Executive Team
The China Greentech Initiative’s executive team combines substantial experience in strategy consulting, research, and technology commercialization with in-depth knowledge of China’s evolving greentech markets. Executive team members include:
Ellen G. Carberry, Co-Founder and Managing Director. Ellen brings two decades of experiencing in commercializing technology products and services in Asia, China and the United States, and has been based in Beijing since 2002. She was previously a Partner with Beijing-based HAO Capital, a private equity firm which invests growth capital in mid-market private companies in China. Prior to that, Ellen was Vice President of Business Development, Asia Pacific, for Red Hat, the leader in open source software. Her experience also includes founding and leading IBM China’s outsourced services for China’s Financial Services Sector. She led sales and business development at Mainspring, a venture-based eStrategy consulting firm acquired by IBM in 2001. She also led business development for the Ziff-Davis Online Network, later acquired by AT&T Business Services, and was a regional manager for IBM’s Financial Services Sector in the U.S. Ellen graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in economics and literature.
Randall S. Hancock, Co-Founder and Managing Director. Randall brings 20+ years of experience leading and managing strategic research, consulting and information organizations. He is also the President and CEO of MangoStrategy, LLC, a global strategic research firm. Previously he was the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Global Research for Institutional Shareholder Services, the world’s leading proxy advisory firm, where he also managed the firm’s international offices. His experience also includes founding and leading the IBM Institute for Business Value, IBM’s global business thought leadership development group, with research teams based in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. Previously he led the research and consulting businesses at Mainspring, a venture-backed eStrategy professional services firm acquired by IBM in 2001. He also founded and led the Gemini Consulting Strategic Research Group, now part of Cap Gemini, was a strategy consultant for the MAC Group, and a corporate finance analyst at Smith Barney. He has an MBA with Distinction from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and an A.B. in economics from Harvard University.
Alan Beebe, Managing Director. Alan is a Managing Director responsible for all research and delivery programs of CGTI across seven major greentech sectors: cleaner conventional energy, renewable energy, electric power infrastructure, cleaner industry, cleaner transportation, clean water and green building. In collaboration with CGTI clients, he leads CGTI’s strategic research and advisory services across a wide spectrum of topics related to growth markets, technology innovation, green financing and greentech policies in China. Prior to joining CGTI, Alan held Executive positions with IBM China and global management consulting firms AT Kearney and PRTM. He has over 15 years of management consulting and industry experience in the US, Europe and Asia advising senior executives on the development and execution of their business and technology strategies. In China, he has led major consulting engagements over the past decade for organizations such as China Telecom, China Mobile, Huadian Power, Huawei, IBM, Pacific Gas & Electric, and private equity firms 3i and TPG. Alan holds a Master’s degree from Yale University in International Relations and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. He is a Board of Advisor of the Yale Club of Beijing and in that capacity promotes academic and cultural exchange programs between the United States and China. Alan has lived and worked in Greater China and other Asian countries for nearly 20 years. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
The China Greentech Initiative team includes nearly 30 Chinese and international professionals, providing a talented multi-cultural group that brings together in-depth language, functional, greentech and other expertise.
