Jay Jiang Yu
Founder, Executive Chairman and President
Mr. Yu is a serial and leading U.S. advanced nuclear technology entrepreneur with 20 years of capital markets experience. He is a private investor in a multitude of companies and has advised a magnitude of company executives with corporate advisory services such as capital funding, mergers & acquisitions, structured financing, corporate restructuring, and other business development services geared at taking these companies to the next level. He is a self taught and private self investor, his relentless passion for international business has helped him develop key, strategic and valuable relationships throughout the world.
Mr. Yu leads the corporate structuring, capital financings, executive level recruitment, governmental relationships and international brand growth of NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. Previously, Mr. Yu worked as an Analyst part of the Corporate & Investment Banking Division at Deutsche Bank on Wall Street in New York City.
Mr. Yu is the founder and chairman of NANO Nuclear Energy Inc., a vertically integrated advanced portable microreactor technology company publicly listed on the NASDAQ Exchange. Under his leadership, NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. reached over $1B Market Capitalization in value. In 2021, Mr. Yu was honored as one of The Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in business. He is an active Philanthropist and the founder of a Non-Profit Organization that helps nurture New York City kids through sports and education. Mr. Yu worked and continued his studies at Columbia University after earning a BA in Psychology from City College of New York.
James Walker, BEng, MSc, CEng, CPhys, PEng
CEO, Head of Reactor Development & Board Member
Mr. Walker is a Nuclear Physicist and was the project lead and manager for constructing the new Rolls-Royce Nuclear Chemical Plant; he was the UK Subject Matter Expert for the UK Nuclear Material Recovery Capabilities and was the technical project manager for constructing the UK reactor core manufacturing facilities. Mr. Walker was also seconded to Rolls Royce where he modeled configurations of RR’s Zero-Power reactor to inform confidence limits for the UK’s successor submarine’s mechanical design and worked for the Rolls-Royce Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics Engineering team investigating reactor channel thermal performance to inform new reactor designs and support the safety case for reactors in current class submarines. Mr. Walker’s professional engineering experience includes nuclear reactors, mines, submarines, chemical plants, factories, mine processing facilities, infrastructure, automotive machinery, and testing rigs.
Mr. Walker has extensive experience in engineering and project management, particularly within nuclear engineering, mining engineering, mechanical engineering, construction, manufacturing, engineering design, infrastructure, and safety management. He has executive experience in several public companies, as well as acquiring and re-developing the only fluorspar mine in the United States.
Mr. Walker holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Nuclear Engineering, as well as qualifications in Project Management and Accountancy. He is a Chartered Engineer with the IMechE, a Chartered Physicist with the IoP, a Project Manager Professional with the APM, and a Professional Engineer with the Engineers and Geoscientists BC.
Dr. “Sean” Tsun Yee Law, MD, MBA
Independent Director
Dr. Tsun Yee Law holds professional memberships in Doctors for Nuclear Energy and the American College of Nuclear Medicine.
Sean Law, MD, MBA is a practicing Orthopedic Medicine Physician in South Florida specializing in Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis who is actively engaged in Clinical Research with a special focus on robotic and sensor technologies, Medical Innovation, and Healthcare Investments. He has been published in many highly regarded peer reviewed medical journals and has had his research accepted for podium presentations in both national and international Orthopedic Surgery conferences. Dr. Law is working collaboratively with world renowned colleagues and institutions to develop a new cutting edge Orthopedic Innovation Center focused on high quality surgical and medical orthopedic care and innovative treatments. Dr. Law has served as a physician consultant to Flagler Healthcare Investment Property Group since 2015.
In addition, Dr. Law has been inducted into the Sigma Beta Delta International Business Honor Society for exemplary academic performance during his Healthcare Management MBA studies. He was also awarded the highest Platinum Level award for his volunteer work helping victims of tornado disasters and providing medical care to the Native American Lakota tribe.
Dr. Kenny Yu, Pharm.D., MBA
Independent Director
Dr. Kenny Yu is an executive leader with expertise in pharmacy strategy, business, and operations. Dr. Yu is a licensed pharmacist in New York and previously served as the inaugural director of 340B pharmacy services at his organization, where he managed both compliance and optimization of the 340B program, which he and his team built from the ground up.
Dr. Yu has led pharmacy businesses and analytics, in which he supported pharmacy-related contract negotiations, pharmacy projects/initiatives, and pharmacy-driven analyses. His entrepreneurial experience, focus in optimization and compliance structure are best fit for enterprise growth strategies. Dr. Yu holds two professional degrees: Doctorate in Pharmacy from the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University in New Jersey and a Master’s in Business Administration from the esteemed George Washington University in D.C.
Ms. Diane Hare, MBA
Independent Director
Diane Hare, MBA is an entrepreneur, business executive and management consultant spending almost a decade with Ernst & Young “EY” in their Advisory practice before starting her own firm and becoming Founder & CEO of BIZLOVE – a consulting practice focused on helping organizations grow by delivering Strategic Positioning and Cross-Functional Strategies for transformative moments (M&A, New Product/Service launches, Re-orgs, Growth Strategy, ESG, Digital/Data priorities).
While at EY, Ms. Hare served the Fortune 500 space and specialized in purpose-driven Enterprise Transformation. Today, she serves B2B multinationals and B2C high growth businesses primarily in the US & EU. Ms. Hare also guides C-suite and Executive members on the best ways to lead their teams through that change. Ms. Hare was a Divison-1 athlete at Iona University where she received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance. She continued her education at Long Island University where she received her Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Marketing and International Business.