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Eric Zheng
President at AmCham ShanghaiEric Zheng became the President of AmCham Shanghai in 2022. He has been involved in the Chamber for over 15 years as a member, committee leader, Board member, Board treasurer, Board secretary, and Board vice chair, and Board chair (2018 and 2019).
Eric brings a unique combination of private and public sector experiences to the presidency. He worked in management consulting with PwC in the U.S. and later served for the U.S. Department of Commerce as the principal commercial officer at the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou. Eric had a long career with AIG in Greater China and held a series of positions that culminated in his service as CEO of AIG China. He then chaired the board of Heng An Standard Life Insurance Company.
In volunteer roles, Eric serves as the Greater China regional chair of the Committee of 100 and as a board director of Shanghai Make-A-Wish Charity Foundation. The Shanghai municipal government has granted Eric its Magnolia Gold Award in recognition of his significant contributions to the city. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Fudan University and an MBA from Georgetown University.
Sean Stein
Chairman at AmCham ShanghaiSean Stein is a senior advisor in Covington’s Public Policy Practice Group. Prior to joining Covington, Sean served as the U.S. Consul General in Shanghai. He has over twenty years of diplomatic experience in Asia and has served in leadership positions in China, Washington, and the region. His insights informed policy making at the highest levels in Washington and he assisted dozens of U.S., Chinese, and international firms to develop strategies, manage risk, and identify opportunities for growth in response to the changing U.S.-China relationship.
Sean, a non-lawyer, is a key resource to businesses on issues related to political risk, public affairs, problem solving, and communications. He regularly assists companies facing acute or long-term issues to resolve them, often through discussions with U.S. and Chinese government officials. He is well placed to provide strategic advice to U.S. and international clients on issues relating to securing market access and protecting investments in China, assessing risk, navigating trade controls, sanctions, and supply chain restrictions, and resolving disputes and regulatory investigations.
Lorenzo Bali
Deputy General Manager at Pelliconi Suzhou Closures Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Lorenzo Bali lives and work in Suzhou since 2015 and has begun working in China in 2003 after experiences in Europe and USA.He is the Deputy General Manager of Pelliconi Suzhou, a leader company for the manufacturing of closures for the beverage industry. He has started the company from a “white paper” in 2015. Before working for Pelliconi he has achieved a wide experience in company management through experiences as consultant with his own firm Ellebi, marketing manager at Betamotor, export manager at Ugolini Design and seles & marketing manager at Compagnucci SPA.
He has earned a bachelor’s degree in Automobile engineering in Bolton UK.
Lorenzo is an outdoor sport and motorsport enthusiast.
Julia Coym
Director of Political and Regulatory Risk Consulting, Asia Pacific at Control RisksJulia Coym leads Control Risks’ political and regulatory risk consulting team for Greater China and North Asia and is based in Shanghai. With 15 years’ experience in advising organisations on risk and corporate strategy, Julia specialises in responding to rising geopolitical risks, the politicisation of technology and data, industrial policy, and anti-competition, cyber security and other regulatory enforcement.
Before joining Control Risks, Julia worked as a Principal Political Risk Analyst for Maplecroft, a UK-based global risk and investment advisory firm, where she wrote and oversaw risk assessments on China and other Asian countries and focused on the manufacturing, extractive, transport, financial, retail and other sectors. She was also previously a contributor of political and economic analysis for the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Julia speaks Chinese, is a native German speaker, is fluent in French and has previous experience in Frankfurt, Washington, Paris, Beijing, London and Berlin.
Norman Gu
General Manager at Hormel Foods Greater ChinaNorman Gu is General Manager of Hormel Foods Greater China. In his current role, he has full P&L responsibility and oversees strategy formulation, M&A, business development and operations, including three production sites in China (two Hormel plants and one Skippy plant). He also serves as a board director of Beijing Hormel Foods Co., Ltd (JV).
Norman started his career with Hormel in 2003 as Regional Sales Manager in Shanghai. In 2006, he moved to Beijing as Sales Director, where he was responsible for sales, marketing and logistics for North China. Two years later, he relocated to Shanghai to oversee Hormel’s national Foodservice business. He was named VP of Sales & Marketing China in 2014, and was responsible for both Foodservice & Retail. He was appointed to his current role in 2016.
Norman received his MBA from Renmin University of China. He completed the Executive Development Program at CEIBS in 2020. He has served as co-chair of the Food, Agriculture, and Beverage committee at AmCham Shanghai since 2019 and joined AmCham Shanghai Board of Governors for 2022-2023 .
Jeff Tsao
VP & General Manager PES, President of Asia at Rogers CorporationJeff Tsao is a member of Rogers executive team and Vice President and General Manager of Power Electronics Solutions as well as President of Asia. In his geography role, Jeff is responsible for managing government relationships and developing regional strategy to enable growth and investments in the region, particularly in China where Rogers’ APAC headquarter is located.
Jeff has over twenty years of knowledge in the semiconductor, printed circuit board, consumer electronics and power electronics industries across the entire value chain. He has broad experience in business management, strategic planning and operations. Jeff has rich overseas experience having lived in mainland China, Taiwan and Germany over the last 12 years.
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