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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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Audrey Low is currently the Managing Director of LHH FESCO. She is fully responsible for leading the joint venture business between LHH and FESCO in terms of strategy, market growth, sales and service innovation to provide first-class HR management consulting services and solutions for companies in the China market.

With more than 26 years of experience in HR services and consulting in Asia-Pacific, Audrey believes that transformation will be the key to success for businesses in the future of world of work. She is appointed to drive and develop the business of LHH in China, based in Shanghai. Prior to this appointment, Audrey acted as the Head of Sales for Asia and China of the Adecco Group based in Singapore. Since joining Adecco as the General Manager of the Singapore office in 1992, she has served as the GM of Singapore, Branch Manager of the Hong Kong office, and KA Manager of the Sydney office in Australia in 1993 and 2000.

In 2003, she returned to HK and led the team to cultivate the market for over a decade, focusing on the development of professional talent recruitment services. Under her management and leadership, Adecco's brand and services have been highly recognized by the local market with Adecco achieving a solid market positioning as one of the leading HR service companies in Hong Kong. In 2015, Audrey was given the mission of developing Adecco’s presence in Macau. The Adecco Group believes that Audrey’s rich experience will support LHH to develop high-quality HR management consulting services in China, allowing LHH to penetrate the market effectively and successfully.

Audrey has outstanding leadership and management skills. She studied leadership planning and innovative leadership related courses at the world-renowned business schools and educational institutions IMD Business School, Hyper Island and INSEAD.

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Cindy has been working in General Electric, GE for more than 15 years, she held the diversified HR leadership positions in GE Capital, GE Global Research Center, GE Healthcare and GE Water Technologies and Solutions as HR Manager, C&B Director, Organization and Development Director, Regional HR Director. She was also selected for a global bridge assignment from GE Global Research Center in HQ.
After GE and SUEZ finished the M&A, Cindy joined SUEZ Water Technologies and Solutions (WTS) as APAC HR Leader (excluding India). On September 21, 2022, SUEZ WTS becomes part of Veolia. Cindy leads the team to shape the culture and optimize the organization structure, drives the cross function/business collaboration and breakthrough innovation, her mindset of good to great brought the vitality and absolutely played the true partnership role for business organizations.

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Majored in Psychology, Grace has 18 years’ work experience in HR field. Being an expert on Talent and organizational development, she has been working in multinational companies from various industries with solid experience on organizational change management, leadership coaching and competence building.

Grace joined H&M in 2014 and in her current role as the Global HR Business Partner, she leads the people objective and agenda in different countries, including China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sweden and Turkey.

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Ida has been with Novartis for 8 years, and is now responsible for cross-divisional learning solutions for leadership and personal development in China and Asia Cluster.

She has rich experience in HR management with strong passion in people development. Before Novartis, she worked for Bosch as Talent & Learning Director in China, and had 16 years with Shell in China and the UK in various global strategic and local operational roles in support of business growth and transformation. Her expertise covers TMOD, leadership, learning, culture and change management, as well as recruiting, C&B and HR generalist roles.

Ida graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and got her EMBA degree from London Business School.

Ida enjoys walking in different cities of the world (quite a luxury now), reading, and rowing with family.

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Manoj Mehta has served as Chief Executive Officer of naked Group since 2012. Manoj set a goal to harness the creativity and nimbleness of a startup organization and marry that with the structural platform required for growth. Since joining, Manoj has led several innovative change initiatives, instituted numerous programs to strengthen & optimize naked operations. These include leading the growth of naked by setting up the strategic direction, recruiting seasoned executive management team, restructuring the organization, expanding naked’ s China footprint, incorporating technology to both enhance guest experiences and improving business processes, as well as anchoring company culture to the core values of naked. Under the leadership of Manoj, naked Group has created a diverse lifestyle brand that covers travel – naked Retreats, work – naked Hub, now under the wework brand, and wellness etc.

