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Rory Date Chong

Rory originally from Johanessburg, South Africa immigrated to New York City in 2001. The move was the catalyst for him to harness his entrpreneurial skills and make the most of what New York had to offer. For several years Rory has been involved in the busiiness world. During his college years rory worked full-time in the high-end New York City real estate market, working with both residential and commericial clientele. It was here that Rory gained the necessary experience to focus his abilities and become successful.

Real estate taught Rory how to network and make the connections that would eventually lead him to meet the right people. Myles Matthews Rory's mentor and college professor introduced Rory to the world of politics, import & export. Additionally Myles assisted and guided him to be a successful entrepreneur.

Today Rory works with various commodities focusing on the oil & diamond sectors. Regardless of the transaction when it comes to closing a deal he can get the job done.

Pam Date Chong

South African born and educated Pam Date Chong specializes in business management, marketing and public relations. Pam spent several years working with multi-national companies pursing her marketing career. She then started her own highly successful business Forward Concepts International, selling and developing marketing and training concepts for of the country’s largest national wholesalers.

In 2001 the opportunity to move to the United States arose and she and her family decided to migrate. Shortly after 9/11 she took up a position with New York Life to market various financial products. During this period obtained several securities licenses and the LUTCF designation. After ten years in the financial and insurance industry she decided to embark on a new challenge, trading commodities with Liquid Alliance.

Holger Heims

Holger Heims, 45, German citizen, has been involved in venture capital and private equity investments for more than a 15 years, most recently as General Partner of a leading Swiss venture capital fund and before that as Managing Partner of Deutsche Bank´s DVC Deutsche Venture Capital, an international fund with about € 300m under management, investing in Europe and the US.

His prior experience includes the restructuring and subsequent IPO of a German company as CEO, as well as various CFO positions in Germany and the US, including a US$ 500m turnover NYSE-listed IT-distribution company, where he was CFO during a successful turn-around. Over the last years, Holger has been serving on various boards of both private and public companies in Europe and the US and is currently investing with and advising US, Middle Eastern and Asian high-net worth individuals and institutions.

He started his career with Computer 2000 AG, a publicly listed, leading global IT-distribution company with ultimately more than USD 5bn in revenue, where he was in charge of M&A, as well as international tax and legal affairs.

His education includes a Diplom-Kaufmann (MBA equivalent) from Ludwig-Maximilians-University (Munich) and executive management programs at INSEAD in France.

Morris Reid

Morris has worked with high-profile individuals, government officials and corporate executives in the successful resolution of complex and high-level political and corporate issues for more than 15 years. He is adept at fostering business development programs and specializes in launching partnerships that meld brand building, coalition advocacy and effective public affairs/issue management.

As the Managing Director of Westin Rinehart, Morris has consulted and provided counsel to the leaders of hundreds of Fortune 500 companies. He also served as a Clinton administration senior staff aide to the late Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown and Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo. Additionally, Morris was the director of Vice President Al Gore's office at the 1996 Democratic Convention and Deputy Director of Vice Presidential Operation for Clinton/Gore '96.

Morris is frequently used as an expert political and business marketing commentator on such television news networks as FOX News, ABC News, CNN, CNBC and MSNBC, and in leading newspapers and magazines including the New York Times, USA Today, and Details and Forbes magazines. In the 2008 presidential campaign, Morris was one of several senior Democratic strategists utilized by the Obama campaign to engage the mainstream media.

An Ohio native, Morris is a graduate of Akron University and, prior to establishing the Westin Rinehart Group, he served as a Principal at Dewey Square Group. He serves on the boards of The Washington Ballet, VH1 Save the Music Foundation and New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.