Asia Strategic Advisory Partners (“ASAP”) is an investment and financial advisory services firm, providing high value added advisory services for merger and acquisition, corporate and debt restructuring, private placement of debt and equity capital and leveraged buy-outs.

ASAP’s focus is on serving Asian clients seeking access to US and international capital markets, and international clients seeking access to Asian strategic partners and capital sources.

The ASAP team, led by Chairman Randall Cox, represents a century of cumulative international business experience, including roles as successful entrepreneurs, CEO-level executives, global industry association leaders and financiers. The team members represent over US$20 billion in cumulative transaction experience.

As senior management for major public companies and institutional private equity funds, the ASAP team members have been involved as principal in transactions totaling over US$2.0 billion in the telecoms, financial services and other industries. The ASAP team members have additionally acted as advisor in M&A transactions totaling over US$10 billion in the telecoms, media, communications, power generation and distribution, entertainment, hospitality and financial services industries.

The team members are experienced in sovereign debt and privatization transactions, including managing mandates to privatize or raise international debt for over 15 major state-owned emerging markets infrastructure entities, ranging from ports, telecom licenses and operating companies, power generation and other facilities, resulting in gross proceeds over US$15 billion.

The team comprises the following members:

Randall Cox - Chairman

Mr. Cox is founder and Chairman of Asia Strategic Advisory Partners, Managing Director of Pacific Alliance, a US based investment banking firm, and Founder and Principal of Coxinvest, a private investment and advisory firm working with high net worth individuals in the US.

An 18-year veteran of Asia, Mr. Cox has extensive experience as a financial investor and as CEO of operating companies in the finance, media, entertainment and technology businesses. Mr. Cox has served as Director for numerous public and private companies in the finance, media, entertainment and technology industries.

As Managing Director of Lombard Asian Private Investment Company (“LAPIC”), a US$250 million Hong Kong based private equity fund associated with CalPERS and the Asian Development Bank, Mr. Cox held a lead role in one of Asia’s most successful private equity transactions – the restructuring and turn-around of Ssangyong Securities (subsequently renamed Good Morning Securities) in Korea in 1997 – yielding LAPIC a profit of over US$150 million, a 7x return on investment, upon its sale in 2001. As an active Board and Excom member of Good Morning Securities, Randall oversaw corporate strategy and implementation of corporate governance practices.

Amongst his operating roles, Mr. Cox was President of Yes Television Asia, a wholly owned subsidiary of leading interactive television software and services company Yes Television Plc., and co-Founder and Managing Director of a Hong Kong based boutique investment bank responsible for over US$600 million in cross border M&A transactions.

As a successful investor for his own account, Mr. Cox has extensive experience in cable television, content creation and licensing, restaurant and club ownership and operation, property and mutual fund management.

Born in California, Mr. Cox has a BA from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA from the University of California Marshall School of Business.

Manager Partner, Mehmet Narin in 1997, set up United Asian Holdings Ltd. in China, this company laid a founding stone of his second phase of career. He devoted his brainstorm in urban design and city furniture, with which the brand Qumbet™ was built up to cater the needs of urban decoration and outdoor advertising sectors in China. Qumbet™ soon becomes his key business, and the Shanghai Project was considered a groundbreaking one. The Ministry of China Post honored this work as a Pilot Scheme and Pilot Work.

Mr. Narin start to develop his interest in Finance industry in 2003, he further engaged in project development with investment banks and private equity funds that majored its interests in Turkey and Asia markets. Mr. Narin was the founding partner of Asia Strategic Advisory Partners. The notion of Asset Management Company was pioneered in Turkish market by Mehmet Narin. Savings Deposit and Insurance Fund of Turkey established her first AMC for None Performance Loans consequently.

Mehmet Narin is currently working as the founder and member of board of directors at;

Hong Kong Qumbet Co Ltd,

Grand Source investments Ltd,

China Kiosk Development (Shanghai),

Urban Decoration Elements (Shenzhen) Co Ltd;

sub companies of United Asian Holdings Ltd.

United Asian Holdings Ltd. is a member of

Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce,

(ICC) International Chamber of Commerce HK and

(CMA) Chinese Manufacturers Associations of Hong Kong.

ASAP will support this effort with a global team of dedicated experts based in; Los Angeles, New York, Hong Kong and Istanbul.