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Gwendolyn CARDNO
Deputy Consul General at U.S. Consulate General ShanghaiGwendolyn Cardno arrived in Shanghai in June 2015 as the Deputy Consul General, previously serving at U.S. missions in Iraq, Egypt, Afghanistan and the UK. Cardno has also worked at the White House and on the China Desk at the State Department. Previous to those assignments, she was an advance officer for Secretaries Powell and Rice. From 1999-2001, she worked at the U.S. Consulate in Shenyang. Before joining the Foreign Service in 1999, Cardno worked on the Emerging Markets Index Desk at ING Barings in New York, and she holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Columbia University. A native of Virginia, she and her husband Tom have two daughters.
Cindy Yan CHAN
Partner & Chief Strategy Officer at Focus Media GroupCindy Chan joined Focus Media (China) Holdings Co. Ltd as Chief Strategy Officer in 2005; she was then selected as Partner of Focus Media Group in 2017. Focus Media is the largest lifestyle media group in China. Focus Media Group serves more than 3,000 brands, including Benz, BMW, Apple, Samsung, Siemens, Unilever, P&G, Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, and JD.
Chan is one of the top management team members responsible for the integration of acquired companies into Focus Media, and privatization from NASDAQ and IPOs in China's stock market.
Prior to her experience at international media agency, Chan worked at Qingdao Labor Bureau from 1987-1997. Following those years, Chan dedicated herself in China’s media market for decades; she previously worked in an international 4A group, and she contributes media insight, consumer insight and market insight as a media market professor. Chan worked with Kantar Media Research on the world’s first outdoor TV audience rating system. She also worked with Millward Brown and promoted the first multi-screen assessment tool in China (evaluating media effectiveness across screens from home TV, outdoor TV, PC to mobile).
Kenneth JARRETT
President at The American Chamber of Commerce in ShanghaiKenneth Jarrett, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai since September 2013. Prior to that he was the Greater China Chairman for APCO Worldwide, a Washington-based public affairs consultancy from 2008 to 2013, and before that a U.S. diplomat from 1982 to 2008. During his 26-year diplomatic career, his postings included Consul General in Shanghai, Deputy Consul General in Hong Kong, and Director of Asian Affairs at the White House National Security Council. He also served in Beijing, Chengdu, Singapore, and had several assignments in Washington, DC. Mr. Jarrett has degrees from Cornell University, Yale University and the National War College.
Gebi LIANG
Partner Director, Cloud + Enterprise Engineering of MicrosoftMs. Gebi Liang is the Partner Director of Cloud and Enterprise Group, Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research and Development Group. She has led the China Cloud Innovation Center (CCIC) to successfully incubate & launch cloud services to address the unique needs from China local customers. She is currently responsible to develop and run services on Microsoft Azure targeting customers at global scale. At the same time, Ms. Liang has always been an enthusiastic evangelist in promoting various open source technologies and solutions as Microsoft embraces Open source.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Gebi was a 15-year veteran of Intel and held several key technical and leadership roles in the US & China.
Ms. Gebi Liang holds a master's degree in Computer Science from College of William and Mary and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Beijing Normal University.
Sarah KOCHLING
Managing Principal at Blossom InnovationSarah Köchling is the Managing Principal of Blossom, a strategic insights, innovation and design consultancy that supports clients to get to breakthrough consumer, market and industry insights and collaboratively transform them into impact at all levels of their organizations. With over 25 years of experience in China and Asia, including brand management roles at Procter & Gamble China and J&J International, leading innovation practices at agencies What If and Dragon Rouge and advising several China startups, Sarah is an experienced consultant who offers her clients an optimal balance of best-practice experience and entrepreneurial savvy. Over the years she and her team have applied their considerable skills across a broad range of consumer and business to business categories for both Fortune 100 firms and local companies.
A frequent speaker on innovation and market trends, Sarah is also an active community volunteer; she is co-founder and co-chair of the Women's Executive Network (WEN) for AmCham Shanghai and was elected to the AmCham's Board of Governors for the 2017-2019 term. She also serves as a board advisor and mentor for several local SMEs and for Chinaccelerator, has been a member of the steering committee for TEDxShanghai Women for the past several years, and after co-founding and leading the Wellesley Club of Shanghai, now serves as a board advisor.
Vikram CARDOZO
Senior HR Director Greater China of GEVikram currently serves as the Sr. HR Director for the General Electric (GE) Corporation’s Greater China region. He has worked with GE since 1996 in the company’s Plastics, Lighting, Silicones, Advanced Materials, Financial Services, Corporate HQ Oil & Gas, and Global Growth Operations divisions in Global, Regional & Country capacities.
