Chief Communications Officer - Gelato
Lars joined Gelato Globe, an enterprise solution combining digital brand management with the ability to print locally, as Chief Communications Officer in the fall of 2016. He was previously EVP of New Growth & Strategy at Tele2 and prior to that position, he headed Investor Relations and Group Communications. Before joining Tele2, Lars was a portfolio manager and analyst for the Telco sector at Swedbank Robur, one of Nordic’s largest asset managers.
Lars has an MScBA in Economics and Management from University of Jonkoping. He also studied at SFSU in the US and Concordia University in Canada.

As CTO, Xu is responsible for the business vision and strategy development for Microsoft GCR. His team is focusing on driving the digital transformation in the Greater China Region. Prior, Dr. Xu was the General Manager of Microsoft Azure Group, Microsoft China and was previously within the High Performance Computing team.

Dr. Xu Mingqiang concentrated on parallel language compilation and support system research during post-doctorate studies at the Argonne National Laboratory and holds a PhD of Computer Science from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom.

Hugh is the Co-Head of the Innovation & Technology Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai. In addition to his role as Managing Director of Xavor Shanghai, a division of Xavor Corporation, Hugh is frequently a lecturer at Fudan University on the topic of Innovation & Design Thinking.