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Dr Richard Vuylsteke
President
Tel : 2530 6900

Richard R. Vuylsteke has been president of AmCham Hong Kong since February 2008. For nine years, prior to his current position, he served as president of AmCham Taipei, Taiwan’s largest and most active foreign business organization. At both chambers Richard was tasked with overall responsibility for chamber operations, including programmatic, briefing, advocacy, and other membership and community services.

Richard has spent more than 40 years in Asia and China-related fields of study and employment. He has been a Fulbright Scholar in India, a research fellow at Harvard Law School, assistant director of an Asia-Pacific think tank, and special assistant to the president of the East-West Center. For 12 years he taught courses in Asian history and social, political & legal philosophy, primarily at the University of Hawaii.

During more than two decades of residence in Taiwan, Richard taught for 4 years at the U.S. Foreign Service Institute School, served 12 years as senior editor of an English-language magazine focused on Taiwan, and wrote extensively for publications based in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States. He also spent one year at Taipei American School writing a history of the 50-year-old institution (Ties That Bind, published in February 2000).

Richard earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Hawaii, specializing in Western and Chinese political philosophy.

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Doris Lau
Executive Assistant
Tel : 2530 6912

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

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Pearly Mak
Director of Finance and Administration
Tel : 2530 6932

Pearly Mak joined the Chamber as Accounting Manager in May 2005. Pearly has about 10 years' experience in the field of accounting and finance, with extensive exposure to special assignments when she worked in KPMG and Warner-Lambert. She also has accounting and administration experience in a not-for-profit organisation, the Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries, and entrepreneurial experience for two years before joining the Chamber. Pearly has a Bachelors in Business Administration - Accounting from Hong Kong Baptist University and is a CPA of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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Tammy Kam
Assistant Accountant
Tel : 2530 6933
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Hanna Chung
Assistant Accountant
Tel : 2530 6934

GENERAL OFFICE
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Carol Au
Member Relations Executive
Tel : 2530 6900
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Mau Ching Keung
Messenger
Tel : 2530 6945
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Ho Nim Ho
General Office Assistant
Tel : 2530 6944


EVENTS & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

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Carol Wang
Events & Business Development Director
Tel: 2530 6916

Carol Wang is Events & Business Development Director at AmCham, a department set up to identify new growth areas for AmCham and to help AmCham enhance its value to our members' . Events & Business Development helps AmCham to create new partnerships with local and international groups that benefit our members, and to explore new events and programs to provide value to those partnerships.

Carol is responsible for developing, implementing, executing, and evaluating the events and program strategies that focus on building brand awareness and satisfying members' needs. She is also responsible for member relations development the overall branding and marketing of AmCham.

Carol has a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MA in Business Administration from US universities. She is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and English (with considerable knowledge of German), and has been at AmCham for over two years. Before coming to Hong Kong, Carol worked in Shanghai and the U.S. with an international semiconductor manufacturer.

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Jin-ah Lee
Senior Business Development Manager
Tel: 2530 6924

Jin-ah Lee is responsible for member development programs, strategic marketing and the CRM database management at AmCham. Her specialty is development of print and web marketing materials, external partnership management, and sponsorship promotional materials. Jin-ah Lee joined AmCham as Assistant Membership Manager in 2006. Prior to living in Hong Kong, Jin-ah has worked in Chicago for a children's summer residential program and on restaurant management projects, including the Paris Casino in Las Vegas and Krispy Kreme in Seattle, WA. Jin-ah has a BA in Communications with a minor in Psychology from University of Minnesota.

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Queenie Li
Member Relations Manager
Tel : 2530 6923

Queenie Li was promoted to the present position of Member Relations Manager in March 2008. She joined AmCham as Membership/Accounting Assistant in 1980, promoted to Membership Coordinator in 1986, in support of the Membership Committee. She was promoted to Membership Supervisor in 1988 and served as Assistant Membership Manager from 2005. She handles all enquiries regarding membership matters, processes applications and produces reports on movements of members.

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Michael Young
Business Development Executive
Tel : 2530 6926

Michael Young liaises with current AmCham members while recruiting potential members. He is responsible for member services and retention and building our membership base through scouting, marketing and closing. Michael coordinates marketing projects relating to membership and events sponsorship programs. Michael has a BBA with concentrations in Marketing and Consulting from Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

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Stephanie Chu
Senior Events Manager
Tel : 2530 6922

Stephanie Chu joined AmCham's events team in September 2005, to assist in delivering quality programs that address the most pressing commerce-related issues between the US and Hong Kong/China. Stephanie's past work environments included Honeywell Sensing & Control in the US, Global Sources in Hong Kong, and various publications in the US, Canada, and France. A native of France, she spent much of her childhood in Bangkok, and later returned to Paris to complete her high school baccalaureate. Stephanie holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from University of Wisconsin at Madison.

