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Founder and Managing Partner of D’Andrea & Partners Legal Counsel, and Founder of DP Group.
Graduated in Law at the University of Teramo (Italy), he then subsequently obtained a Masters’ degree in Corporate Advisor at LUISS University in Rome and a Diploma in Chinese Studies at Nanjing Normal University and is a member of the Italian Bar Association.
Mr. D’Andrea arrived in China in 2005 and is fluent in Italian (mother tongue), English, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. He mainly deals with cross-border mergers and acquisitions, assistance in ODI/FDI and intellectual property rights.
He is also acting as Vice President of the European Chamber and Chair of the Shanghai Chapter.

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Jeanette Yu is Partner and head of Employment & Pensions Practice Area Group of CMS, China. She has more than 20 years’ experience in providing advice for international companies on labour law issues and compliance management. Her extensive track record comprises recruitment and dismissal of employees, formulating employee handbooks and implementing its policies, work permits and visa issues of expatriates, international secondment, data privacy, non-competition, social security, trade union and labour disputes. She has also been involved in significant projects of business transactions and restructuring, advising clients on employee transfer, relocation and lay-off of employees as well as negotiation of employment contracts and separation agreements.
Since 2017, Jeanette has been acting as the National Chair/Vice Chair of HR Working Group of European Chamber of Commerce in China. This year Jeanette was elected as the National Chair of HR Working Group of European Chamber of Commerce in China.
Starting from 2017, Jeanette acted as the Vice Chair of HR Working Group of European Chamber of Commerce in China, and the Chair in 2019. Jeanette is also a member of Shanghai Law Society Labour and Social Security Law Research Branch.

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Guoxing Li holds dual degrees in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Michigan. He also has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, specializing in AI.

He has previously worked at Facebook and held technical positions at an AI-based data monitoring startup called SignalFx. With extensive experience in web development, architecture, AI, and BI technologies, he founded Moka in 2015 and has been responsible for overall company management, strategic planning, core product development, delivery, and customer success.

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Third Decade: ihuoli - Promoting Workplace Health
* Focuses on promoting workplace health through a combination of exercise, lifestyle medicine, and artificial intelligence.
* Certified by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as a Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP).
* Certified by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as an Exercise Physiologist (EP).
* Member of the Workplace Health Promotion Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission and Sports Bureau.
* Guest Speaker at the 6th China International Import Expo 2023 "Healthy Shanghai Studio": Integrating Sports and Medicine to Promote Sustainable Corporate Development.
Second Decade: Internet Industry
* Co-founded a company with friends, which was acquired by WPP in 2015.
First Decade: IT Industry
* Worked at Fortune Global 500 companies such as Siemens and SAP.

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Elaine brings in 13+years extensive experiences in leadership development, organization development, and culture transformation. She served iconic organization on capability building and leaderdeship development, especially under business transformation, M&A integration, and culture change context.

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Sissi lead a professional team to provide end-to-end recruitment support to Schneider Electric China against agreed targets. Provide value-added strategic support to business priorities by in-depth market mapping and proactive market dynamic report. Constantly seek opportunities to standardize and optimize local processes/tools.
Support team members' and trainees'personal development by coaching and mentoring. Continuously developing team to be the best TA team.

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Falk Hirdes is the General Manager of CPC Consulting China, the Beijing-based entity of a German Management Consulting firm, focused on Change Management and Organizational Development.
Over the past 20 years in the automotive industry, he has consulted companies across the complete customer and vehicle lifecycles, moving to China in 2016.
With a curiosity for new ideas and concepts and a passion for hands-on experience, Falk Hirdes' focus lies on training and coaching current and future leaders, enabling transformation and change initiatives, and facilitating turnaround or recovery for highly critical projects.

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Ioana has been based in Shanghai since 2003 where she worked for the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) from 2004 to 2022. From 2009 to 2022 she served as General Manager of the Chamber’s Shanghai Chapter and was responsible for implementation and development of European Chamber objectives, visibility, and advocacy activities on a regional level in Shanghai and neighbouring regions.
Ioana is currently an Associate Director with X-PM Transition Partners, a leading European Executive Interim and Transition Management firm with teams in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. X-PM is part of the WIL group, a network of 13 firms operating in 35 countries that deliver interim and transition solutions to clients around the world and offers a unique international “multi-sourcing” model that leverages the assets of each member firm and ensures the best assignments globally.
A German-qualified lawyer, Ioana practiced with a German law firm in Shanghai from 2003 and 2004. She also holds a PhD degree in law from Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, where she worked from 1999 to 2003 as a Senior Research Assistant focussing on the areas of Civil Law, Insurance Law, Comparative Law, International Private Law and Labour Law.

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With a Master Degree in Management from University of Durham in UK, Ellen has more than 18 years of full-function HR experiences in multinational companies of various industries including 2 years in London and 16 years in Shanghai. She joined Würth Group in 2017 and established the HR SSC at Würth (China) Holding that is currently serving over 40 Würth Group companies in Asia and Europe. With above 10 years in HR leadership roles, she is experienced in designing HR strategies and policies, optimizing and digitalizing HR processes to meet different business needs and drive business growth. In 2020, she helped to set up Würth Business Academy APAC to provide training, talent development and consulting service to the Group companies and promote digital learnings via Learning Campus throughout Asia. She has passion for learning, coaching (NLP Coach Certification) and positive intelligence.

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Joined Leadec China since 2011, Responsible for the overall human resources management of Leadec China.
Launched more than 40 technical service projects in more than 20 cities across the country. Projects cover different industries, including automotive, machinery, chemicals, pharmaceuticals…
Graduated from Harbin Normal University and then studied Applied Psychology at East China Normal University. holds the national second-level psychological consultant certificate and the first-level human Resource Management certificate.

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Angela Zhou joined Philips in 2019 and was appointed as Vice President,
Head of Human Resources, Philips Greater China.

Prior to joining Philips, Angela has more than 20 years of experience on Human Resources management and held HR leadership roles at leading multinationals. Angela has been working for Henkel, a leading German Chemical Company for 12 years before she advanced her career in healthcare industry. She has more than 10 years’ experience in global leading healthcare companies, including Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson Medical China.

Angela is an experienced Human Resources executive with a proven track record in Leadership, talent development, change management, strategic workforce planning, organization transformation, employee engagement, enterprise culture, M&A etc.

Angela received Bachelor degree on Mechanical Engineering from Tong Ji University and holds a MBA degree from Fu Dan University in China.

Angela is a purpose-driven leader and very passionate on people and organization development. She is also a strong advocator of women in leadership.