Jamil Anderlini is the Financial Times’ Asia Editor, appointed in 2015. He oversees the FT’s coverage of the Asia region.

In addition to directing the work of regional correspondents he oversees the editing and commissioning team in Hong Kong. He is fluent in spoken and written Mandarin Chinese. After a decade and a half working as an editor and journalist in China, he has cultivated a deep knowledge of the political and economic situation in China. He regularly contributes commentary for other media.

Jamil has won numerous reporting prizes.

In 2010, he was named Journalist of the Year at the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Editorial Excellence Awards and won the Best Digital Award at the Amnesty International Media Awards. In 2013, Jamil was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and short-listed for both Foreign Reporter of the Year at the Press Awards in UK and also the Orwell Prize, the UK's most prestigious prize for political writing.

He is author of the e-book The Bo Xilai Scandal, published by Penguin and Financial Times in 2012.

Nigel Anton is Managing Director & Head of Shipping Finance at Standard Chartered Bank, based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for the Bank’s global shipping finance activities, which include both the debt and lease businesses. Nigel leads a global team operating out of offices in London, Singapore, Beijing, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Standard Chartered Bank’s shipping portfolio has, since starting at the end of 2007, grown to a portfolio of over US$6 billion comprising both debt and lease transactions, many of which have been award-winning transactions across the Banks footprint of Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University College of North Wales. He is a Freeman of the City of London and also a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.

Bob Armstrong is a renowned speaker, author, and expert on issues related to International Trade, Cross-Border Logistics, the Global Supply Chain, and Customs and Security issues. He has also been active on various Boards of Directors including the St Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation as Ontario government representative, Ontario Chamber of Commerce (Past-Chair), Past National Chair of The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association. Currently, he is the Co-Chair of Metrolinx Urban Freight Study Group.

Bob has initiated and led over a dozen trade logistics missions from N America to China, Hong Kong and SE Asia. He has extensive experience assisting N American companies to find new sources of supply and/or customers for their products while ensuring their goods are moved cost effectively, efficiently with visibility and supply chain resilience to and from global markets.

Bob has also performed consulting engagements with respect to multimodal transportation hubs/gateways in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan. His company, ATLAS, has performed numerous consulting/new business consulting projects for Ports of Belledune, Thunder Bay and Hamilton. Similar projects have been done for McMaster Institute of Transport & Logistics (MITL). He performed a rail connectivity project at the Port of Hamilton in early 2014. He recently completed a Feasibility Study in partnership with CPCS Transcom for a Rail-on-Apron project in Port Colborne. Other current projects relate to government affairs, transportation management, and developing new marine services.

Bob’s prior experience includes Senior Management in the Supply Chain & Logistics industry and with a major Government Relations Firm in Ottawa, and earlier as a Partner of a major Public Accounting Firm.

Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World and Chairman of Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation, is one of Dubai's leading businessmen.

Bin Sulayem’s expertise and visionary leadership spearheaded the rapid expansion of Dubai’s infrastructure, including ports and free zones, contributing significantly to the stellar growth trajectory of the United Arab Emirates.

Highlights of his three-decade business career include:

•Leading marine terminal operator DP World’s expansion internationally, including the purchase of the P&O group for US$6.8 billion in March 2006, which propelled it to among the largest global port operators and trade enablers in the world with 77 marine and inland terminals in six continents.

•Overseeing the rapid development of Jafza (Jebel Ali Free Zone) into an unrivalled business park of more than 7300 companies.

•Establishing and leading Nakheel, a real estate and tourism property development firm that has created many iconic Dubai projects including The Palm, the world’s largest man-made islands.

•Establishing and leading Istithmar World, a major investment house focusing on private equity with a portfolio of investments in diverse sectors across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East including retail, financial services, industry, tourism and hospitality, and healthcare.

•Pioneering the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), a market for gold and precious metals, diamonds and coloured stones, energy and other commodities.

Minnie Bu is Cloud ERP/SCM Solution Director at Oracle. She acts as customers’ trusted advisor and drives digitizing transformation for large organizations across Asia Pacific.

Prior to Oracle, Ms Bu had spent nearly 20 years in supply chain industry, servicing as senior IT leader and business consultant for several world top tier multinational companies including Maersk Line, B&Q and UPS, rotated in China, Demark, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Ms Bu is a strategic thinker with proven track records in leading giant complex transformation programs. She is an outstanding transformational leader that understand the big picture and create business value through information technology.

Minnie holds dual BS Degrees in Computer Science and Finance from Sun Yat-sen University and MS Degree in Supply Chain Management from Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Ms Cissy Chan Ching-sze was appointed as Executive Director, Commercial of Airport Authority of Hong Kong in September 2012.

Ms Chan oversees the commercial development of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). She is responsible for developing and implementing commercial strategies and identifying potential high-quality tenants and operators for the airport's commercial portfolio, which spans retail, advertising and aviation logistics. She also leads the commercial division in managing and growing revenue targets while maintaining a high standard of commercial offerings at the airport to enhance the passenger travel experience.

Ms Chan has a wealth of general management experience gained from local and multinational organisations, particularly in partnership development, negotiation and managing commercial alliances. Before joining the Airport Authority, Ms Chan was the Director, Retail Portfolio & Marketing at Hysan Development Company Ltd. Prior to that, she held senior positions in multi-national companies including Reckitt Benckiser (Hong Kong/ Taiwan) and Johnson & Johnson Hong Kong. She is also an MBA graduate from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Sebastian Chan is the President of Freight Forwarding for UPS.

Sebastian has over 25 years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry. Prior to joining UPS, Sebastian had 16 years of working experiences in Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and Exel plc.

Sebastian graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Master degree, major in Engineering. Sebastian is also recognized as a Senior Scholar of Robinson College, University of Cambridge.

John received his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Political Science from McGill University and PhD in Economics from MIT.

He joined the Canadian Government in 1974 and worked for the Treasury Board and Privy Council Office. From 1981 to 1993, he was with Canada’s Department of External Affairs and International Trade, and served in Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo in senior diplomatic positions. In 1994, John moved to Hong Kong as the President, Asia, of Bell Canada International, in charge of strategic telecommunications investments and M&A activities. In 2001, he became the President of Bombardier China, until he joined Esquel in 2003.

John was elected Vice Chairman of the China Cotton Textile Association in 2005 and Vice Chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce for Textile Import and Export in 2009. In 2011, he was appointed a Board Member of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation.

In 2012, the University of Western Ontario conferred an Honorary LLD degree on John in recognition of his expertise in trade and labor issues.

Being the Head of Strategic Marketing, Ian leads corporate strategy projects and sustainability initiatives of Avery Dennison in North Asia Pacific. Prior to his Avery Dennison journey, Ian was the Senior Consultant – Head of Corporate Development, Proposition and Strategy, EMEA at a World Leading Credit Agency.