In his most recent assignment Vikram served as the HR Director for GE ASEAN and the HR Leader for GE’s Oil & Gas business for the Asia Pacific region, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Before this, he served as the HR Leader for GE’s Financial Services business across Asia Pacific, based in Tokyo, Japan, while concurrently holding the role of HR Director for GE Japan. Vikram has held numerous other HR & business roles in Global R&D, Asia-Pacific Talent Development & 6-Sigma in the past, based in the USA, Singapore, Thailand, India & Japan.
Before joining GE, Vikram worked with the Tata Group of Companies & Bharat Forge Ltd in India.
Linda KIESTER
HR Director of 3M ChinaLinda Kiester is currently the HR Director of 3M Greater China Area.
Linda joined 3M nearly 30 years ago in 1988 as an administrative assistant. Since then, she has developed over 25 years of extensive human resource experience. She has held a variety of HR positions across many of 3M’s diverse businesses and functions in both the US and APAC; including roles of increasing responsibility in HR Business Operations, Talent Management, Compliance, and Employee Relations.
Linda holds a Bachelor degree in Organizational Studies as well as a Juris Doctorate degree in Law.
Janet MI
Director of Consulting, Asia at Aperian GlobalJanet Mi is a Director of Consulting with Aperian Global, based in Shanghai, China. For the past 20 years, Janet has worked across the United States and Asia, with particular focus on talent acquisition, talent deployment, and leadership development.
Some of Janet's previous roles before Aperian Global have focused on talent acquisition and on supporting the talent's on boarding, ongoing development, and role transitions while ensuring and maximizing their full potential. Janet has worked across a spectrum of talent management specialties, from identification and acquisition through planning, training, development, and deployment. Janet holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and is certified in MBTI, NLP, Situational Leadership II as well as several Lominger Leadership Architecture Suite offerings: Learning Agility, CHOICES, and Interview Architect. She is also a certified coach through Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL) in Australia.
Alice WONG
HR Director and D&I Leader, Greater China of Ernst & YoungAlice Wong has over 20 years of HR experience in HR enablement, business partnering, performance management, diversity and inclusiveness, organizational development, recruiting and people engagement. She joined EY 11 years ago and used to work in consulting, corporate, Big4 and executive search firms. She has a Bachelor of Anthropology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and is the Chairperson of HR Committee at Amcham Shanghai. Alice resides in Shanghai with her husband and two children.
Michelle YAN
President at Crane ChinaMichelle joined Crane China in July 2016 and is based in Shanghai, China. As Regional President, Michelle is the senior executive in the region, managing all aspects of businesses in China as well as multiple, globally recognized brands and products as well as all channels to reach the EPC, distribution and end user markets. Michelle has oversight responsibilities for company’s factories, joint ventures and offices in China, and works closely with all business units in outlining compelling growth strategies and also to insure that Crane China is compliant with local laws and regulations.
Michelle has 16 years of professional service firm experiences focusing on cross border M&A transactions in New York and Hong Kong. She is admitted to the Bar in both New York and Texas. Michelle received her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Gordon College and her Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University School of Law.
Terry ENDSOR
Managing Director & Head of HR Asia Pacific at CitibankTerry joined Citi in London in 1998 initially responsible for HR in the Operations and Technology areas for Europe, mid-East, Africa and Asia. In 1999 he was appointed HR Head for Western Europe with the prime focus on merging the Corporate and Investment Banking businesses of Citibank and Salomon Smith Barney.
In May 2000 Terry moved to Hong Kong to lead the Citi HR function for all Corporate and Investment Banking in Asia Pacific. He is now Managing Director and Head of HR for all Citi businesses in Asia Pacific and a member of the AP Executive Management Committee.
Prior to joining Citi Terry was Vice President and Head of H.R. for Ingersoll-Rand Europe Middle East and Africa, he was part of the European Management Committee which ran all of their European businesses from their Paris Headquarters where Terry was based. This was his second career with Ingersoll-Rand where he had previously worked before leaving to start his own consulting firm.
Christine LAM
CEO of CitibankChristine Lam is Chief Executive Officer of Citi in the People’s Republic of China. She is responsible for all of Citi’s businesses and franchise operations in China and is based in Shanghai. Ms. Lam is also President of Citibank (China) Co., Ltd., Citi's locally incorporated bank in China.
