Charles Shao

Mr. Shao is Managing Director - Consulting Greater China at Korn Ferry and leads Industrial Market advisory business in Asia Pacific, helping multinational and local companies to drive and sustain superior business performance through talent and organizational interventions.

Mr. Shao brings near 20 years global experience in both corporate and consulting to clients and the Firm. He used to be the Global Head of Leadership Development and Learning & Development at Caterpillar Inc, a US Fortune 100 industrial company. Prior to that, he was Practice Leader at Hewitt Associates, advising clients from various industries, such as: industrial, real estate, pharmaceutical, financials, Hi-Tech and etc.

Mr. Shao focuses on helping Chinese companies going global and multinational companies to succeed in China through leadership assessment and development, talent management, succession management, org design, HR transformation, executive coaching, M&A and etc.

Mr. Shao holds Master of Business Administration from Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University, the Netherlands and Bachelor of Economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He is accredited for several leadership assessment instruments and trained for executive coaching.

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Nancy Wang

Nancy Wang is Country Manager and Senior Director of Talent Solutions for LinkedIn China. She joined LinkedIn in 2019 and now leads an excellent team, overseeing strategy, sales, marketing, business development and customer success for LinkedIn China.

Nancy Wang has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry and has held core management positions in companies such as Microsoft and Oracle. Prior to LinkedIn, she served as GM of Trax Great China, being responsible for the development and implementation of the company’s market strategy. Nancy Wang has a strong professional background and widespread experience in increasing market influence and building team leadership. She has always demonstrated her vision, professionalism and maturity, winning the respect of customers, partners and colleagues.

Nancy Wang holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Economics and Trade from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Nancy Wang’s LinkedIn Profile:
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Sharon Liu

Ms. Liu has more than 25 years of experience, working for DHL, Total, UTC and other large foreign-funded enterprises in human resources management positions, once working as the UTC Business Unit General Manager, Source Photonics Sales Vice President and other business management positions.

Ms. Liu has strong project control skills, and her years of experience as a foreign manager have given her the ability to communicate and negotiate directly with foreign decision makers, as well as rapid and in-depth insight into different industries.

Ms. Liu holds a Master's degree in Management from Beijing Business University.

Becky Xia

Becky is responsible for Fragomen’s practice in China, supervising a team handling inbound and outbound visas and work permits.

As the leading professional in the increasingly complex area of China immigration, she is experienced in assisting multinational corporations, financial institutions, and other global employers with employment-based immigration and investor visas.

Becky also advises clients on immigration-related compliance, strategies for the transfer of expatriate workforce into China and throughout the country as well as Chinese companies transfer expatriate workforce to other countries. Becky is a regular speaker on immigration-related topics at seminars and conferences throughout China.

Becky has been listed in the International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers from 2011 to 2024.

Echo Zhang

Echo, as Schneider Electric's HR strategist for China and East Asia, has been pivotal in shaping the company's agile and innovative culture. Her leadership has been instrumental in accelerating digital transformation and enhancing talent capabilities to address the rapidly changing business landscape. Echo has also been a key provider of strategic HR consulting, establishing a strong HR thought leadership presence within the company's ecosystem.

Her extensive experience, spanning over 15 years at Schneider Electric, includes leading significant HR transformations across the Asia Pacific region. Echo has been responsible for building a market-leading HR service center that offers high-quality services and enriches the digitized employee experience.

Prior to her tenure at Schneider Electric, Echo gained valuable HR expertise at BP, which has contributed to her well-rounded background and her impactful contributions to the organization's HR initiatives.

Catherine Li

With over 20 years of HR experience, Catherine Li leads the HRBP team focusing on implementing SAP people and organization strategy and driving our talent agenda to support business growth and success in Greater China region. She joined SAP in February 2012. Prior to SAP, Catherine spent nearly 10 years as the HRBP Head for Enterprise Business Group at China Hewlett-Packard. She was appointed as a Career Development Mentor for MBA students by BiMBA at the National School of Development, Peking University.

