Speakers
Mr Vincent H S Lo, GBS, JP
Chairman
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
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Mr Vincent H S Lo assumed Chairmanship of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) in June 2015. He is the founder and Chairman of the Shui On Group, which is principally engaged in property development, construction and construction materials with interests in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland.

In addition to his business capacity, Mr Lo has been active in community services. Prior to his previous position as Chairman of the Airport Authority Hong Kong, he had participated in the preparatory work of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). He is currently a Member of The Twelfth National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, President of the Council for the Promotion & Development of Yangtze, Economic Adviser of the Chongqing Municipal Government, and Honorary Life President of the Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong.

Mr Lo was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) in 1998 and appointed Justice of the Peace in 1999 by the Government of the HKSAR. Other accolades include "Businessman of the Year" at the Hong Kong Business Awards in 2001, "Director of the Year Award" from The Hong Kong Institute of Directors in 2002, as well as Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres from the French government in 2005. In 2009, Mr Lo was named “China Entrepreneur of the Year" and "Entrepreneur of the Year" in the China Real Estate Sector by global consultancy Ernst & Young. He was also given an "Honorary Citizen" of Shanghai in 1999 and Foshan in 2011. In 2012, the 4th World Chinese Economic Forum honoured Mr Lo with the “Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership" in the Property Sector.
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The Right Honourable Liam Fox, MP
British Secretary of State for International Trade
Bank Indonesia
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Lord Sassoon
Chairman
China-Britain Business Council
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Lord Sassoon joined the Board of Jardine Matheson and became Chairman of the China-Britain Business Council in 2013. James began his career at KPMG, before joining UBS Warburg in 1985. From 2002-06 he was a Managing Director in the United Kingdom Treasury with responsibility for financial services and enterprise policy. In 2007-09 he chaired the Financial Action Task Force and conducted a review of the UK’s system of financial regulation. In 2010-13 Lord Sassoon was the first Commercial Secretary to the Treasury. He also is a Director of Dairy Farm, Hongkong Land, Mandarin Oriental and Jardine Lloyd Thompson. He is also a Trustee of the British Museum.
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Mr Victor Chu
Chairman
First Eastern Investment Group
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Victor Chu is Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading Hong Kong-based international investment firm and a pioneer of private equity investments in China. He is the Co-Chair of the Hong Kong-Europe Business Council as well as the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.

Over the last 25 years, Victor Chu has served as Director and Council Member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel, Advisory Committee Member of the Securities and Futures Commission, and part-time member of Hong Kong Government’s Central Policy Unit.

Mr Chu took his law degree from University College London where he is now an Honorary Fellow.

He was awarded the Global Economy Prize in 2011 by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
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Mr Douglas Flint, CBE
Group Chairman
HSBC Holdings plc
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Douglas Flint is Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc. He joined HSBC in 1995 as Group Finance Director, becoming Group Chairman in December 2010. He is also Chairman of The Hong Kong Association and of the CityUK/CBBC China Market Advisory Group, and is a member of the International Business Leaders’ Advisory Councils of the Mayors of Beijing and Shanghai. He is on the Board of the Institute of International Finance and was Chairman from 2012 until 2016. He was appointed a Business Ambassador in 2014, and in 2006 was honoured with a CBE in recognition of his services to the finance industry.
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Professor Frederick Ma, GBS, JP
Chairman
Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited
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Professor Ma was born and educated in Hong Kong. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1973 majoring in economics and history. Since graduation, he had taken up different major positions of various local and overseas banks, financial institutions and major companies, including Chase Manhattan Bank, Royal Bank of Canada Dominion Securities, JP Morgan Chase, Kumagai Gumi (HK) Limited and Pacific Century Cyberworks Limited. He has rich experience in banking and financial sector. In 2002, he joined the Hong Kong Government as the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury and assumed the post of Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development in 2007. He resigned from the Government in July 2008 due to medical reasons. In October 2008, he was appointed as an Honorary Professor of the School of Economics and Finance at the University of Hong Kong. Professor Ma was appointed as a Member of the International Advisory Council of China Investment Corporation in July, 2009. In December 2011, he was appointed as an Honorary President of Hong Kong Special Schools Council. In January 2013, He was appointed as a member of Global Advisory Council of the Bank of America. In August 2013, he was appointed as an Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Business Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In October 2014, he was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences by Lingnan University. In October 2016, he was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences by City University of Hong Kong. In April 2017, he was appointed as the Council Chairman of The Education University of Hong Kong. Currently, he is the Chairman of MTR Corporation Limited, an Independent Non-Executive Director of FWD Group, a director of Husky Energy Inc., and a Non-Executive director of COFCO Corporation.
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Dr Fu Yuning
Chairman
China Resources (Holdings) Limited
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Dr Fu Yuning is the Chairman of China Resources (Holdings) Limited, the National Committee Member of the 12th CPPCC, Director and the Vice Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) of the China Business Council, Vice Chairman of the B20 China Business Council, the Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association, and the General Committee Member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.

