Meet the Speakers
Pascal Gerken, Regional Member Engagement Officer and former YPO Global Chairman
Pascal is Co-Founder with his brother Frederic of GRAGER SA, a real estate group with assets in Bangkok, Berlin, Brussels and Paris, as well as Founder of OCEANFRONT INVEST in Myanmar, a hospitality company dedicated to building high end sustainable resorts in emerging markets based in Yangon, with current project in Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand. He previously served as the CEO of GERKEN Group (founded in 1936), a leading engineering & production company in carbon and graphite technology. The group is composed of 12 production companies located in Asia, Europe and USA; with headquarters in Brussels and is now part of Wabtec corporation (Fortune 500). He also served in multiple YPO Board Leadership roles including Global Chairman in 2018-2019 and remain active in the organization as a YPO gold member in national and regional Europe leadership roles. He is mostly based in Bangkok, Yangon and French Riviera.
Monica Cadogan
I am a really lucky person. I get to live so many lives and experiences! One is about being a dedicated mom of four young children (three daughters and one son) along with my wonderful Irish husband, Oliver. Another one is contributing to the community, working with different charities to raise money, speak at events to share experience, mentor peers to inspire and learn. And, of course, my great love: being in business. I started as an entrepreneur at 22 years and the last 20 years have been leading/consulting or helping from boards different companies in Eastern Europe. From management consultancy to Ecommerce retail, from CEO of large teams to project manager of few, from countryside to nine countries, I am passionate to be in business – is all about people and all about creating value. I also enjoy a public persona as a former “shark tank” jury member in Romanian show. I learned a lot about investing and the power of TV. My hobbies are reading (especially history!), everything related to music/art and of course I know a lot about raising children.
