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Shuhong WANG, Human Resources & Communication Vice President, Novo Nordisk (China) Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. She has over 20 years of experience in Human Resources with various firms. Before joining in Novo Nordisk (China) Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., she was the HR manager of Nokia China and AMECO (Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation)

Shuhong holds a bachelor degree in English and a Master Degree in Psychology and Master of EMCCC from Insead. And she also enrolled specific HR programs in international business schools like Carnegie Mellon and China Europe International Business School. She is certified facilitator for MBTI, OPQ, Belbin trained facilitator, and certified coach from CTI

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Jens Eskelund was born in 1970 in Aarhus, Denmark. He holds an MA in philosophy and has studied at University of Aarhus and University of Texas at Austin. He has also pursued studies in Chinese at Renmin University in Beijing. Coming to Beijing as a student in 1998, Jens Eskelund began his career in China as Commercial Officer at the Danish Embassy to China before taking on a position in marketing for Maersk Line in Beijing in 2000. He has since held positions as General Manager for Public Affairs for Maersk Line in China and later Director of Public Affairs for North Asia before assuming his present role as Chief Representative for Maersk in the Greater China Area and North-East Asia. Primary focus areas comprise engaging government entities, institutions and trade associations on matters of policy, regulatory environment and business development on behalf of the companies within the Maersk Group.
Jens Eskelund is a former Chairman of the Danish Chamber of Commerce in China as well as the Vice President and Chair of Maritime Working Group of the European Chamber. Jens was elected as the President of European Chamber in May 2023.
Jens Eskelund is married and has two sons.

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Cecily Gu joined Nestlé April 2012 as Regional Business Head for Nestlé Health Science Greater China Region. She offers over many years of marketing and business management experience earned for healthcare industry.

She has medical and business background by training and has worked in Beijing, Singapore, Bangkok and Shanghai with increasing responsibilities across China and Asia. She was Managing Director for Bayer Healthcare South China prior joining Nestlé.

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George has been working with world class IT consulting companies in China for more than 20 years, he has in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in business strategy, enterprise architecture and IT implementation, and digital transformation.

Prior to BCG, George was an executive partner of IBM Global Business Services and senior project manager with HP Enterprise Services. He was one of earliest SAP consultants in China.
George possesses MBA from University of Hong Kong and B.S. from Fudan University, he is a certified project management professional and SAP consultant.

Project experience:
- SAP S4 HANA solution architecture design for China leading logistics service company
- Group IT organization design for one of China leading insurance group
- IT architecture assessment for one of the largest China life insurance companies
- CRM solution architecture for a leading commercial bank
- Digital strategy and core system architecture with a global shipping company
- Design digital marketing architecture for a leading global furniture retailer in China
- Digital transformation of sales and marketing for a luxury car company in China
- Led +10 SAP/Oracle ERP, merchandising, CRM, omni-channel projects for China leading retail companies, including grocery, fashion, CVS, department stores etc.
- Led eCommerce and omni-channel transformation of China largest retail conglomerate
- Research and practice on China omni-channel retailing innovation, such as digital customer journey, member operation, digital marketing, order fulfilment optimization, cross channel profit distribution etc.
- Led +10 ERP and related enterprise core systems (MES/EAM/CRM …) for China leading manufacturing companies, including automobile, machinery, chemicals, steel and iron …
- HR and talent management system implementation for +10 companies

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Professor Yao Lu received her Ph.D. in Business Economics from Ross School of business, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA; before that, she received Master's degree in Statistics and Financial Engineering from the Stern School of Business, New York University.

Her main research focuses on corporate governance, M&As, corporate investment, financing and restructuring, and capital market reform, development and globalization. Her teaching courses include Corporate Governance (EMBA, MCFO, MBA), Corporate Finance (MBA, Master of Finance), M&As (MBA, Master of Finance, MOOC), etc. She has won the Teaching Excellence Award of School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University, and the Teaching Star Award of Executive Education and Training Center of School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University.

At present, she is the Academic Member of EMBA Education Center and Executive Training Center of SEM, Tsinghua University, respectively. She also serves as the Committee Member of China Finance Association and the Research Fellow of Management Research Center, Industrial Innovation and Finance Research Institute, National Governance and Global Governance Research Institute of Tsinghua University. She is also the Executive Committee Member of China Modern State-Owned Enterprise Research Institute of Tsinghua University. She once served as the Academic Deputy Director of Tsinghua X-lab (Tsinghua University Creative Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Platform).

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Dr. JY Wu received his PhD in Economics at Kyoto University, MBA from Cambridge Judge Business School, and master from MIT. At present, he works for Siemens China P&O in Beijing. He has worked in industry and academia for many years in Taiwan, Japan, U.S., Singapore, and China with broad experience in designing, developing, and implementing enterprise-level initiatives. His current focus is on driving talent and leadership topics in Siemens AA.

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Doug Hung is Director of HPO Group. He has advised clients in a range of industries, with his
core area of work around leadership and sales process development. In his current role as
Director of Business Development, Doug spends half of his time working with international
partners to provide world-class program methodologies to the Chinese market.

Doug helps high-tech providers and consumer goods companies refine their talent development
strategies and undertake organization development initiatives. His clients include enterprise
software companies, media and entertainment technology providers, consumer package
companies, and hardware manufacturing firms.

Doug holds a bachelor of business administration from University of Michigan. He holds a
Master in Business Administration from Columbia Business School.

