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Albert Lam

CEO

Detroit Electric

Albert Lam is a respected veteran in the automotive and
technology industries. Throughout his career, Mr. Lam has been
recognized for his ability to position companies for growth through new
business development and long-term financial stability.  Mr. Lam’s
highly entrepreneurial career path directing high growth projects and
transitioning business opportunities for leading global corporations and
automotive organizations has uniquely positioned him to lead Detroit
Electric.

Before founding Detroit Electric, Mr. Lam was the former Chief
Executive Officer of Lotus Engineering Group and Executive Director of
the Lotus Group International for five years.  During his tenure, Mr.
Lam was responsible for defining the vision, strategy and driving growth
for the Lotus Engineering Group worldwide. Under his direction, Mr. Lam
re-aligned the company’s global businesses and operations to deliver
better efficiency and complimentary services, which facilitated the
growth and profitability of the organization. His key accomplishments
included bringing the business back to profitability, expanding the
business to US, India and China and winning major external contracts
from both established and emerging OEMs around the world.

Prior to joining Lotus, Mr. Lam served as Managing Director of
Apple Computer in Asia (2001-2003) where he is recognized for raising
the company’s presence in the region.  During his tenure, Mr. Lam
oversaw Apple’s regional sales, marketing and related functions. During
his tenure, he introduced key initiatives which redefined Apple’s
business model in the retail, education and bio-tech areas, as well as
solidifying strategic partnerships with key businesses and government
bodies. At Apple, Mr. Lam was able to grow the business by 150%
year-on-year, making Asia one of the fastest growing regions for Apple
and making Apple one of the most profitable organizations among the Asia
Pacific region.

Prior to his appointment at Apple Computer, Mr. Lam distinguished
himself as the youngest Regional Director of Sun Microsystems and Sun
Professional Services for South Asia. At the age of 33, he built and
developed the professional services portion of the organization from a
four person team to a multi-national corporation with a staff of 150;
covering Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, India, and Thailand.  Within
his tenure, Mr. Lam elevated the Sun Microsystems profile and growing
the business to attract clients including Maybank, UBS, DBS, Standard
Charter and many other major telecommunication companies around the
region.   At Sun Microsystems, Mr. Lam results included Sun Microsystems
becoming the most profitable and award winning professional services
organization within Asia Pacific.

Before joining Sun Microsystems, Mr. Lam served as Director of
Consulting for Inference International Ltd, in the Asia Pacific region.
The internationally recognized firm spanned clients from Asia to Europe
providing leadership consulting for business development, project
management and systems architecture.During his appointment at Inference,
Mr. Lam provided consultancy to clients like Ford Motor Company, Nokia,
Gateway 2000, GE, AT&T and Proton Cars among others.    

Professional experiences also include holding technical
engineering positions in renowned companies such as Jaguar, Land Rover,
Ford, and Gaydon Technology. 

Mr. Lam has a Masters of Science degree in robotics and manufacturing from Coventry University in the UK.

While Mr. Lam believes that the journey of an entrepreneur is
definitely paved with challenges and opportunities, he also considers
the integral ingredient to achieving success in all entrepreneurs must
be focus and integrity.