Ms. Lam was previously Head of Operations and Technology for Citi in Asia Pacific responsible for Operations, Technology and Shared Services functions that support Citi's businesses across 16 markets in Asia. She also provided oversight for the Global Citi Service Centers in Singapore, Philippines, China, Malaysia and India.
Ms. Lam joined Citi in 1983 and since then has held numerous and diverse management positions in Hong Kong, Canada and Asia Pacific regional roles. In the early 1990s, she spearheaded Citi's securities services business ventures in the China B-Share market before she moved on to run the Citi Transaction Services business in Hong Kong.
Adele BAI
President of Kids and Teens at EFAdele knows what it takes to run a good English school: she taught English for 2 years at her alma mater, Xi’An Foreign Language University. Later, she spent 10 years learning to run a business while working in sales, operations, marketing, human resources, and office and general management at Hardinge, an American manufacturing firm. Her style of "deep dive" into operations, love of the English language, and people skills make her a favorite with EF staff, business associates and partners.
Today, Adele is the President of EF English Centers for Kids and Teens. In this role, she oversees the expansion of EF's schools for kids and teens across China. She leads operations, sales and marketing for this division and is committed to EF's mission to "help students not only communicate in English, but also gain the confidence and skills to succeed in life."
Jacob TOREN
CEO of EFJacob, appointed Chief Executive Officer of EF China in January 2018, is tasked with leading the company’s continued growth and success in this country.
Earlier, given his extensive experience leading fast-growing organizations and his strong track record at EF, Jacob was selected in 2004 to become President of EF Kids & Teens Worldwide. In this role, he oversaw the expansion of the EF Kids and Teens Division in a number of key markets, including China, Russia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Middle East and Central Asia. Under his leadership, the division grew revenue by 280% and more than doubled the number of schools. In addition to managing the finance and operations functions at EF schools, Jacob was closely involved in product development for the kids and teens audience, continuously working to improve the student experience as well as keeping parents better informed of their child’s progress.
Lesli LIGORNER
Partner at Morgan, Lewis & BockiusK. Lesli Ligorner is a Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius where she serves clients on a wide range of labor and employment matters involving hiring and termination, establishment and enforcement of company policies, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and local anticorruption compliance, and discrimination and harassment policies, training, and investigations. For three consecutive years, Lesli was listed as one of the “Attorneys Who Matter” in the labor and employment category by the Ethisphere Institute, which recognized her for her commitment to advancing corporate ethics and compliance. She has also been listed in Chambers Global and was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Labour & Employment by China Law & Practice and AsiaMoney Women in Business Law.
Christie MAO
VP HR Greater China at NikeChristie Mao is the VP HR of Nike Greater China. With over 20 years of experience in multinational companies, Christie has been a true Strategic Business Partner and Change Agent for the business. She partners closely with both local leadership team and global team to led organizational transformation and developed a strong talent agenda for Nike, while creating profitable and sustainable growth for the business.
Prior to Nike, Christie served as HR VP for American Standard Asia Pacific (later acquired by LIXIL), one of the largest global housing product and solution companies, where she developed strong people strategies and successfully led multiple M&A transactions and re-organizations across the Asia Pacific region.
Christie holds a bachelor’s degree from Nanjing University and a master’s degree from the University of Leicester in the UK.
Heather SMITH
General Manager at Shanghai United Family HospitalHeather Smith is the General Manager of Shanghai United Family Healthcare. Heather has over 30 years’ health care experience and joined the Shanghai team from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where she was the Corporate Vice President for Strategic Projects with NMC Healthcare. Heather leads corporate wide strategic projects and the opening of the first private women's hospital in Abu Dhabi, Brightpoint Royal Women's Hospital. She has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration and a Master's Degree in Public Health. Heather is an American College of Healthcare Executives Fellow and a fellow with The Australasian College of Health Service Management. She is also certified in LEAN in healthcare training from the University of Tennessee. She will present a case study on using artificial intelligence to lead in service driven health care.
Grace XIAO
Head of External Engagement APAC at UCBGrace Xiao is currently senior director, head of External Engagement(EE) Asia Pacific for UCB, a multi-national bio-pharmaceutical company headquartered out of Brussels, Belgium with focused global core markets in US, Japan, and China. She is responsible for the regional strategy of building effective public and private partnerships and engagements, including local governments, NGOs, patient groups, and other associations to bring unique value for patients and society.
