Mr.
GIANG TRAN MINH THANH

Chairman & General Director, GEM GROUP JOINT STOCK COMPANY

Current position:

– Chairman & General Director of GEM Group Joint Stock Company.

– Chairman General Director of Escrow Digital Business Assurance and Consumer Assurance Solutions Joint Stock Company.- Member of the Board of Directors General Director of GEM Apartment Co., Ltd. (owns the hotel brands Orchids Hotel and GEM Apartment).

– Chairman of GEM Fashion Co., Ltd. (owns the fashion brands: Shinko, Kimhan).

Past positions:

– Director of Start-up and Investment Community, Kasikorn Vision Vietnam Investment Fund.

– Director of Commercial Real Estate, Lotte Group.

– Head of Investment Management Department, CJ Group.

– Co-founder of GEM Apartment, a chain of 3-star serviced apartments in Ho Chi Minh City.

– Co-founder of Your Supplement, a health food retail chain

– Investment Specialist of VinaCapital Fund.

Achievement summary:

– Co-founded Your Supplement brand – the leading health food brand in Vietnam, exclusive agent for Muscle Tech brand in Vietnam.

– Founded GEM Apartment brand – a chain of 3-star serviced apartments in Vietnam with 12 buildings and more than 200 serviced apartments in Vietnam. Won Top Traveller Review award in Ho Chi Minh City in 2020 and 2021.

– Co-founder of Shinko – a high-end men’s fashion brand in Vietnam with more than 30 stores and 100 agents in Vietnam.

– Member of the Board of Directors General Director of GEM Group Joint Stock Company, operating in 7 fields: real estate development, energy, retail (fashion), accommodation services (investing in 3 resort projects), finance, insurance and consulting services. Thanh has participated in real estate development deals (05 projects, with a scale of 200 million USD), energy (25 million USD), accommodation services (50 million USD) and participated in consulting deals related to agriculture, banking, finance and securities.

– Director of Kasikorn Vision start-up investment fund, representative in Vietnam. KVision is Asia’s leading startup investment fund under Thailand’s leading financial group KasikornBank Group (KBank) and has a scale of 450 million USD. Thanh has participated in 7 investment deals in Vietnam, including 4 Mega Deals in Vietnam, helping the fund disburse an amount of more than 40 million USD.

– Thanh graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics with honors in investment finance (top 5), and also holds a Master’s degree in Startup Technology from Stanford University (USA) and a certificate of Innovative Entrepreneurship from Harvard University (USA).