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Kyiv hit by barrage of drone strikes as Putin rejects Trump’s truce bid

A pall of acrid smoke hung over Kyiv on Friday morning following a night of intensive Russian strikes that hit almost every district of the capital, according to Ukrainian authorities. The hours of darkness were once again punctuated by the staccato of air defence guns, buzz of drones and large explosions. Ukraine said Russia had […]

An Arms Dealer Joins Silicon Valley’s Military Boom

For years, Will Somerindyke sold weapons of war around the world: artillery shells to Ukraine, grenades to U.S.-backed rebels in Syria. With relationships with dozens of top military buyers, he quickly turned his company Regulus Global into one of America’s major international arms dealers. Now, as Silicon Valley investors swarm to back multi-billion dollar defense startups […]

Trump Extends ‘Liberation Day’ Tariff Delay As He Rolls Out New Rates On 14 Countries

The White House announced Monday that President Donald Trump is slated to sign an order delaying his 90-day tariff pause by another month, as the president began announcing a suite of new tariff rates on foreign goods, sending letters to countries including Japan, South Korea and Malaysia that impose tariff rates of 25% or higher. […]

Trump Extends ‘Liberation Day’ Tariff Delay As He Rolls Out New Rates On 14 Countries

The White House announced Monday that President Donald Trump is slated to sign an order delaying his 90-day tariff pause by another month, as the president began announcing a suite of new tariff rates on foreign goods, sending letters to countries including Japan, South Korea and Malaysia that impose tariff rates of 25% or higher. […]

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Madhur Maini

Madhur Maini has a track record in transformation as an advisor, financier, and professional entrepreneur. He has a Bachelor’s in Economics from the Wharton School, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Management and Technology Program.

Over his professional career spanning more than 20 years, Madhur has built up a USD $100mn office into a $3bn consumer company as a CEO, advised the leading entrepreneurs and governments in Asia-Pacific on strategy and capital raising, and served as an adjunct professor in a leading school of Public Policy.

He is currently focused on the intersections of science, tech and creativity.

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Madhur Maini

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Catalyst for Consumer & Transformation

 Madhur Maini was the CEO of Vietnam’s Masan Group and instrumental in transforming it from a US$100m family office to a US$3bn+ market cap listed private sector conglomerate. Masan Group is a leader in consumer, banking, mining and agri businesses in Vietnam. He drove the group’s rapid growth with a three-pillar strategy that involved scaling existing businesses, attracting best-in-class long-term global capital and overseeing successful entry into new growth sectors. Through his tenor the company consumer business revenues grew from approximately usd 40 m to usd 750 m and the company owned 5 of the top 50 consumer brands in the country.

Prior to joining Masan Group, Madhur spent 12+ years in various leadership positions in investment banking in Asia Pacific at Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. 

He scaled up various regional and product businesses in Southeast Asia.  He was also advisor to a number of regional governments for capital raising.

Madhur was an adjunct professor in the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy from 2015-16 and contributed to the Data Analytics Program (Global Analytics and Behavioural Insights Network ‘GABIN’) at the LKY School.

Madhur graduated in the prestigious Management and Technology Program from University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Wharton School with a degree in Bachelor of Economics.