Caneisha Berry is the founder of Berry Thoughtful Life Coaching, where she helps her clients realize that the life of their dreams is just a thought away. She earned her Coaching Certification from World Coach Institute. Understanding that your thoughts lead to your decisions, and your decisions create your destiny, Caneisha uses emotional awareness to help her clients challenge thoughts and beliefs that are keeping them from the life they want. Her coaching process assists clients with clarifying their intentions and purpose in life. She is passionate about helping healthy relationships because she realizes that your relationships affect every area of your life, including health, finances, and your work environment.

Caneisha has authored two books, Think Your Way to a Better Marriage and 5 Ways to Conquer Fear.

She teaches these tools and strategies in private coaching sessions and in workshops to help others live a more fulfilled life.

As CEO of NBA China, Derek Chang oversees all of the league’s basketball and business development in China, including television, digital media, media licensing, marketing partnerships, social responsibility and events including NBA China Games, and extensive fan engagement and community enrichment activities. He leads a staff based in the NBA's Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei and Hong Kong offices.

Chang spearheads the NBA’s effort to expand its presence in China as the preeminent sports league in the country. The league has a 32-year partnership with CCTV, 22-year partnership with SMG/BesTV, along with the groundbreaking collaboration with Tencent and a strong lineup of digital media partners including Alibaba, ByteDance, China Mobile Migu and Weibo. The NBA is also focused on basketball and youth development as Chang’s team works with the Chinese Ministry of Education to grow the game throughout the country.

Before joining the NBA, Chang was the Head of International Lifestyle Channels at Scripps Networks Interactive based first in Singapore and then London. Prior to Scripps, Chang was Executive Vice President of Content Strategy and Development at DIRECTV, where he oversaw all content acquisition and production. He previously held senior executive positions with Charter Communications, the YES Network and TCI Communications. He also served on the board of directors of Starz after its public spin-off in 2013.

Chang holds an MBA from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University. He was named one of Cablefax Magazine’s “Top 100 Executives in Cable” and one of the “50 Most Influential People in Sports Business” by Sports Business Journal.

Dr. Jennifer graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine from University of Western Sydney, and a Master of Medicine (Paediatrics) from University of Sydney. Prior to joining Raffles Medical Beijing Clinic, she worked at International Medical Clinic in Beijing as a family doctor.

Dr. Jennifer is ALS certified and is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Clare Fearnley took up the role of New Zealand Ambassador to China in early May 2018, cross-accredited to Mongolia.
Clare has just completed a three year term as Ambassador in Seoul (2015-2017), cross-accredited to Pyongyang. Her previous off-shore roles include Consul-General in Shanghai (1998-2002) and head of the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office in Taipei (2004-2007), as well as working at the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva (1993-1996), cross-accredited to the United Nations Office in Nairobi. Early in her career she was seconded to the Canadian Foreign Ministry (1992).
While working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Wellington, Clare was most recently Director-General for North Asia and before that was Director-General for Asia-Pacific Regional work. She has served as APEC and ASEAN Senior Official, as well as acting as Principal Legal Adviser and as Head of the Trade Law Unit, where she led international trade litigation, including cases in the WTO. Earlier in her career, her MFAT roles included Deputy Director-General of Trade Negotiations. Before joining the Ministry, Clare worked in the private sector in Asia.
Clare has arts and law degrees from Canterbury University (NZ). She is a Mandarin speaker and studied at Beijing University and at the Beijing Languages Institute in the 1980s.

Robert W. Forden assumed duties as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy Beijing in July 2018. Mr. Forden has been a member of the U.S. Foreign Service for almost 30 years and holds the personal rank of Minister Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service.

Mr. Forden has many years of prior experience living and working in China. He taught English at universities in Shenyang and Beijing in 1981-1983. He served as an Economic Officer in the U.S. Embassy Beijing from 1995-98 and from 2007-2011, and he was Deputy Director and Political Chief of the U.S. Department of State's Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs (2005-07). Mr. Forden also served previously as the Deputy Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) from 2015-18 and headed AIT's Kaohsiung Branch from 2002-05. He also served at the U.S. Embassies in Tel Aviv and Hanoi.

Mr. Forden has a B.A. in Politics from the University of California and did postgraduate work in International Trade and Asian Diplomatic History at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. His foreign languages are Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese.

Mr. Forden is originally from Southern California and is married to Hui-chuan Chi, an American originally from Taiwan. They have two daughters and a son.