Rick Duan

Rick Duan currently serves as the Senior Product Specialist for Microsoft 365 at Microsoft China, responsible for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft 365 Copilot intelligent productivity solutions. With over a decade of experience, Rick's career spans sales, strategy formulation and implementation, marketing, product positioning and promotion, customer success, data analysis, channel operations, and management. In recent years, he has been dedicated to assisting companies in their transformation towards modern, digital, and intelligent organization and office operations, accumulating extensive practical experience. Since the beginning of 2023, Rick has been deeply involved in the internal testing, promotion, training, and sales of Microsoft's AIGC-based productivity product, Microsoft 365 Copilot, gaining valuable firsthand experience and deep insights into "how AI is reshaping the future of work."

Rick joined Microsoft in January 2015. Prior to that, he served as the Sales Manager for Marketing Solutions in Greater China at IBM and worked for many years at GE Healthcare, responsible for channel management operations. Rick graduated from Beihang University with a degree in Automation and obtained his MBA from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2013.

Scott Rozelle, PhD

Scott Rozelle is the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. He received his BS from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MS and PhD from Cornell University. Previously, Rozelle was a professor at the University of California, Davis and an assistant professor in Stanford’s Food Research Institute and department of economics. He currently is a member of several organizations, including the American Economics Association, the International Association for Agricultural Economists, and the Association for Asian Studies. Rozelle also serves on the editorial boards of Economic Development and Cultural Change, Agricultural Economics, the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and the China Economic Review.

His research focuses almost exclusively on China and is concerned with: agricultural policy, including the supply, demand, and trade in agricultural projects; the emergence and evolution of markets and other economic institutions in the transition process and their implications for equity and efficiency; and the economics of poverty and inequality, with an emphasis on rural education, health and nutrition.

Rozelle's papers have been published in top academic journals, including Science, Nature, American Economic Review, and the Journal of Economic Literature. He is fluent in Chinese and has established a research program in which he has close working ties with several Chinese collaborators and policymakers. For the past 20 years, Rozelle has been the chair of the International Advisory Board of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy; a co-director of the University of California's Agricultural Issues Center; and a member of Stanford's Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Center on Food Security and the Environment.

In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards, including the Friendship Award in 2008, the highest award given to a non-Chinese by the Premier; and the National Science and Technology Collaboration Award in 2009 for scientific achievement in collaborative research.

Vivian Xiao

Vivian is Senior HR professional, currently serving as the Senior Vice President of People, Inclusion and culture of Universal Music Group Greater China. She is a practical expert in organizational change and development, talent development, corporate culture construction and other fields, as well as an entrepreneurial practitioner and author of career book with business acumen and market insight.

Vivian has over 25 years of experience in corporate human resources management entrepreneurship and CEO advisor. She has worked as a senior human resources executive in several fortune 500 multinational companies and listed local enterprises in the fields of NGO, real estate, sports, financial services, fast moving consumer goods, logistics and supply chain.

Vivian worked as Vice President or Director of Human Resources in SOHO China, NBA Sports & Culture, Bank of Montreal, Hewlett Packard and few other companies.

Vivian received her MBA from City University of Seattle. ICF (International Coach Federation) certified PCC (Professional Coach Certificate) with focus on women leadership and individual development coaching. Director for Shan Yuan Social Organization. Co-author of career books such as Break the bottleneck of persona growth.

Irene Liu

•20 years in HR professional and leadership roles
•Major MNC player in energy/engineering/manufacturing industry operating in China (ConocoPhillips, ENGIE, Boeing)
•International working experience in US and Canada
•Developing and executing People Strategy
•Organization Change Management
•Full cycle of Talent Management
•HR Business Partnering
•Master of Science in HRM&D at Leicester University
•CIPD Practitioner
•Certified International Soft Skill Trainer
•Certified DISC/MBTI/SHL & Assessment Center facilitator
•Target Selection interviewer

Caroline Yang

Caroline Yang, HR leader for Kimberly Clark China, has over 25 years’ experience in Human Resource at MNCs, based in Shanghai. She has facilitated Kimberly Clark China grew from 2 Billion to 15 Billion in 12 years, had its baby care category taking up leader position in China. Through exceptional culture of high performance and learning, workforce productivity stays above upper quartile of the market, and turnover being lower than half of market medium.