Manoj has worked and lived in 3 countries including the United States, China and India. Prior to naked Group, Manoj worked for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd and Ford Motor Co., Ltd in USA & China. He moved to Shanghai in 2005 to establish Goodyear’s Global Sourcing Business. Manoj earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The State University of New York, and an MBA in Strategy & Finance from the Chicago Booth Business School. Manoj’s multicultural background, senior management experience and strong academic foundation allows him to perfectly combine strategic thinking with practical execution.

In addition to the naked Group board, Manoj also served as an independent Board of Director of Triangle Tyre Co. Ltd. (SH 601163) one of the largest and listed tire manufacture in China. Manoj is an active member of the American Chamber of Commerce and serves as a Mentor for the members of Shanghai Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO) and he has been actively engaged in Shanghai community life, serving as the Chairman of the Board for Shanghai Community Sports Club, Treasurer, and life member of the Shanghai Landers Beefsteak & Burgundy. President of Shanghai Cricket Club.

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Angus is the Director of Executive Recruitment, KPMG China. He has extensive experience in Executive Recruitment service for both Global Fortune 500 and local clients. Before joining KPMG, he worked in a few well-known recruitment service companies and focused on the talent consulting and searching in the supply chain and logistics sector.

Before Executive Recruitment, Angus was a seasoned technology management consultant serving clients in Industrial Manufacturing sector for over 12 years, specialized in uncovering the true potential of latest technologies in supply chain management, operation efficiency improvement and/or new business development. Other than leading through different process integration/re-engineering projects for clients, Angus had once championed a corporate restructuring exercise which successfully turned around a state-holding joint venture from consecutive loss to breakeven within 3 quarters.

Angus holds a bachelor’s degree of Mathematics option in Business and Management from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He loves sports and enjoys sharing. Believe in mankind potential and life-long learning. He speaks fluent English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

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Working Experience
• 9 years of Sales, Consulting and Business Development experience in HR Services & Executive Search industry.
• Focus on China & Asia market entry for Industrial, Business Services, IT & Digital companies.
• Covering both Global Account role and looking after business set-up in CIS region.

Yury has a substantial experience in HR Services with specific focus on Senior Management selection and Executive Search. He has been previously working for Page Group since 2014, starting in Moscow office before moving to Shanghai in 2016. Over the past 6 years Yury has been focusing on business development, consulting and advisory for clients in China and Asia across Industrial, Business Services and Digital sector including Management Consulting, Market Entry, Data Analytics and Information Services, Digital Marketing & E-Commerce, FinTech and other industries.

As a Global Account Director at BIPO, Yury is looking after regional and global client and partners’ development across Greater China, APAC and other markets. He is also responsible for global partnership network and BIPO business growth in CIS and Central Asia regions, helping our clients to expand worldwide.
Yury has a degree in Asian Studies from Moscow State University. He speaks English, French, Russian and Japanese.

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Lai-Har is the APAC Head of People & Culture at Intralox - a leading provider of conveyance technology and service solutions to a wide range of industries from food processing, industrial and logistics handling.

She brings diverse experience to HR spanning retail, supply chain, business process improvement and capability development. Lai-Har began her career as a Management Trainee with Kingfisher/B&Q and with Tesco, she later led commercial change initiatives across North Asia. At Intralox, she is a key custodian of culture development and works with all employees across APAC.

Lai-Har is a UK native and has lived in Hong Kong & Shanghai since 2002.

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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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Wu Qian is HR Director Asia at Freudenberg Regional Corporate Center Asia. She was educated both in China and in Germany with focus on Human Resources. For the most part of her 18 years work experience she has been dealing with HR responsibilities in China and other Asian countries.

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Joy Wang is HR Director at Messe Düsseldorf Shanghai. She was graduated from the university of Manchester, Global MBA.

With more than 15 years of full-function HR experience in multinational companies of different industries, she is accountable for overall HR management in China.