Manoj Mehta is chief executive officer at naked Group. The group includes naked Retreats, which has expanded to naked Castle, naked Water (Suzhou), naked Forest (Nanjing) and the forthcoming naked Creek (Hanzhong).

In 2015, naked Group entered the co-working market and opened the first naked Hub in Shanghai. Within two years, naked Hub successfully completed 2 rounds of funding and expanded to 50 locations across China, Vietnam, UK and Australia. In April 2018, naked Hub and the global co-working powerhouse WeWork announced their plans to join forces.

Prior to naked Group, Manoj worked for Goodyear and Ford Motor Company. He has also served a as an independent board director of Triangle Tyre Group, one of China’s largest tire manufacturers. Manoj is an active member of the American Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Advisory panel of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). He is also President of the Shanghai Cricket Club.

Ms. Amane Karazawa is the general manager of Hyatt Regency Shanghai Global Harbor. She is dedicated hotelier who brings a wealth of experience and industry expertise along with an excellent understanding of sales and marketing, and professional knowledge of the operational and management requirements of Hyatt and the region, and leads the team to a new level of excellence.

Born in shanghai and grow up between Japan and China, Ms. Karazawa is fluent in Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese and a Shanghai dialect), Japanese and English. She graduated from Tokai University with a major in Mass Media in Japan in 2003 and commenced her hospitality career as a guest services officer at China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel in Guangzhou. Over the next decade, she rose through sales and marketing management roles at Renaissance Shanghai Yangtze Hotel, Sofitel Forebase Chongqing and Sofitel Shanghai Sheshan Oriental. In 2014, She joined the Hyatt family as Sales & Marketing Director at Hyatt Regency Qingdao before moving to Grand Hyatt Shanghai as Sales & Marketing Executive Assistant Manager, then Hyatt Regency Shanghai Chongming as Hotel Manager.

Humane care is an important part of Hyatt company culture and has become a solid tenet for Ms. Karazawa. With a strategic marketing vision, she successfully leads the brilliant associates of Hyatt Regency Shanghai Global Harbor and boosts the hotel’s appeal.

Susan Guo is currently a Business Development Manager in STR, who joined this company in 2014. She owns and leads the sales process in China region to enhance existing hotel partnerships and to build strong long term strategic commercial relationships with management companies, owners, investors, consulting companies, tourism organizations, etc. As the leader in hotel performance data, STR provides premium global data benchmarking, analytics and insights for multiple market sectors. Their data is confidential, accurate, reliable, and actionable, and their solutions empower clients to strategize and compete within their markets.

Susan is based in Shanghai and has been invited to several industry conferences for data release representing STR. She has a Master‘s degree in Hospitality Management from Beijing International Studies University.