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Jessica Zhang
Asia Pacific VP Human Resources at EatonJessica Zhang is Vice President, Human Resources, Electrical Sector Asia Pacific for Eaton, a power management company with headquarters in Ireland. In her current role, she is responsible for defining and implementing workforce strategies focusing on talent management, employee engagement and culture, as well as organizational effectiveness in order to support the Electrical Sector’s business growth objectives in the Asia Pacific region. Previously, she was the Human Resources Director, Power Distribution Division, Electrical Sector Asia Pacific and Compensation and Benefits Director, Asia Pacific, Corporate. Prior to joining Eaton, Jessica had 10 years of consulting and management experience with Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting firm headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
Tony Ling
Senior VP, CHO at Riverside GroupTony Ling is currently Senior VP and CHO of Riverside Group. Prior to working this job, he was also General Manager of HR at Wanda Culture Group, Vice President and CHO at SF Express Co., Ltd, VP of HR at Dianping, HR director at IBM Greater China and VP of HR at AstraZeneca. Tony Ling has over 20 years’ experience in HR management. Him and his team were awarded the Prize of Best HR Manager by “China Staff” several times and he has also won HRoot's Magazine "Top 10 HR Managers of the Year" award twice.
Robert Abbanat
CTO at GloCoachRob is CTO and Co-Founder of GloCoach, home to hundreds of the world’s best corporate coaches with the mission to help CEOs, senior management teams and young emerging leaders improve leadership competencies and deliver superior results. He plays a key role in shaping the company’s vision to leverage emerging mobile and internet technologies to connect students with highly-qualified and capable coaches from the US. Prior to ILE, Rob served as Managing Director for M1 Capital Group. Rob was also the founder of Engineered Multimedia which created advanced, multimedia content for large telecommunications and aerospace companies. Rob holds a BS in Physics from Boston College, a MS in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech, and an MBA from MIT. Rob serves on the Board of Governors at AmCham Shanghai, and has lived in China since 2006.
Brian Brickhouse
President, Electrical Sector – Asia Pacific Region at EatonBrickhouse joined Eaton in 1985 and has held senior-level leadership positions of increasing responsibility for the Electrical Sector including senior vice president and general manager, Distributed Power Quality Division; senior vice president and general manager, Critical Power Solutions Division; vice president, Global Sales, Service and Support; and director, Sales and Services, Europe, Middle East and Africa. In his current role, Brickhouse is responsible for overseeing the company’s electrical business in the Asia Pacific region, which includes manufacturing operations, sales, marketing, technology and product development.
Cecilia Zhang
Managing Partner - Greater China Advisory at EYCecilia is leading EY's Greater China Advisory Services with more than 1,000 professionals based in 12 different cities throughout mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Her GC Advisory team works with both domestic and MNC clients on transforming their business performance to meet fast growing requirements and a variety of market demand. In addition to this, she plays a huge role in considering risk management and monitoring improvements so companies can sustain their performance over time. Cecilia has 24 years of business, IT management and consulting experience primarily within the financial services arena. She has a fantastic reputation with insurance clients who appreciate her deep sector knowledge and market understanding. Cecilia joined the China firm in 2009, building up China FSO PI business from scratch. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, she was the China Insurance Practice Leader of IBM Global Business Services.
Han Shen Lin
SVP, Deputy General Manager at Wells FargoHan Lin is a Deputy General Manager of Wells Fargo in China, and a Senior Relationship Manager. In his role, Han advises Wells Fargo commercial customers on their U.S-China cross-border strategic financing and trade needs. Wells Fargo provides international banking services to corporates, financial institutions and multilateral agencies – organizations such as the United Nations and World Bank – through more than 35 offices worldwide. Offerings include local currency financing, payments, collections, trade services and outsourcing, deposits, credit, foreign exchange, and derivatives. Han began his career with Wells Fargo in 2004 in Charlotte, N.C. where he was involved in a series of strategic initiatives encompassing credit, payments, trade and acquisitions. Two years later, he moved to China where he has been ever since. He is currently the Chair of the Financial Services Committee, American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai and lives in Shanghai with his wife and two daughters.