Prior to her current role, Grace was the CFO for UCB Asia Pacific covering Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, India, and five other Southeast Asia countries. Her primary role and responsibility included developing and implementing UCB APAC growth strategy, working together with the APAC president and the regional leadership team. She served as a director on the boards of all legal entities of UCB in APAC. Currently, she serves on the board of directors of UCB’s two China entities; one in Shanghai, the second in Zhuhai. She is also a board member of UCB’s Hong Kong legal entity.
Jean LIU
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Education First (EF)Jean Liu is a seasoned executive in business development, marketing and corporate affairs. Her career spans the globe from north America to Asia. Currently, Ms. Liu is Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Education First (EF), world's largest privately held education company. She leads the company's external affairs functions. Prior to joining EF, Ms. Liu was heading the Cloud marketing team for IBM's Growth Market Unit with a worldwide team under her leadership. She later went on to lead IBM China's marketing team for Cloud and for the technology services business. Before joining IBM in Shanghai, Ms. Liu was Vice President of Corporate Affairs for EDS Corporation. Based in Shanghai, she covered government relations, business development, partner relationships and marketing and communications for EDS in China. She was also on the Board of an EDS joint venture in China as well as Vice Chairman of China Association of Services Trade.
Ms. Liu also spent 5 years in the telecom industry, first as director of brand management and advertising at AT&T Asia Pacific. Later she became the global vice president for brand management and advertising for AT&T and BT's joint venture, based in Hong Kong.
Before joining the technology industry, Ms. Liu gained extensive advertising, public relations and marketing experience with leading global agencies, holding management positions with public relations firm Burson-Marsteller and advertising agency D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B) in the United States and Asia.
Ms. Liu holds a BA degree in Economics and Political Science from Wellesley College, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Shilpi BISWAS
Vice President at AmCham ShanghaiShilpi is a Transformation and Global Growth Leader and her roles include executive positions in Product development, P&L management, Global commercialization at General Electric, Unilever, Delphi, General Motors, and SPX . Her 20+ year business career has been focused on growing and diversifying companies in adjacent markets and developing portfolios with innovative ideas, helping to shape concepts into viable products and launching them successfully in the global markets, along with being a change agent during critical transition period in legacy industries (Automotive, Telecom, and Industrials). Transitioning and innovating corporate culture to match the dynamic market requirements and enhancing staff capabilities in a continuous growth mindset to deliver P&L results has been her core competency through out her career. Shilpi has worked and lived in USA, India, Japan, Kenya, Ghana, Mexico and now in China.
Shilpi Biswas joined American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, as Vice President, as of May 2017. Shilpi’s previous role was General Manager, Product Management, for GE Lighting, USA. In her role Shilpi was responsible for providing strategic direction and P&L leadership to drive profitable growth and global share across all Consumer Lamp technologies.
Inspiration, Aspiration and Transformation are her core values. She is a Believer that ‘If you can See it, you can Be It”.
Rebecca Liyan BRANHAM
Co-Founder, Managing Director of B & L (Shanghai) Engineering ConsultingRebecca has extensive experience with foreign and international investment and engineering companies in the fields of government relations, business development, office management and human resources. She also served as the China Government Relations Manager for a large American multinational engineering and construction company.
In 2005, Rebecca co-founded B & L Group. B & L Group, an international consulting company with extensive experience in the areas of Investment and Business Consulting, Project Management Consulting, Factory Maintenance, Education & Training. Rebecca helped the B & L Group team to successfully complete the 2010 World Expo USA Pavilion and was received twice by former US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.
In 2014, Rebecca founded CP Woman an organization that aims to foster more female leaders by providing a series of programs and business consulting to Professional Women and Women Entrepreneurs worldwide and to promote women economic development worldwide.
Catherine CHAUVINC
Group Vice President at Aden ServicesCatherine started her career in France before working in Asia for the past 20 years, holding various management roles in China and Japan. She worked in Vivendi (Veolia Environment today) in Beijing and in 1999 Catherine became at 32 the General Manager China for Andros, a major actor in the European agro-food industry. Catherine relocated to Shanghai in 2003, where she is now Group Vice President for ADEN Services, a smart Integrated Facilities Management Service provider with 26,000 employees worldwide. Prior, she was ADEN Services CEO China for 5 years. She is also the co-founder of 2 schools with bilingual French-Chinese curriculum in Shanghai and a strong supporter of the following NGOs: Albatross Foundation, Couleurs de Chine, Madaifu and Shanghai Young Bakers.