Ian has one and a half decades of regional experience of defining and driving large-scale transformation efforts to significantly improve the business' performance trajectory. The work encompasses setting the business strategy and performance aspirations, identifying what specifically must change or be addressed to achieve those aspirations, putting tools and governance in place to achieve the required improvement as quickly as possible, and proactively managing the change management challenges to ensure that the improvement is fully integrated and sustained as part of the go-forward organization.

In the meanwhile, Ian is also the regional spokesperson of Sustainability. His recent successfully launched industry leading projects includes but not limited to responsible sourcing, waste reduction and recycling. Today, Avery Dennison is the first and the only label material supplier in North Asia Pacific offering 100% FSC paper liner at price neutral, and free recycling service for customer to transform liner paper waste into corrugated box.

Ian earned his Master of Business Administration from London Business School with merit and completed post graduate executive program from Harvard Business School.

Ernest Cheung is a Senior IT manager at Kerry Logistics, overseeing the system development as well as managing projects across worldwide regions. He has over 15 years of experience in delivering a diversity of IT solutions including enterprise application, services integration, mobile, RFID & IoT adoption, and robotics & automation technology. He also has strong business knowledge and expertise in particular supply chain management.

Ms Margaret Fong is the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) since 1 October 2014. With a global network of over 40 offices, Ms Fong heads this international team whose mission is to create and facilitate opportunities in global trade for Hong Kong-based companies. She joined the HKTDC in 2010 as Deputy Executive Director, responsible for the international promotion of Hong Kong’s product and service industries and the Council’s office network worldwide.

Ms Fong has worked in a variety of public service posts, beginning her career as an Administrative Officer with the Hong Kong Government. From 1997 to 1999, she served as Deputy Director-General in the Washington Economic and Trade Office of the Hong Kong SAR Government.

She was Deputy Secretary for Transport from 1999 to 2004, Director-General of the Washington Economic and Trade Office from 2004 to 2006, and Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA, from 2006 to 2008, representing the Hong Kong SAR Government in the United States. Before joining the HKTDC, Ms Fong was the Commissioner for Tourism from November 2008 to the end of 2009. She is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong.

Ms Fong is a member of the Working Group on Convention and Exhibition Industries and Tourism under the Economic Development Commission, the Aviation Development and Three-runway System Advisory Committee, the Hong Kong Maritime Industry Council, the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board, the Hong Kong Logistics Development Council, and the Financial Services Development Council.

Ms Priscilla Law was appointed as the Head of Financial Services at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) in January 2001. InvestHK is the government department responsible for investment promotion, i.e. helping overseas and Mainland companies to establish or expand their business presence in Hong Kong.

Before joining InvestHK, Ms Law has worked in the investment banking / mergers & acquisition industry for more than 15 years. She was the Business Development / M&A Director for one of General Electric’s divisions in Hong Kong in 2000. Before General Electric, she has worked for a number of US investment banks and PwC in Hong Kong.

Ms Law was invited by the Trade Development Council (TDC) to be a member of the Asian Financial Forum (AFF) Steering Committee since 2009 and the TDC Financial Services Committee since 2002.

Ms Law was born and raised in Hong Kong. She has obtained a B.Sc. and MBA degree from the University of Southern California in the US and a LLB degree from the University of London.

Patrik Forsstrom is an airline expert. Patrik has worked within the airline industry since 2000 and several different roles in both IT and Finance. He was a Shared Services director at Finnair establishing a new captive Shared Service centre nearshore producing a broad range of services for the Finnair group. He has also worked extensively in airline BI and been leading both the Cathay Pacific’s and Finnair’s Business Intelligence Competency Centres. In addition he has run several strategic restructuring projects within the airline industry.

Hi is very passionate about the potential benefits of both IoT and Big Data for the airline industry. He thinks there are major opportunities for airlines with Big Data e.g. for preventive maintenance in engineering and personalization for our customers in sales and marketing.

Patrik is very happy to be here in Hong Kong. This is a great time being here and working work Cathay Pacific as the company just has embarked on its Big Data journey.

Filippo Gori, was born in 1975 in Florence, Italy. After having worked 3 years in management consulting he joined GE Energy where he worked 3 years in FP&A. Soon after he began his journey in fashion, working for Emilio Pucci, Gucci and Replay. After having worked 3 years of Gucci in 2009 Filippo was transferred to Hong Kong as Regional Finance Manager for Apac. In 2011 he was then transferred to Shanghai where he was promoted to Greater China CFO. In 2013 Filippo joined Replay where he developed retail, wholesale and Ecommerce business across Asia, reaching the level of CEO Apac. In 2015 Filippo launched his fashion startup called Worthrobe and in 2016 he joined Vip.com as Director for Business Development - International brands.

Born in 1972 in Inner Mongolia, China, Dr Guo Dongbai is currently CTO of AliExpress, focusing on cloud computing and e-commerce. He has 16 years of experience in the R&D of large-scale software architecture, particularly in the design, development and maintenance of Internet scale high availability and high throughput services.

Dr Guo graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University with a double major in Computer Science and Energy Engineering. He then attended Brown University and earned MSc degree in Computer Science and a PhD degree in Engineering, majoring in medical image processing and computer vision.

Presently he is in charge of R&D for AliExpress. He led the design and implementation of an active-active multi-data center, high throughput, globally load balanced, real-time personalized e-commerce marketplace. The system serves over 10 million people from over 200 countries daily. The design withstood record high transaction load on Nov 11, 2015 and maintaining 99.997% usability throughout the year.

Prior to e-commerce field, Dr Guo has designed data supply chain for various products in different application domains. He managed global projects and large teams for Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon. He has developed a number of groundbreaking innovative software products with remarkable commercial success. He has helped these companies established industry standard strategies in domains such as medical imaging, health informatics, terminology, and media supply chain; and has served leading roles in various standard development organizations. Dr Guo was awarded the honor of National Distinguished Expert by Chinese government in 2015.

Anthony Gurnee is the Founder and CEO of Ardmore Shipping Corporation. Before Ardmore, he was President of Seacove Shipping Partners, a private equity investment vehicle, CEO of Industrial Shipping Enterprises, Inc, a containership and chemical tanker company, and COO of MTMM / Chembulk, a chemical parcel tanker company.

Previously, he was the CFO of Teekay Shipping Corporation, where he led the company’s financial restructuring in 1992 and initial public offering in 1995. In addition to his operational roles, he has held a variety of financial roles in the industry, including President of Nedship International and Co-Founder of Navigation Finance Corporation, a shipping-focused mezzanine investment fund.

He began his career as a shipping banker with Citicorp, and he served for six years as a surface line officer in the US Navy in both deck and engineering, and including a tour with naval intelligence covering the shipping industry. He is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, is a CFA charter holder, and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers. He also serves on the board of Global Marine Holdings, engaged in the worldwide installation and maintenance of subsea power and telecoms cables and related engineering services.

Henrik Hartzell is Managing Director for Heidmar (Far East) Pte Ltd in Singapore.