Wenfang Chen
Chair, Chief Executive Advisory Board at VistageWenfang has provided leadership development to profit and non-profit organizations since 2001. Her effectiveness springs from her first ten years of professional work in banking and financial transactions as well as her spirit of entrepreneurship. Starting from May 2011 until now, Wenfang has established New Age Leaders and has provided total leadership development solution to wider range of corporations. She has designed and executed many leadership programs and internal peer advisory boards (similar to group coaching) for leading companies in financial institutions, IT, New Retail, One Health & Beauty and automobile industries. Programs mainly focus on strategy alignment and corporate culture enhancement. Her role at Vistage China is to transform chief executives with a mix of different industries. Wenfang is the leader of the CEO group who recruits members, facilitates round table discussion and conducts 1-2-1 coaching to each member.
Jenny Ni
Greater China HR Director of DowJenny Ni is the HR Director for Dow Chemical Greater China and is responsible for the development and execution of strategic HR plans in support of the geographic organization.Jenny joined Dow in 2006 as Workforce Planning Leader for Asia Pacific and subsequently extended her responsibilities to include India, Middle East and Africa. Later on, she had taken additional role of Diversity & Inclusion Leader for Asia Pacific. Jenny then moved to be Asia Pacific HR Director for various Dow Business Divisions. In those roles, Jenny had partnered with the business leaders and led the HR team to complete the HR integration for the M&A and also provided Strategic HR solutions to support business growth. Prior to joining Dow, Jenny was Business HR Director in FMCG Company. She spent the last 20 years in HR management, with specific experience in the areas of: strategic Workforce Planning; Organization Change and Development; Talent Attraction and Development, Leadership Development and M&A Management. She also acts as the Interviewer for MBA/EMBA admission and Coach at various business schools. She is the certified facilitator for DDI leadership course and member of CPHR.
Claire Yu
Head of Leadership University at GeelyClaire Yu, growing with the rapid development of Geely, has over ten years experience in HR management. She is experienced in Geely’s corporate culture, personnel training and talent development. As a core member of Geely Corporate University’s construction, she has led in the planning and implementation of projects focused on training Geely leaders’ leadership, setting a standard for talent, evaluating and developing talent as well as constructing a communicating corporate culture.
Cathy Xia
Human Resources Director of IntelCathy Xia currently serves as Human Resources Director at Intel, based in Shanghai, with specific focus on Intel’s R&D business units in China. Cathy has 20 years of HR leadership and management experiences with leading MNCs in multiple industries including Hi tech, pharma and FMCG. Cathy holds a Master of Science degree in Management Science from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Sharon Yang
Head of HR at SPD Silicon Valley BankSharon Yang is the Head of Human Resources of SPD Silicon Valley Bank (SSVB). SSVB is the first technology and innovation bank in China serving as an independent legal entity, and it provides unique financial products and services to the technology and innovation industry in China. The past 20 years of Sharon’s work experience includes a number of HR roles spanning across a variety of industries and locations. Apart from being the China HR head for companies in Banking, she also has experience in Real Estate Consulting and Renewable Energy industries. Sharon is the founding member of VHR, and career mentor of SAIF FMBA, SUFE IMBA, SISU MBA programs. Sharon’s articles were published in the HR professional journals and books in both Mainland China and HK.
Janet Mi
Director of Consulting, Asia at Aperian GlobalJanet Mi is a Director of Consulting at 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 talents with their ongoing development and role transitions whilst still ensuring and maximizing their full potential. Janet has worked across a spectrum of talent management specialties, from identification and acquisition to planning, training, development, and deployment. Janet has worked with senior leadership teams in global companies like Apple (China) to design and realize talent management plans that match individual needs with business goals, and with small start-ups like WorkWise (New York City) and Broad-Minded Business (Tokyo) to build and bring local-relevant service offerings to unique markets.
Sarah McKensey
Asia Pacific Diversity & Inclusion Leader at J&JSarah McKensey heads up Diversity & Inclusion for Asia Pacific at Johnson & Johnson. In this role she partners with senior business leaders to ensure that new, transformative enterprise strategies are pulled through. She collaborates with Regional HR Leaders to provide Diversity & Inclusion expertise, develop strategic insights, share internal and external best practices, and ensure regional relevancy of our enterprise strategy. Sarah will collaborate with regional/country HR leads to drive common approaches across the APAC Region. Sarah’s expertise includes business partnering, HR strategy development & change management. Over her 20 year career she has worked in Merger & Acquisition, Total Rewards management, Organization development and design, Global Mobility consulting and Talent Management. Since joining J&J in 2008, Sarah has established herself as a passionate HR & change leader empowering and mentoring diverse talent to attain their fullest potential. During her time as an HR leader in Japan she helped establish the first Asia Pacific LGBT Employee Resources Group (Open & Out Japan) as well as the Work Life Balance Strategy “Switch!” increasing J&J Japan’s Nikkei rankings on Gender Diversity (1st in 2018 up from 7th in 2016) and Employee Empowerment (1st in 2016 up from 18th in 2015).