Ms. Jackie Gao graduated from the University of Sydney (Australia) in 2009 with a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics degree, following her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Auckland (New Zealand) in 2007.
Ms. Gao worked as a clinical dietitian for over eight years at various tertiary hospitals in Australia, including Sydney Children’s Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital, Gosford Hospital Oncology Centre, and various Family Medicine centers. Before joining Beijing United Family Hospital, she was a senior dietitian at Sydney Children’s Hospital and one of the few dietitians in Australia and New Zealand who specialize in ketogenic diet.
Ms. Gao’s extensive experience of nutrition management comes from managing patients across all age groups, diverse cultural backgrounds, and a vast range of acute or chronic conditions. These include, but are not limited to, infant feeding difficulties, growth issues in children or adolescents, food allergies or intolerances, gastrointestinal conditions (e.g. coeliac disease, irritable bowel syndrome), various cancers, pre-/post-surgery diet, prenatal and pregnancy nutrition, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, renal diseases, and obesity/being overweight. Besides working in outpatient clinics, she is also responsible for hospitalized inpatients, including adult and neonatal intensive care, and enteral/parenteral nutrition support. She takes a holistic approach in her practice and strives to provide high-quality personalized nutrition care for all patients she sees.
Ms. GAO is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian in Australia and a Registered Dietitian in China. She is also a member of the Dietitian’s Association of Australia and Chinese Nutrition Society.
Ms. GAO speaks fluent English and Mandarin.

Lin Gao is the writer of one of the best sellers "职得". Lin has more than 20 years of working experience in senior management in fortune 500 companies. Before taking her current position, Lin was Senior Director, Global Government Affairs at Motorola Solutions. She is now focusing on cross-cultural communications and leadership skills coaching.

Lin was the first Chinese female AmCham Vice-Chair. She gives her best in charity work and lives it as part of her driven force. Lin has been using her influence in different industry to draw attention to public services. As a professor at Schwarzman Program, Tsing-Hua University, volunteer speaker at International Junior Achievement Program, TEDx, she has delivered many speeches on career and personal development for young people.

Yoke Loon Lim is President, Greater China of The Dow Chemical Company, leading all geographic activities in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Based in Shanghai, China, Lim is responsible for developing and implementing business strategy, engaging and cultivating critical stakeholders’ relationships, and leading the company’s organization in Greater China, Dow’s largest international market.

Prior to being named to the current position, Lim was General Manager of Dow Coating Materials, Asia Pacific, based in Singapore, and with additional oversight responsibilities for Advanced Materials in Asia Pacific.

Lim joined Dow through the acquisition of Rohm and Haas in 2009. He started at Rohm and Haas in 2007 as the General Manager of the Coatings business for Southeast Asia. In 2010, he took on additional responsibilities as the Country Manager of Dow Singapore.

Lim spent 11 years with Ciba Specialty Chemicals where he held various leadership roles in sales and marketing, before joining Dow. From 2003 to 2007, he was the head of the coatings business unit for Asia Pacific, during which time he spent three years in Shanghai. He was also the Division Head for the Coatings Effect Segment for ASEAN region, Head of Sales and Marketing Excellence for Asia Pacific region and Regional Technical Marketing Manager for Plastics Additives. Prior to that, he was an engineer with Hitachi Chemical Singapore which specialized in the production of printed circuit boards. He holds the rank of Captain in the Singapore Armed Force with his last appointment being the Company Commander of an Armour Unit.

Lim earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Macquarie University, Australia. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, an Advanced Diploma in Plastics Technology, a Diploma in Chemical Technology from Singapore Polytechnic, and a Diploma in Management from Singapore Institute of Management. He has attended executive management programs at INSEAD, IMD, CEIBS, Wharton and SU. He was a part-time lecturer in Marketing for the Graduate Diploma Program at Singapore Polytechnic.

Ji Gu, CEO and Dean of Zhen Academy, an institution founded in 2017 focusing on helping entrepreneurs improving self awareness and avoid repetitive mistakes in decision making. Graduates of this program have since raised over 400MM in funding. She is also the founding program director for "Essential Interpersonal Dynamic Program" at the Stanford Center at Peking University.

She was the Co-founder & COO of Zhulilaiye (助理来也), an AI company focusing on providing personal assistant service to Chinese consumers powered by AI and human agents with over 4 MM users under her management. Laiye received serveral millions in series-B funding in December 2017.

Prior to that, she was the Studio Head and Business Director at FunPlus, where she managed teams of over 80 people across US, Canada and China to produce and operate a Top 50 Facebook simulation game and a Top IOS grossing RTS game,King of Avalon.

