Achievements:
- Dr. Harley Seyedin, along with Elon Musk, Durreen Shahnaz and Murad Al-Katib won the 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award (www.businesforpeace.org). The Oslo Business for Peace Prize is awarded by an Award Committee of Nobel Laureates in Peace and Economics. The task of appointing a new member to the Award committee has been given to former Swedish prime minister Göran Persson, former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, and the former director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Kristian Berg Harpviken.

- Among fewer than 20 individuals to be awarded the “Peace Through Commerce Medal” by the U.S. Government since its inception by Thomas Jefferson in 1790 when he served as the nascent US Secretary of State under President George Washington and the only person in history to have been awarded both the Oslo Business for Peace Award and the Peace Through Commerce Medal.

- Chairman, Allelon Energy Systems and former President of Sithe Global Pacific (Sithe Global is majority owned by and is the international power arm of the Blackstone Group).

- Under his direction since 1991, Harley’s companies have achieved firsts in many areas in China, including: the first majority western owned and operated power plant; first western invested toll road; and, first western owned and operated joint US-China university in China offering four- year fully US accredited degrees without the need for the students to travel to US.

- Visiting Professor, Jinan University – one of the oldest universities established on mainland China tracing back to the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).

- Former Chairman of Montgomery College and State Chairman of the Maryland Association of Community College Trustees representing all seventeen community colleges of higher education in the State with over 35,000 faculty and staff and 100,000 students.

- Former Member of the Board of Directors of the Kennedy Institute, the largest private Catholic Charity in the United States, by appointment of Cardinal James A. Hickey.

- Together with Secretary of State of Cambodia, Dr. Heng Sokkung Knighted under the Philippine act of Parliament 646 joining Dr. Henry Kissinger and King Carlos of Spain and others previously knighted.

- Recognized by President George Herbert Walker Bush for his involvement with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

- Special Advisor to Chairman, President George Herbert Walker Bush Foundation for US- China Relations.

- President and CEO, the American Chamber of Commerce in South China.

A goal oriented and results driving leader with proven ability to achieve business objectives by getting things done through others. Grown up in China and educated in US with two master’s degrees. 28 years of working experiences including P&L responsibility as General Manager and Vice President from Fortune 500 US companies.

EXPERIENCES:
2019/10-Present: VP Operations, Masco Asia, Masco Corporation
2016/10-2019/09: Vice President, Strategic Sourcing, Terex Corporation
2012/04-2016/10: General Manager, Terex Corporation
2010/10-2012/3: General Manager, Underground Mining, Caterpillar Corporation (Terex Sold Mining to CAT)
2005/02-2010/09: Vice President, Terex Material Processing & Mining, Terex Corporation
1999/09-2005/01: Director of Lean Manufacturing, Parker Aerospace, Parker Hannifin Corporation
1995/05-1999/08: Assistant Manager, Toyota North America, Toyota Corporation

EDUCATION:
MBA, University of Kentucky (1992-1995)
M.S Biology, University of Kentucky (1987-1991)
B.S Plant Biology, Beijing Forest University (1982-1982)

彭德智博士现任中宏人寿保险有限公司独立董事（由中化集团和加拿大宏利保险公司合资成立的中宏人寿是中国大陆第一家中外合资的人寿保险公司）、上海金融仲裁院特邀仲裁员和
华南美国商会国际战略研究院粤港澳大湾区政策特别顾问。
此前彭博士是美国史带财产及责任保险公司控股的美狄康国际公司的董事总经理兼中国总裁。彭博士还曾担任过美国史带公司中国首席代表、大众保险股份有限公司（现更名为史带财产保险股份中国有限公司）执行董事兼副总经理等职务。
彭博士曾在美国国际集团(AIG)工作多年，历任美亚财产保险有限公司执行董事兼资深副总裁、美国国际集团中国成员公司主席助理、美亚保险公司广州分公司和上海分公司总经理等职。彭博士还曾是美国国际集团美亚琪商务咨询（北京）有限公司执行副
总裁兼首席营运官，负责美国国际集团/中国人民财产保险股份有限公司战略合作项目 AIG 专家组的领导工作。
彭德智 1989 年获取中国律师资格，曾任中国某大型外资企业首席法律顾问。
1989 至 1992 年在英国丹迪大学攻读博士学位。
彭博士曾是中山大学管理学院兼职教授、清华大学经济外交研究中心研究员,并曾多年兼任广东美国商会(现为华南美国商会)副会长和广东外商投资企业协会副会长等职。
彭博士著有《石油工业的保险及法律实务》（在英国出版）一书，是《以色列与中国：从丝绸之路到创新高速》（人民出版社出版）一书的译者，曾在香港、马来西亚、伦敦及中国等地举行的大型研讨会及讲座中发表有关资本市场、领导艺术及管理行为、商业伦理、大型项目风险管理、上市公司董事责任及其规避、出口产品责任保险、健康管理及其保险等专题演讲，并经常为报刊杂志撰写与法律和保险有关的文章。

杨艾琳，中山大学深圳研究院执行院长，博士，研究员。广东省外籍高层次人才，深圳市海外高层次A类人才。美国医疗健康头部企业工作经验。回国后中山大学特聘外国专家，自然资源部海洋生态与人因测评技术创新中心常务副主任，深圳市首届质量基础设施服务专家库战略咨询委员会委员，深圳市（湾区）知名品牌学术委员会副主任委员。主要研究领域包括创新管理、数字经济、湾区经济政策、科技成果转化等领域，主持参与承担多项国家级与省市科研项目，包括主持国家核高基重大专项子课题，深圳市政府发展研究中心重大政策研究课题。曾荣获国务院学位办颁发的“中国MBA教育突出贡献奖”、“优秀论文奖”，深圳市科技创新委颁发的“创新创业推动奖、产学研合作奖以及博士后引进等奖励。2023年获得深圳市科技进步二等奖、2024年获得中国电子学会科学技术奖二等奖、2024广东省人工智能产业协会科学技术奖-科技进步奖等奖项。