Heidmar is one of the world’s leading commercial tanker operators with a fleet of approximately 95 vessels in six pools with sizes ranging from Handy size tankers to VLCC. From their offices in US, UK and Singapore Heidmar are providing an around-the-clock service for the transportation of oil to major oil companies and oil traders on a world-wide basis

Throughout his career Henrik has worked in the roles of a Charterer, Owner and Broker as well as in segments ranging from small tankers to VLCC and in all cargo types from no heat crude to petrochemical gases.

In 2009 Henrik joined Heidmar (Far East) Pte Ltd, Singapore as Managing Director.

Henrik graduated from Frans Schartaus Handelsinstitut, Stockholm in 1983 and received a Diploma in Shipping the following year at the London School of Foreign Trade.

Khalid Moinuddin Hashim, Managing Director, Precious Shipping Public Company Limited (PSL), is an adjunct lecturer at SMU. He comes from a family engaged in shipping/trade. His father, the late Moinuddin Hashim, was the Chairman of the Indian National Shipowners Association and his greatgrandfather was a founding director of Scindia Steam Navigation Company.

In 1978, after attaining an MBA specializing in Finance, Khalid began his career with Tolani Shipping, Bombay. In 1979, he worked under the Hon. Ali Maniku, Minister of Shipping for the Maldives Government in Singapore. In 1984, Khalid joined the GP Group and started PSL in 1991.

In September 2007 Marine Money ranked PSL as the No.1 Listed Shipping Company in the World. In April 2012, Seatrade Asia awarded the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ to Khalid.

Mr He Yemin was born in February, 1964, in Yan Tai, Shangdong Province. He started his career in August, 1984, and in March, 1998, he joined Communist Party of China (CPC). Currently, Mr He holds a position as Deputy Director of Logistic Support Dept, General Administration of Customs PRC. He also takes a temporary post as Vice Mayor of Zhuhai, and a member of the CPC Zhuhai Committee.

Richard Hiller has been involved with the containership operator industry since 1979 and has held senior management positions in the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Having joined Mitsui OSK Lines in 1995 he is now based in Hong Kong at MOL Liner’s global headquarters where he serves as the company’s Chief Commercial Officer. In this capacity Rich is responsible for worldwide Sales and Customer Service functions as well as Corporate Communications for MOL’s Liner Division.

Mr Ho Lap Kee, Sunny, JP, is the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Shippers’ Council. He has over 20 years’ experience in the Shipping and Logistics industry. As he now shapes the thrust of the Shippers’ Council mandate as the voice of the Hong Kong shippers, he has considerable experience in aspects of trade and transport of goods. Prior to the Shippers’ Council, he was Deputy Managing Director of Swire Shipping Agencies and Taikoo Maritime Services Ltd, gaining experience in liner shipping, warehousing and distribution, freight forwarding, container haulage, mid-stream operations, China feeders, transport and logistics services. Mr Ho is a member of the Logistics Development Council, the Logistics Industry Training Advisory Committee, and the Town Planning Board of the Hong Kong SAR Government. He is also a member of the Transport & Shipping Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and Logistics Services Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. He has been a member of the Port Operations Committee and the Dangerous Goods Standing Committee of the HK SAR Government for several years and Chairman of the Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association for 1993-1995. He is the current Chairman of Hong Kong Logistics Management Staff Association, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport in Hong Kong and its President, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (Hong Kong), and Advisor to the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade of International Trade Guangzhou Sub-Council, and the Shenzhen Ports & Harbour Association.

Yvonne Ho joined the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in 2005 as the General Manager of the Hong Kong & Macau office.

Prior to joining IATA, Yvonne started her career in aviation as a Management Trainee in Dragonair. During that time, she worked in Hong Kong as well as in Beijing and Shanghai.

With over twenty years of experience in the airline industry, Yvonne’s main responsibility is to advocate for a safe, secure, efficient and sustainable air transport industry. She works with government and industry stakeholders in Hong Kong and Macau to ambassador IATA’s interest. She also manages the IATA’s settlement plan for passenger and cargo in Hong Kong and Macau with an annual turnover of HK$54 billion.

Jack Hsu is a 1988 graduate from Claremont Mckenna College (Los Angeles, USA) with a BA in Biology & Economics and has since lived between Taipei, Vancouver, and Hong Kong. Jack represents the fourth generation of a shipping family dating back to Mr Charles Eddie Hsu, who founded Eddie Steamship in Shanghai nearly a century ago. His late grandfather Mr V K Eddie Hsu founded Oak Steamship Hong Kong more than 55 years ago. It was Jack's father, Steve who rebranded Oak Steamship to Oak Maritime, where Jack has been Managing Director since August 2008. Currently Oak Maritime (HK) is the head-office of the various Hsu-family controlled entities. The Oak Group fleet currently consists of 23 bulkers and tankers (including newbuildings) with an aggregate tonnage in excess of 4 million deadweight tonnes, and an average age of about 8 years. Jack is currently Vice Chairman and President of Sincere Navigation Corporation, which is the Hsu-family controlled stock-listed company in Taiwan. Jack is Deputy Chairman of Hong Kong Shipowners Association, and Director of Britannia Steamship Insurance Association Ltd. He also served as Chairman to International Shipowners Association of Canada (ISAC) from 2005 to 2007.

Tim Huxley is the Chairman of Mandarin Shipping Limited, a Hong Kong based shipping investment company. Mr Huxley has spent the whole of his working life in the shipping industry, initially joining Clarksons, the world’s leading shipbroking and shipping services company, in 1982 as a graduate trainee and subsequently spending twenty four years with the company, the majority in Hong Kong. In 2006, Mr Huxley established Mandarin Shipping Limited prior to taking on the role of CEO at Wah Kwong between 2008 - 2016.

Mr Huxley is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and a former Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association.

Gert-Jan Jansen is a Managing Director and head of Seabury’s Cargo Advisory practice. He joined Seabury in 2007, strengthening the European office and the cargo team in particular. Mr Jansen has 20 years of experience in the air cargo industry and has a proven ability to support clients in achieving change and performance boosts through dozens of projects across the globe. His expertise includes fleet and network strategy, commercial strategy, revenue management & pricing, sales & marketing. He is co-founder of WorldACD, a leading data provider to the air cargo business. Before and besides, he was partner of a management consulting firm that specialized in change management and reorganizations, in particular in the air cargo industry. He started his career with KLM Cargo Revenue Management and Network Optimization. Mr Jansen holds an MSc in Operations Research & Statistics.

With 15 years at KPMG as sector partner for Leisure, Hospitality and Logistics, Mark has certainly seen his fair share of change. While Hong Kong is further developing as innovation hub for Asia, the sector becomes aware of the change and the disruption happening to the industry. As KPMG’s sector global head, Mark is based in Hong Kong - the centre of change and innovation. Mark is a regular speaker on a number of topics and is active in a number of sector communities on behalf of KPMG. In Mark’s global role, he has the opportunity to follow the strategic development of change in industries and can bring them in context of real opportunities now.

Started the career in freight forwarding and logistics industry in 1991, Mr Kondo has extensive knowledge in the trends and changes in Asia’s logistics market. He joined the company as the senior manager of Yusen Air & Sea Service (Singapore) Pte Ltd (the present Yusen Logistics Singapore Pte Ltd) in 1994.

