Nick Paine
Exec Chairman, M4G,WorldFriends’ parent, is co-founder and former CEO of leading Internet dating business Lavalife.com which he helped to build to US$90 million in revenue and to sell to Nasdaq-listed VertrueCorp for US$120 million in 2004. Nicholas currently invests out of his Quinto Investments venture boutique. Nicholas is also a director of a number of other investee companies including Henley Investments, a UK commercial property investment management partnership, and The Franchise Company, which has grown from US$50 million to over US$1b million during Nick‟s directorship tenure.
Dominic Penaloza
CEO & Founder, M4G, has 10 years of Internet business experience and six years of private equity and investment banking experience within Asia. Prior to founding M4G Dom worked at private equity firm Prudential Asset Management Asia. Dom also co-founded and is a Director of UBC Bearing Company, a leading Chinese bearing distributor. Dom holds a business degree from Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario, which Nicholas and Dominic share as their alma maters. More recently Dominic founded and is currently Chairman and CEO of the very successful Ushi.cn, China‟s equivalent to the West‘s Linked-In.
Michael McNabb
CEO, WorldFriends and Hungry For Words, Michael McNabb has a demonstrated record of managing growth companies in China, both as a entrepreneur, senior executive in a corporate environment and as a partner in a management consulting firm. His China experience spans 1985 to the present across a range of industries including, consumer products, media, hotel & leisure, automotive, pharma, retail and telecommunications. He is a co-founder or lead investor in Meta-4 Group, BabyCareLtd (sold to USANA), YaolanNew Media (Beijing), Space Media (sold to CMGI), Magic-Tel (HK Listing), Voyages North America (New York), The WineSociety(Hong Kong).
Hermes Ma
Account Management and Business Development, has 7 years of Internet marketing experience and previously served as the online marketing manager of China Eastern Airlines and Alitalia (China).
Chris Li
Project Manager, Prior joining Meta4 Group, Chris has at City University of Hong Kong for 2 years prior joining Meta4 Group. With extensive experience in technical development and operation. The Coordinator and Facilitator.
Eva Zhu
Customer Service and Content Monitoring Manager, has focused on online customer service field for 5 years and served in Alibaba.com for 3 years, in charge of customer service and team management.