Former German politician takes on VinaCapital role
Former German Vice Chancellor Philipp Rösler has arrived in Vietnam to work as the chairman of VinaCapital Ventures' Advisory Board.
Dr. Philipp Rösler, former German Vice Chancellor is appointed Chairman of VinaCapital Ventures’ Advisory Board
Philipp Rösler is a German-Vietnamese. He was born in 1973 in Soc Trang Province and was adopted by a German couple at 9 months old.
He became Germany's youngest minister after taking the position as the Minister of Health in 2009. In 2011, he was elected as the vice chancellor cum minister of economic and technology. In 2014, he joined the management board of the World Economic Forum based in Switzerland.
At the ceremony, Rosler said he was very excited to be able to work at VinaCapital and help young people with start-up projects.
Don Lam, the co-founder of VinaCapital, said inviting Rosler to be the chairman of the advisory board was their contribution to Vietnam's start-up scene. It's also one of the important parts of their strategic development plan in Vietnam.
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