In 2002, Mr Kondo was appointed by the company to be one of the project members in charge of the establishment of the first subsidiary of Yusen Logistics in China. He was responsible for the set-up of Yusen’s operation as the class-1 airfreight agent and the development in the Eastern and Inland China in his five and half years of assignment in Shanghai. He had successfully established branches in Suzhou, Ningbo, Nanjing, Hefei and Wuhan.

In 2014, Mr Kondo was appointed as the Director of Yusen Logistics Vietnam Hanoi Head office, where he led the operations and business development in the Northern part of Vietnam and contributed to the growth of the company. After leading Hanoi office for two years, he was promoted to General Director of Yusen Logistics Vietnam in 2016.

Mr Kondo holds a Bachelor degree in Arts from Kyoto University of Foreign Studies.

Joseph Lai has served in various bureaux and departments, including the former Home Affairs Branch, the former Trade and Industry Branch, the Lands Department, the former Finance Branch, the former City and New Territories Administration, the former Economic Services Branch, the former Constitutional Affairs Branch, and the former Education and Manpower Bureau. He was Deputy Director-General of Trade and Industry from May 2001 to March 2003, Deputy Secretary for Constitutional Affairs from March 2003 to December 2006, Director-General of Trade and Industry from January 2007 to August 2009 and Commissioner for Transport from August 2009 to May 2012.

Mrs Carrie Lam, 58, joined the Administrative Service of the Hong Kong Government in August 1980, and rose to the rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 in September 2006. She became a Principal Official on July 1, 2007 when she was appointed Secretary for Development.

During the 27 years as an Administrative Officer, Mrs Lam has served in various bureaux and departments. She was Director of Social Welfare from August 2000 to October 2003, Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands) from November 2003 to May 2004, and Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London from September 2004 to March 2006. She was Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs before assuming the post of Secretary for Development.

Mrs Lam was appointed Chief Secretary for Administration on July 1, 2012.

Since Mr Lam’s join in 1984, he has served Cathay Pacific Airways for 26 years. During the time he has played the important roles in multiple departments (e.g. Sales, Marketing, and Revenue Management etc.) and also quartered in nations around the world (e.g. Thailand, Dubai, Indonesia and the UK). Before the transfer to Swire Group, Mr Lam was the Managing Director of the Hong Kong Airport Services which served more than 70% of flights in the airport.

In 2010, Mr Lam was seconded to Swire Pacific to lead and develop the cold chain logistics business in China for the Swire group, and he was the Managing Director of Swire Cold Storage Company Limited and the Managing Director of Swire Cold Chain Logistics Company Limited. Meanwhile, he is also the Chief Representative of John Swire & Sons (China) Limited and the Chief Representative of Swire Industrial Limited in Shanghai.

Mr Lam has been appointed as Director John Swire and Sons (HK) Limited in September 2016.

Mr Lam holds a Business Administration Bachelor Degree of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a MSc Degree of the Hong Kong University.

Dr Lam recently joined GS1 Hong Kong and serves as the Chief Operating Officer. He oversees its operations in solution delivery and professional services and facilitates industry adoption of GS1 standards.

Prior to GS1 Hong Kong, Dr Lam had spent more than 20 years in IT industry, servicing as senior product management and business development leader for several renowned hi-tech companies including IBM, Akamai, WebEx and Coremetrics in Hong Kong and the US. He has proven records in leading complex programs in cloud computing and data analytics.

When he was in the Silicon Valley, he joined a number of NASDAQ companies, such as CICI, Excite@Home and Cambridge Technology Partner and assumed both product development and management roles. He also worked for a couple VC funded startups, like Internet Travel Network - the first online travel reservation portal.

Dr Lam graduated from the State University of New York with PhD in Computer Science and specialized in Artificial Intelligence, Data Pattern Analysis and Computer Vision. He had authored more than 30 refereed publications.

Simon Large took up the position of Director Cargo in Cathay Pacific in August 2015, with responsibility for all aspects of the Group’s cargo business worldwide, including operations, marketing and sales.

His previous role in the airline, from August 2012, was General Manager Marketing, Loyalty Programmes & CRM, responsible for global marketing communications, loyalty programmes and customer relationship management for both Cathay Pacific and Dragonair.

Mr Large joined the Swire group in 1991and for the next 12 years worked in a variety of management positions within Cathay Pacific, including postings in India and Dubai. He worked in a number of key departments in Head Office with roles including Manager Global Sales & Distribution, Manager e-Business and Manager Business Development.

From 2003 to 2004, he worked as Marketing & Sales Director at Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (HACTL), at that time a joint venture between the Swire group, Jardine Matheson and Hutchison. From 2004 to 2009, he was Commercial Director with tea grower/importer Finlays, which is part of the Swire group. He came back to Cathay Pacific in 2009 as General Manager Japan, responsible for the overall operations of Cathay Pacific and Dragonair in that country.

Mr Large has a BA (Hons) in History from the University of Bristol. He is married with three children.

Frosti Lau is the Chairman of HKIA Air Cargo CLG working closely with airlines, industry partners and authorities to look at ways to strengthen HK’s position to remain as a premier aviation hub since August 2014. He is currently General Manager, Cargo Services for Cathay Pacific Cargo, overseeing worldwide cargo service delivery and operation matters. Prior his latest appointment, he was the Manager Cargo Hub Operation Hong Kong focusing on matter related to export/import for Hong Kong and Hub operation. Mr Lau had also worked for the Cathay Pacific Group of airlines in various capacities in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Africa. During 2005-2009, he has also worked in the capacities of global accounts, airline partnership and charter sales in the Cargo division for the airline group.

Mr Lau holds MSc and BBA from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and MA from University of Hong Kong.

Mr Lei hails from Zhongshan County, Guangdong, China. Born in January 1963, he started his career in October 1985. He has been bestowed an honorary doctoral degree from Pentecostal International University in France.

In 2008 he was named “Outstanding Person in Chinese Enterprise Innovation” by China International Economic Development Research Centre. In 2009 he was given the honorary title of “Top 100 Men in the News in Reform and Innovative” by China Marketing Association. In 2013, he was awarded the President of the United State Outstanding Asian Business Leader medal.

Mr Lei is currently a member of the Logistics Industry Development Commission of the Macau Special Administrative Region, a member of Guangzhou Municipality Nansha District Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, President of the Nansha Chamber of Commerce in Macau, Chairman of the Board of the Nansha Fraternal Association in Macau and Managing Director of Victor Pacific Service Limited, Macau.

Born in August 1965, Mr Li Dongwei has completed postgraduate studies, and has served in the Organization Department and Human Resources Department of the Dalian Economic & Technological Development Area (DDA), as well as Administrative Committee of the Jinshitan National Holiday Resort. He is currently the Director of the Investment promotion Bureau of DDA.

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Mr Tommy Lui is the Group Chief Representative, Southern China of Fung Group, and Director of Li & Fung Development (China) Ltd, a member of Fung Group.

