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Meet Our Team

Synergia One places a lot of emphasis on talent, collaboration, and building a nurturing culture to get the best results out of its teams. With the right people in the right position, pursuing the right strategy, and having the right execution capabilities is what ultimately enables each company in its portfolio to create value.

Fred Mouawad

Fred Mouawad

Founder, Chairman and CEO

Synergia One Group of Companies

Fred Mouawad is a portfolio entrepreneur and founder of Synergia One Group of Companies. Synergia One is the entity that groups all the companies he founded including the family jewelry business, Mouawad, of which he is the fourth generation. The group has operated in over 20 countries across several industries. The current entities encompass gems and jewelry with Mouawad, an ultra high-end jewelry house that has handled some of the largest and rarest diamonds in the world, food manufacturing with Synova, software as a service with Taskworld, publishing with New York based Smart Work Media which holds over 170 publishing awards, and a Social Impact Entertainment company with CI Media. He also from 1997 to 2017 founded and led Global Franchise Architects - a food service company which created five brands that expanded to 240 stores throughout 7 countries. With his experience in incubating and growing several ventures internationally, and managing a portfolio of several companies, Fred has developed comprehensive management systems that drive execution towards value maximizing strategies...see more

Joined by a diverse group of pundits with
expertise across different industries and markets.

Dr. Kishore Babu Kota

Dr. Kishore Babu Kota

Group Chief Financial Officer

Synergia One

Holding a Doctorate in Business Administration and Two Master Degrees in Commerce and Business Administration, Kishore brings a vast knowledge and expertise to all levels of financial as well as non financial concerns at Synergia One Group...see more

Somsnit Vanprapa

Somsnit Vanprapa

Managing Director

Synova

Graduating with first class honors initially in medicine, specializing in medical genetics, Somsnit has turned her passion toward culinary arts and food sciences...see more

David Squires

David Squires

Group Editorial Director and Associate Publisher

SmartWork Media

Over the last 20 years, David Squires has worked in virtually every type of publishing medium — ranging from small local newspapers to metropolitan dailies, from consumer magazines to business-to-business publications...see more

Matthijs Braakman

Matthijs Braakman

Chief Executive Officer

SmartWork Media

For over 12 years, Matthijs has been successfully advising businesses and organizations on how to effectively interact and engage with their target audience through print, online media and event marketing campaigns.