John Butt

John Butt founded Conduit Ventures Limited in 2001. Prior to CVL, he worked at Citigroup, Price Waterhouse International Privatization Group, and Bank of England, based in the UK, North America, EU, Central and Eastern Europe. John has a degree in biochemistry from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Yoshi Nomura

Yoshi Nomura is a Principal at Conduit Ventures. Prior to Conduit, Yoshi worked at The Long Term Credit Bank of Japan in Tokyo and New York. He has a degree in Economics from Tokyo’s Keio University and an MBA from Cambridge University with his thesis focus on Energy Venture Capital.

Linda Zheng

Linda Zheng is a Principal at Conduit Ventures. She has worked at PWC, Barclays Bank and CGNU with P&L responsibility specializing in start-ups, project and operations management and business out-sourcing. Linda has experience working in China, Brazil, South Africa, Dubai and Turkey, and holds degrees from Bristol University, UK and Fudan University in Shanghai and an MBA from the London Business School.

Daniel Carter

Daniel Carter is a Principal at Conduit Ventures. He has worked at Citigroup in London, Frankfurt, Melbourne and New York and with Heller Financial Corporation in Chicago (now GE Capital). Daniel was educated at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and the University of Massachusetts. He holds an MBA from the Columbia and London Business Schools.

Shyam Menon

Shyam Menon is an Investment Manager with CVL. He has previously worked with the World Bank in Washington DC as part of the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) modeling energy and greenhouse gas emission systems for China and India. His experience includes the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, materials research engineer at Acumentrics Corporation, Massachusetts, and Fuel Cell Energy Inc, USA, working on fuel cell electrode materials development and cell failure modes. Shyam has a Masters degree in Materials Engineering from the University of Missouri and a Bachelors in Metallugical Engineering from the Regional Engineering College, India.

Jamies Mi

James Mi works as Principle for the Conduit Shanghai Management Office, bringing venture capital experience from the Shanghai Science and Technology Investment Corporation (SSTIC). He has managed local and joint-venture funds working at the Guangzhou New Technological Development General Corporation (GNTDGC) and also with the Administrative Committee of GETDD under Guangzhou Municipality. James has a B.S and a PhD from Automotive Engineering College of Jilin University of Technology, China and an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Thierry Piret

Thierry Piret is currently on secondment with Conduit Ventures Ltd and is Senior Investment Manager, Future Business, Solvay S.A., the international chemical and pharmaceutical group, based in Belgium. Thierry brings much experience to the team, having worked for Solvay for over 25 years within R&D and new business development including activities in biotechnology, industrial enzymes and animal health. He holds a MSc. in Chemical and Agricultural Sciences.