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Fiona Ma
California State TreasurerFiona Ma is California’s 34th State Treasurer. She was elected on November 6, 2018, with more votes than any other candidate for treasurer in the state's history. She is the first woman of color and the first woman Certified Public Accountant (CPA) elected to the position.
California is the world’s fifth-largest economy and Treasurer Ma is the state’s primary banker. Her office processes more than $2 trillion in payments within a typical year and provides transparency and oversight for an investment portfolio of more than $90 billion, approximately $20 billion of which are local government funds. She also is responsible for $85 billion in outstanding general obligation and lease revenue bonds of the state.
Treasurer Ma has been a licensed CPA in California since 1992 and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the Rochester Institute of Technology (NY), a Master’s Degree in Taxation from Golden Gate University (SF), and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
Jeffrey S. Lehman
Vice-Chancellor at NYU ShanghaiJeffrey S. Lehman is the founding vice-chancellor of NYU Shanghai, the first “Sino-American joint university.” He previously served as the founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law, as well as president of Cornell University and dean of the University of Michigan Law School. Jeffrey was also a tenured professor of law and public policy at the University of Michigan, a practicing lawyer in Washington, D.C., and a law clerk to Chief Judge Frank Coffin of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and to Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the US Supreme Court.
Jeffrey has served on the boards of many global organizations that share his commitments in the fields of higher education, law, and technology. In the business world, he has served as an independent director on the boards of Infosys, Ltd., and Starr Property & Casualty Insurance (China) Co., Ltd. In the non-profit world, he has served as board chair of Internet 2, as president of the American Law Deans Association, and as a trustee of both Access Health International and the Skadden Fellowship Foundation. In the world of government service, he has served as a member of the US delegation to the China-US Legal Experts Dialogue and as a member of the Planning Committee for President Clinton’s 1999 “Call to Action” to the legal profession. His honors include the Friendship Award from the People’s Republic of China, the Gold Magnolia Award from the City of Shanghai, and the National Equal Justice Award from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. In 2018, China named him one of the 40 most influential foreign experts during the country’s 40-year period of reform and opening up.
Siyuan Chen
General Manager and President at Bristol-Myers Squibb (China) Investment Co., Ltd.Siyuan Chen has served as the General Manager and President of Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) for mainland China and Hong Kong since December 2019.
Siyuan is a true leader full of passion for people and patients, with a strong sense of purpose inspiring and supporting team and organization to make a difference for patients. With strong leadership, great passion and rich experience both in China and international markets, Siyuan has a clear vision and strategic plan for BMS China to be a true biopharma leader through reinforcing its innovation leaderships in immuno-oncology and immunology and accelerating breakthrough innovations in China to transform Chinese patients’ lives through science.
Prior to BMS, Siyuan served as the Vice President, Head of Respiratory and HIV Business Unit of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) China, and several other senior management roles at GSK and continuously delivered strong business growth respectively, including Head of Specialty Care Business Unit in China, and Vice President, Head of Commercial for Asia Pacific markets including Japan, Australia, mainland China & Taiwan, Korea, and Southeast Asia for ViiV Healthcare, a GSK company.
Before joining GSK, Siyuan had also held several senior management positions at Novartis. Prior to that, Siyuan worked for the Boston Consulting Group in China as well as for Oracle and several other companies in Boston, USA.
Siyuan received a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Fudan University. She also earned an MBA degree from Columbia Business School and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts.
Terecina Kwong
Chief Operating Officer at HSBC Bank (China) LtdTerecina Kwong joined HSBC in 2000 as a Management Trainee and has extensive international experience working in Hong Kong and London, where she held country, regional and global roles in the wealth and retail banking, commercial banking and operations, services, and technology management (“HOST”) sectors.
In her current role, Terecina manages 10 functions, with approximately 1,200 staff in 51 cities across the country. She leads firmwide transformation programs while taking responsibility for the operational resilience of HSBC China. In addition, Ms. Kwong established the HSBC BALANCE China Employee Resources Group in 2018 and currently serves as its co-chair. BALANCE supports a gender-balanced workplace within HSBC by enhancing the skills and knowledge of all current and aspiring leaders of the Bank to recruit, manage, and lead a diverse workforce. Most recently, Terecina was also nominated as the co-sponsor for HSBC BALANCE globally. Terecina was named by Yahoo! Finance as one of the UK HERoes Top 100 Role Model Women Executives 2019 for her contribution in driving gender diversity in the workplace.
