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Brent Yuan
Partner and Senior Director of Yuan AssociatesBrent Yuan joined Yuan Associates in January 2010 and become a partner in January 2017.
As the Senior Director for Yuan Associates, Mr. Yuan is responsible for client services in across multiple sectors like manufacturing, IT, services, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture, etc. Mr. Yuan focuses his energy on helping international clients to promote corporate reputation and address operational challenges, specializing in government relations and external communications. Since July 2016, Mr. Yuan has been the firm’s key trainer for the Government Affairs Certificate Training Program of the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, which has received massive positive recognition after close to four years of operation.
Mr. Yuan has valuable experience working with multinational companies, concentrating in public relations, branding, crisis management, and media relations from ten years of professional experience in relevant fields at both media outlets and multinational enterprises. Before joining Yuan Associates, Mr. Yuan worked as a public communication supervisor to several multinational enterprises, including BMW and Amway. Prior to working in the public relations sector, Mr. Yuan started his career as a reporter for China Construction Machinery magazine, during which time he interviewed over 40 presidents of multinational companies.
Mr. Yuan holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Beijing International Studies University.
Cathy Yan
General Manager of Corporate & Government Affairs of PPG Industries Asia Pacific延彩明女士于1997年加入PPG公司，先后担任人事及行政经理、中国区人力资源总监、中国区政府事务及业务发展总监、亚太区政府事务及业务发展总监等职务，2007年被任命为亚太区政府事务及业务发展总经理，后更名为亚太区企业及政府事务总经理至今，负责公司政府事务、企业市场传播、对内外沟通以及企业社会责任等职能，是PPG亚太区首位进入最高决策层的女性，同时，她也是PPG亚太区多元化委员会的主席。加入PPG之前，延女士有15年的国企和6年的合资企业的工作经验。
延彩明女士曾获得“感动泰达20年20人”特别荣誉奖；“天津市五一劳动奖章”；多次获得天津开发区建功立业 “优秀经理”光荣称号；是开发区惟一 一位被国家公安部授予三等功的英模；2009年获得“天津市优秀中国特色社会主义事业建设者”和 “天津市优秀企业家”称号；2015年获中国涂料协会授予的“中国涂料届最具影响力十大女性”之首；2018年荣获国际投资战略家奖。
此外，延彩明女士还先后担任了天津市外商投资企业协会副会长、滨海新区国际商会会长、天津滨海新区党代表及人大代表、天津滨海新区妇联代表和天津滨海新区女企业家协会副会长，天津市人民政府外商投资办公室高级顾问，天津市政协委员，中国国际跨国公司促进会副会长等社会职务，致力于搭建企业与地方政府及社区之间的沟通平台，积极推动PPG以及其它外商投资企业在亚太及中国地区的持续投资与业务发展。2017年被清华大学苏世民书院聘为全球领导力项目面试官，2019年受聘于联合国和平大学，任特聘教授。
秉承 “体认社会的关心与需求”这一PPG核心价值观，延女士积极倡导创新的企业文化及社会责任。在她的领导下，PPG对社会公益事业的贡献不断获得社会各界的认可，先后荣获跨国公司中国贡献奖、企业社会责任大奖等众多荣誉。她本人也因在推动企业社会责任履行方面所做出的突出贡献而多次荣获“中国履行社会责任优秀工作者”称号。2015年被中国企业评价协会聘为首届企业社会责任评价委员会委员。
延彩明女士毕业于南开大学哲学系，并获得澳大利亚格林威治大学亚洲分校工商管理硕士（MBA）学位。