He speaks English, Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese fluently

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Jenny Liu is Senior Vice President, Head of HR China for Swiss Reinsurance. Before joining Swiss Re, Jenny has over 20 years of professional experience as China HR Head with Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Burson-Masteller and as Senior HR Manager with China International Capital Corporation Limited ("CICC"), to develop organization, culture and people solutions to enable business success.

Jenny holds an MBA from State University of New York at Buffalo, Renmin University of China. She is a certified coach, an accredited international practitioner in Talent Appraisal, and a certified global remuneration professional ("GRP").

Jenny is a Director of the Human Resources Association ("HRA"), one of the founding members of CHO100 sponsored by National School of Development, Peking University, as well as a career mentor for BiMBA, Peking University.

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Melody serves as the Head of People Organization for HP Inc. Greater China based in Beijing, China. She leads the Greater China People Organization Team supporting business growth through various organization and people solutions.

Melody has more than twenty years of full spectrum human resources experience serving a number of the world's fortune 500 enterprises, including Microsoft, Lenovo, Bayer-Schering Pharmaceutical etc. Melody acts as a trusted advisor to business leaders and had solid experience transforming Human Resources functions to be business driven and customer focused. She also has proved track record to design and implement human resources policies and processes to achieve better business results and to build up a healthy organization environment.

Melody holds MBA Degree from Peking University and Bachelor of Economics from Renmin University.

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Annie Wang has been the HRVP, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Division in China since 2012. Now Annie holds the position of HRVP Greater China and APAC, in addition to her role as HR Business Partner for Pharmaceuticals China & APAC.

Annie is a seasoned HR practitioner in different industries. Over the past 20+ years, Annie had held different HR management positions with multinational companies, such as DHL, Nortel Networks, Edelman, and Schneider Electric. Her study and work experience in China as well as in Canada has enabled her to appreciate different cultural environment and adopt the appropriate approach to tackle the cross-cultural issues.

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Reshmi supports executive teams reporting directly to SAP Board and organizations that drive revenue and strategic changes in SAP. Has more than 20 years of experience in building people strategies which impact Organization Development, Talent Management and building a culture of Trust. Leads large scale transformational changes, Mergers & Acquisitions, Global projects on building high performance organizations across geographies. Recognized and respected for being the strong voice of HR, influencing business impacts.

Currently she is the HR leader for SAP Services, Greater China and has been with SAP for 14 years. Prior to the current assignment, Reshmi has been the HR Director for SAP India and held various Strategic HRBP positions in India, Germany and Greater China. Prior to SAP, Reshmi has worked with Intel Technologies, Tata Group and Randstad India.

Holds a Master’s degree in Business Management from XISS, India. She is a Certified Coach & NLP Master practitioner certified by the Worldwide Institutes of NLP and American, European and Australian Boards of NLP. Has held the position for Vice Chair of The European Chamber of Commerce, HR Forum, since 2019.

She is based in Beijing with her family. She thrives on helping people reach their goals in life and business.

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Vivian Liu has more than 2 decades of HR experience with 3 years abroad in
Finland and Dubai, 18+ years’ leadership and people management experience in
High Tech, Internet and Telecommunication Industry. Currently Vivian works for
ECARX Technology as the Chief Human Resource Officer. She is in charge of Global
Biz of HR, Administration, Facility and Procurement. Vivian is biz oriented HR
leader with superior interpersonal skills, strategic thinking and solid HR mastery
specialized in leadership development, change mgt., organization effectiveness
and culture transformation. Vivian is a certified professional executive coach
(CPCC) who is always passionate about evoking transformation for individuals,
teams/organization and business to leverage complexity and reimagining the
future. She provides visionary leadership and influence future growth
opportunities for ECARX Technology.

Vivian is Career Coach for BiMBA in Peking University and Certified DDI;
Situational Leadership, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Six Thinking Hats
Instructor. Vivian holds HBDI; MBTI, DISC, Leadership 360 Assessment
qualifications, she is also the certified CPCC Co-Active Coach, currently pursuing
ORSC Organizational and Relationship System Coach.

Education: Master Degree, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of
Maryland. Language Skills: Chinese: Native; English: Fluent.

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Mr. TIN IP is currently the Education Director of Yew Chung Yew Wah Schools, an education organization that has 90 years history. He had gained his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Imperial College London in 1984. Mr Tin Ip went on to complete his Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in the University of Nottingham. He completed a master’s degree in Translation from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2008, achieving an academic award.

Mr. TIN IP taught in a state boys’ school in north London for five years and an independent girls’ school in south London for seven years. He also served in two Hong Kong local schools as the principal for another six years and three years respectively. As a result of having worked in a variety of schools, he has gained experience in a number of curricula, including the IGCSE, GCSE, GCE A Level, the IBDP and the Hong Kong DSE.

Mr. TIN IP joined YCYW organisation in 1998. His first teaching post in Hong Kong was the Head of Mathematics at Yew Chung International School. He was later promoted to be Vice Principal and then Co-Principal. In September 2014, Mr. TIN IP took up the role of Superintendent of Yew Wah International Education Schools. He has also been a Director of Curriculum & Instruction of both Yew Wah International Education Schools and Yew Chung International Schools.

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Ms. Mandy QIN has 20+ years of experience in Human Resources with several leading multi-national companies, holding various HR management positions, including OD Director for SUEZ Asia, HR General Manager for Shell, HR Director for Novartis, and L&D Manager for ConocoPhillips.