Prior to her role as COO of HSBC China, Terecina was Group Head of Operational Management for HSBC Group Chief Operating Officer Office beginning in 2016 in London and assumed her role as COO and Head of Centres of Excellence for Chief Control Office for HSBC HOST in 2017, leading strategic global transformation initiatives for the control function. She assumed her current position as COO for HSBC China in February 2018.
Terecina is a Fellow of CPA Australia, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia, and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London. She holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is a member of the Chartered Management Institute in the United Kingdom.
Selina Yuan
President at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence InternationalSelina Yuan leads the international division of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, heading a global team and enabling cloud technology for millions of customers around the world. Selina brings more than 20 years of experience in leading and growing technology businesses globally.
Michelle Yan
Regional President at Crane Co.Michelle 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 business in China as well as multiple globally recognized brands and products and all channels to reach the EPC, distribution, and end-user markets. Michelle has oversight responsibilities for the company’s factories, joint ventures, and offices in China, and works closely with all business units to outline compelling growth strategies and to ensure that Crane China is compliant with local laws and regulations.
Michelle has 16 years of professional service firm experience 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.
Hongfei Zheng
Managing Director of Cargill Animal Nutrition and HealthHongfei 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).
Vivian Tian
Global VP & General Manager at eBay China Center of ExcellenceVivian joined eBay in June 2012 as General Manager of the China Center of Excellence and is responsible for leading a technology team of over 800 people in Shanghai. eBay CCOE is a technology powerhouse with expertise on big data analytics, large-scale distributed computing, distributed database management, cloud platform, search, and data science to deliver incredible results not only to our eBay customers but also to the open-source community. With her sharp insights, decisiveness, and strong leadership, Vivian leads her teams to accomplish numerous great achievements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data. Currently, around 300 AI talents are focused on the core technology of the eBay global platform.
Prior to joining eBay, Vivian had more than 15 years’ experience in R&D management and more than 22 years of R&D experience. She worked as head of JDSU Beijing R&D for two years and Agilent Technologies for four years.
In her prior role at Agilent, she worked in management roles in several different multinational enterprises including Notel and Lucent, and gained solid people management skills and experience. Her first job was with the Communication Center of Aerospace Cooperation, a position she held for five years.
Vivian received a B.Sc. in Computer Software as well as an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Harbin Institute of Technology and an MBA and BiMBA degree from Peking University.
Chen Wang
CEO of Slush ChinaChen is the co-founder and CEO of Slush China, founded in 2015 as a leading international startup and technology event in China to help connect entrepreneurs, investors, corporates, and media.
With 10 years’ experience living in Europe, she built the business coaching and consulting company Lite Up in Finland to help individuals and companies make scientific plans for the best results through deepening self-awareness. Her clients include Deloitte and GE. Chen was named a Global Shaper by the Davos World Economic Forum.
Erica Ruzic
Global Program Management Officer at ByteDanceErica is the Global Program Management Officer at ByteDance. At ByteDance, Erica leads teams covering core business strategy and operations for TikTok. She covers a range of topics including content, growth, organizational design, privacy, and children’s safety.
Erica studies the role of innovation across enterprises and has advised start-ups on a variety of expansion-related challenges. She has launched over 100 physical and digital products from concept through ship.
Prior to ByteDance, she was a global PM at PepsiCo, where she sat on the global innovation leadership team. She was also Director of Innovation at Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures-backed start-up Soylent, where she led the domestic and international growth pipeline. Earlier in her career, Erica was a financial analyst in the consumer sector and worked with direct-to-consumer and B2B businesses globally.
Sarah Köchling
Managing Principal at Shanghai Blossom InnovationSarah Köchling is the Managing Principal of Blossom Innovation, a consultancy that combines strategic advisory with deep cultural and commercial insights and creative approaches to deliver transformative business growth. With over 25 years of experience in China and Asia, including management roles at P&G China and J&J International, leading innovation practices at consultancies What If and Dragon Rouge and working for several start-ups, she’s known for offering her clients an optimal mix of best-practice experience and entrepreneurial savvy. A tireless supporter of women, Sarah is an active community volunteer, board advisor, and mentor and is the co-founder and co-chair of the Women’s Executive Network (WEN) and served on the Amcham Shanghai Board from 2016-2018.
Aiying Wang
Vice President & General Manager at Eaton (China) Investments Co., Ltd.Aiying Wang has served as the VP/GM for the Electrical Component Division in the Asia Pacific Region of Eaton Corporation since March 2016. She has full P&L responsibility, including manufacturing operations, R&D, marketing, and sales of Eaton low voltage electrical components and Bussmann fuses.