Holly McGhee
Diversity and Inclusiveness Lead APAC at EYHolly is a talent attraction, branding and engagement professional. With global experience of living and working in four countries she has a unique perspective of the impact inclusive leaders can make. She operates at the convergence of talent and business finding stories and experiences that unleash a unique brand experience for clients and employees. As the D&I lead for Financial Services APAC at EY she works closely with many departments to develop strategies to move the needle on diversity and inclusiveness. She helps teams leverage the diversity within and harness the full potential of the diverse workforce to create new value to the firm. Holly is also a member of EY’s Global Women Fast Forward program, designed to accelerate economic gender parity. As part of this, Holly supported the International Women’s Day, Press for Progress campaign. Holly is passionate about creating an environment where people feel able to bring their full self to work.
Steven Paul Bielinski
Founder of WorkForLGBTSteven Paul Bielinski is the Founder of WorkForLGBT, a non-profit network for LGBT employees in China, and a platform for dialogue and collaboration with companies on LGBT corporate equality. WorkForLGBT is the largest group in mainland China devoted to LGBT workplace advocacy, reaching 50,000 LGBT employees and hundreds of companies. Established in 2013, WorkForLGBT holds regular LGBT employee networking events, as well as programs which highlight the business case for LGBT initiatives. These include WorkForLGBT's Corporate Diversity & Inclusion Conference, Pink Market Conference & China LGBT Community Report, China LGBT Social Climate Report, and China LGBT Talent Job Fair. As a thought leader and LGBT inclusion pioneer, Steven has been interviewed by Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, Global Times, China Daily, and other leading media; and has been invited to speak to and train leaders in China by Accenture, Dell, Dow Chemical, and other global firms.
Sun Yu
Training Director of Fosun PropertySun Yu has worked for several top companies including Omron Group and Fosun Group. He is currently the director of Fosun Real Estate Management Institute and has been engaged in talent development for the past 15 years. His primary focuses are on leadership development, employee career planning & development coaching, team building and corporate culture construction. He has conducted in-depth research on the areas of competency modeling, action learning, and talent assessment techniques. Mr. Sun has established and implemented a talent training system for talent development and has led a series of projects focused on high-level leadership development, high-potential management personnel training etc. In recent years, Mr. Sun has been focusing on the development of corporate talents in different ladders, helping employees achieve career goals and anchoring comprehensive ability enhancement in a rapidly developing business environment, thus guiding the talent strategy of companies and promoting increased self-awareness amongst employees.
Mia Zheng
Consultant at TTI Success InsightsMia Zheng is currently a registered psychologist and registered national career planner with years of leadership and teamwork consulting experience, as well as a private consultant of several business executives. As a consultant in charge of a number of youth leadership programs, Mia focuses on the cultivation of youth leadership and discovery of their inner drives. With her expertise in the field of psychology and career planning, she has successfully tutored more than 500 college students to help them transition into the workplace and develop their job related soft skills. She is an outstanding consultant and one of the few ones who possess practical experience and business insights on a current hot topic: management of new generation.
Harvey Chen
Chairman of the Board of Advisors at CCLDr. Chen is Chairman of the Board of Advisors of CCL Greater China, and has been leading the creation and operation of the China Business. He is founder and chairman of First Light Academy of Finance and Management, Shanghai. He is also an independent director of the board of Bank of Montreal (China), a non-executive director of the board of the Swiss company Luwa Air Engineering (Shanghai), and a member of the Board of International Advisors of AIDA, a boutique African investment bank. He is an expert and contributor of Oxford Analytica, UK. His previous roles include CEO of China operations of Global EduTech Management Ltd., Global Senior Currency Analyst at the head office of JP Morgan Chase, Economist at the International Monetary Fund, Jean Monnet Lecturer in the Economics of the EU at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Staff Researcher at Guangzhou Municipal Academy of Economics, and Naval Architect at the state-owned Guangzhou Shipyard. He has also been an overseas observer to China People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a commissioner of China State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office Expert Consultative Commission, a senior advisor to the China Council of International Trade Promotion Guangzhou Committee, an independent director of the board of Bank of Wenzhou. He has provided consulting and executive training to a variety of corporations including Bank of China, China Postal Savings Bank, CITIC Bank, China Merchants Bank, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Bosch, L’Oreal, McCain Food, Shanghai General Motors, Pfizer, etc.