She has an MBA from Stanford and a B.S, summa cum laude, from Cornell. She was also a columnist for Forbes China and Linkedin China, and a regular contributor to The Financial Times China and The WSJ China, with over 2.5million followers on Douyin.

Su Cheng Harris-Simpson is the Founder of SCHSAsia with over 20 years of working experience in China. Su Cheng has been actively involved in the Beijing business community, managing projects and serving the needs for a number of destinations, not-for-profit organizations, community organizations, and bilateral associations in the areas of strategic event management, fundraising, public and media relations, promotion and marketing.

She is currently Board of Governor of AmCham China and Co-Chair of the AmCham China Women Professional Committee and SME Forum. She was the Executive Director for WEConnect International in Greater China from 2010 to 2017. As a social entrepreneur, Su Cheng works tirelessly to build partnerships and expand opportunities for women owned businesses in China. A large part of this effort is accomplished through outreach initiatives in collaboration with local Chambers of Commerce, corporations and government stakeholders.

Su Cheng is a sought after motivational speaker who has spoken at companies such as Intel, Walmart, KPMG, Cummins, Johnson Controls, Dow, Dell, IBM, Hilton Worldwide, Goldman Sachs and women organizations such as UN Women, All- China Women’s Federation, China Association of Women Entrepreneurs, and many Chamber of Commerce in Beijing and Embassies in China.

Prior to founding SCHSAsia she was engaged in the corporate arena and held management positions at The Boeing Company, United Technologies Corporation, and The Capital Club in Beijing. Su Cheng has a degree in International Business from the University of Washington, and an MBA from Seattle Pacific University.

After 30+ years in the corporate world, Diane decided to apply her experience and knowledge gained to start a new venture which would be meaningful and rewarding. Over the past few years, she has focused on discovery and growth, earning her certification as a master coach in 2017 and charting the course for Transcend Beyond, a start-up based in Shanghai. Her aim is to apply her wealth of knowledge to coaching and consulting services and help individual professionals, groups and companies 1) improve their performance, productivity and profit through higher self-awareness and 2) achieve their personal and professional goals. The services include customized individual and group coaching programs and strategic consultancy as well as thematic workshops for conferences and companies. In addition to lessons learned, she is an avid reader and has found many useful and proven concepts to help others be a better leader.
Her advocacy of women started in her 20’s when she led the Los Angeles Chapter of the Organization of Chinese American Women, a national non-profit organization in the USA. She developed the mission to enhance the personal and professional lives of women. She developed numerous programs and lobbied the government for women’s causes. Since 1992, she has lived in Hong Kong and China, and is keen to work with more Chinese as they seek ways to grow on the global stage.
Most recently, she spent 11.5 years in marketing leadership roles at JLL, a leading real estate services company. She worked with business partners in Asia Pacific and Greater China, and led global marketing rebranding and productivity initiatives to support the business’ growth strategy. Prior to JLL, she led teams and created innovative public relations programs for Fortune 500 clients as the Managing Director for H&K Strategies in China, and General Manager for Edelman in Shanghai, both leading international PR agencies.

Cindy Jensen is an Executive Coach and Founder of INPOWER ONE, a consulting firm with a focus in Strategy Development, Executive Coaching and Leadership Development. She has been living in Beijing for over 15 years and works extensively throughout Asia Pacific.
Cindy spent her corporate years working with PepsiCo Foods as part of the Senior Leadership Team working over a span of ten years in multiple functions including HR, Sales & Operations. She later joined TELUS Mobility as National Account Manager overseeing the company’s two largest retail corporate accounts.
Cindy is a very active member of the community, she is a former Board Director for Educating Girls of Rural China (EGRC), a charity dedicated to helping young women from rural areas of Western China obtain an education.
She is currently a Corporate Strategy Advisor for Business for a Better Society.
She is on the executive of VIVA a professional women’s networking organization. Cindy was also the former Chair and Board Director of Canada China Business Council (CCBC) Beijing Chapter.
She has her BComm from Dalhousie University, Canada and an international EMBA from Rutgers University, USA.
Cindy has been selected as a speaker for the prestigious ICF Converge19 Conference which will be held October, 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Hubert is the Message Coach to help you discover, craft and deliver the message that is meaningful and matters to your business audience.

He believes that for an executive to succeed in a presentation and speech, it has to begin with a sound communication strategy. So he brings valuable business insights into your message. This is necessary to analyze the best approach to influence your audience, whether they are management, customers, or investors.

After attaining his MBA in University of Illinois of Urbana Champaign, Hubert started management consulting experience with Accenture. In this role, he had wide exposure to different industries, functions, and global teams. In the next 12 years, he took on roles in consulting and senior management positions in managing teams and projects in the US, UK, Singapore, and China.