Previously, Aiying was VP/GM for KEMET Electronics in Suzhou, China from 2011-2016, where she took great pride in building an engaged team to turn operations around, achieve worldwide performance records, and create a sustainable winning culture.
Aiying served in a diversity of roles working in the USA from 1993-2011 including R&D, operations, and supply chain with BIC Corporation, KEMET Electronics, and Michelin Tire companies. In her first industrial job as a bench chemist and scientist at BIC USA, she was granted over a dozen US patents.
Aiying holds a Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry from the US and a B.S. degree in Chemistry from China. She served as Vice-Chair and Chair for AmCham Shanghai, Suzhou Center, from 2013-2018. She has been an active mentor for Eaton Global, Eaton APAC, AmCham Win in China, and Global Women Connect. Aiying recently completed the Australia Coaching Certification program to further enable her to contribute to leadership development.
Lai Heng Mah
General Manager at Shanghai United Family Hospital. Inc.Lai Heng is currently the General Manager of Shanghai United Family Hospital and Clinics (SHU) and an accomplished professional with 20+ years of experience in operational and clinical management in KPJ Healthcare Berhad.
Lai Heng has 22 years of experience in the areas of hospital management, hospital operational, hospital licensing, clinical & quality management, patient care, health education, and team management.
Ying Ying Koh
Vice President, Human Resources at IHG Greater ChinaYing Ying is responsible for leading IHG’s overall strategic direction for HR for the Greater China region. She plays a critical role in driving the talent, organization, culture and capability priorities and programs to support system size growth and hotel-by-hotel performance. In partnership with the line leaders, her HR team provides comprehensive support and services for the Greater China corporate and hotel colleagues to enhance IHG’s reputation as an employer of choice in the region.
Prior to her role as Vice President of HR, Ying Ying served as Vice President, Hotel Operations, Human Resources, Greater China beginning in 2012, where she provided functional and strategic leadership to develop and implement HR strategy and plan for IHG’s hotel operations in Greater China.
Ying Ying joined IHG in 2008 in the Singapore corporate office and led teams in resourcing and HR within the Asia Middle East Africa region before moving to Shanghai.
Ying Ying brings with her over 20 years of diverse experience in consulting and recruitment across public and private sectors and has worked with companies such as PSD Group, ExxonMobil, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, and the Economic Development Board.
Jean Liu
Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Education First (EF)As the Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at EF, Jean leads the company’s corporate affairs function, including Government Relations, Public Relations, and Corporate Social Responsibility. Prior to joining EF, Jean headed IBM China’s marketing team for Cloud and for the technology services business. Before that, Jean was Vice President of Corporate Affairs for EDS Corporation. She also spent five years as the global vice president for brand management and advertising for AT&T and BT’s joint venture. Earlier in her career, she held management positions with public relations firm Burson-Marsteller and advertising agency D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B).
Todd Wilcox
Senior Executive Vice President and Deputy CEO of HSBC Bank (China) Co., Ltd.Todd Wilcox is Senior Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited (“HSBC China”). Todd joined HSBC in Canada in 2005 to expand the group’s operations in western Canada.
Before moving to Asia, he was Head of Retail, Marketing, and Public Affairs for HSBC Bermuda. Mr. Wilcox became Chief Operating Officer for the Risk function in the Asia Pacific in 2011, overseeing the function for 11 markets in the region. Todd was appointed Chief Executive Officer Brunei for The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in 2012. He became Head of the Remediation Management Office for HSBC China in August 2016.
Prior to joining HSBC, Todd worked for the Royal Bank of Canada for 16 years in a wide range of business and functional roles. Todd holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.
Rosa Lee
Executive Vice President at Bosch (China) Investment Ltd.Rosa Lee has served as the Executive Vice President of Bosch (China) Investment Ltd, responsible for Human Resources since February 2019.
Rosa graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law with a law degree and obtained an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management – Northwest University & Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Having gained a breadth of leadership experience in several large multinational companies and accumulated more than 20 years’ experience in HR and business areas, Rosa joined Bosch in 2010 as the Senior Vice President Human Resources of Bosch China. Beginning in 2015, she was the Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources Management in the Stuttgart, Germany Bosch Global Headquarter. She joined the Management Board of Bosch China as the Executive Vice President in February 2019 and is responsible for human resources in the Asia Pacific and HR innovation projects in the region.