Kevin Wang
Vice President at Talent BankKevin has 20 years of HR management experience in growing industries including Pharmaceuticals (Sanofi & Novartis), FMCG (Colgate and LOREAL), Consulting (Accenture) and Banking (Standard Chartered Bank). Kevin has a strong and proven track record in the specialized area of recruitment/sourcing, organization development, employer branding, training delivery, leadership development and talent retention. Kevin is passionate about the role of face-to-face engagement approaches and action-based interactive activities that provide opportunities for employees to connect individually and meaningfully with content. He is equally driven by the need to cross organizational function silos to get the most from clients' investments in brand strategy, HR communication, strategic recruitment and talent retention. Kevin started his HR career in 1994. His favorite leadership topics include: Great Manager Program, Organization Effectiveness, Coaching for Performance, Talent Development etc. The clients he has served include New Balance, Starbucks, Audi, Covestro, Dianrong.com, Techpool, Coach, Johnson & Johnson, English First, Semcorp, Cifi Group and more.
Angela Tang
Head of Talent Acquisition at BayerAngela Tang serves as Head of Talent Acquisition for Bayer China. She is responsible for developing and implementing talent acquisition strategies, policies, processes, and programs in the company. Her role is to attract, select and hire talents as well as drive EVP. Prior to Bayer, Angela has worked at Mondelez, Sanofi, Hudson, and Kelon Group.
Helen Cai
Head of Talent Acquisition at GSKHelen Cai is currently Head of Talent Acquisition for Greater China at GSK. Prior to this, she worked as HR Director for Talent Acquisition Lead and HR Director for Consulting Workforce at Accenture Greater China. She is an experienced HR leader with more than 20 years of extensive talent management experience in Greater China. She has implemented different projects which including Resource Forecasting & Planning, M&A, Sales Leadership development, Employer Branding and Talent Acquisitions transformation. She has successfully built and led HR teams and TA teams (from 20 HR FTEs to 55 FTEs) in fast changing environment and diversified the classic business model. Helen also hold positions in MNCs including Texas Instruments (TI) and Siemens, as well as the Chinese internet company: 163.com.
Charlie Liu
Partner at Heidrick & StrugglesCharlie Liu is a partner at Heidrick & Struggles’ Hong Kong office where he covers the industrial and energy sectors, with particular focus on chemical and process industries, energy/natural resources, electric & electronic industries, automotive, capital equipment and private equity related industries. Charlie is practice leader of chemical materials and energy/natural resources in Asia. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Charlie was with another leading international executive search firm, where he served as Asia Pacific Chemical Materials sector practice leader and the Shanghai office manager. He has worked closely with industrial companies across Asia Pacific, including top Chinese enterprises.
Kiran Ragireddy
Talent Acquisition and Diversity Leader at IBMBefore IBM, Kiran Ragireddy worked for Infosys Technologies Ltd, Satyam Computer Services Pvt. Ltd and as an Executive CRG (Central Resourcing Group) at Sparsh communications Pvt. Ltd as well as Senior Consultant Recruitments at ESP (Executive Search Program). His functional knowledge is founded in understanding and holding the knowledge essential to perform the role of a regional TA lead for APAC, creating networks to understand the market and recognizing HR best practices. With experience of more than 9 years in the APAC region he has developed understanding for the culture and norms of the region. This clubbed with analytical ability, Negotiation skills, Relationship & Networking ability, communication skill, Conflict management, Crisis management and influencing skills. His professional aspirations are founded in building high energy recruitment teams across China, defining sourcing strategies for markets, monitoring SLA, ensuring compliance and enhancing the brand.
Alice Wong
Director, HR Enablement and D&I Leader Greater China of EYAlice Wong has over 20 years of HR experience in HR enablement, business partnering, performance management, diversity and inclusiveness, organizational development, recruitment and people engagement. She has been at EY for 11 years and used to work as a consultant for 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.
