PHILIP YUN
Founder, Chairman & CEO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
📌 Executive Profile
Philip Yun is the Founder and Executive Chairman of GTRH Corporation, the visionary developer behind the GTRH Global Mega Theme Park Resort City project in Korea. With over 25 years of executive leadership across the U.S. and Asia, Philip brings a rare blend of entrepreneurial insight, IP licensing expertise, and government affairs strategy to large-scale destination development.
As a Korean-American executive fluent in both global capital markets and cultural narratives, Philip is uniquely positioned to lead cross-border infrastructure projects that bridge East and West. His work has consistently focused on creating integrated platforms that combine entertainment, real estate, and investment innovation.
📌 Strategic Responsibilities
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Overall project vision, strategy, and capital raising
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Exclusive Hollywood or T-1 IP licensing & global entertainment partnerships
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Government engagement with Korea’s national and municipal leaders
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Structuring SPV governance and investment consortium strategy
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Branding and investor relations across Middle East, U.K., and U.S.
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📌 Key Career Highlights
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Former Financial Executive (Branch Manager- Manhattan NY) at MetLife Financial Service
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Led large-scale capital projects in S. Korea, USA, Africa, S. America and Asia
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Spearheaded cross-cultural partnerships in the U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Asia
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Established GTRH as a multinational platform for sovereign-level FDI
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Built a senior advisory board with global leaders in infrastructure and finance
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📌 Regional Focus
🌐 USA / South Korea / Europe / Africa, Middle East
RUSSELL JOWETT
Senior Executive Advisor
Investment Management
UNITED KINGDOM | CYPRUS
📌 Executive Profile
Russell Jowett is a highly respected investment strategist with over 30 years of experience in real estate financing, sovereign fund advisory, and institutional project structuring. As Director of Investment Management for GTRH, Russell plays a key role in shaping financial strategy and investor syndication for the $7B GTRH Mega Theme Park Resort City.
He is also the founder of Sophell Real Estate Finance, based in the UK and Cyprus, where he has advised numerous international clients on complex capital deployment projects. With a track record of aligning global investors—including sovereign funds and family offices—with high-yield strategic developments, Russell brings unmatched depth to GTRH’s institutional roadmap.
📌 Strategic Responsibilities
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Structuring capital partnerships with institutional and sovereign investors
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Syndicating GTRH’s $10M GTRH corp. raise and $7B project-level investment
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Overseeing financial compliance, valuation, and budget execution
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Coordinating investor due diligence and NDNC management
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Advising on risk-return alignment and exit strategies
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📌 Key Career Highlights
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Accredited coach and capital advisor with 3 decades in global investment
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Successfully raised and deployed over $2B across multiple developments
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Structured multi-layered FPA models and investment protection schemes
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Extensive experience working with European FDI networks and institutional partrners.
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📌 Regional Focus
🌐 United Kingdom / Cyprus / Middle East
PAUL H. MANNING
Executive Advisor
Investment Management
UNITED KINGDOM
📌 Executive Profile
Paul H. Manning is a senior-level urban strategist and public-private infrastructure expert with over 30 years of experience in master planning, real estate finance, and municipal advisory. At GTRH, Paul leads institutional structuring and urban integration, aligning the masterplan with local regulatory frameworks and strategic funding sources.
With a career that includes serving the UK government’s Department of Environment, Transport & Regions (DETR) and advising major British councils on infrastructure modernization, Paul brings a deeply analytical and policy-oriented approach to destination development.
