Board of Advisors

Mike Bellamy

Founder & Advisory Board Member

Before founding PassageMaker and SafePassage, Mike worked with The Brock Group, an international trade and investment consulting firm managed by President Reagan’s US Trade Representative Bill Brock in Washington DC. He later worked at the South Carolina Export Consortium helping SME’s develop their international sales strategies. In Beijing and Shenzhen, Mike spent a few years with a British consultancy advising Western companies on China market penetration. He received his double degrees in Diplomacy and Economics in Washington DC and later went on to gain an International MBA from the University of South Carolina which included a year of full-time graduate level courses at the Harbin Institute of Technology and University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. Recognized as expert on China business, Mike has been a featured presenter for a number of high profile seminars and trade shows including Global Sources Asia Expo HK, Global Sources Dubai, Boat Tech China, Rotary Foundation, US Chamber of Commerce, British Chamber of Commerce and State Bar of California among others. Before building a career in China, Mike spent 2 years as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar studying Japanese Factory Management in Tokyo and Osaka. Later he studied the Chinese language in Manchuria and Beijing. Mike reads, writes and speaks Chinese. Based in Shenzhen with his wife and daughter. Born in 1972.

Anita Tang-Bellamy

General Manager, SafePassage

Anita has owned and operated a number of businesses in retail and distribution since graduating from NanHua Ligong University in Hunan with a degree in management. She was involved in TV and Movie Production/Distribution before creating a brand of clothing which was distributed across South China. At SafePassage, she is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company and specializes in sales strategies and sub-distributor development. Anita was the Hong Kong representative to the 2008 Mrs. World Pageant and enjoys serving as a guest judge for various China pageants in her free time.  Based in Shenzhen with her husband and daughter. Born in 1972.

Whitwell C. Kelly

Advisory Board Member

Whit has over 20 years of experience in quality and lead-time intensive markets like the North American automotive industry.  Former CEO of Salem Vent International, Inc. (SVI), Whit received his BA from Roanoke College in International Relations and his MBA at the University of South Carolina’s  Moore School of Business, where he focused on operations. Whit has been working in Asia since 1994, including periods living in Singapore and Taiwan. He makes regular trips to the People’s Republic of China. Whit now heads PassageMaker North America (PMNA). He speaks Mandarin and is based in Salem, VA, USA.

Lion Lu

AdvisoryBoard Member

Lion has been working with Mike for almost a decade, initially as an employee and later as a business partner. We are honored to have Lion on our board of advisors as he brings a wealth of China business knowledge with him. Out of college, Lion worked for a division of the Ministry of International Trade. Later, he managed the high stakes trade of antiques between Japan, China, and Europe for an Italian company based in Xi’an. Originally from Heilongjiang, educated at the prestigious University of International Business & Economics in Beijing, Lion is now based in Shenzhen and owner of a manufacturing operation and trading company.

Quinn Bellamy

Advisory Board Member

Mike’s brother Quinn is the President of Silver Lake Marine, a marina consistently ranked among the top 100 USA boat dealers. In addition to serving on the SafePassage advisory board, Quinn occasionally vets in person the US-based manufacturers who are interested in partnering with SafePassage. Based in Upstate NY.