Dr Fu was previously the Chairman of China Merchants Group Limited, China Merchants Holdings (International) (listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) and China Merchants Bank Company Limited (both listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchange). He was also the Independent Non-Executive Director of CapitaLand Limited (listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange), and the Independent Non-executive Director of LI & Fung Limited (listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange).

Dr Fu graduated from Dalian Institute of Technology in China. In 1986, he obtained his Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brunel University in UK.
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Mr Graham Cartledge, CBE, DL
Chairman
Benoy
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Graham Cartledge CBE DL joined Benoy in 1974 and became Chairman in 1992. Under his leadership, the company has evolved into an award-winning, international firm of Architects, Masterplanners, Graphic and Interior Designers, with a global team of over 500+ talented people working from design studios in the UK, Middle East, India and Asia.

Graham is a passionate advocate and fervent champion of international trade. Having worked alongside Prime Ministers, Cabinet Ministers and Dignitaries, he is a true 'Ambassador' for the British Creative Industries and as such represents Benoy and 'British Business' across the globe.

As well being a Vice-Chairman of the China-Britain Business Council and a Board Director of UK-ASEAN Business Council, Graham is also an Advisor to numerous other UK Government ‘Task Force’ initiatives.

As a firm believer in education, Graham lends his support to a number of initiatives, targeting students of all ages and backgrounds. He is a regular speaker at schools and universities both in the UK and around the world.

Graham is Founder and Chairman of a charitable trust, the Benoy Foundation.
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Mr Gregory Hodkinson
Chairman
ARUP Group Limited
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Gregory Hodkinson has spent most of his professional career at Arup and is a passionate believer in Arup’s mission to ‘shape a better world’. His professional experience is primarily in the planning, design and project management of transport infrastructure, which he has undertaken throughout the world. He has more than 40 years’ experience in large-scale projects, including the Sony Centre in Berlin; Darling Harbour Development in Sydney; Terminals 2,3,4,5 and 7 at JFK Airport, as well as the Fulton Centre and Second Avenue Subway in New York.

Gregory joined Arup in 1972, having been inspired by the firm’s work on the Sydney Opera House. He led the firm’s expansion in the USA from 1988 as a founding Principal of the New York office. He became Chairman of the Americas Region in 2004 and in 2011 moved to Milan to lead the firm’s European business. He was appointed Chairman of Arup Group in 2014.

In addition to his work with Arup, Gregory is a member of the International Advisory Board of British American Business, the Advisory Board of the China–Britain Business Council, the Infrastructure & Urban Development Industries Governors Steering Committee, and Chairman of the Future of Urban Development & Services Steering Committee at the World Economic Forum. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Gregory is a former Trustee of WaterAid, an international charity dedicated to bringing safe drinking water and sanitation to the world’s poorest people and a former Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.
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Mr Jiang Zhengxin
Deputy General Manager
China United Network Communications Group Company Limited
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Jiang Zhengxin, male, born in Changchun, Jilin Province in 1957, member of the Communist Party of China, Doctor of Economics, professor-level Senior Engineer. He is the Deputy General Manager of China United Network Communications Group Corporation Limited. He received a bachelors’ degree of Radio engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1982, and then got the master’s degree of business administration and PhD in economy from Jilin University. He was the Deputy Director of the Telecommunications Bureau of Changchun, Jilin Province, and the Deputy General Manager of Jilin Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.; in December 2003, he worked as the Deputy General Manager of China Network Communications Group Co., Ltd. Southern Branch; in June 2004, he worked as the Party Secretary and General Manager of China Network Communications Group Zhejiang Branch; from September 2007 to January 2009, he worked as the Deputy General Manager of China Network Communications Group Corporation; and since January 2009, he has been appointed to be the Deputy General Manager of China United Network Communications Group Corporation Limited. Recently, he also worked as vice president or deputy chairman member in China Information Industry Association, China Association of Trade in Services and China Meteorological Services Association. Mr. Jiang has worked in the information and telecommunications industry for a long period of time and has extensive expertise and management experience.
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Mr Jonathan Cummings
Chairman
FITCH Design HK
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Jonathan founded what is now FITCH Hong Kong in 2009. He moved to Hong Kong from London as a partner in independent experience design consultancy StartJG to develop the business in Asia.

StartJG HK quickly grew to become one of the most respected consultancies in Asia, winning Agency of the Year awards in HK in 2014,15 and 16. In October 2016, WPP acquired a majority stake and StartJG HK became part of FITCH, the world’s leading brand and retail consultancy, with Jonathan remaining a significant shareholder.