📌 Strategic Responsibilities
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Advising on special economic zone (SEZ) designation and incentives
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Structuring investment vehicles for international capital inflows
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Facilitating regulatory approvals and government partnerships
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Integrating ESG compliance and sustainable masterplan planning
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Leading negotiations for land, permits, and joint-venture frameworks
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📌 Key Career Highlights
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Senior advisor on infrastructure finance to London local authorities
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Designed governance models for transport and urban revitalization
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Specialized in high-impact land acquisition strategies
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Experienced in dealing with sovereign, public and private sector layers
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Spearheaded feasibility studies for new cities and smart mobility zones
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📌 Regional Focus
🌐 United Kingdom / Korea / Europe / Urban SEZ Projects
CRAIG R. BALLANTYNE
Executive Advisor
Integrated Smart Resort City
UNITED KINGDOM | CYPRUS
📌 Executive Profile
Craig Ballantyne is a world-class integrated resort executive with over 25 years of experience leading luxury entertainment and tourism destinations across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. At GTRH, he serves as Director of Resort Operations, overseeing all aspects of execution strategy for the theme park, arena, and hospitality zones.
Craig has launched, managed, and scaled several multibillion-dollar projects including Dream Island in Moscow and City of Dreams in Cyprus. Known for his precision in on-site implementation and profitability tracking, he is GTRH’s bridge between masterplan vision and operational excellence.
📌 Strategic Responsibilities
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Resort operations planning and infrastructure sequencing
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Hospitality and entertainment venue implementation
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Talent acquisition, operator recruitment, and training oversight
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CapEx and OpEx budget planning across development phases
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Interface with local municipalities for buildout coordination
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📌 Key Career Highlights
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Former Senior Executive at Melco Resorts – City of Dreams (Cyprus)
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Project Director – Dream Island (Russia) $1B indoor theme park
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Over 10 luxury casino & resort operations launched across 3 continents
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Fluent in stakeholder management and cross-border procurement
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Specializes in “concept to launch” execution in leisure infrastructure
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📌 Regional Focus
🌐 Cyprus / Russia / Southeast Asia / Middle East
JONATHAN DYER
Executive Advisor
United Kingdom & Europe
UNITED KINGDOM
📌 Executive Profile
Jonathan is Founder and CEO of Impact Capital Investment. He is a highly experienced financial leader with over 30 years in corporate and commercial banking across the UK and Europe.
He has held senior and executive positions at Santander UK, AIB, NM Rothschild, NatWest Markets and ASG Finance, where he consistently delivered growth, restructuring, and strategic change. Most recently, he founded Impact Capital Investments after serving as Head of Corporate Banking UK at AIB.
Jonathan brings proven expertise in fundraising, corporate restructuring, and global investor engagement, strengthening GTRH’s capital strategy for Phase 1 and Phase 2.
📌 Strategic Responsibilities
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Introducing and building relationships with private, institutional and sovereign lenders and investors;
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Structuring and arranging GTRH’s Phase 1 $10M corporate equity raise and Phase 2 $7B project-level investment;
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Supporting GTRH’s global strategy, particularly in relation to funding and investor relations.
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📌 Key Career Highlights
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Over 30 years experience in UK and European corporate banking, including corporate and institutional, levereged, project and asset-based finance;
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Proven and experienced leader with a strong track record of delivering growth and strategic change, and building teams and brands with a strong customer culture;
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Board Executive and Executive Credit Committee experience, having successfully structured, raised and credit-approved multi-$Bs of lending and investment.
📌 Regional Focus
🌐 United Kingdom / Europe
ANDRE LEE
Sr. Executive Advisor
Asia & the Middle East Regions
SINGAPORE
📌 Executive Profile
Andre Lee is an experienced international business development executive with a unique background in both public service and cross-border capital markets. A former officer of the Singapore Police Force, Andre transitioned into executive leadership roles across listed companies and multinational developers, including CNQC and Hock Liang Sheng Ltd.
As the founder of multiple ventures such as Watchwaterplus Thailand Ltd and Naturawall Ltd, he has raised capital from family offices and private equity groups across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, focusing on smart construction and environmental solutions.
At Sada Holdings Ltd, Andre oversees investor engagement, real estate structuring, and institutional partnership development across Saudi Arabia and broader Gulf markets.