Steve Majer
Vice President at Ford ChinaSteve Majer was appointed Vice President, Human Resources, Ford China in February of 2019 to support the elevation of China as a distinct business unit with direct reporting to our global headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. In this position, he leads all facets of human resources for Ford China employees and operations based primarily in Shanghai and Nanjing.
He has been with Ford since 1997 when he began his career as a Labour Relations Representative at the Windsor Engine Plant in Canada. Steve has since held numerous positions internationally and brings with him a diverse HR leadership experience.
In addition, Steve has been a member of the Board of Directors for Bridging Communities Inc. in southwest Detroit, an organization focused on helping to improve the quality of life for the elders of Southwest Detroit through collaboration and innovative programming. Steve was also a member of the Center for Labour-Management Relations at Ryerson University.
Steve completed his undergraduate studies with a Bachelor of Arts (Hon.) in Political Science at the University of Guelph. He received a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Political Science from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Industrial Relations (MIR) degree from Queen’s University.
Kenny Chen
Senior Director & General Manager of China COE Shanghai Site, Dell TechnologiesKenny Chen is the Shanghai Site General Manager of Dell Technologies China COE. He is a 12-year EMC veteran and brings nearly 20 years of experience in R&D engineering in China. He has been leading the China ECS team since 2012 and has worked with Seattle to build the local Isilon team. Kenny has also achieved great success in the hyper-converged infrastructure (VxRail/VxRack), all Flash (XtremIO), Cloud/Big Data Solution, and Public Cloud (Virtustream). Kenny also leads the APJ COE Growth and Innovation functions. He has been named as an innovative college mentor to undergraduates by several top universities including Fudan University and, Tongji University.
Prior to joining Dell EMC, Kenny worked at the Intel China R&D center for seven years, where he held the positions of Engineering Manager and Intel Education Program sponsor.
Allison Cui
Vice President & General Manager at Milliken Floor CoveringAllison Cui is the Vice President & General Manager of Milliken Floor Covering Asia Pacific. Milliken & Company is a diversified family-owned business with 155 years of history from South Carolina, United States. Its business covers commercial tiles, special chemicals, protective material, and healthcare products.
Prior to Milliken & Company, Allison served multiple leadership roles at DuPont Nutrition & Health Business for five years as Marketing Director, Chair of China Growth Strategy Management Office, and Business Director.
Before becoming a corporate business executive, Allison worked for leading management consulting firm Monitor Group (Deloitte Consulting) for five years.
Allison is an ICF certified Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Organization & System Coach (ORSC), and is co-chair of AmCham Shanghai’s Women Executive Network Committee. She holds an MBA from Stanford University and M.S in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Juju Wang
Installation Artist at Juju Wang StudioBorn in Shanghai China, but growing up in the United States, Juju has found herself at the meeting point between western future-orientated visual culture and traditional Chinese handcrafts, folklore and beliefs. Over the past several years, Juju has been exploring China’s heritage through both techniques and philosophy that have amazed and inspired her to produce art installations focused in bringing old practices into the present day.
In 2016, Juju was invited as an installation artist to participate to the World Historical & Cultural Cities Expo in Nanjing, where she was asked to create a series of installations in the 600-year-old Chaotian Palace, the place where the main conference were held. It was the first time that a series of contemporary art installations were permitted in an official national cultural heritage palace in China and were collected by the Nanjing government.
Juju presented “PalaSee” in front of mayors from over thirty cities and media across the world, and received glowing praise and recognition of having achieved its intended transformation of visitors’ experience of a traditional Chinese Palace. The exhibition period was extended by the mayor of Nanjing from one month to one year to welcome tourists from throughout China and the world.
Another well-known work of hers is the House of Clouds. With nine consecutive stops in representative cities of China, the installation has brought into public view Dai paper: one of China’s listed national intangible cultural heritage, with over 800 years of history. Thousands of people have lined up, posted online and impacted millions of netizens to embrace the new face of Dai Paper.
In 2018, Juju was awarded the title “China’s new Pioneer”, followed by “Asia’s new Pioneer” in 2019. It was a recognition statement for her evolutionary professional trajectory and the impact that her work has in promoting Chinese culture.
This year, Juju received the “Designer Of the Future” Award by Swarovski. An award that selects three young talents across the globe each year to respond to crystal sustainability. In collaborating with Swarovski and Design Miami/Basel, her newest installation “sea-cret” was unveiled to an influential audience at Design Miami/Basel fair in June 2019.