Meet the ZENON core team

Mike was with Deloitte’s financial advisory practice in Germany and China for over 20 years, 15 years of which as equity partner of the Greater China region.

He has advised private equity and corporate clients on hundreds of acquisitions, divestitures , joint venture formations and special situations investigations. His projects took place across Europe and Asia, with a strong focus on China.

Already in the early nineties, Mike’s passion for China made him study Mandarin-Chinese while studying business administration at the University of Duesseldorf, and graduated with a master’s degree equivalent as “Dipl.-Kfm.”. He then studied full-time Mandarin in the mid nineties at the Tongji University in Shanghai.

He passed the CPA exams in the US and Australia, is member of CPA Australia and a certified fraud examiner.Mike speaks German (native), English and Mandarin (both fluently).

He is an enthusiastic motorcycle rider in the most remote places of Asia and enjoys SCUBA diving.

Wolfgang Haselberger studied business administration and Chinese language in Germany and China. After graduation, his professional career began as Finance Controller in Shanghai for a subsidiary of a German stock-listed engineering company. He then senior became internal auditor of a well-known German chemical and pharmaceutical company, where he lead numerous financial, operational and fraud audits globally, especially in Asia.

Mr. Haselberger is specialized in internal audits and fraud investigations. He developed and implemented IT-based risk management systems and participated in due-diligence projects in China and Japan. He has long experience as Senior Auditor and Head of Internal Audit in the chemical, pharmaceutical, engineering and food and beverage industries.

He is founder and Partner of our partner company arsa consulting GmbH in Germany. Wolfgang Haselberger is a member of DIIR (German Institute of Internal Auditors).

Dr. Jag Kundi is a Hong Kong-based scholar-practitioner.

As a practitioner today he acts as a business consultant, board adviser, mentor and investor to high-growth businesses and start-ups particularly in the Fintech space. He has previously held senior management roles with global brands involving relocating, building & optimizing their supply chains in Asia and was responsible for managing a budget in excess of US $440m. His prime areas of expertise cover strategy, finance & fund-raising.

As a scholar, he holds multiple positions, with top-ranked universities globally on their executive postgrad programs in Fintech, Governance, ESG, as well as advising other HE institutions on this subject matter. He has published several professional articles that examine the role of Fintech as well as co-authoring & publishing a book: “Technology for Leaders”

Born in India, raised in the UK and then worked in HK & Asia Pacific since 1993 - a true global citizen.

Personal interests include fitness, reading & wine appreciation – Dr. Kundi is a qualified wine sommelier and wine educator/ advisor.

Carlos has over 15 years’ experience in accounting, financial advisory and investment banking in the Greater China region with two major “Big 4” professional firms, multinational companies and banks.

His broad expertise in all aspects of finance and accounting provide our clients with deep insights when providing business diagnostics and financial investigations.

Carlos has a seasoned track record serving overseas and domestic clients ranging including family-owned business, private equity clients and state-owned enterprises.

He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in accounting, is a fellow member of the ACCA and completed all papers of the Certified Internal Auditor exam by the Institute of Internal Auditors. Carlos is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Kai has over 20 years’ experience in architectural design and completion of commercial, industrial and hospitality projects in China, Japan and South-East Asia. His responsibility comprises the master planning, retail design and industrial designing. Throughout his career, he has worked for a major industrial conglomerate and leading architecture firms.

Kai’s advises clients on construction related projects with reviews of technical designs and post-completion specification assessments. Due to his experience, he also supports clients in their planning and execution of projects.

He obtained his degree in architecture from South-East University in Nanjing, China and is fluent in Mandarin-Chinese and English.

Vike is an architect with almost 25 years of relevant working experience. His expertise includes design and execution of large commercial and hospitality projects in China, various European countries, Japan and several countries in South-East Asia. His work experience includes major international engineering companies and Chinese architecture firms.

His advisory scope comprises end-to-end solutions on planned construction projects. He also provides specification assessments for completed structures for clients in the course of transactions of where such projects involve an outside contractor.

He qualified at the Helsinki Construction Academy in 1991 as technical draftsman and graduated as architect from the Vaasa Polytechnic University. Vike is fluent in Finish and English and conversational in Mandarin-Chinese and Swedish.