Company: OPGN
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001829126-25-006628
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Company: OPGEN INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 9B
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oint venture transactions, private equity/venture capital deals, private investment in public equity (PIPE), hedge fund portfolio, private fund structuring, and buy-out of high growth small and medium-sized enterprises and tech ventures, with preferred exit via IPO on global stock exchanges such as HKEX, ASX and NASDAQ. AEI Capital Group received the award of Best Private Equity Firm (East Asia) in Fund Awards 2021 granted by Wealth & Finance International (WFI). Since January 2020, Mr. Tan has served as co-President, Investment Banking Services Group at European Credit Investment Bank Ltd. where he leads its offshore investment banking services group to serve small-mid cap listed companies across Asia Pacific whose capital market needs are still mostly underserved by onshore investment banks and global institutional investors. Mr. Tan has served on the board of directors of various high growth companies across Asia Pacific and acted as the board advisor to various public listed companies across Asia Pacific. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tan specialized in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and private equity as a common law-qualified cross-border corporate lawyer at Rajah and Tann Singapore LLP, the largest law firm in the ASEAN region, headquartered in Singapore, with affiliate offices in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, and founded in 1976. Mr. Tan also served as the regional counsel for a Fortune 100 Company in charge of the ASEAN and South Asia regions. Mr. Tan has received the honor of Global Innovator Award 2018 in Finance and Investment Category by Global SME Alliance, United Nations due to his significant contribution on ASEAN-plus-China One-Belt-One-Road private equity investment thesis. Mr. Tan spoke as a Panel Speaker in the Global SME Summit alongside global leaders such as France’s ex-Prime Minister Mr. Jean-Pierre Raffarin and China’s ex-Vice Premier Mdm. Wu Gui Xian. Mr. Tan completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) Essentials Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), with an Executive Program completed at the University of Oxford on Blockchain Strategy. He also completed his Postgraduate Executive Programme in Alternative Investments at Harvard University. Based on Mr. Tan’s extensive experience, our Board believes that Mr. Tan has the appropriate set of skills to serve as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.

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