Now he is in the business of developing people as a trainer, and coach in the area of communication. As a corporate trainer, his past clients include VW, Microsoft, Roche, Shell, Novo Nordisk, Swire Societe General, Loreal, etc.

Hubert is a certified World Class Speaking Coach, focusing on business story-telling. In this role as a speech coach, he has provided personal coaching for CEO of ANT Financial, Motorola, Thomson Reuters, 360 Security, Amazon, Super8 Motel, Ce Yuan Ventures, Madame Tussauds and even Hollywood movie star Zhang Jingchu.

Lin Jialei, Programme Officer of UN Women China, with working area focusing on Women’s Economic Empowerment. She took part in formulation and implementation of projects including Gender Equality and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Women’s Access to Equal Employment and Leadership in China. Since 2015, She has actively engaged in designing and organizing UN Women China’s annual International Conference on Gender Equality and CSR. She has extensive experience in project management and CSR. Prior to joining UN Women, she has relevant work experience in private sector and non-profit organizations in China and the Netherlands.

Dr. Wei Liu is the Vice President of Dell Technologies and General Manager of China Center of Excellence.
With over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, Wei oversees operations for offices of Center of Excellence in China, currently across Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. This position plays a critical role in advancing Dell Technologies’ vision and leadership in Cloud Computing, Big Data and Trusted IT, and in supporting its global growth strategy by accelerating local innovation and incubating service offerings.
Wei joined Dell Technologies from Cisco where he held the role of the Managing Director of Cisco China R&D Center. Prior to that, he served at HP for 21 years in US and China in diverse technical and business leadership roles, including the Director of HP Labs China, Director of Research, Strategy and Planning Manager, R&D Manager, Product Marketing Manager, Senior Research Scientist and Senior Engineer .
Wei has published 30+ conference and journal papers, holds 19 granted and pending US patents in areas of ASIC design, signal process, data management and network technologies. In addition, he sits on leading technical boards including China Big Data Expert Committee and China Cloud Computing Expert Association.

Elisabeth Martin is currently the Vice President of Boeing Research & Technology China, overseeing overall BR & T-C functions. Her main responsibilities include: formulating and implementing Boeing’s R&D strategy in China, establishing and supervising research project portfolios with the aim of delivering mutual benefits for Boeing and China through innovation. She is also responsible for Boeing’s university relationship in China, focused on strengthening Boeing’s presence in China.

Prior to this appointment, she was the Director of Asia-Pacific Safety and Regulatory
Affairs for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and served as Deputy to the 787 Vice President and Chief Project Engineer, overseeing product integrity and reliability for the global 787 fleet. She has held a variety of engineering and management positions in design, build and certification roles and worked for Boeing for 28 years.

Elisabeth began her career at Rolls-Royce Inc. and Douglas Aircraft, which led to a position at Boeing as an aerodynamicist.

Elisabeth, who received her Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and Master’s Degree in Whole Systems Design at Antioch University Seattle, also completed an executive program at Stanford University.
She moved to Beijing with her family in January 2015.

MU Hong, Female, graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature of Wuhan University in 1984. Master of Law of Remin University of China in 1998.

Working Experience:
July 1984 to November 2001, working with the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and has been Deputy Division Director and Division Director, Deputy Director of the International Liaison Department of the All-China Youth League.

November 2001 to present, working with the Liaison Department of the All-China Women’s Federation and has been Division Director of the Publicity Division, the General Office, Deputy Director-General, and Director-General since July 2012

Holley M. Murchison is an author, education producer, and learning strategist whose purpose lies at the intersections of education, communication, and culture with a focus on amplifying marginalized voices to catalyze change. As the founder of Oratory Glory and HOLI. Brands, Holley's work oscillates between education strategy, instruction and facilitation, speaker coaching, and leadership development. Her talent lies in activating executives, students, artists, and creative entrepreneurs to source their passions and desires while using their voices to shape the world.

Min Qin is Vice President for Public Affairs of Mars China. She joined Mars in 2018 and leads Mars’ efforts to build and grow strategic partnerships with key public stakeholders at both central and local levels, conduct policy advocacy in key categories Mars operates in, formulate public affairs strategies, and protect and promote Mars’ corporate reputation.

Prior to joining Mars, Min worked with Fonterra and McKinsey, building and leading their external affairs function in Greater China.

Min holds a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University and a BA from Foreign Affairs College in China. She was nominated a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum in 2006.

