Brinton Scott, managing partner in Winston & Strawn LLP’s Shanghai office, has worked in China for more than two decades. Before joining Winston, Brinton was the managing partner of the Shanghai office of a UK-based law firm, where he also headed the firm’s China practice.

Brinton has extensive experience in advising Fortune 500 and large private multinational corporations in various matters including: investigations (fraud, corruption, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act); foreign direct investment; mergers and acquisitions (including merger controls); reorganizations; joint ventures; construction (Greenfield); employment; intellectual property; and technology and licensing. He has advised clients across a broad array of industry sectors including: aerospace; automotive; chemical; construction; food and beverage; insurance; medical device; pharmaceutical; publishing; media and entertainment; real estate; and retail.

Brinton was recently appointed Chairman of the Legal Committee of The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. He is responsible for promoting the development of the PRC’s legal systems and addressing any legislation and regulatory changes that may affect trade, commerce, industry, finance, or services in Shanghai and the PRC.

Some of Brinton’s additional activities include organizing and participating in public speaking engagements and in-house training seminars, as well as contributing to legal periodicals and other publications.

Jim Fitzsimmons is a Director in the Cyber Consulting team responsible for managing and delivering complex security projects, as well as partnering clients in understanding and improving their overall cyber security maturity. He has over 25 years of experience in providing IT security and consulting services to a variety of government agencies and industry verticals in the United States, China, Vietnam and Singapore.

Jim has extensive experience working with clients in the identification, management and mitigation of security and resiliency risks. He has led project teams that have developed and evaluated cyber security strategies, operational policies, security architectures, and governance and management models. He has experience in the technology and processes that support data protection and personally identifiable information.

Jim has a BA from Boston University where he studied sociology.

Dr. J J Pan has been responsible for the oversight of LiveRamp’s
Asia Pacific public policy, data ethic, governance programs, and
fair information practices since 2012. She has involved strategies
and developments of data protection and ethics in a variety of businesses. Since 1999, she had led Trustmark initiatives relating to internet self-regulation with cross-border rules, applicable privacy guidelines, consumer affairs and government affairs.

Dr. J J is a regular speaker on best practices regarding data protection, governance, data ethics and intellectual property in a variety of scopes, both domestically and internationally, and has also published numerous articles and participated in publications on these subjects. J J is also active on a variety of industry boards and councils as below.

Education:

PhD degree in Technology, Innovation And Intellectual Property Management of National Chengchi University in Taiwan

Other Experiences:

Co-Chair, Taipei Chapter, International Association Of Privacy Professional. 2016~now

Invited Guest APEC ECSG DPS (Asia Pacific Economic Corporation, Ecommerce Steering Sub

Group & Data Protection Subgroup), 2013-now

Security General Of World Trust Mark Alliance, 2011-now

Co-founder and Senior Consultant of Atelligent Global Consulting Corp., 2007-2012

Erin Meagher is the Director of Business Transformation & Operations for 3M Greater China Area based in Shanghai. Erin has spent the past 20 years leading global business transformation programs, the past 10 with 3M. In his current role, he is responsible for customer service, sales & marketing support and IT for 3M’s Greater China Area. Prior to 3M, he was a Partner with Ernst & Young’s global consulting practice and Vice President with Cap Gemini Consulting.

Tony Yao is the associate director of information security and risk management at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, and is responsible for Novartis's R&D sites in China and in Emeryville, California. He has more than 20 years’ experience in IT, 15 of which are in the IT security space, and previously worked for IBM, CSC, HP, and Kodak.

Tony has deep understanding of information security, risk management, audit and compliance, especially in Asia Pacific region, with rich industrial exposure such as manufacturing, telecom, energy and pharmaceutical.