Our Team
Daoping Bao
CEO & President
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.
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
Laing Henshall, MBA, JD
Chief Financial Officer & Head of Legal
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 Development 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.
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.
Nitin Kaushal
Financial Advisor
Nitin Kaushal has over 35 years of financial and investment experience in a number of 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 possesses strong relationships with key industry leaders and institutional investors. Prior to these roles, Mr. Kaushal held a number of senior positions in investment banking, venture capital and consulting firms including with PwC, Desjardins Securities, Orion Securities, Vengate Capital Partners, HSBC Securities, Gordon Capital and MDS Capital Corp.
Stephen A. Smith
Industry Advisor
Stephen A. Smith was the former CFO and EVP Finance of Loblaw Companies Limited and the Co-CEO and CFO of Cara Operations Limited. He is an accomplished Executive and active Board member, currently serving on the Board of Directors as the Audit Committee Chair of Organigram Holdings (TSX and Nasdaq); and Flow Beverage Corp, (TSX) a CPG-focused premium water business with sales across North America; Board of Director at MAV Beauty Brands (TSX), a hair and skin care business operating under four principal brands, the largest being Marc Anthony, and CE Brands (TSX-V), a consumer electronics business.
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.