Fung Group (http://www.funggroup.com/eng/about/) is a holding company for a number of global supply chain businesses in trading, logistics, distribution and retailing. Fung Group includes 4 publicly listed companies in Hong Kong: Li & Fung Ltd, Global Brands Group Holding Ltd, Trinity Ltd and Convenience Retail Asia Ltd.

At Fung Group, Tommy is responsible for promoting the business and corporate development in Southern China, a strategic region where the group was founded 110 years ago and where a major part of its businesses is still conducted today.

Before the end of April this year, Tommy was the Executive Director, Global Freight Management of LF Logistics of Li & Fung Ltd, which provides customized freight solutions for multi-national corporations to optimize international logistics performance from factories to distribution points. Tommy joined Fung Group in 2000 as e-Business Director before he was assigned to the logistics group in 2002.

Tommy was born and raised in Hong Kong, and studied at 3 local universities: the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.

He has worked for large companies such as Jardine Matheson in Hong Kong and Carlson Group in the USA, and also entrepreneurial enterprises like dot-com start-ups and telecom resellers in Canada. He has held management positions in manufacturing, food and premiums distribution, marketing services, telecom equipment, IT consulting, supply chain management and international logistics.

Brett Marshall is the Corporate Head, Quality Assurance for Zuellig Pharma based in Singapore. In this role Brett has reporting lines from Quality Assurance Heads in 12 Countries and oversight of Clinical Research Operations in another 4 Countries.

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Brett has a Bachelor Degree in Transport & Logistics Management from RMIT. He has 25 years’ experience in positions of Executive Management, Logistics & Supply Chain, Business Process Transformation and Quality Assurance, 15 years of which is in the Pharma Industry, and has spent more than 20 years in Asia living in Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Bangladesh and now here in Singapore.

Brett speaks Bahasa Indonesia and Thai, and describes his passions as cooking, football of nearly all codes, and golf.

Malcolm Monteiro is the CEO of DHL eCommerce Asia Pacific. As a member of the Global eCommerce Management Board of the company, Malcolm oversees and steers the Asia Pacific region to become the leading end-to-end eCommerce solutions provider.

Malcolm’s office is responsible for building and developing on existing solutions to enable the e-commerce sector with Cross-Border Shipping, Fulfillment and Last Mile Delivery solutions.

Malcolm brings significant experience to his role with DHL eCommerce, helming various senior management roles in the functions of Operations, IT, Sales & Services before serving as Chief Operating Officer for Blue Dart Express. Subsequent to DHL’s acquisition of 81% of Blue Dart, Malcolm was appointed Managing Director, and soon advanced to Senior Vice-President & Area Director for DHL Express, South Asia. Malcolm also represented DHL’s interests in the Blue Dart Aviation, the cargo aviation business unit.

During his tenure with DHL Express South Asia and Blue Dart Domestic Express – Malcolm remained focused on the continued development of South Asia strategy and grew market share significantly.

Malcolm graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical-Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and completed his Post Graduate Degree in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Lord Mountevans recently stood down after serving as the 688th Lord Mayor of the City of London.

Educated at the Nautical College Pangbourne, he studied Economics at Cambridge. With a strong Scandinavian background, he was attracted to a career in shipping, joining the international shipbroker Clarksons (now Clarkson-Platou) in 1972 as a graduate trainee, initially in the Tanker Department, later moving to the Gas Division. He served as Managing Director, Gas 2001-2014. Headquartered in London and quoted on the London Stock Exchange, the Company is the world’s leading shipping services provider.

Jeffrey is a Member of the Baltic Exchange and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers. Prior to taking office as Lord Mayor, he served as Chairman of Maritime UK, which brings together the shipping, ports and maritime business services sectors in the UK to speak to government and key audiences with a single voice on strategic and practical issues. He chairs Maritime London, which promotes London and the UK’s maritime professional services. He recently chaired the ‘Maritime Growth Study: keeping the UK competitive in a global market’ for the UK government (published on 7th September, 2015).

Jeffrey sits as a Crossbench (Independent) Peer in the House of Lords.

Mr Graeme Murray is the Managing Director of Snape Shipping Limited and Container Shipping consultant to Clarksons Platou Group. Before that, he was the Global Managing Director - Container Chartering for the Clarksons Platou group.

Mr Murray joined H Clarkson & Co in 1975 as part of the Broker Training scheme. Seconded to Afromar Johannesbug in 1976 where he worked both bulkers and liners for various accounts most notably Island View Shipping and the Unicorn group. He returned to London in 1977 and continued to follow the liner markets where in the 80's he was the exclusive broker for the Mexican National line, TMM. This was the period where he made most of his liner contacts within Germany which was then and still is now the main centre of liner/container shipowning.

He was appointed by Clarksons to form and lead their own Container team in the early 90's, and he retired in April 2015 as Global Managing Director for Chartering with teams in London, Hamburg, Singapore and Shanghai. He was an executive director of Clarksons.

Chris is responsible for GCT Canada’s commercial activities, securing contractual relationships, and mutually beneficial sales strategies to generate volume via new markets for container traffic through their two marine terminals in Vancouver, BC.

With 18 years of experience in marine operations and supply chain logistics in global trades, he oversees 85% of Vancouver’s terminal capacity (includes Deltaport, Canada’s largest marine terminal) - representing 78% of Port of Vancouver’s market share in container traffic.

Chris joined GCT Canada in 1999 and held various positions in terminal operations before transitioning to his commercial capacity.

In 2013, Chris was appointed Vice President, Marketing and Sales. He has developed a trust based network and established cross-functional alignment between customers and terminal operations in growing the Vancouver Gateway.

Chris received his Bachelors of Business Administration and Economics from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.

In his spare time, he enjoys travelling. Also an avid runner completed his first marathon in 2009 and continues to enjoy distance running.

2011 – Lorentzen & Stemoco AS Head of Research/Shipping Analyst
2008 – 2010 Inge Steensland AS Shipping Analyst
1997 – 2008 Bergesen d.y. / BW Gas Manager Business Development
1989 – 1997 Marsoft International AS Shipping Analyst/Consultant
1987 – 1989 Th. Brovigs Rederi (Ship Owner) Shipping Analyst
1983 – 1985 IESE Barcelona MBA
1980 – 1983 Heriot-Watt University Bachelor of Business Organization

Knut is an experienced shipping analyst covering all major shipping segments since 1987 and gas carrier markets since 1997. Knut has extensive gas market experience having worked for Bergesen ASA and later BW Gas with business development incl. acquisition of ships and fleets, investment analysis, market research and corporate strategy. He has held presentations for the Board of Bergesen ASA, DNV, Tamoil, Fondsfinans, YoungShip and Bulkforum in addition to numerous client presentations world-wide. Knut is quoted in the international shipping press and writes shipping related articles for the Norwegian business magazine “Kapital”.

Pieter Paul Wittgen joined Grana in July 2014 as the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Grana, an international direct-to-consumer online fashion brand designing wardrobe essentials using the finest fabrics, at honest prices. Pieter is responsible for overseeing the business, customer service, operations and technology teams at Grana to ensure the company continues to deliver outstanding customer service around the world.

