Wolf-Peter Berthold, Germany/ Hong Kong/Vancouver

A native of Germany, Mr. Berthold was formerly Head of Dresdner Bank’s Investment and Private Banking Department in Hong Kong. Subsequently he established and headed Deutsche Bank’s private banking and portfolio management activities in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines, and was Vice President of Deutsche Bank’s Asia/Pacific Regional Head Office under then Executive Chairman Simon Murray, responsible for major customer relationships, asset management, equity investments and venture capital sourcing.

Mr. Berthold is now Chairman of the investment and private banking firm, Deutsche Investment Corporation (Asia) [Deutsche Asiatische Beteiligungs gesellschaft] Ltd. He has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of a major German industrial and engineering group, and director of several companies in the banking and consulting industries. He is a business administration and economics graduate of Mannheim University, Germany.