Su Cheng Harris-Simpson is the founder and CEO of SCHSAsia, a boutique consultancy company, specializing in marketing and strategic events. Su Cheng uses her extensive client relations and project management skills along with her over 20 plus year of marketing background to assist a number of not-for-profit organizations, community organizations, bilateral associations and multinational corporations succeed in the China and Asian Countries. Since moving to China in 1997, Su Cheng has been actively involved in the Beijing business community, served on the Board of AmCham and is currently a co-chair for the AmCham Women Professional Committee, SME and Golf Committee. She has forged relationships with the American, British, Japanese and Australian Chambers of Commerce, the U.S. Embassy and a range of Beijing civic groups. Before becoming an social entrepreneur she was engaged in the corporate arena and held management positions at The Boeing Company, United Technologies Corporation, and The Capital Club in Beijing.

Elina Jiang is currently Senior Project Manager at SCHS Asia. In this role she leads projects within women empowerment and leadership.

Prior to joining SCHS Asia, Elina was the Programme Manager at the Business for Peace Foundation in Oslo, Norway where she led cross-sectoral conversations, bringing together leaders from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors to create meaningful change.

Elina aspires to bring new thinking into old business practices to ensure that the future is more sustainable, inclusive and long term oriented. She has coordinated projects on sustainable businesses and future leadership featuring participants and companies from around the world.

Sophie Sun is currently Managing Director of Merck China Innovation Hub and VP of Merck Strategy and Transformation China. In this role, she leads the corporate efforts of driving strategic planning and initiatives of innovation and digitalization for Merck in China. Sophie is a member of the global leadership team of Group Strategy & Transformation, and a member of China Country Council for Merck. She is also the Chair of China Digital Council for Merck.

Sophie joined Merck in 2009 and took different roles with increased responsibilities in the field of communications, sales, marketing, strategy and business development in China and US. In the US she worked on the global launch of Merck’s first immuno-oncology drug, as Director Global Commercial Oncology among other roles.

Before joining Merck, Sophie worked as a consultant for over eight years in China and France serving clients such as IPG and WPP in industry sectors such as healthcare, technology, chemicals and finance.

Sophie holds a MBA degree from MIT Sloan School of Management and a MA degree from Renmin University of China. Sophie translated and published two books in the psychology management area and is a member of Bayhelix Group and served as a board member of MIT Club of Shanghai. She is an active speaker on innovation, digitalization and female leadership, and mentor and jury member for several startup incubators, accelerators and other organizations or programs.