Originally from The Netherlands, Pieter has over 8 years of experience in investment banking, working as an analyst and associate in Corporate Finance for Consumer and Retail across Asia for investment companies including Nomura Investment Banking, Lehman Brothers. Pieter has a Master (MSc) Business Administration from Vrije University Amsterdam and Master (LLM) Financial Law from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Mr Joseph C Phi is the President of LF Logistics, and is responsible for the global logistics and supply chain business of the Li & Fung Group. Prior to joining Li & Fung, he was the President of the IDS Group. IDS merged with sister company Li & Fung Ltd in 2010.

Mr Phi is the Chairman of GS1 Hong Kong, an industry-led organization promoting global standards and best practices, and is a Director of GS1 Global Management Board. He is a member of Supply Chain 50, an association of the top supply chain professionals in the world, and is also an Honorary Advisor to the Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference (ALMC). In 2015, he was appointed as a Board Member of Macy’s China Limited. In 2016, he was appointed as a member of the HK Trade Development Council’s Logistics Services Advisory Committee.

Mr Phi is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Gamma Mu international honor societies. He received Distinguished Alumnus Award from University of the Philippines College of Business Administration in 2011, plus Industrial Engineering Alumni Award and Alumni Engineers Global Achievement Award from University of the Philippines College of Engineering in 2013.

Mr Phi currently serves as an Adjunct Professor in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and is a member of the Advisory Committee, Centre for Marketing and Supply Chain Management in the same university.

In 1992, Dr Qu Jian joined China Development Institute (CDI), a China’s top think tank based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, which aims to conduct high-quality and independent researches to provide innovative insight and practical recommendation for decision makers of government, business and NGOs. Since joining CDI, Dr Qu Jian has served several positions successively, including Director of SEZ and Regional Development Department, Assistant President and Vice President.

Dr Qu Jian’s research focus is industrial economy, regional development strategy, operation of state-owned assets and research on public policy. During his career of more than 25 years, he hosted more than 100 governmental research projects, provided strategy consulting for over 10 multinational companies, and conducted IPO feasibility studies and strategy consulting for more than 50 listed companies.

Keith Reardon was appointed Vice President of Intermodal Services in May 2012, based in Toronto. Mr Reardon oversees all aspects of the company’s domestic and international intermodal activities.

In 2009, Mr Reardon was appointed Vice President of CN Supply Chain Solutions, where he was responsible for the Automotive and Iron Ore business units and CN’s non-rail transportation services including transloading, freight forwarding and warehousing, just to name a few. He also directed many supply chain and business development initiatives for CN – working closely with CN customers and partners. Previously, he was Assistant Vice President of CN Transloading Operations, where he managed more than 80 CN-owned warehousing and distribution facilities.

Passionate about logistics, Mr Reardon has more than 20 years of experience in the field; he also held senior positions with outside firms in the world of logistics for a number of years. Mr Reardon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing and an MBA from the University of North Florida.

Mr Ren Zhengwei, born in June of 1960, with Science and Engineering Bachelor Degree in Management and Planning of Transportation with Dalian Maritime University, Senior Engineer, used to work as Director of the Transportation Management Bureau of Dalian Development Area, currently working as Director of the Administrative Committee of Xiaoyao Bay International Business District.

Steve Saxon is a Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Shanghai office. Steve joined McKinsey in London in 2000, and transferred to Asia in 2005. He is a core member of our transport, infrastructure and logistics practice, focusing on networked transportation businesses – notably shipping and ports.

Steve is a leading expert on container shipping, and has worked with over five container lines globally on topics ranging from vessel operations, strategy, bunker consumption, intermodal rail and sales.

Some of his recent work includes:

• Led the development of a distinctive strategy for a global container shipping line, building out for industry supply and demand dynamics to identify a differentiated strategy for the carrier to achieve above industry average returns.
• Recommended a Group bulk shipping strategy for a major international conglomerate, aggregating volumes across multiple companies and leading to USD 20 million+ a year in savings.
• Supported a leading port operator on developing its strategy to maximize value from its existing assets, and supporting regional and international expansion.
• Helped a Asia-based container shipping line in cost reduction across the business, with particular focus on improving fuel and terminal efficiency.
• Supported a leading global container shipping line on improving its interactions with a rail partner to maximize joint value. Work included developing a distinctive point of view on the impact of the Panama Canal on future trade flows.
• Led a due diligence process for a potential merger of two large container shipping lines.

Outside McKinsey, Steve has worked for the UK finance ministry and civil service. He has a first-class MA in Computer Science from Cambridge University, and an MBA with distinction from INSEAD in France and Singapore.

Jerry, joined IBM in 2015 as the first and the only Watson Architect across Greater China Region, with a mission to bring the cutting edge IBM Watson Cognitive Solutions to the customers in the region.

Prior joining IBM, Jerry was the Regional Services Manager in Red Hat. He was also an Entrepreneur, an instructor and one of the pioneer providing OpenSource consulting services in Hong Kong since 18 years ago. Jerry holds Engineering and MBA degree with distinction from the University of Hong Kong.

Mr Shen Hongyi, born in June of 1971, with MBA of Liaoning University, has an experience of over 20 years in banking system.

Alaina Shum joined Airport Authority Hong Kong in March 2010 where she held various senior management positions including her current role as General Manager, Aviation Logistics in charge of airside support services (including air cargo) and General Manager, Terminal 2 & Landside. She has also been appointed as Director of Hong Kong - Zhuhai Airport Management Company Limited from June 2010 to July 2014, a joint venture of Airport Authority Hong Kong and Zhuhai Airport. She is currently a member of the HKTDC Logistics Services Advisory Committee.

Alaina has more than 20 years of working experience in various industries including transportation, airlines, freight forwarding & logistics. Before joining Airport Authority Hong Kong, Alaina served United Parcel Services as its Senior Director, Business Development Asia Pacific. Prior to that, she gained substantial management experience in multinational companies while holding senior positions at DHL (Exel) in Asia Pacific and Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong with responsibility for business development and strategic marketing.

Alaina holds a Bachelor Degree in Commerce, Finance, Economics and Actuarial Science from University of Toronto and an MBA Degree in AGSM (Australian Graduate School of Management) from University of Sydney.

Mr Tim Smith graduated in 1985 from the University of Oxford with a BA (Hons) 1st class in Geography. He has worked in the container shipping industry for over 30 years, for much of that time in Asia, including 16 years living in Hong Kong. Initially with P&O Containers and then P&O Nedlloyd, Tim has been with the Maersk Group since their acquisition of P&O Nedlloyd in 2005.

From 2008-2015, Tim held the role of Chief Executive of the North Asia Region, for Maersk Line. Tim was responsible for all aspects of Maersk Line’s business in Japan, Korea, China/HK and Taiwan, which together contribute more than 35% of the global Maersk Line throughput, and a turnover in excess of US$10bn. The country and functional managers reporting to Tim were responsible for sales and marketing, operations, customer service, finance, HR, IT and administration.

