Hongfei is currently the Managing Director of Cargill Animal Nutrition China. Before her role at Cargill, she served as Vice President, Strategy, Knowledge & Insights for Coca-Cola’s businesses in Greater China and Korea from 2018-2020 and was responsible for corporate and portfolio strategy, consumer, competitor, and brand tracking, deep-dive insights, business intelligence, and planning. She successfully built Coca-Cola’s 2025 Greater China strategy.

Prior to Coca-Cola, Hongfei worked at Cargill Greater China as the Head of Strategy and Corporate Development from 2016-2018. She is a member of Cargill China's leadership team and has worked closely with its global CEO, executive team members, and board members to develop APAC and China strategies and investments and has successfully established five-year strategies for Cargill China, leading multiple investments and acquisitions.

Hongfei also previously worked at Hilti Ltd., a European engineering solution company as the Head of Oil &Gas and Chemical Business in China from 2013-2016, and the Marketing Director of APAC. She successfully managed to double the business income and triple profit growth in two years. Before that, Hongfei worked at Bain & Co. for eight years as a case team leader and board manager, offering strategy consulting services to multinational and Chinese enterprises.

Hongfei obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Economics degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, with a Master’s at Ecole Centrale de Lyon Diplôme d'Ingénieur France and an MBA from INSEAD (France).

Henry Ding is Global Senior Vice President of 3M and President of 3M China. In this role, Henry is responsible for the leadership and management of 3M’s largest business group – Safety & Industrial Business Group in Greater China Area. He also expands his responsibilities to include the leadership of 3M China, responsible for Corporate Affairs and Enterprise Governance, working to enhance 3M’s overall brand and reputation while driving the Safety and Industrial business growth in Greater China Area.

Henry joined 3M China in 1993. In 2003, he is appointed as Manager of Electronic and Electrical Markets Group. Since then, Henry assumed increasing leadership responsibilities in leading business teams across diverse markets. He served as Director of Electronics and Energy Business Group, Greater China Area in 2010 and as Director of Industrial and Transportation Business Group, 3M China and 3M Hong Kong in 2014. In 2017, Henry took the post of International Business Director of Industrial Adhesive and Tapes Division and relocated to 3M U.S. headquarters. And most recently Henry was moved to Singapore in 2020, served as Vice President of Industrial Adhesive and Tapes Division, 3M Asia. In December 2021, Henry was appointed Global Senior Vice President of 3M and President of 3M China, and is now based in Shanghai, China.

Henry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Polymer Chemistry from the Shanghai School of Technology as well as an Executive Business Management Diploma from the China European International Business School (CEIBS).

Mr. Di Yao is Head of Legal in Google’s Shanghai office and Chair of AmCham Shanghai's Legal Committee.

Before Google, Di worked as Head of Legal and Business Development - APAC for GoPro and Managing Associate at King & Wood Mallesons.

Di graduated from SISU Law School and received his Master of Laws in Stanford Law School and a Master of Humanitarian Law jointly by Law School of Peking University and Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.

As SVP of China Business Innovation & Investment office for Shiseido created in January 2019, Carol is helping to shape the next phase of transformation for the company. By leveraging the dynamic ecosystem and entrepreneurial talents in China, Carol will help to accelerate the implementations of innovations and new business models, to create a new beauty business as the next growth driver of the Shiseido group on a global level. Previously, she has held a number of management positions at multinational firms such as Unilever, Burberry, L’Oréal, and Marriott where she has led global strategy & innovation functions across regions and categories.

Carol received her undergraduate degree from New York University's Stern Business School and her MBA from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Zak Dychtwald is the Founder and CEO of Young China Group, a market insights firm and consultancy based between China and the US. He leads “YCG Bridgeworks: A Cross Geography Collaboration Lab” focused on a people-first, data-backed approach to improving collaboration between global teams, with a special focus on US-based F500 companies with established China-based teams.

Dychtwald is also the author of critically acclaimed Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World (St. Martin’s Press), available in six languages.

A frequent expert contributor to Harvard Business Review and globally sought after speaker, Zak has been invited to speak on six continents including Harvard University, The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council Summit, Aspen Ideas Festival, among others. He has been named an Asia 21 Next Generation Fellow and elected Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai Future Leaders Committee.

Olivia Plotnick holds 8+ years of experience helping brands plan and execute digital strategy for China. She is the founder of wai social, a marketing and consulting agency focused on helping brands build relationships and communities with consumers in China.

Olivia has held key leadership roles in several nonprofit communities including free-fitness community, FitFam, and IPWS - International Professional Women’s Society. She has delivered a TEDx talk on the power of communication, was selected as a Global Women Asia ’23-24 Fellow, and has delivered speeches at APEC and to numerous Fortune 500 companies and international delegations all over the world on the topic of marketing in China.