Maria Chan

Maria CHAN, is the Vice President of International Human Resources Management for the Business Unit Mobile Display Systems (MDS) of Philips Electronics. Maria holds a Bachelor of Science from Australia and has been practicing Human Resources for approaching 20 years. Maria has been in her current role with Philips since 2004 and is based in Hong Kong. Before joining Philips, Maria was the VP of Regional HR with Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. At Arrow for 7 years, Maria managed the HR function throughout 11 countries in Asia Pacific for this leading distributor of electronic components. Prior to Arrow, Maria developed her HR career with other multinational companies like WR Grace in industrial chemicals and Vipac in consultant engineering.

Viveca Chan

Viveca CHAN is Chairman and CEO of Grey Global Group China, including Hong Kong. Viveca has more than 20 years of marketing communication experience. She joined Grey HK when it was founded, and helped build Grey's China business from the beginning. During her tenure, China/Hong Kong has become Grey's largest operation in Asia. She pioneered a number of service innovations in the market, including Grey Relationship Marketing (GRM) - written up as a Harvard Case Study, and Grey Interactive - which won the case study of the year award. She also plays an active role in the industry, to name a few, she is the Deputy Director of China Advertising Association, Chairman of HK4As and serves on the advisory board of the HK Institute of Marketing and successful Marketing. Viveca is one of the 17 global "Women Breaking Barriers", Top 100 Entrepreneurs in China, Top Ten Advertising Executives and "The Most Successful Women 2004".

Douglas Henck

Douglas HENCK is President, Sun Life Financial Asia. In this capacity, he leads Sun Life Financial's development in all Asian markets. Prior to joining Sun Life Financial, Mr. Henck was Senior Vice President of the AIG Life Division of the American International Group. Based in Hong Kong, he was responsible for various strategic initiatives, such as merger & acquisition work and new country entries, as well as certain business line responsibilities and Asian country operations. Mr. Henck first joined Aetna in 1974 after graduating with a B.S. Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. He qualified as a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in 1978. He moved to Hong Kong in 1987, and established the Asia Regional office of the US-based Aetna Inc. Mr. Henck is a Past Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, having led the organization during the historic 1997 calendar year. He also served two terms as Chairman of the Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce from 1993 - 1995. Mr. Henck testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1996. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Asian Corporate Governance Association.

Stephen Marcopoto

Stephen MARCOPOTO is President and Managing Director of Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc (TBS), a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry. Based in Hong Kong, Mr. Marcopoto oversees all programming, network development, advertising and distribution sales, marketing and promotion for Turner Broadcasting and its networks and internet services, including the CNN news group, Cartoon Network, Pogo, Boomerang, TCM, and CETV in the Asia Pacific region. Previously, Mr. Marcopoto was president, Time Inc. Asia. Still earlier, he was vice president and publisher of TIME Asia and managing director of Fortune Asia. Mr. Marcopoto earned a BA from Seton Hall University and arrived in Asia in 1981. He is currently the vice-chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He has also served as Chairman of the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA). Today he serves as a board member of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) and is on the Board of Governors of the American Club in Hong Kong.

Don Robinson

Don ROBINSON is Group Managing Director for Hong Kong Disneyland & an AmCham Governor. With more than three decades of Disney experience, Don Robinson is well equipped for his role as Walt Disney Company's executive vice president, for Hong Kong Disneyland. Mr. Robinson is responsible for the development and operation of Disney's first theme park in China. Mr. Robinson began his career in 1972 as an hourly employee at the Magic Kingdom, in Orlando Florida working as a dishwasher at the Liberty Tree Tavern. Over the course of his career with Disney, he has played a key role in theme park operations, hotel management and food and beverage services. Mr. Robinson was instrumental in the opening of 15 Resorts in Florida and California and six resorts at Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland. Most notably, Mr. Robinson ran operations for the entire Walt Disney World Resort. Aside from his primary responsibilities, he was also contributory factor in leading and directing the Opening Task Force teams for several special projects such as Epcot and The Disneyland Resort-Grand Californian. Mr. Robinson received his B.S. Degree in Microbiology from the University of Central Florida.

Dr. Andy Xie

Dr Andy XIE is a Managing Director and Head of Morgan Stanley's Asia/Pacific economics team. He joined the firm in 1997 after two years with Macquarie Bank in Singapore, where he was an associate director in corporate finance. Andy also spent five years as an economist with the World Bank, which he joined through the Young Professionals Program.

He was responsible for the World Bank programs in industry and finance in Indonesia and telecom and power programs in other Asia/Pacific countries. Andy earned a PhD in economics in 1990 and an MS in civil engineering in 1987 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was ranked "No. 1 Economist from 2001 - 2004" by Institutional Investor, "One of Ten New China Economic Leaders" by World Economic Forum / Caijing Magazine / CCTV and "The Best Economist in North East Asia Pacific" by Business week in Seoul.

Dr. Min Zhu

Dr Min ZHU is Executive Assistant President for Bank of China (2003- ). He wasaEconomic Advisor to the President; General Manager Restructuring and Listing Office Bank of China (2000- ); Economic Advisor to the President; General Manager, International Financial Research Institute, Bank of China (98-2001), Board Member, Bank of China International Holding Limited, London/Hong Kong (97-2001); Board Member, The China State Bank, Hong Kong, China (97-2001). Chief Technical Advisor, China's Agenda21, UNDP, New York (95-96); Economist, Policy Research Department, The World Bank, Washington, DC (90-96); Research Associate, Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Deputy Secretary General, Economic Research Center, Fudan University (84-86); Special Advisor, Shanghai Economic Reform Commission and Shanghai Economic Research Center (84-86) and Faculty Member, Dept. of Economics, Fudan University (82-86).

Dr. Zhu received a B.A. in Economics from Fudan University; MPA from Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University.