In July 2015, Tim relocated to Beijing, China and assumed a new role as Chairman of Maersk China, and Chief Maersk Group Representative for North Asia. Reporting to Maersk Group Chief Executive Soren Skou, in this role, Tim is responsible to maximize the Group’s commercial opportunities across all its various business units in the Asia region, as well as for risk management and compliance, and leadership development.

Tim is British and 53 years of age, is married to Helen (a doctor). They have 4 children aged from 17 to 25 years.

Mr Stevenson joined the Prince Rupert Port Authority in 1997 as Marketing & Communications Officer and has assumed progressive roles in helping lead the Port of Prince Rupert in its transformation from a regional port to an integrated global trade gateway during his 19 years with the organization. Mr Stevenson currently leads the Prince Rupert Port Authority’s Trade Development and Public Affairs team inclusive of marketing, business development, communications, community relations and government affairs portfolios as the Port of Prince Rupert works to enable the growth of the Port of Prince Rupert and realize nearly $30 Billion in investment and excess of 70 million tonnes of terminal capacity expansion over the next decade.

A key component of Mr Stevenson’s role with the Port Authority has been the growth and diversification of the Port’s cargo business through work with shippers and marine carriers to grow cargo volumes through the Port of Prince Rupert, as well as working with project proponents investigating investments in new bulk, break-bulk, container, LNG and general cargoes terminal projects. He has led economic development and trade development initiatives to facilitate Port growth, including working directly with international corporations interested in establishing business relationships with the Port of Prince Rupert.

Mr Stevenson holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Administrative Studies and a Diploma of Marketing Management from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and is currently completing a Masters of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business. Mr Stevenson lives in Prince Rupert with his wife Cindy and two children Brendan and Zosia.

Tan Hua Joo is Executive Consultant with Alphaliner. He is the Founder and Editor of the Alphaliner Weekly and Monthly reports. He has over twenty years of experience in the container shipping industry and has held senior positions in leading container shipping, container leasing and shipowning companies.

Mr Tan graduated with a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University and holds an MBA from Stanford University.

Mr Tong Yupeng was born in 1967, with Capital investment degree in Tianjin University. Had worked in B&Q, AMB. He is now working at Singapore Mapletree Group, Logistics Department (North China). He has over 25 year’s experience in industrial real estate and logistics.

Dr Henriette Van Niekerk is the Global Head of Dry Bulk Freight Analysis and a company Director at Clarksons Platou. She joined the Company in April 2005 and is based at the Head Office in London.

She oversees the dry bulk analysis which includes all dry bulk commodities, fleet analysis, ships trading routes and behaviour to changing market conditions and the development of Seanet products (the inhouse AIS ship tracking data) to assist in the modelling of the dry bulk freight market.

Prior to joining Clarksons, she head-up the Unit for Maritime Studies, at the Logistics Department of the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa where she lectured in maritime and transport related matters and also acted as consultant to the maritime transport industry and the South African government.

Hugh has been consulting in Supply Chain for more than 30 years and delivered millions of pounds of business improvement to clients all over the world. The experience of working alongside Dr Eli Goldratt, who wrote “The Goal,” and conceived the “Theory of Constraints” (TOC), inspired Hugh’s successful consulting career and his business venture, Hughenden Consulting, which he launched in 2001.

Hugh mentors executives on how their companies can change, manage and profit from organisational complexity through best practices in supply chain planning and he also delivers a range of services including creating dialogue, understanding and buy-in between project sponsors and senior management colleagues. Hugh is a regular contributor for supply chain publications, magazines and journals in the US, Europe and the UK.

Hugh is highly regarded for his interactive moderation of many events including the D3 conference in New York and the FlyPharma conference in Brussels.

Lars Winkelbauer was appointed as Vice President, Aviation, Network Planning & Control, Asia Pacific, DHL Express, in September 2014.

He has more than 15 years’ senior management experience and has led culturally diverse teams across multiple geographies in the aviation, transportation and logistics & supply chain sector. In his current role, he leads multinational teams in Asia Pacific, covering 41 countries in the functional areas of: Aviation, Commercial Line haul, Network Planning, Network Control, Capacity Optimization, and Performance Reporting including managing and directing DHL’s dedicated and commercial air operations in Asia Pacific, to provide on-time and cost-effective services.

Mr Winkelbauer serves on three Boards of Directors; as the Deputy-Chairman for Air Hong Kong, Hong Kong and as a Non-executive Director for Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty Limited, Australia and Blue Dart Aviation, India. He is fluent in both English and German, and is based in Hong Kong, China.

Mr Simon K Y Wong is the Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong R&D Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies (LSCM R&D Centre). It was established in 2006 by the HKSAR Government and charged with the mission to research and develop relevant technical solutions to serve the logistics, construction and eCommerce industries in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta region.

Mr Wong has more than 30 years of working experience in the commercial sector. Before joining the LSCM R&D Centre, Mr Wong held a number of technology development and management positions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. He worked at the General Electric Company between 1996 and 1999 and from 1999 to 2004, he was the President of GE Appliances Asia. He joined Johnson Electric in 2004 as the President of JE Trading Limited. He was highly involved in developing supply chain solutions for customers and exploring new business models. He held this position until 2010.

Mr Wong holds a master degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, United States. Currently, he is serving the following posts:

• Member of Hong Kong Logistics Development Council (LOGSCOUNCIL)
• Member of HKTDC Logistics Services Advisory Committee
• Member of the Steering Group on Financial Technologies (Fintech) by FSTB (2015)
• Member of Airport Technology Advisory Council of Airport Authority Hong Kong

Changquan Wu is General Manager of the Guangdong Postal Express & Logistics, Co Ltd - International Business Branch, a State Council approved enterprise, and concurrently General Manager of Guangzhou Express Delivery Company Limited (Guangzhou Postal Express Delivery Supervision Centre). He has gained extensive experience in logistics during his 23 years in the industry. In his eight years with China Postal Express & Logistics, he has been focusing on market expansion for the import-export logistics business arising out of cross-border e-commerce in Guangdong. Throughout the years, he has been launching various business innovations continuously.

In 2012, Mr Wu pioneered the starting up of an “Imported Personal Item Express Delivery” business in China. In 2013, he participated in the studying and drafting of the Guangzhou Pilot Scheme in Cross-border E-commerce. He also organised China’s first-ever business in general B2C export in which an e-commerce merchant can submit a list of mailed items for immediate customs release and declare customs on a consolidated basis at a later stage. In 2014, he led the creation of a business for “B2B2C Online Shopping Bonded Imports”; established the postal e-commerce integrated services platform “Kuajingyi” (Cross-border Facilitator); and participated in the development of processes and systems for China Customs’ “B2C Direct Purchase Import” business. During 2014-2016, Mr Wu organised the drafting of the “Solution for Integrative Cross-border E-commerce Imports through the Internet” and “Solution for Integrative Warehousing in Guangdong and Hong Kong”.

