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Haiying YUAN
Mr. Yuan has thirty years’ experience in the Chinese Government, including senior diplomatic postings in Washington D.C., as China’s Agriculture Attaché, and in Rome, as the Alternate Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO). He has been involved in negotiations on numerous bilateral and multilateral agreements in the areas of trade, investment, agriculture, forestry, fishery and environmental protection. For his efforts, Mr. Yuan received an Outstanding Contribution Certificate from the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Outstanding Contribution Awards from the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In China, Mr. Yuan was the Director of the Ministry of Forestry’s Department of International Cooperation, where he coordinated the Ministry’s relations and joint projects with foreign governments and international organizations.
Lin GAO
Lin has over 20 years of experience with Fortune 500 companies both in China and the U.S. across the areas of government affairs, IT, supply chain and marketing. She held the position of senior director of Global Government Affairs at Motorola Solutions China, and was responsible for managing relationship with various government bodies and trade associations for business advocacy.
She was also responsible for corporate governance as well as CSR programs in Motorola Solutions China. Prior to this role, Lin had held multiple senior positions in Motorola including CIO for Asia Pacific, responsible for delivering end to end IT solutions for the region.
As a certified Marshall Goldsmith leadership coach and Erickson professional coach, Lin helps executives at MNCs to further improve their leadership and communication skills. Lin is an experienced trainer in business communication (both internal & external). She is also a sought-after speaker and has spoken at several TEDx events.
Brent YUAN
As a Senior Director, Mr. Yuan is responsible for government affairs consulting and account management. He has valuable experience working with multinational companies, specializing in government relations, public relations, crisis management and media relations. Meanwhile, Mr. Yuan also took the responsibility of leading and delivering government affairs training programs to multinational companies, along with taking a business development role to communicate with new clients and strategic alliances.
Mr. Yuan worked in the area of public relations and market communications for ten years. He served as a reporter for China Construction Machinery magazine, during which time he interviewed over 40 presidents of multinational companies. Following his experience in the media, he worked as a public communication supervisor to several multinational enterprises, including BMW and Amway.
Gloria XU
Gloria Xu is currently Government Affairs Director, Greater China, Dow Chemical and responsible for the company’s government engagement in the Greater China region. Prior to joining Dow, she headed the China GA functions of DuPont and Standard Chartered Bank respectively for over 10 years with rich experiences in policy development and regulatory issues. Gloria was Public Relations Manager of Alibaba.com Group and helped build up brand awareness of the company at its start-up stage in 2000-2001. From 1993 to 2000, Gloria was a political correspondent with China Daily, covering legislative and foreign affairs, military, Hong Kong , Macao and Taiwan news.