Robert Treme
Human Resources Director of General MotorsRobert Treme was appointed director of Human Resources for GM China on May 1, 2014 and is currently based at GM China’s headquarters in Shanghai. Treme began his career with General Motors in 1999 as a labor relations representative in the Warren Transmission Plant in Warren, Michigan. The following year, he became administrator for Expatriate Policy Development – North America. In 2002, he was appointed human resources representative for Communications, and a year later for Corporate Human Resources. In 2004, Treme took his first international assignment as regional human resources manager for Manufacturing, Quality and Powertrain at GM Asia Pacific in Seoul, Korea. Treme then moved to Shanghai in 2007 as human resources manager for Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing, Powertrain, Communications and Government Relations at GM China. Prior to taking on his present position, in 2010, Treme served as director of Human Resources Operations at GM Korea Company. Treme has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and a master’s degree in human resources from the University of South Carolina.
Robin Young
Founder and CEO of Seedlink TechnologyWith a 15-year career in business operation and international marketing management behind him, Robin founded Seedlink in 2013. The application of, and his passion for, linguistic technology, human resources, organizational equality, and diversity led to the creation of this company. Prior to his CEO role, Young ran publishing and viral marketing for the top grossing mobile game, 调教三国 (Tiao Jiao San Guo). Robin has also held the roles of Executive Producer for Promise Productions and Executive Director of International Publishing for TipCat Games. Today as founder and CEO of Seedlink, Robin has successfully integrated the best use of multiple technologies, such as AI, NLP and machine learning, with human resource management. Seedlink develops industry-leading technology that helps companies predict employee behavior and hire talent through analyzing natural human language. By establishing core values of equality and diversity, Robin and his team can use this innovation solution as a way to challenge traditional performance assessments and human bias.
Lily Yang
Head of HR at WeWorkLily has been in HR since 2001 and worked for Danone China, General Motors, Pepsico, Nielsen, Levi Strauss, and Nike. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Education from East China Normal University and completed her MBA at Fudan University. She now leads the Human Resources department at WeWork, a company focused on building a productive work community where personal fulfillment and pride can be attained amongst employees.
Aiken Yuen
Chief People Officer at YUMChinaAiken Yuen has been with Yum China since 2008 and is currently serving as Chief People Officer. He is responsible for developing and implementing people strategy for over 400,000 employees. Prior to this role, he was involved in key HR roles focused on learning, talent management & organizational development as well as HR technology. Before Yum China, he spent close to ten years with American International Group (AIG) in Hong Kong, working his way up to the position of VP HR for South East Asia. He was responsible for HR matters within 6 Asian countries including HR of the Head Office in Hong Kong. At AIG, he also held senior roles focused on learning, resourcing and people development across a variety of divisions in 10 Asia Pacific countries. He has experience with regional training & development capacity via his assignments at other financial institutions such as HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank. Aiken is a certified executive coach and qualified administrator of psychometrics such as Hogan, DiSC & MBTI.
Martina Fang
HRBP Manager at Shanghai Disney ResortMartina Fang has 10 years working experience as HR Business Partner focusing on talent development, career development & leadership development. She is currently working as HR Business Partner Manager for Shanghai Disney Resort, responsible for leading an HRBP team and driving overall HR strategies for the organizations of Operations and Hotel with over 8000 employees. Before joining Disney, Martina has worked in Intel China serving as the HR Business Partner for Finance and Marketing Groups. Martina is the Certified Professional Coactive Coach and Strengths Coach. She holds a master degree of HR and Labor Relations from Michigan State University.
Ying Xin
Regional Talent Acquisition Partner at The Coca-Cola CompanyYing Xin has over 13 years’ cross culture experience in executive search and talent acquisition. She is experienced in strategic talent pipelining, external benchmarking, employee value proposition and campus program. Ying has been with The Coca-Cola Company since 2016 and now is responsible for talent acquisition of Greater China & Korea, Japan as well as Asia Pacific R&Ds of The Coca-Cola Company. In her current role, she manages and consults on all aspects of the talent acquisition process as well as provides subject matter and problem resolution expertise to stakeholders. Prior to The Coca-Cola Company, Ying spent a decade in executive search industry, mostly with Heidrick & Struggles, one of most prestige executive search firm globally. During her tenure with Heidrick & Struggles, Ying was specialized in Consumer Markets Practices where she assisted Fortune 500 companies, local conglomerates to identify senior executives and next generation leaders.