Ms. Yang served Allianz, Unilever including China and two years in the Netherlands, and was full time mother for two years before joining Kimberly Clark.

Ms. Yang is a key advisor of Human Resource Committee of CEIBS. Ms. Yang has a BA in Business from Shanghai University and an EMBA from CEIBS.

Charles Shao

Mr. Shao is Managing Director - Consulting Greater China at Korn Ferry and leads Industrial Market advisory business in Asia Pacific, helping multinational and local companies to drive and sustain superior business performance through talent and organizational interventions.

Mr. Shao brings near 20 years global experience in both corporate and consulting to clients and the Firm. He used to be the Global Head of Leadership Development and Learning & Development at Caterpillar Inc, a US Fortune 100 industrial company. Prior to that, he was Practice Leader at Hewitt Associates, advising clients from various industries, such as: industrial, real estate, pharmaceutical, financials, Hi-Tech and etc.

Mr. Shao focuses on helping Chinese companies going global and multinational companies to succeed in China through leadership assessment and development, talent management, succession management, org design, HR transformation, executive coaching, M&A and etc.

Mr. Shao holds Master of Business Administration from Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University, the Netherlands and Bachelor of Economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He is accredited for several leadership assessment instruments and trained for executive coaching.

Ada Wang

Ada Wang, HR Director, culture and inclusion GC from Oracle China software systems. A HR veteran with comprehensive experience as a HR generalist from MNC in high-tech industry. A Professional certified coach by ICF, Senior ESG Analyst.

Echo Zhou

Echo Zhou is currently working at Merck, a world leading Science and Technology company, as the Country HR Head of China. She is responsible for the overall human resources strategy and solutions of Merck Group, including the three business sectors – Healthcare, Life Sciences and Electronics in China. Echo has more than 20 years of HR professional experience in the pharmaceutical and medical technology industries. Prior to joining Merck, she worked for GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson, where she held senior human resources positions in China, the United States and Asia Pacific Region. She has extensive experience and expertise in the fields of talent development, organizational development, business transformation and corporate culture. Echo is a member of CHO100 and a Career Development Mentor of BiMBA, National School of Development, Peking University. She’s a member of Healthcare HR Association as well as a member of the Pharmaceutical Industry Branch of Beijing Foreign and Chinese Enterprise Human Resources Association.

Maria Yin

Maria has over 20 years’ work experience in the field of Human Resources. She began her career in 1996 with General Motors Corp. (Delphi Automotive Systems), and in 1999, she joined Microsoft China as Recruitment Manager. In 2003, she took on the role of HR Director of Asia-Pacific Emerging Markets at Autodesk. In 2007, she joined Google as the HR leader for Sales and Marketing department. In 2010, she served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Schneider Electric, responsible for HR management in China mainland and Hong Kong area. In 2018, she joined Universal Beijing Resort as the head of Human Resources and was promoted to Senior Vice President, responsible for HR, Administration Operations, and EHS management.

Worked as the HR head in several Fortune 500 enterprises, Maria has a comprehensive understanding of China talent market and industries. She is good at organization structuring and talent management, establishing HR strategy and developing company branding to support extensive business growth during operation. She has rich experience in corporation leadership workshop design and execution, and has developed and promoted many leadership improvement courses, i.e. change management, team work spirit, scientific decision-making, etc. She has been as an independent consultant since 2017, providing OKR training courses and counseling to several companies. In addition, Maria is Google Certified Coach, the certified trainer of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, as well as certified consultant of MBTI and DISC.

Melody Xu

Melody serves as the Head of People Organization for HP Inc. Greater China based in Beijing, China. She leads the Greater China People Organization Team supporting business growth through various organization and people solutions.

Melody has more than twenty years of full spectrum human resources experience serving a number of the world's fortune 500 enterprises, including Microsoft, Lenovo, Bayer-Schering Pharmaceutical etc. Melody acts as a trusted advisor to business leaders and had solid experience transforming Human Resources functions to be business driven and customer focused. She also has proved track record to design and implement human resources policies and processes to achieve better business results and to build up a healthy organization environment.

Melody holds MBA Degree from Peking University and Bachelor of Economics from Renmin University.