Mr. Feng Deng founded Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC) in 2005. He currently manages approximately US$ 1.7 billion in committed capital with 4 US$ funds and 4 RMB funds. He has led and backed over 200 companies, focusing on 4 main sectors: TMT (technology, media and telecom), clean technology, healthcare and consumer.
Parminder was appointed the CEO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation in June 2015. She joined the Foundation as the Director of Entrepreneurship in April 2014, and is responsible for the design of the $100 million, multi-year, pan-African Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme. TEEP is an annual accelerator programme of training, funding, and mentoring, designed to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs.
Emmett T. Vaughn is Director of the Office of Diverse Business Empowerment. He provides strategic direction and oversight for over $1.4 Billion of contracts done with diversity certified businesses annually. Additionally he serves as an advisor on $1.9 billion in monies currently managed by minority investment banks and fund managers. Exelon has experienced significant growth over the past 10 years in national diversity focused economic development initiatives under his leadership.
Richard lives in Abidjan where he works for SPARK (http://www.spark-online.org/), a Dutch NGO that empowers young people in conflict affected countries through entrepreneurship and higher education. In the 5 years Richard has lived in West Africa he has set up a business incubator (http://bscmonrovia.com/) in Monrovia, worked on establishing Africa's first Special Economic Zone Project for social enterprises (http://sesezliberia.org/) and helped launch Liberia's first art-house cinema.
