Our Team
Daoping Bao
CEO
Daoping Bao is the former chairman and CEO of a Nasdaq listed company, a social activist, one of the pioneers of online payment, and the curator of the world's first and only simulated dinosaur exhibition. He came to Canada in 1985 and graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Passionate about public service, he participated in the reconstruction of the Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival in 1991, and planned and organized large-scale social events such as the "Pacific Athletics World Cup" in 2005.
Daoping Bao has more than 30 years of creative entrepreneurial experience, and has been involved in various multinational projects and business activities in North America and Asia. As the co-founder and chairman of the elite club, Daoping Bao hopes to pass on his experience to young people and lead them to contribute their talents and strengths to the development of Canada.
Laing Henshall, MBA, JD
President
Founder at Lightheart Management Partners, where Laing acted as General Manager for a real estate JV investor with $40M AUM, CEO of a marine retail and services platform company with 40 employees, and COO and head of Legal/M&A of a global ecommerce aggregator focused on Amazon and Direct-to-Consumer. Laing oversaw acquisitions with a combined transaction value of $60M.
Former Chief of Staff at CPS Capital and General Counsel at Premier Exhibitions
Laing is called to the Bar of British Columbia, holds an MBA from London Business School, a Juris Doctor from the University of Calgary, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario.
Mike Walsh
Chief Financial Officer
Mike brings over 40 years of financial, legal, and administrative experience to the Company. Prior to joining ePaper, he worked in a progression of finance roles and in wide spectrum of industries, ranging from commercial printing, food and beverage, electronics, private equity, and water purification. He has spent over 25 years at the Chief Financial Officer level, including serving for 18 years as CFO at Creation Technologies Inc., a Vancouver-based contract electronics manufacturing company widely considered to be “one of Vancouver’s greatest manufacturing success stories”. In that capacity, Mike played an integral part in growing the Company from $30 million in revenue and 130 employees in 1997 to over $1 billion in revenue and 4,500+ employees today.
Nitin Kaushal
Chief Strategy Officer
Nitin Kaushal has over 35 years of financial and investment experience in various sectors. He currently sits on the board of directors for several leading companies, bringing a wealth of capital-raising and M&A expertise. Additionally, Mr. Kaushal has served on the Audit, Governance, and Compensation committees for more than a dozen U.S. and Canadian publicly listed companies, and he maintains strong relationships with key industry leaders and institutional investors. Prior to these roles, Mr. Kaushal held several senior positions in investment banking, venture capital, and consulting firms, including PwC, HSBC Securities, Desjardins Securities, Orion Securities, Vengate Capital Partners, Gordon Capital, and MDS Capital Corp.
Nick Coughlan
Chief Customer Officer
Nick brings over 13 years of diverse experience in field and corporate operations for major retail brands, including Orange PCS, Rogers Communications, and Apple. Throughout his career, Nick has been deeply focused on optimizing store, regional, and national operational health across various sectors. For the past 14 years, Nick has been an instrumental leader at Enterprise, guiding customers through multi-million dollar commercial agreements with top-tier global brands like Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and GameStop. His strategic expertise and keen understanding of operational execution have delivered significant results for partners across the retail landscape. Nick’s customer portfolio at Retail Zipline, an enterprise retail operational execution solution, included well-known brands such as Gap Inc., Nike, The Fresh Market, Rite-Aid, and O’Reilly Auto Parts, among many others.
Ivan Pak
Chief Business Development Officer
An entrepreneur with an innovative mindset and over 30 years of e-commerce experience. Former CEO of Northern Alliance Limited in Hong Kong, with extensive knowledge in digital marketing
Ivan is also a community advocate, co-founder of multiple nonprofit organizations in Canada, actively engaged in local community for social issues and dedicated himself to build a society with equality and fairness
Board of Advisors
Wei Shao
Legal Advisor
Wei Shao is the national practice group co-leader for the Canada China Country Collaboration group and specializes in international business transactions focusing on China. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and project financing, cross-border counseling, and general corporate and commercial transactions.
Mike Venton
Industry Advisor
Mike Venton is a senior retail executive with extensive leadership experience at major Canadian retailers, including Sobeys and Loblaw. As SVP Sobeys Discount business FreshCo/Chalo FreshCo (a Sobeys subsidiary) he led the expansion into Western Canada opening 48 stores in 6 years, while growing the established Fresh Co business in Ontario to over 100 stores, while driving an EBIT CAGR over 50% over this extended time frame.
Previously, as SVP of No Frills (a Loblaw subsidiary), he managed a $5.5 billion franchise business, overseeing its rapid growth. With a strong track record in operations, merchandising, and procurement, Mike excels at driving profitability, strategic execution, executive leadership, and extensive community involvement with leading charities.
Dr. Xiaoyang Huang, Ph.D
Technology Advisor
Dr. Huang is the co-inventor of cholesteric liquid-crystal display (ChLCD) technology (ePaper). Dr. Huang has over thirty years of experience in liquid crystal display technology, with 30+ publications and 50+ patents. He is a former chairman of the technical sub-committee of the Society for Information Displays (SID) for liquid crystal display technology since 1998. Dr. Huang is the founder and CEO of Ebulent, a technology and manufacturing company with a wide breadth of competencies including display systems, medical devices, food equipment, and renewable energy. Prior to founding Ebulent, Dr. Huang served as the Director of Business Development in Asia and R&D manager at Kent Displays Inc.
Timothy Reis
Marketing Advisor
Over a 35-year career, Tim Reis has worked in digital, broadcast, and print for some of the biggest names in the industry – Fortune, Money, Forbes, et al – ultimately spending 12 years at Google in leadership roles including evangelizing mobile advertising in its nascence and leading teams serving large and mid-market clients and agencies across a wide variety of industry segments. In his last role at Google, Tim led a team generating $1B in revenue annually while delivering a 50% y/y growth rate.