His cross-border experience in complex real estate, construction, and infrastructure investment projects makes him a critical ally to the GTRH global strategy. His portfolio includes:Capital raising from family offices and institutional investors across three continents
·Strategic development for startups in eco-construction and water technology
·High-profile mixed-use and infrastructure construction projects in Southeast Asia
·Current leadership role for Saudi-based global expansion at Sada Holdings Ltd
Andre has contributed to major real estate and infrastructure developments, including:
📌 Strategic Responsibilities
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Andre's multidimensional experience in construction development, international fundraising, and sovereign partnerships positions him as a valuable contributor to the GTRH global strategy, particularly in capital markets, investor engagement, and Middle East expansion.
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📌 Key Career Highlights
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Resorts World Sentosa MC06, Singapore
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Changi Prison Headquarters, Singapore
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Changi Airport Terminal 5 (Package 2)
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Sule Square Complex, Yangon, Myanmar
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Baijin Bay Condominium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Apenines Apartment, Diamond Residence, and Emerald Yubao Apartments, Asia
📌 Regional Focus
🌐 Asia and Middle East
IAN R. CHAPMAN
Architectural Advisor
United Kingdom I Europe I Middle East I Asia
UNITED KINGDOM
DAVID RODEN
Architectural Advisor
United Kingdom I Europe I Middle East I India I Asia
UNITED KINGDOM
📌 Executive Profile
Ian is a well respected chartered architect with project experience in China, Thailand, Pakistan, Middle East , North Africa and Europe. Based in the UK , Ian is a director of 2C3D and a consultant director of Corstorphine & Wright the UK’s tenth largest practice with offices across the UK and in the UAE.
Trained at Nottingham University and then gaining RIBA chartership Ian has held membership of the GCC engineers society and the Order of architects France.
Ian has been a director shareholder of FDG handling commercial, media, leisure and science projects. A director shareholder of AFA a French architectural practice based in Choisy and Lyon. A director shareholder of GCCF when working in the UAE, KSA, Oman and Qatar.
📌 Strategic Responsibilities
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Introducing and building relationships with private, institutional and sovereign lenders and investors;
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Structuring and arranging GTRH’s Phase 1 $10M corporate equity raise and Phase 2 $7B project-level investment;
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Supporting GTRH’s global strategy, particularly in relation to funding and investor relations.
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📌 Key Career Highlights
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Masterplanner for multiple projects for Bahria town and the Pakistan Government.
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Major projects in Romania for UK government and hotels.
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BBC Manchester studios, hotel and offices
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Master planning of theme parks in Nigeria and Qatar
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Work on theatres such as Bristol Hippodrome
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Mentor role for Manchester Mayors office
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Expert Witness on various cases.
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Masterplanner for multiple projects for Bahria town and the Pakistan Government.
📌 Regional Focus
🌐 At present Ian has projects which are live across the UK, plus Copenhagen, Ostrava CR, KSA and UAE.
📌 Executive Profile
David is a BA(Hons) DipArch ARB FCSD RIBA, Executive Architectural Advisor Concept Architect and Master Planner. He is the founder and managing director of Niazi Roden Architects and is a highly experienced architect with over 38 years’ experience including 25 years in senior director level design and leadership roles.
He has designed and delivered major projects and masterplans in the UK, Europe, Middle East, India and Asia, in the commercial office, research and life sciences, mixed use residential retail cultural and leisure sectors.
Davids role in the project is as an architectural advisor concept architect and master planner to GTRH.
📌 Strategic Responsibilities
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Architectural and masterplanning advisor to the project.
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Concept designer and design team leader of the wider professional team
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Client design advisor.
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Stakeholder and investor engagement
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📌 Key Career Highlights
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Internationally experienced architect and master planner.
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Has designed and delivered over 300,000m2 of commercial, research, residential, mixed use, retail and leisure development both in the UK and internationally.
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Has designed major regeneration and development masterplans in the UK, Europe, Russia, India and the Middle East.
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Served on a number of industry bodies including the British Council for Offices (London) Awards Panel.
📌 Regional Focus
🌐 United Kingdom I Europe I Middle East I India and Asia.