She is a French Foreign Trade Advisor since 2009 and is today a board member and secretary-general of its China chapter. She is also the chairwoman of its “So Attractive, France!” committee.
Jeff HASENFRATZ
Managing Director of Mindsight Executive Development ServicesJeff Hasenfratz is Managing Director of Mindsight Executive Development Services, a Shanghai-based consultancy offering C-suite team coaching and facilitation in Asia, specializing in helping teams better collaborate.
Jeff, a certified Integral Coach through New Ventures West, speaks Mandarin and has worked in Asia for 25 years. His previous corporate associations include Hewlett Packard and Russell Reynolds Associates. Client organizations include firms in the technology, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and financial and professional services industries. Jeff is currently writing a book to help Western MNC general managers in China work more effectively with local colleagues.
Preston KUO
President at China FoundationsPresident of China Foundations and Powerful Human partner, Preston has dedicated his career to bridging the gap of understanding between China and the West since 2003. His model for creating organizations based in trust and DNA for development are rooted in 8 years of Dongbei living coaching China’s single largest private foreign investment at the time.
Some of his teams favorite trust projects include the creation of the Alibaba Global Leadership Academy, global alignment and scaling knowledge with the Wework Asia Pacific team development, Wieden + Kennedy Global, and Hasbro International, Huawei Shenzhen.
He hosts the Made in China Podcast, and represents some of today’s most relevant international thought leaders in China. Preston helped found Fitfam Shanghai; China largest international fitness community, was a founding member of the US Chamber of Commerce in Northeast China, founding member and Co-chair of US State Department OSAC Northeast China, and continues to support companies globally as well as locally in tier 2 and 3 cities all over China.
Freda FUNG
East Asia President at Special OlympicsFreda joined the local marketing agency, Zera Communications as a partner to expand their cultural and entertainment business, servicing renown global animation and entertainment brands as well as self-production of cultural experiences blending cultures from the East and the West. In 2007, Freda and Zera serviced SOI during the 2007 Special Olympics Shanghai World Games in the area of Global Sponsor Management, Torch Relay Events and Founder’s Reception Event. Having been a SOI volunteer since the early 2000’s, Freda developed a passion for this meaningful movement. Zera formed a joint venture production factory in 2013 to supply theatrical scenic decoration and props to Shanghai Disney Resort’s theatrical shows, Freda had been overseeing this factory. Due to the compassionate and unique mission behind Special Olympics, Freda has been touched to take on this new role to head up SOEA and aims to build upon its successful legacy to continue to best serve Special Olympics athletes and programs in East Asia.
Lucy LEI
Managing Director of Genesis Consulting ShanghaiLucy Lei is an executive coach, facilitator & trainer with a strong corporate executive background. A Belgian Chinese, Lucy has for the last 25 years worked for MNC companies in Belgium, Hong Kong, Mexico, Australia and Singapore before returning to China in 2011. Her executive roles have included General Manager & VP for a US listed company, Managing Director APAC & global board member for Belgian industry group and APAC BU head for a German MNC.
Lucy gained her facilitation / training in 1998 in Hong Kong from Oxford IPC, serving as a certified trainer for Self–Managing Leadership workshop; In 2003 Lucy also trained with Origen and New South Wales University in Australia as mentor / coach / trainer; by Keystone Group (Shanghai) in 2016 on Evidence Based Coaching for Executives.
She is a member of Executive board for the Benelux Chamber of Commerce Shanghai since 2014, past president of IPWS (International Professional Women’s Society) and is a visiting professor at Dalian Maritime University.
Shirley LEI
Founding Partner at Zenith AdvisoryShirley Lei is the founding partner of Zenith Advisory, a boutique consulting firm founded in 2002 specialized in helping clients to achieve their organizational strategies through their people.
Shirley’s clients include Citi Bank, Cisco, Dow Chemical, Huntsman, Protiviti, DTZ, IFF, SAICO, Akzo Noble, BP-PetroPec, SinoChem, AstraZeneca, Amgen, Roche and many leading business schools. Since 2013, Shirley became the first professional woman from China to deliver “Doing business in China from culture and people perspectives” at a leading European business school in France annually.
Shirley is a frequent editorial contributor to leading magazines on business manners, cross-cultural awareness, education and travel topics. In 2010, Shirley published her first non-fiction book “Outside the box – a road less traveled” based on her global awareness and unbiased perspectives towards the international community and market.
She became a TEDx speaker in April 2017 to illustrate how to link the critical thinking in diversity and inclusion into philanthropy.
