Board of Directors

 

James Lewis

Chairman of Board of Management

James Lewis is co-founder of Vietnam Partners and Chairman of Geometry Group, an investment management holding company based in New York City. Prior to founding Geometry, James was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley for 17 years, serving as Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and had senior management responsibilities for the fixed income and equity trading businesses. James received his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and is a member of the University’s Advisory Council of the Graduate School of Business.  He holds a BS in Marketing from Miami University of Ohio and is a member of its business advisory council. 

 

Le Dao Nguyen

Vice Chairman of Board of Management 

Nguyen has 28 years’ experience in banking and finance in Vietnam. Prior to serving as Vice Chairman of BVIM Board of Management, he was Senior Executive Vice President for 12 years, Head of the Guarantee Services Department for three years and Deputy Head of the Credit Appraisal Department for nearly four years. Currently, Nguyen is BOM member of BIDV, Chairman of BIDV Financial Investment JSC, Member of the BOD of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP), Chairman of Bank for Investment and Development of Cambodia (BIDC), Vice Chairman of Myanmar Investment and Development Company (MIDC). Nguyen graduated from Technical University Brno (Czech). He holds a Master of Business Administration degree.  

 

Bradley C. Lalonde

Member of Board of Management

Bradley LaLonde was the BVIM’s General Director and Chief Investment Officer since BVIM was established in January 2006. He had more than 25 years in executive positions at Citibank in a variety of emerging market countries, including five years in Vietnam as Citibank’s CEO from 1994-1999. Bradley is a co–founder of, and partner in Vietnam Partners LLC, the U.S. investment firm that is the joint venture partner with BIDV. He holds a Master degree in International Development Economics from Columbia University (1977) and a BA degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan (1975).

 

Vo Bich Ha

Member of Board of Management

Ha has 20 years’ experience in banking and investment in Vietnam. She began banking career in 1991 and later held senior positions in the Finance and Accounting Department and Treasury Department. She is currently Head of BIDV's Investment Department. Her responsibilities include management of BIDV’s investments, and monitoring the performance of BIDV’s subsidiaries and affiliated companies. Ha graduated from Banking Academy and earned an MBA in Finance at Hanoi School of Business, Vietnam National University.
 
 
John Alkire
 
Independent Board Member
 
John Alkire has over 30 years of investment experience. Prior to serving as Independent Board Member of BVIM, John was Founder and President cum Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Stanley Assets & Investment Trust Management Co., Limited (MSAITM) in Tokyo, responsible for approximately 40 billion US dollars of institutional assets. John was also the first non-Japanese to be elected as Vice Chairman of the Japan Securities Investment Advisers Association from 1998 to 2000 and served on the Strategic Committee for Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings.  John was born and raised in Japan, is fluent in Japanese and graduated from the University of Victoria, British Columbia.