An expert in brand strategy, Jonathan has worked with many of the world's leading organisations in travel and retail including the Virgin Group, DFS, Chow Tai Fook, Bulgari, Dubai Airports, Hamad International Airport, Genting and Swire.
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Ms Elisa Harca
Regional Director
Red Ant Asia
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Elisa Harca is the regional director & co-founder of Red Ant Asia, which she established in Hong Kong and Shanghai over 5 years ago. Red Ant Asia works with retailers to use digital marketing and technology to build their profile in Asia, with a specific focus on China. Clients include: Moncler, Lane Crawford, The Cambridge Satchel Company, Mango, LUSH, Samsonite, TRIWA, to name a few.

Elisa has more than 16 years marketing experience working across disciplines and continents. Entrepreneurial at heart, Elisa set-up a fashion company whilst living in New York called Styleaholics, uniting independent fashion designers with international female DJs.
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Mr Mike Hill
Chief Executive Officer
Magnetic Asia
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Mike Hill is the CEO of Magnetic Asia, a pioneer integrated event and entertainment solution house based in Hong Kong. Magnetic Asia is the parent company of Clockenflap: Hong Kong’s Music & Arts Festival, Neon Lights music and arts festival in Singapore, Your Mum, a Hong Kong based promoter of music and Ticketflap, a regional digital ticketing platform.

Music has always been a consistent passion for Mike, both as a promoter and as an electronic musician. That passion led him to co-found the Clockenflap Music & Arts Festival and assume the role of Festival Director.

Mike has been instrumental in developing services across areas as diverse as ticketing, artist booking, digital marketing and event technology solutions. With a strong I.T. background, he has run various tech-focused businesses and has experience of designing and implementing systems across a range of business sectors.

He is also the founder and Managing Director of Kite Systems (www.kitesystems.com), a Hong Kong-based technology company.

Mike has a Bachelors (BEng Hons) Degree from Nottingham Trent University in Electronics and Computing and an MSc Degree from Liverpool University in Computer Science.
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Mr Simon Squibb
Chairman
Nest Global
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Mr Michael Young
Director
Michael Young Limited
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Michael Young was born in 1966 in Sunderland, a small industrial city in the North-East of England, and graduated from Kingston University in 1992. The following year, he founded the Michael Young Studio with the aim of providing exclusive, quality design services across an eclectic range of markets - from interiors to technology.

Over the past 20 years Michael Young has established himself as one of the leading international figures in his field. The unique nature of his work stems from his constant questioning of typologies and habits, combined with his innate passion for technology and his driving desire to discover new ways to reinterpret space.

Due to their unrivaled ability to generate an atmosphere that is at once both vibrant and relaxed, his designs have been imitated across the globe. The studio has developed a diverse network of relationships and produced work for clientele around the world.

Michael Young quickly came to the attention of revered retailers and institutions such as the Conran shop and the Pompidou Museum. He became known in the industry as a sophisticated minimalist acclaimed for his elegant, pared-down aesthetic design, which was in direct opposition to the elaborate style dominating London at the time.

After nearly a decade working across the UK and Iceland, Michael was enticed to Asia by his passion for pioneering technology, and in 2006 set up a studio in Hong Kong. Today the Michael Young studio is considered to be one of the most exciting and formidable design companies operating in Asia, responsible for designing icons for its clients that last a lifetime, have won awards and are presented in museums globally.

Michael Young continues to push the boundaries of experimental design. The studio specialises in creating modern design through exploring the endless possibilities Asia’s technological ingenuity provides. Propelled by the momentum created through collaboration with Chinese industrialists, the studio captures the strengthening ties between local industry and design, and exemplifies the skills of Asia’s industrial and manufacturing innovation.

The result is work that transcends design by harnessing some of the highest and most innovative manufacturing skills to create Industrial Art.

Michael Young’s vibrant imagination and his continued ability to innovate and take a fresh approach to a seamless blending of east and west is what keeps his work relevant and increasingly sought-after across all continents.

“It is Design as Industrial Art that interests me, not just as a limited edition, but on a scale of mass production.”
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Mr Stephen Phillips
Director-General of Investment Promotion
Invest Hong Kong
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Mr Stephen Phillips is the Director-General of Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), the Government Department responsible for attracting and facilitating foreign direct investment into Hong Kong.

Mr Phillips has served in senior positions in a number of private and public organisations. He lived and worked in Hong Kong from 1989 to 2004 holding senior investment banking positions with Deutsche and BZW/Barclays Capital before co-founding a Hong Kong-based group of companies providing IT, financial and consultancy services across Asia. In 2004, Mr Phillips joined UK Trade & Investment (now the UK’s Department of International Trade) before becoming the Chief Executive of the China Britain Business Council in 2006, as well as Chairman of the EU China Business Association.

Mr Phillips holds a BSc in Chemistry and Law from the University of Exeter.
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