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Our founding board has built what customers rely on.

ELN’s network brings together established infrastructure owners. Two businesses pair a proven capability with customers one partner already serves, then test one additional recurring offer.

Our founding board brings operating reach: a 1908 manufacturer supplying major vehicle OEMs; AI work for 35+ enterprise clients; 5,000+ electric motorcycles deployed in Indonesia; clean-water work impacting 150,000+ people; and a distribution network linking 60 brands to 9,950 partners.

These figures describe members’ company backgrounds, not outcomes delivered by ELN.

FOR CAPABILITY OWNERS

Put a proven offer in front of customers.

License or rent equipment, software, a service or a skill through a partner already serving the buyer.

FOR CUSTOMER-FACING OWNERS

Add a capability your customers need.

License, rent or acquire a proven capability, then test the additional offer with customers you already serve.

Our founding board

From manufacturing and enterprise AI to mobility, water and offline trade, the board brings experience in building, operating and bringing a capability to market.

Industrial manufacturing

Illston & Robson

Claire ReidStrategic Director · Co-owner

Claire Reid is Strategic Director and co-owner of Illston & Robson, a Birmingham manufacturer founded in 1908. Its airline couplings and linkages are supplied to major truck, trailer and tractor OEMs across the UK and Europe. She also founded Reid Potentia and Succession Success, bringing a steward-owner’s perspective to preserving and passing on industrial businesses.

Portrait of Jovian Ling
Enterprise AI implementation

Set Sail AI

Jovian LingCo-founder · Business & Operations

Jovian Ling co-founded Set Sail AI and has helped 35+ enterprise clients, including MTR, CLP, HKTDC and IKEA, build AI virtual agents. For MTR, the AI Tracy service expanded from Yau Ma Tei to Kai Tak stations, serving passengers in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.

Portrait of Joel CY Chang
Electric mobility

CHARGED

Joel CY ChangGroup CEO · Charged Asia

Joel CY Chang is co-founder and Group CEO of CHARGED Asia, with 5,000+ electric motorcycles deployed in Indonesia. Its 16,000 m² solar- and battery-powered Giga-Shed in Greater Jakarta has capacity for up to 200,000 bikes a year; its subscription fleets serve drivers working with Grab, Gojek and Maxim.

Portrait of David Pong
Water access technology

Wateroam

David PongCo-founder & CEO

David Pong co-founded Wateroam in 2014. The company reports 150,000+ people impacted through 500+ deployments across 15+ countries. Its ROAMfilter Plus produces 300 litres of clean water per hour without electricity; a Vanuatu disaster response deployed 260 systems across five islands.

Acquisition-led operations

Flockstone

Alan CutlerGroup CEO

Alan Cutler is Group CEO of Flockstone, an acquisition-led operator in UK electrical and broadcasting. In 2026, Flockstone acquired Gough Electrical, a long-standing North Wales wholesaler with a loyal customer base. Founder Paul Gough began his electrical-wholesale career in 1979; Cutler brings 21+ years of professional experience, including analytics and business advisory, to owner succession and continuity.

Portrait of Yann Schuermans
Commerce & distribution

Baskit

Yann SchuermansCo-founder & CEO

Yann Schuermans co-founded Baskit, a B2B platform for offline distribution. Baskit connects 60 brands to a 9,950-strong partner network of distributors, wholesalers, modern-trade retailers and platforms. This gives brands an established route to market across Southeast Asia; Forbes Asia named Baskit to its 2026 100 To Watch.

BOARD STRATEGY · EXECUTION

Add expertise where a deal needs it.

Start with a defined infrastructure niche and buyer. Add channel access, licensing economics, procurement or safe-delivery expertise only when it moves a real offer toward a paid pilot.

Build around one committed partner and the customers they already serve. Treat a new region as a later route, rather than the network’s core promise.

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