Daniel Shih is the Senior Vice President of Legal and Corporate Affairs, General Counsel, Walmart China. He joined Walmart in 2013, and his leadership roles expanded to Corporate Affairs in 2017. He leads the Legal Division in rendering legal advice on issues that arise from the operations of all business units and functions of Walmart China, including real estate, eCommerce, merchandising, operations, supply chain, M&A, compliance, finance, employment and dispute resolution, and provides counsel on major initiatives and projects. As the head of the Corporate Affairs Division, he leads the team in driving strategic initiatives, building government/media relations both at the central and regional levels to support business expansion, providing strategic counsel to the executive management on public relation and external communication, and working with cross-functional partners, organizations and associations in both the public and private sectors on various corporate social responsibility and sustainability initiatives.

Prior to joining Walmart, Daniel was the Senior Legal Counsel of Asia with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., and was accountable for the legal matters in business operations, joint venture negotiations and strategic M&A transactions in Chinese mainland, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan region. Before that, he worked for Nortel Networks and the international law firm Baker & McKenzie for a number of years.

Daniel serves as a Vice Chairman for the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment (CAEFI).

Daniel holds a Juris Doctor’s Degree from Washington College of Law, American University, an EMBA degree from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and HKUST, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Southern California.

Colm Rafferty is the Vice President – Asia Pacific for Vermeer Corporation and is Chairman of Vermeer China.

Vermeer is a global manufacturer of innovative solutions used to help connect people to the necessities of life, to help manage precious natural resources, and to help feed and fuel the world. Vermeer products are used in a variety of applications from underground utility infrastructure development, to non-blast surface mining, solar field installation, waste material processing, and agricultural mechanization.

Colm started his career in China 18 years ago in the internet space, as Director for Business Development and employee #120 at Alibaba (NYSE: BABA). He also serves as a member of the International Advisory Board for VIPKID, an Internet education company which empowers over 60,000 U.S. teachers to provide high quality ESL instruction to children across China.

Colm is Vice Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China.

Colm received an MBA from the Yale School of Management, is member of the Yale School of Management Greater China Advisory Board, and the Yale Asia Development Council.

Born in Spain, Fernando Vallina is a graduate of the Autonomous University of Madrid, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Instituto de Empresa (IE), Spain.

Mr. Vallina joined ExxonMobil Chemical in 1987. He has held a wide range of management positions in sales, marketing, technology, planning and supply chain and lived in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Mr. Vallina was Asia Pacific sales and marketing manager, ExxonMobil Chemical Company, based in
Hong Kong from 1997 to 2001. He was global logistics and distribution manager, ExxonMobil Chemical Company before assuming the position of Chairman, ExxonMobil (China) Investment Co., Ltd. on March 1, 2017.

Mr. Vallina is currently a member of the Board of the Association of International Chemical Manufacturers (AICM), and the Executive Board of the Multinational Companies’ Committee of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF).

Jonathan is a seasoned leadership trainer, coach and facilitator with over 25 years’ experience in managing operations and developing people. He has worked with global corporations across Asia and the Middle East and is now a full-time management trainer and HR consultant. He is a creative and energetic trainer with extensive experience in leadership and management, problem solving, business development, team building and career development.

Jonathan specialises in applying psychometric instruments to develop leaders and senior executives. He is the Master Trainer for the Leadership Effectiveness Analysis (LEA™), Sales Performance Assessment (SPA™) and Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO®). Jonathan is the only practitioner in the world authorised to deliver MBTI® Certification training in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Jonathan is dedicated to helping clients develop their leaders in Asia. Jonathan facilitates global leadership excellence through his work with the Thunderbird School of Global Management, using the Global Mindset Inventory (GMI®) and coaches C-level and VP-level female leaders across South East Asia and Greater China.

Jenny first joined United Family in 2006. Her career with UFH has involved a variety of functional roles both at the hospital operations level and corporate headquarters. Jenny began first began in the financial operations role at UFH’s Beijing United Family Hospital and later on founded both UFH’s Internal Audit Department and Business Systems Reporting Department. Jenny now leads UFH’s Revenue Operations team across UFH’s hospital network as well as having responsibility for the company’s FP&A function. Since 2006, Jenny has also held the role of Board Director and Chief Financial Officer of UFH’s charity-arm, the United Foundation for China’s Health. She is also involved in the Foundation’s growing operations.

Jenny holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Thunderbird, Graduate School of International Business with a concentration in International Finance. While at Thunderbird, Jenny was selected to receive a full-scholarship under the Starr Foundation’s Student Excellence Scholarship Program. She also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami where she majored in International Finance & Marketing.