Changquan Wu is General Manager of the Guangdong Postal Express & Logistics, Co Ltd - International Business Branch, a State Council approved enterprise, and concurrently General Manager of Guangzhou Express Delivery Company Limited (Guangzhou Postal Express Delivery Supervision Centre). He has gained extensive experience in logistics during his 23 years in the industry. In his eight years with China Postal Express & Logistics, he has been focusing on market expansion for the import-export logistics business arising out of cross-border e-commerce in Guangdong. Throughout the years, he has been launching various business innovations continuously.

In 2012, Mr Wu pioneered the starting up of an “Imported Personal Item Express Delivery” business in China. In 2013, he participated in the studying and drafting of the Guangzhou Pilot Scheme in Cross-border E-commerce. He also organised China’s first-ever business in general B2C export in which an e-commerce merchant can submit a list of mailed items for immediate customs release and declare customs on a consolidated basis at a later stage. In 2014, he led the creation of a business for “B2B2C Online Shopping Bonded Imports”; established the postal e-commerce integrated services platform “Kuajingyi” (Cross-border Facilitator); and participated in the development of processes and systems for China Customs’ “B2C Direct Purchase Import” business. During 2014-2016, Mr Wu organised the drafting of the “Solution for Integrative Cross-border E-commerce Imports through the Internet” and “Solution for Integrative Warehousing in Guangdong and Hong Kong”.

An MBA graduate from the Chinese University of Hong Kong With more than 20 years of experience in aviation industry, his professional experience stretches from airport, airlines and cargo management.

Mr Yau was appointed by Hong Kong Airport Authority as general manager of Hong Kong - Zhuhai Airport Management Co Ltd in March 2015.

He joined Hong Kong Airport Authority in March 2010. He served successively in various departments as general manager and was responsible for the operation of Terminal 1 and 2, Sky Pier and the airport connectivity planning respectively. He also participated in the airport commercial goal setting and strategy development.

He joined Japan Cargo Air Asia Pacific Co, Ltd and was appointed as Chairman of Asia in November 2006. He joined Dragonair and was appointed as Cargo General Manager, North China General Manager and Chief Representative in Beijing successively in August 1997.

Michael Yee is the Executive Vice President of Global Supply Chain (GSC), Sourcing and Production for Gap Inc.

He manages GSC’s end-to-end process, and leads the product-to-market model for each brand - Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Athleta and Intermix. Michael is responsible for shaping the direction of sourcing and production, while providing innovative strategies, cost-saving solutions and commercially-oriented tactics.

Michael has been instrumental in re-engineering the product to market engine across Gap Inc. Throughout his four years at the company, the global sourcing teams have undergone significant transformation to establish the company’s category sourcing model and deepen relationships with factories and mills. He has evolved the company’s sourcing operating model to enable faster decision making, streamline brand interactions, and improved responsive capabilities.

Michael received his MBA from The University of Western Ontario and his Bachelor’s degree from the University of British Columbia.

Andrey Zatsepin, born in Moscow region on the 9th of November, 1979.

Andrey has graduated from Moscow State Aviation University in 2002. Has two higher education diplomas. Started working in logistics in early 2005 in DHL Excel Supply Chain as project administrator. Has successfully launched a couple of projects in warehousing and then moves to DHL Freight where demonstrates significant professional growth to manager position in charge of domestic road freight operations Russia wide. In 2009 heads freight forwarding department with road full truckloads operations both international and domestic, multimodal and rail freight operations of DHL. In December 2009 takes challenge and moves to Itella Russia (ex. National Logistics Company bought by Posti Group) on the position of Road Freight Business Line Director. Within next four years, Andrey demonstrates great efforts and results in turning over the business results from deep minus to positive EBIT via business process optimization and operations quality management. In early 2015 moves to PONY EXPRESS and takes lead in heavy transport logistics business development where has shown impressive results within one year growing the business from zero. Since 2016 works for the biggest Russian internet retailer OZON in charge of international logistics development.

Work Experience
Since 2016	Vice Chairman of China Merchants Group
Since 2011	Chairman of Sinotrans & CSC Holdings Co, Ltd
2009-2011	Vice chairman, President of Sinotrans & CSC Holdings Co, Ltd
2005-2009	Director, CEO of Sinotrans Group (before merging with CSC)
1998-2005	Assistant President, Director, Vice President of China Merchants Group
1998-2001	General Manager of China Merchantss Holdings (International) Company Limited
1985-1997	Department Manager, Deputy General Manager and General Manager of Haitong Company

Concurrent Post
Since 2015	President of International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association (FIATA)
Since 2007	President of China International Freight Forwarders Association
Since 2006	Vice Chairman of China Ship-owners’ Association
Since 2006	Chairman of Sinotrans Limited
Since 2006	Chairman of DHL-Sinotrans International Air Courier Limited

Education

MBA, University of Louisville in the United States

Bachelor Degree in maritime wireless communications, Department of Electronics, Dalian Maritime University

Zheng Changqing is currently eBay Greater China Sales General Manager, Senior Director of eBay Inc.

Before joining eBay, Changqing was with McKinsey & Co, where he provided strategic and operational consulting solutions to client companies. Earlier in his career, he was in an engineering and product development role at a telecom equipment startup in the US.

Changqing received both his Master and Bachelor degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Prof Zheng was previously Deputy Director of the Centre for the Studies of Hong Kong and Macau at Sun Yat-sen University; Consultant (Deputy Director) to Guangzhou Planning and Design Institute; Member of the Expert Infrastructure Planning Team for the Pearl River Delta (PRD) and Peripheral Areas; Advisor (Vice Leader of the Urban Development Group) to the first through the fourth consultation sessions of the Municipal Government of Guangzhou; Chief Editor of Pearl River Delta Economy, Sun Yat-sen University; External Advisor to doctoral candidates of the London School of Economics; and External Examiner to the graduate schools of Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Macau.

Prof Zheng is currently Professor of the Centre for Studies of Hong Kong, Macau and Pearl River Delta at Sun Yat-sen University; Standing Expert Member of the Expert Advisory Committee for Industry Development of Nansha New Zone, Guangzhou; Deputy Director of the Asia-pacific Innovation Economic Research Institute of Guangdong; Expert Member of the Urban Planning Committee, Nansha New Zone Planning Board of Guangzhou.

Prof Zheng has published seven books and over a hundred papers on infrastructure construction, urbanisation and regional economic geography.

Dr Zhuang Wei is the Regional Manager of Asia, Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO). Dr Zhuang started his BIMCO career with the legal & contractual affairs department where he joined a wide range of BIMCO’s standard contracts and clauses projects, including project development, revision and promotion. He was further promoted to China Liaison Officer as well as the General Manager of BIMCO Shanghai Centre. Now he is committed to keeping a constructive relationship with regional regulators and industry stakeholders and, most importantly, to provide portfolio services to BIMCO members and potential members in Asia.

Dr Zhuang’s previous positions include eight years as a maritime lawyer and Senior Fellow at Maritime University. He has a master’s degree in maritime law and a PhD in international law.