Dr. Harald Link is the Link’s third-generation leader of B.Grimm, established in 1878 in Thailand, a multinational conglomerate with businesses across energy, building and industrial systems, healthcare, transportation, lifestyle, real estate, digital and capital partners. He has been at the helm of B.Grimm for over 30 years. Under his leadership, B.Grimm continues to set its sights on the future while holding true to the company’s core belief of “Doing business with compassion for the development of civilisation in harmony with nature,” based on its values of positivity, partnership, professionalism and pioneering spirit.

Harald Link started working at B.Grimm in 1978 after graduating with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from St. Gallen University in Switzerland. At the age of 23, he learned the family’s business from his uncle, Herbert Link, and his father, Dr. Gerhard Link. From 1981-1986, he sat on the company’s Executive Committee and became Chief Executive in 1987.

In 1997, Harald experienced the hardest time in his business career when B.Grimm was hit hard by Thailand’s financial crisis which saw the Thai Baht devalued by more than 50% almost overnight. After successfully overcoming this stormy period, B.Grimm continued to diversify further and in the 1990s ventured into the energy sector with its investment arm, B.Grimm Power, which went public in 2017, earning 27 billion Thai Baht in revenue in its first year, with gross profit of 8 billion Thai Baht. Today, B.Grimm Power has grown from its first greenfield industrial power plant in Amata City in Chonburi to one of Thailand’s fastest-growing industrial and renewable power producers.

Vijay Krishnan is the Managing Director for Rystad Energy Asia Pacific. Vijay joined Rystad Energy in January 2017 and is responsible for the overall business across Asia Pacific for the firm. He has close to 20 years of experience in the Energy & Petrochemical sector. He specialises in advising clients in a commercial capacity from small to large projects and has a keen eye and a great passion for opening new markets and revenue streams. Vijay started his career as a Pricing Analyst covering Energy and Petrochemical products in Asia. He then spent 5 years in Business Development for ICIS-LOR, successfully opening up new markets, developing new clients and products focused on the Indian Sub-Continent and the Middle East. Vijay was then instrumental in building the Asian business for Wood Mackenzie across the Energy value chain. He spent over 11 years at Wood Mackenzie where his last role was the Regional Director for South East Asia and Australia and as the Global Strategic Sales Head for the National Oil Business. Vijay has a BSc in Management Economics from the University of London and is a keen triathlete.