Leadership
Lingo Media Corporation Management
Michael Kraft is a visionary and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and corporate management, with a strong record of success in both public and private company leadership. Michael has 10 years of hands-on experience in China and other global markets. He has secured over US $75 Million in equity financing for projects in China and abroad.
Gali Bar-Ziv, brings more than 10 years of management and entrepreneurial experience, including financing, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, channel development and corporate development. Most recently, Gali profitably grew a sales, marketing and distribution start-up to sales growth of more than 700% year over year. Prior to that, Gali successfully turned around the largest service division of a $300MM financial services company. Gali holds a Bachelor of Law (LL.B) degree from the University of London and an MBA in Strategic and Entrepreneurial studies from the Schulich School of Business in Toronto.
Khurram Qureshi brings over 22 years experience in the field of accounting and corporate finance. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1990 and has held senior positions with several small to medium size public companies. Mr. Qureshi has been a key member on several merger and acquisition teams.
Board of Directors
Anton Telegin is the Chief Commercial Officer for Orascom Telecom and VimpelCom’s Asia & Africa Business Units. The combination of the two companies in April 2011 has made it the 6th largest mobile telecom provider in the world. Mr. Telegin oversees all the commercial functions within Orascom and VimpelCom’s Asia & Africa Business Units encompassing market development, product development, commercial roaming & international business, market planning & pricing, as well as enterprise & customer operations. He has a commercial expertise gained from over 16 years of experience in the telecom industry where he led the successful launch of various high quality innovative commercial products yielding multi-billion dollar revenue streams and built a proven track record in driving regional operations from start-ups to market leadership. Mr. Telegin holds an Engineering Degree from the Moscow State Technical University in Russia and an MBA from Kingston University in the UK.
The Honourable Jerry S. Grafstein, Q.C. holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto and has taught the Bar Admission Course at Osgoode Hall. He has wide-ranging legal and business experience in all aspects of media. Mr. Grafstein was a co-founder of a range of media companies, focusing on broadcasting, cable, communications, and publication enterprises in Canada, the US, the UK and South America. He has served as an advisor to several key government ministries, including Transportation, External Affairs, Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Justice. Mr. Grafstein was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1984 by then Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. He has served on all Senate Committees, including the Foreign Affairs and the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committees. Mr. Grafstein served as Chairman of the Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee. While in the Senate, he was a long serving Co-Chair of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group, and a long serving senior officer of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA). Mr. Grafstein retired from the Senate on January 1, 2010. He continues his law practice in corporate finance and communication law as counsel to Minden Gross LLP in Toronto and remains active in local affairs in Toronto.
Michael Kraft is a visionary and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and corporate management, with a strong record of success in both public and private companies. Michael has successfully secured over US $50 Million in equity financing for Chinese projects and serves as a director of several private and public companies. He received his Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from York University (Toronto) in 1985. Under Michael's stewardship, Lingo Media is expanding its reach into the English language learning education market through a series of strategic acquisitions as the company has transitioned into digital media and training. He has established Lingo Media as a trusted leader in English language learning products and services in the China market with cumulative unit sales of over 350 million over the past ten years.
Scott Remborg is an independent consultant in the Information Technology and eCommerce sector. From 2001 to 2003, he was General Manager, eBusiness, at Air Canada. Scott has also held senior management positions at Reuters and I.P. Sharp Associates. From 1994 to 1999, he initiated and led the development of the Sympatico Internet service for Bell Canada and twelve other leading telecommunications companies across Canada. Scott has a MBA from BI Norwegian School of Management and the University of Alberta.
Tommy Weibing Gong holds an Electrical & Mechanics engineering degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, and professional IT certifications through his North America education. He started his IT career in 1996 in Silicon Valley and was the founder of Polar Bear Energy Inc., a business in the energy saving cleantech/greentech sector in both Canada and China. Mr. Gong is now a leading commercial property developer in Shanghai. He is principal shareholder and Chairman of Zysteq North America Corporation, Shanghai Tommy Real Estate Development Co., Ltd, Shanghai Green Town Plaza Development Co., Ltd, Shanghai Canada-China Property Management Co., Ltd, and Shanghai Tommy & Hua Investment Co., Ltd.
