Paul Asel, Partner, Nokia Growth Partners, brings more than eighteen years of global investment experience to Nokia Growth Partners. Previously, he managed the technology investment practice in south Asia for the International Finance Corporation. Prior to IFC, Mr. Asel was a General Partner at Telos Venture Partners, an early stage venture firm in Silicon Valley, and a Senior Vice President at Delta Capital, an international private equity firm. He has over ten years on-the-ground experience in China, India, Russia, Europe and Latin America. Mr. Asel began his career with Merrill Lynch in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He received a Masters in Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College. Mr. Asel is co-author of Upward Bound: Lessons of How Nine Leaders Achieved their Summits. Paul is based in Asia.
	John Gardner, Partner, has led and managed investments in companies across the information technology spectrum, including enterprise software, carrier software, systems and component companies. John comes to Nokia Growth Partners from BlueRun Ventures, where he was one of the founding partners at that firm. Prior to that, John held a senior business development role at NOKIA Corp. and has over 15 years of experience advising and working with start-up and emerging businesses, including extensive transactional experience in mergers, acquisitions and venture capital investments. John holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. John is based in Menlo Park, California.
	Tapio Siik, Partner, brings close to twenty years of engineering and technology experience from various software and hardware areas to the team. During his 15 years with Nokia, he has held several management positions in network infrastructure, mobile handset, and venturing organizations, where he has also been involved with multiple acquisitions in various roles. Previously, he has been working at ABB and Intergraph, focusing on CAD/CAE/CIM. Tapio holds an M.Sc. from the Tampere University of Technology. Tapio is based in Tampere, Finland.