Mary REZEK
Global Executive Coach and Lead Speaker Coach at TED TalksMary Rezek, Founder and Principal Consultant of Saatori, has cultivated her leadership development and corporate expertise over more than 25 years of working in China, the Asia-Pacific, and the U.S. Through her offerings as a global executive coach, leadership advisor, and TED speaker coach, her insight and focus have earned her the nickname "Consigliere" from her clients. She dares to incite awareness and inspire change by being candid and taking on the challenges that others prefer to avoid. Since founding Saatori in 2006, Mary has coached and consulted across many diverse industries. Saatori is headquartered in Shanghai, with a branch office in San Francisco.
Bruce ROBINSON
Partner at The Resilience InstituteBruce leads The Resilience Institute in Shanghai overseeing the development of our training programs in Greater China. He has over twenty-five years of training, executive coaching, investment, banking and business management experience in the Americas and Asia, where he has lived since 2005. Bruce specializes in organizational and individual transitions and managing diverse teams. He has led the establishment of new offices, as well as managed acquisitions, Sino-foreign joint-ventures and restructurings.
Recent client assignments include multinational companies as well as educational institutions. Bruce holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of California Berkeley. Bruce grew up in northern California, is an active triathlete and a vegetarian. Throughout his life he has strived to live by many of the principles of The Resilience Institute, including maintaining a positive outlook, leading a healthy, well-balanced lifestyle and helping others.
Audrey SCHROEDER
Leadership Consultant & Executive Coach at Schroeder-Lo AssociatesAudrey Schroeder is a highly respected, multi-lingual leadership consultant and executive coach whose passions for continuous learning, dedication to excellence, and self-development and adventure make her sought after by clients throughout Asia and internationally. As one of the most experienced certified coaches in China, Audrey is known for designing and delivering leadership development initiatives across a broad spectrum of industries in Asia. She is also the most accomplished Western speaker of Chinese in the consulting, training and coaching space in China today. She works with multinational corporate executives to help them realize their full potential as leaders who, through their interactions, are consciously creating value in their systems. Audrey both lives and coaches her personal maxim of going beyond our own borders, delivering her work in Mandarin and Cantonese, as well as English.
Liu XIN
Director and Executive Coach of Director and Executive Coach of Cornerstone International GroupLiu Xin, Director and Executive Coach of Cornerstone International Group in Shanghai. Before working as a professional coach, she held the position of General Manager of UnforsRaySafe China (headquartered in Sweden) for eight years. Providing measuring solutions for diagnostic X-ray to a client group of medical equipment manufacturers such as GE, Philips, Siemens, Toshiba, government authorities, hospitals and universities. Her 20+ years of MNC experience covering management, sales, logistic & quality, and engineering in such different industries as automotive, logistic, mobile handset and medical testing set up a solid foundation for my coaching journey.
Member of the International Coach Federation and an ICF certified ACC and have received training from different coaching schools for individual and team/group coaching.
Brigitte WOLFF
President at EIM Executive Interim Management Co., Ltd.Brigitte Wolff is the Managing Director of EIM Executive Interim Management China and has been working more than 18 years in China. During this period, she was a Partner at Booz&Company China, MD and Partner of Management Engineers Business Consulting China and founder of Abacus Corporation China. Since 2008 she is also a board member at the German Chamber Shanghai and its charity activities, such as the ‘More than a Market’ Initiative, working with German companies’ social engagement in China. Since 2017 she serves as a board member of the European Chamber of Commerce China in Shanghai. Prior to that she held management positions in Germany at Oliver Wyman and Constantia Packaging as well as Steinbeis Packaging. She holds a German Engineer Diploma from Technical University of Munich.
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Xingchun ZHENG
Managing Director of Power Pacific CorporationXingchun Zheng has over 20 years of Strategy, Operational, Investment experiences gained working with leading firms in China, US and Europe. In depth understanding of vertical markets such as Health Care, Power & Energy, Consumer/Life Style, Industrial at strategic and operational levels. Hands-on involvement with MNCs and business startups for market entry strategy, brand positioning, fund raising, deal structuring during the past 10 years in China.
Xingchun has held senior roles at various investment platforms including Bain Capital, L Capital and PPCL. In addition to her current focus on cross border opportunities spanning China-India-US, she serves on the board of a couple of leading domestic firms, such as ShuiJingFang, a leading Chinese Spirit Firm listed on A share.
Xingchun attended FuDan University, China; She also has a Master Of Science in Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and MBA from University Of Chicago.