Non-executive Directors

Abbas Yazdi

As the driving force behind a number of companies in the UK, UAE and Australia, Mr Yazdi brings his business experience and insight to Corebridge. His 20:20 vision in identifying opportunities and managing businesses to commercial success has made him a prolific entrepreneur and led him to many successful ventures in the oil, gas, information technology and construction industries. Mr Yazdi has experience of dealing with the highest governmental tiers in various regions and has the support of investment and merchant banks and international financial institutions. He also has formal qualifications in Telecommunications Engineering.

Michael Ming-Yih Wu 

Mr Wu has been active in international business for the past seventeen years. Prior to founding 3V SourceOne, he was General Partner at iGlobe Partners, a technology venture capital firm. From 1996 to 1999, Mr Wu was Executive Director and Associate Director at UOB Venture Management Pte Ltd (Singapore) where he led U.S. and China hi-tech investments. In 1998, he established the UOB Venture Technology Fund and from 1995 to 1996, Mr Wu served as Senior Vice President at H&Q Asia Pacific and was responsible for its China portfolio. He has an MBA degree from the University of Chicago.

Sassan Safa

Mr Sassan S Safa, the Chairman and CEO of Cosmics Unified Communications PLC, has over 30 years' experience in computer system development, telecommunication systems and provisioning of high availability hosted services to large enterprises.

Mr Safa founded Infotec SA in Geneva, Switzerland in 1982 and served as its Chairman and CEO for 24 years. Infotec, now part of GL Trade (GLT.PA), is a major real-time online financial information service provider to banks and financial institutions globally.

Prior to establishing Infotec, Mr Safa served as the Managing Director of Wormald International (UK) Ltd. During his career he has founded and merged several other ventures including Computer System Management Informatics acquired by TRW, InSight acquired by Dow Jones Telerate and InfoTrade acquired by CSK Micrognosis. Mr Safa has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.