Founding partners

Michael Garvey

Michael has lived and worked in all the major Asia-Pacific countries over the past 37 years. During this time, he worked with government agencies (IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Invest NI) and with private companies.

He has specialised in market entry and business matching for client companies in many markets across the region. He has helped many companies get established in Asia. And he has introduced local partners for companies in diverse sectors and in different countries.

He has a hands-on approach to helping companies enter regional markets, and a deep knowledge of the major Asian markets. This combination has helped many hundreds of companies to grow their Asian business.

Now based in Malaysia, he is active in a wide range of sectors and markets across Asia-Pacific.

More detail can be seen at Michael’s LinkedIn page.

Phone Michael on +60 12 2268590

Stuart Patton

Based in Asia for the past 18 years, Stuart has been focused on business development across diverse sectors. These include manufacturing, medical, mobile telecoms, ecommerce, hospitality and edtech/education.

His main focus is on the strategic development of businesses and markets. He has worked with, and consulted to, major multinational companies and at board level with start-ups.

Stuart has a special interest in innovation and creativity in companies and how to develop it and use it to scale the business.

His experience in successfully bringing companies into the Asian markets saw him based in Hong Kong, China, Indonesia and Malaysia, where he is now resident.

More detail can be seen at Stuart’s LinkedIn page.

Phone Stuart on + 60193293830

Gerard Kho

Gerard has focused on business transformation and change management as well as commercialisation and revenue generation opportunities for sectors ranging from online portals, property, city building, education and digital entertainment.

The size of organisations he has been involved in range from SMEs, unicorns, conglomerates to Government-linked companies at the C-level.

His background stems from training in medical sciences, commerce, law and foresight leadership in Australia and USA.

Gerard resided in Australia for almost 2 decades. He has spent the last 13 years in Asia with exposure to South East Asia markets including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and China.

More details can be seen at Gerard’s LinkedIn page.

Phone Gerard on +6019 669 9819

Richard Kimber

Richard is an Australian and Hong Kong admitted lawyer with over 30 years’ experience. He has worked in London, Hong Kong and China and now in Australia. Richard’s focus is international shipping and trade, foreign direct investment and general commercial practice.

Richard has assisted over 400 companies to enter the Chinese market. He advises on their China operations, on data privacy and cyber security compliance. He is a CIETAC (China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission) appointed international arbitrator.

He advises on strategic alliances and joint ventures for companies in retail, manufacturing, e-commerce, insurance, logistics and commodities. He has assisted clients with food labelling and food safety issues, and customs and trade compliance issues.

Richard’s clients also include companies in agribusiness, FMCG, healthcare, sports and entertainment, medical technology, and tertiary education.

More detail can be seen at Richard’s LinkedIn page.

Phone Richard on + 61 499722880

Sandra Patton

With a background in executive recruitment, journalism and event management, Sandra has spent most of her working life developing business for her clients across the Asia-Pacific region.

Sandra assists her international clients in growing their global footprint into the Asia-Pacific region and has successfully negotiated significant sales on her clients’ behalf in many regional markets.

She has had long experience making business happen and concluding deals for her clients in both the private sector and the government sector across the region.

Sandra is an expert at planning market entry and has been involved in creating many strategic partnerships and joint-ventures, as well as reseller agreements and selling direct.

Based in Australia, Sandra is active across the region on behalf of her many clients.

More detail can be seen at Sandra’s LinkedIn page.

Phone Sandra on +61 412 080 457

We are commercially oriented pragmatists

We are a team of specialists who have established and led successful businesses around the world. We have learnt what works. And what doesn’t.

A quarter of a century in the making

In Asian business, relationships are paramount. It’s hard to do business without them. They can only be built face-to-face. In today’s world, that’s not possible. The relationships we have developed over 25+ years are invaluable to clients entering Asia.

Along with trusted extensive networks, we offer invaluable cultural intelligence and local market insight.

Asia is the future

We’re passionate about Asia and its role within the economic and geopolitical sectors. This is called the Asian Century for good reason. The centre of the world will move here within the next decade. Our clients will be part of these exciting times.

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