GCSA

Withdrawn

Gateway Strategic Acquisition Co.

Raised
$200M
CIK
1846689
SPAC Ticker
GCSA.U
Focus
Technology, Real Estate, Healthcare
External link: SEC Filings

SPAC Team

Leadership

Goodwin Gaw, aged 52, our Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and Director , has been the Chairman, Managing Principal and Co-Founder of GCP since 2005. Mr. Gaw is also a member of the investment committee of GCP. Mr. Gaw has over 25 years of real estate investment and management experience in the United States and Asia. Mr. Gaw has also served as the Vice Chairman of Pioneer Global Group, a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited since 1994, and Founder and President of Downtown Properties, LLC, a multi-faceted real estate investment, management and development company, since 1991. Mr. Gaw was awarded “Industry Figure of the Year” by Global PERE Awards in 2013, 2015 and 2018. Mr. Gaw holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Science in Construction Management from Stanford University.

Christina Gaw, aged 48, our Co-Founder , has been the Managing Principal and Head of Capital Markets of GCP since 2008. Ms. Gaw has also served as an Executive Director of Pioneer Global Group since 2014, as well as an independent non-executive director and a member of the Finance & General Committee and the Sustainability Committee of CLP Holdings, a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited engaged in the power business in the Asia Pacific region, since 2020. Ms. Gaw was named Global PERE’s Rainmaker30 and awarded “Business Women of the Year Awards” by CEO Today Global Awards in 2019. Ms. Gaw has over 25 years of investment banking and investment management experience in the Asia-Pacific region, having worked at UBS and Goldman Sachs for 15 years during her investment banking career, covering major institutional clients around the globe in Asian Equities. Prior to joining GCP, Ms. Gaw was a Managing Director at UBS, heading up the Asia Pacific Capital Introduction effort for alternative products; prior to that, she was the Head of Regional Sales in Equities Distribution at UBS. Ms. Gaw holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco.

Hing Bong Humbert Pang, aged 51, our Chief Executive Officer and Director , has been the Managing Principal and Head of China of GCP since 2006. Mr. Pang is also a member of the investment committee of GCP. Mr. Pang has 25 years of real estate experience in China and previously served as a Director of Shanghai Li Xing Hotels Limited and Landton Limited, joint ventures between Shui On Group and Shanghai Hotel Investments Limited. Prior to joining GCP, Mr. Pang was one of the founding members of First Pacific Davies’ China operation, which was later acquired by Savills Plc, and served as the Regional Director and Head of Investment and valuation consultancy at Savills China Limited. Mr. Pang is also a professional member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, and a Visiting Fellow at The Land Economy Department of Cambridge University. Mr. Pang holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of London and a Master of Science in Property Investment from the City University Business School, London.

Ka Kui Kenneth Chiu, aged 45, our Chief Financial Officer , has been the Chief Financial Officer of GCP since 2013. Prior to joining GCP, Mr. Chiu worked at Temasek Holdings as a Director in the China Investment team. Mr. Chiu has over 15 years of experience in corporate finance and direct investment in Asia and over six years of experience in auditing and accounting in the Greater China region. Prior to joining Temasek Holdings, Mr. Chiu worked in Deutsche Bank’s Global Corporate Finance team in Asia and served in PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong as an Audit Manager. Mr. Chiu is a Certified Public Accountant in Hong Kong, and a Chartered Accountant in the United Kingdom. Mr. Chiu holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a Master of Science in Finance from the London Business School.

Roy Kuan, aged 54, will serve as our independent Director immediately upon the effectiveness of our registration statement on Form S-1, of which this prospectus is a part. Mr. Kuan currently is a private investor across a variety of asset classes and serves on the boards or advisory boards of several private and public companies across the telecom, media and technology (“TMT”), consumer, and industrial sectors in Asia. Mr. Kuan previously served as a Managing Partner at CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”), a global private equity firm where he co-founded CVC’s Asian business, from 1999 to 2020. Mr. Kuan also served as a member of CVC’s board of directors and its Asia investment and portfolio committees from 2008 to 2020. Prior to CVC, Mr. Kuan was an Investment Director at Citigroup’s Asian private equity investment division from 1996 to 1999. During his private equity career, Mr. Kuan was a senior team member of several investments in the TMT sectors, including Hong Kong Broadband Network (broadband services, Hong Kong), Arteria Networks (enterprise data communications, Japan), Technopro Holdings (R&D staffing, Japan), CJ CGV (cinemas, South Korea) and 39 Home Shopping (media commerce, Korea). Mr. Kuan currently serves as a director or advisory board member of several other technology related companies, including E-Broker (online wealth management, China), Point Avenue Holdings (education technology, Southeast Asia), and Computime Group Limited (IoT controls, Hong Kong). Mr. Kuan received his MBA degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He earned his B.A. degree from the Georgetown University, where he was a George F. Baker Scholar. Mr. Kuan also serves on the Wharton School’s Asia Executive Board.

Advisory Board

Kenneth Gaw, aged 50, will serve as a member of our Advisory Board immediately upon the effectiveness of our registration statement on Form S-1, of which this prospectus is a part. Mr. Gaw has been the Managing Principal and Co-Founder of GCP since 2005, and is also a member of the investment committee of GCP. Mr. Gaw has over 25 years of real estate investment and management experience in Thailand, Hong Kong, and China. Mr. Gaw has also served as a Managing Director of Pioneer Global Group since 1994 and a Director of Hong Kong Thailand Business Council since 2003. Mr. Gaw was awarded “Outstanding Entrepreneur” by Capital Entrepreneur in 2017. Prior to co-founding GCP, Mr. Gaw was a former director at Dusit Thani Public Company, a leading hotel company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, and Home Inns & Hotel Management Inc., a leading budget hotel operator in China listed on NASDAQ. Mr. Gaw also worked in the Structured Finance Group at Goldman Sachs in New York and in Corporate Finance at Goldman Sachs in Asia. Mr. Gaw holds a Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, in Applied Mathematics and Economics from the Brown University.

Kam Hung Alan Lee, aged 65, will serve as a member of our Advisory Board immediately upon the effectiveness of our registration statement on Form S-1, of which this prospectus is a part. Mr. Lee has been the Chief Operating Officer of GCP since 2013 and previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of GCP from 2005. Mr. Lee has over 25 years of experience in capital and debt financings including initial public offering, international share placings, credit rating and bond issuances. Mr Lee has also served as an Executive Director of Pioneer Global Group since 2013. Mr. Lee is a Chartered Professional Accountant in Canada. Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Science from the Imperial College of Science and Technology at the University of London, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto.