Han-Young Kang
Han Young is the CEO & President Of Sunwoo Entertainment, Korea's
leading animation producer. As Asia's No. 1 animation studio, Sunwoo
Entertainment has been working on a wide range of animation projects
with the world's most illustrious broadcasters and producers including
Walt Disney, Paramount, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Cartoon
Network, Nickelodeon and Film Roman.
Han Young is currently the President of Korea Cartoon and Animation
Federation, Executive of Seoul International Cartoon and Animation
Fair (SICAF), Vice President of Korea Digital Contents Future Forum,
and Committee member of China Animation Association.
Han Young previously held position of President of Korea Commercial
Film Producers Association, President of Korea Animation Producers
Association, Committee Member of Public Interest Commercial Committee
in Korea Broadcasting Advertising Corporation, President of Korea
Computer Graphics Society, Counsel of the 3rd International Culture
Expert Convention at Seoul, and Committee Member of Policy Committee
in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Ami Dotan
Ami is the Managing Partner of Platinum Neurone Ventures (PNV).
PNV has US$110 million under management and is headquartered in Tel-Aviv,
Israel with offices in Singapore and Taiwan. Ami has over 26 years
of extensive experience in developing communication systems and leading
software and state-of-the-art technology entities. In 1997, Ami co-founded
and became Managing Partner of Neurone I. Between 1980 and 1997,
he held various senior positions at Rafael, the largest R&D center
in Israel, including: Research Engineer, Project Manager, Department
Manager, Plant Manager, Vice President of the Electronics Systems
Division, and Corporate Vice President for Strategy. He also worked
at Merrimac Industries Inc. in New Jersey, leading a satellite Communications
project. Ami, through his different roles, has been successful in
turning state-of-the-art technologies into products and successful
business solutions. He holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from
the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and an MBA from Long Island
University in New York.
Arthur Smith
In 2000, Arthur founded the international operations of GDH K.K.,
a Tokyo listed Japanese animation company (valued at more than $250m
market cap). Since then Arthur has led all areas of the operation,
including distributing GDH titles (TV, video, merchandising), procuring
production investment, locating co-development and co-production
opportunities and hiring and utilizing international creative talent.
GDH International is now a well known and respected distributor around
the world, collaborates closely with foreign companies in the areas
of animation development and production and represents a substantial
proportion of the overall value of GDH group. As well as GDH, Arthur
acts as advisor to Go-N, a French animation company, and to an Indian
venture company operating in the travel sector.
Prior to joining GDH, Arthur worked for four years at McKinsey,
the world's leading strategy company, focusing on the media, high
technology and industrial sectors as well as on finance projects.
Prior to that, Arthur worked on business strategy and corporate acquisitions
for three years at REXAM, a global industrial company, and for another
three years at accounting giant PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Arthur holds
a BSc in mathematics, an ACA (UK accounting qualification) and an
MBA (Dean's List) from INSEAD (France).
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