Alexandria, Virginia, March 27, 2014
For
Immediate Release
Contact:
Eric Wu: ericwu@gicgroup.com
646-258-2372
GIC Names New Director of Global Food Safety Forum and
Financial Services/China
GIC Group (GIC) is pleased to announce that Dr. Eric Wu (吴晓东) has been selected as Director
of GFSF and Financial Services/China.
Dr. Wu is from Tianjin City, China. He graduated from China
Agricultural University, and later on got his Ph.D. from Texas A&M
University and M.B.A. from New York University Stern School of Business with a
concentration in Finance.
Dr. Wu also has
more than 10 years of working experience in the fields of agriculture,
healthcare and financial services. Dr. Wu has served as Managing Partner of
Jade Advisors LLC, a U.S.–China cross border business consulting firm based in
New York City. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of KB Global Fund, a
China based private equity fund with investments in growth stage and pre-IPO
Chinese companies. Dr. Wu also worked at Tianjin Bureau of Animal Husbandry
before coming to the U.S. Dr. Wu officially joined GIC Group full time
on March 24th, 2014.
Dr. Wu commented, “GFSF has been growing fast in China and
is playing an increasing role in all aspects of food safety issues. I am very
excited about the opportunities and challenges in food safety around the world,
especially in China. I hope to contribute to widen the scope of our activities.
I will also be working on GIC’s financial services where we see major growth
opportunities.”
Dr. Richard Gilmore, the President/CEO of GIC commented,
“Eric adds an important dimension to GFSF. He brings a diversified academic and
business experience coupled with a passion for food safety work. He will
play an important lead role in GFSF’s expanded activities and membership as we
move deeper into food safety technologies, software systems and new financial
products.”
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