Nicolas Schlumberger is Chairman of the Board at DPS. He has been active in international finance (New York, Tokyo, Paris) for 36 years. He was recently a founder of SICAT ( France, Beta-silicium carbide as a support for catalysis), and of Next Generation Broadcasting AB (Sweden, service provider for terrestrial broadcasting of digital TV) and vice Chairman of NGB joint venture for China and South East-Asia. He has been living in China since 2000, former Chairman of a high-tech company based in Chengdu.