was awarded as the "Top 30 Influential Asian Female CEO" in 2017; "2019 Global Outstanding Women Leadership Award" and "Top100 Cultural China Role Model of the Times" in 2021… [more]

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• Chief Investment Officer of Safanad

Dr. John Rutledge is Chief Investment Officer of Safanad, a global principal investment house, and a member of its Investment Committee, directing investments in marketable securities, private equity and real estate. Dr. Rutledge is also an Economics Contributor to CNBC, wrote the Business Strategy column for Forbes magazine for more than a decade and was a regular cast member of Forbes on Fox for many years. He is Senior Research Fellow at Claremont Graduate University where he teaches Complexity economics and finance and chairs dissertations. He is a member of the board of directors and audit committee member of Jason Corp., a NASDAQ listed company. He is also a member of the board of directors of a number of privately-owned companies including Trident USA Healthcare, FC Compassus LLC., Pace Health Companies, Pansophic, Early Learning Academies, and Element Critical. [more] Dr. John Rutledge is Chief Investment Officer of Safanad, a global principal investment house, and a member of its Investment Committee, directing investments in marketable securities, private equity and real estate. Dr. Rutledge is also an Economics Contributor to CNBC, wrote the Business Strategy column for Forbes magazine for more than a decade and was a regular cast member of Forbes on Fox for many years. He is Senior Research Fellow at Claremont Graduate University where he teaches Complexity economics and finance and chairs dissertations. He is a member of the board of directors and audit committee member of Jason Corp., a NASDAQ listed company. He is also a member of the board of directors of a number of privately-owned companies including Trident USA Healthcare, FC Compassus LLC., Pace Health Companies, Pansophic, Early Learning Academies, and Element Critical. Dr. Rutledge has had a long career in private equity investing. He was special advisor at Kelso & Company, where he was an investor and served on many boards of directors including General Medical, American Standard Corp., Earle M. Jorgenson Company, United Refrigeration Services, and Ellis Communications. He is founder of Rutledge Capital, a private equity investment firm focused on US middle market companies, where he led more than 30 leveraged buyouts including Medical Specialties Group, StairMaster, Adobe Air, FluidDrive, and CROM Corp. He has advised Fortune 500 CEOs and institutional investors on restructuring, capital management, and investment issues. Dr. Rutledge was one of the principal architects of the Reagan Economic Plan in 1980-81, an adviser to the Bush White House on tax policy and Iraq and has testified before Congress on economic issues. He has also advised government leaders in the UK, China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and North Korea. Dr. Rutledge has extensive interests in China. He is Honorary Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Harbin Institute of Technology, Hunan University, the China Communications University and the Chinese Agriculture University. He was awarded Beijing's Great Wall Friendship Award in recognition of his role as a trusted advisor to China's top officials. He served as advisor to Cheng Siwei, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee. And he is founder of Tara's Kids, a non-profit organization that has built libraries, kitchens, and computer labs in more than a dozen primary schools in rural villages. Dr. Rutledge is the author of three books and many academic and policy studies. His written work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The New York Times, the Financial Times, Barrons, Fortune, Business Week, US News and World Report, Corporate Finance, China Daily, the Arab Times, the Frankfurter Allgemeine, and Les Echos. Dr. Rutledge holds a BA and Doctor of Letters degrees from Lake Forest College and a PhD in economics from the University of Virginia.

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• CULDF 's Co - Founder

CULDF's co-founder Dr. Li Hong's decade-long experience engaging world business leaders has given her special insight into the entrepreneurial and corporate world. She has seen a rising demand in areas such as international financing and investment, cross-border M&A, creative businesses, IT and corporate management restructuring. As such, CULDF has tapped into its resources in the business sector, to provide high-end exchange programs and study tours tailored to the needs of Chinese and US business leaders.

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• Vice President of the Board of Directors
• Main Representative

Dr. Linda J. Stillman is a global mentor of the millennial generation and the visionary, founder/chair of the Young Global Leadership Foundation (YGLF.org). YGLF promotes effective, efficient and ethical leadership through the human dimension for young aspiring leaders. YGLF was granted the United Nations ECOSOC Special Consultative Status in July 2018, and Dr. Linda serves as the Main Representative. YGLF is also a member the UN NGO Commission on the Status of Women Committee (NGO CSW), United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) focused on higher education, and NGO Committee on Education: Learning and Literacy (CELL). Dr. Linda has recently established Royal Global Mentoring to guide young people, across the spectrum of society, worldwide, with their academic professional UN civic engagement choices and involvement.For decades, Dr. Linda contributed to diplomatic and intercultural relations and resided in Morocco, former Yugoslavia, Iceland, Germany, and China. She was president of the International Women's Association, Rabat, president of the American Women's Club, Belgrade, creator/chair of the International Women's Association, Reykjavik, and Vice President of the International Women's Association, Bonn. [more]

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• Senior Representative ( Shanghai )

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• Senior Representative ( Australia )

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• Founder and Managing Partner of Fusion Fund

Lu Zhang, Founder and Managing Partner of Fusion Fund. Recently, Lu is selected as 2018 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Before this, she also got selected as Silicon Valley Women of Influence 2018 and Top 10 all America Chinese Youth. In 2017, she was awarded the Forbes US 30 under 30 & Featured Honoree of VC category and also awarded as the Town & Country 50 Modern Swans Influencer. Prior to starting Fusion Fund, she was the Founder and CEO of a medical device company (acquired in 2012). Lu is active in the entrepreneur and investor communities providing mentorship and serves as an advisor to programs like Microsoft AC, Singularity University, StartX at Stanford, and Youth Council of Future Forum. Lu received her M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University and holds several patents. [more]

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• President of CULDF Supervisory Board

Mr. Lawrence X. Pan is the Former China Chief Representative and Managing Director of Asia Pacific Region of NASDAQ, and also one of the official spoken person for NASDAQ. Mr. Pan has over 15 years of securities and commodities industry experience. Most recently CEO with Asia Pacific Capital, Mr. Pan has previously held senior positions in corporate finance and asset management at Morgan Stanley, providing advice to a variety of Chinese companies and banks seeking to access the US Capital Markets. Additionally, Mr. Pan has held management position and been licensed senior trader with considerable knowledge of trading platforms and strategies through his experience with HS Securities & Futures and CNIEC. Mr. Pan has a B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science from BIT, an EMBA in International Business from University of London and a Certificate in Financial Analysis from NYU. He is fluent in English and a native speaker of Mandarin.

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• Senior Representative ( Shanghai )