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Sonia Li
Events Manager
Tel : 2530 6921

Sonia Li has served as an Events Manager since 2005. She works on planning, organization, and coordination of business meetings and functions, as well as other special programs such as golf activities, events publicity, on-site registration and financial accounting. She has previously worked as AmCham’s Programs Coordinator and was promoted to Programs Supervisor in 1989. She had years of accounting and administration experience in a French company prior to joining AmCham.

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Mimi Shih
Events Manager
Tel : 2530 6918

Mimi Shih has been an Events Manager since 2005. During her 20-plus years at the AmCham, Mimi has been promoted from a secretarial to a supervisory position and has worked in the programs, conferences and seminars departments, as well as on the annual ball. She is responsible for coordinating all aspects of the Chamber’s speaker programs, conferences and seminars, including training workshops and executive education programs. Prior to joining AmCham, she worked at Bank of America, First National Bank of Boston and the Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Commission in Canada. Mimi was educated in Hong Kong and at the Saskatchewan Technical Institute.


Christy Li
Events Executive
Tel: 2530 6919
Christy Li manages the events registration process for all Chamber functions. She is also responsible for providing on-site logistical support to all programs and events. Christy has a BBA in Finance from Hong Kong Baptist University.

COMMUNICATIONS

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Michael Chau
Publishing Manager
Tel : 2530 6939

Michael Chau was appointed by AmCham as Publishing Manager in September 2005. Michael brings more than 10 years of publishing and production experience to the Chamber. He is responsible for production cost control and liaising with freelancers and suppliers for production of six books and a monthly magazine. He is also responsible for marketing and administration of AmCham’s labels’ rentals, website book sales and bookseller relations. Michael was born in Hong Kong. He moved to the United States after high school and studied graphic design. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Art Institute of Illinois, Chicago. In 1996, he moved back to Hong Kong to join Pilot publishing.

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Mark Wong
Public Affairs Manager
Tel : 2530 6917

Mark Wong has been with AmCham over seven years and manages a diverse public affairs portfolio. He works in close support of AmCham’s leaders and Board of Governors in their process of formulating public policies and position papers, as well as building good government and community relations for AmCham. Mark liaises with outside consultants on major research and survey projects, such as the Chamber’s annual Business Outlook and Environmental surveys, and generating reports that reflect our members’ views on important issues affecting businesses in Hong Kong and the region. As Secretary to the AmCham Charitable Foundation, Mark works with its independent Board of Trustees in coordinating annual charitable programs that generally focus on education, community services, fostering good corporate citizenship, and other ad-hoc projects. Mark has a BA in Political Science from University of British Columbia, with an emphasis on international relations and political economies in East Asia.

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Toni Lau
Press Affairs Manager
Tel : 2530 6915

Toni Lau manages press affairs and handles media relations for AmCham. Prior to joining AmCham, in November 2007, she was the public relations officer for Scott Wilson and before that Hong Kong’s Water Supplies Department. She has worked in various PR agencies, including Octagon Greater China and Porda International (Finance) PR Group, where she was responsible for a number of product launches, investor relations and IPO projects. She was also a freelance translator for Ming Pao, writing Chinese articles to introduce the latest technology products. She spent one year as an intern in the Equal Opportunities Commission as a translation and promotion assistant, before receiving a BA in Translation from Hong Kong Baptist University. Toni is a member of the Hong Kong Public Relations Professionals’ Assn (PRPA).

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Regina Leung
Advertising Sales Manager
Tel : 2530 6942

Regina Leung is responsible for maintaining, growing and expanding advertising client bases and sales revenue for AmCham media. She also investigates clients’ business needs and provides them with integrated media solutions. AmCham publishes a monthly magazine, Members Directory, China Business Directory, Living in Hong Kong and Doing business in Hong Kong handbooks, as well as online advertising at its website and advertising banners in the electronic newsletter. Regina has had advertising sales and management experience in print and electronic media for over 15 years, particularly in the regions of Asia Pacific, Hong Kong and Mainland China. Before joining AmCham in January 2008, she had worked with China Daily Hong Kong Ltd, Sina.com Hong Kong and Global Sources.


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Kenny Lau
Assistant Editor &
Listing Sales
Tel : 2530 6940


 

 

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