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Attn: News / Business Editors For Immediate Release October 28, 2008, Hong Kong – Three outstanding businesswomen and an exceptional company have earned the “Women of Influence” Awards in recognition of their career excellence and amazing achievements. Organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong in association with the South China Morning Post, the awards seek to recognize and honor the accomplishments and success of these leaders in our community as they provide great inspiration for many other women to excel in their professions and for companies to support women in work life balance. “We wanted to recognize individual initiative and also give younger women who are working a chance to see some really great role models. We wanted them to see that here are some women who have lived and are living big, widely successful lives and that they can live a big life too,” said Ms. Maura Fallon, who chairs the AmCham Women of Influence Committee. At a formal awards ceremony today, the following outstanding women for the three award categories were announced: Ms. Uhi MC Hui, Executive Director – Greater China of PR People Consultancy, a professional who is under 40 and has achieved inspirational business success, received the Young Achiever of the Year award; Ms. Elizabeth L. Thomson, Founder and President of ICS Trust (Asia) Ltd., who demonstrated outstanding success in running her own business, received the Entrepreneur of the Year award; Ms. Julia Charlton, Founder and Partner of Charltons, who has successfully become an influential and leading practitioner in her chosen professional field, received the Professional of the Year award. “The caliber of entries was just incredible,” remarked Ms. Janet De Silva, Chief Executive of Retail China Limited and Chair of the AmCham judging committee for the WOI Awards. “We had exceptionally competent candidates across the board and the competition is so strong. Many of the judges remarked on how humbling it was to see how amazing these women are across so many aspects of their lives and how they were able to juggle so many things,” Ms. De Silva said. The Best Company for Women Award went to Goldman Sachs, for having exhibited exceptional achievement in supporting the development of women in business and in providing innovative work life programs aimed at allowing women to pursue business careers and personal development. This is the third year that AmCham has partnered with the South China Morning Post to identify and spotlight Hong Kong’s Women of Influence and is the fifth year since AmCham founded and spearheaded this much-anticipated annual event. This year’s WOI Conference & Awards are generously sponsored by Morgan Stanley, Citi, ESGI, Tiffany & Co., Watson Wyatt Worldwide, FedEx and Marriott. "We believe it is important to develop and recognize female role models," remarked Mr. Eddie Ahmed, Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer, Asia for Morgan Stanley who also oversees the Firm's Talent Management Committee for the region. "This is why we find this program so attractive and have supported it since its inception. Through our support, we want to help showcase best practices for companies and help women make an even greater impact in their organizations and in their communities." Nominations to the awards were received from July to September this year. More than 50 entries were submitted for the Awards. A panel of twelve judges reviewed this year’s nominations; they include: Judges for “Young Achiever of the Year” 1. Ms. Christina Ellerker Executive Director, Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association Ltd. 2. Ms. Michele Felder Senior Director of Marketing, AP, Juniper Networks 3. Ms. Anita Leung Partner & AmCham Governor, Jones Day Judges for “Entrepreneur of the Year” 4. Ms. Jenny Bowen Founder & Executive Director, Half the Sky Foundation 5. Ms. Camille Tang Chief Financial Officer, ConvenientPower Group 6. Ms. Sabrina Fung Executive Director, LiFung Trinity Limited & AmCham WOI Committee Member Judges for “Professional of the Year” 7. Ms. Ingrun Alsleben
Chief Financial Officer, Bayer Group Companies in HK 8. Ms. Sheng-Ching Ho Managing Director and Chief Operations Officer, Asia Pacific Fixed Income Division, Morgan Stanley 9. Ms. Jennifer Van Dale Senior Counsel, Employment Law Group, Baker & McKenzie Judges for “Best Company for Women” 10. Mr. David L. Cunningham Jr. President, AP, FedEx Express & Vice-chair of AmCham Board of Governors 11. Ms. Miriam Lau, GBS, JP Consultant, Arculli, Fong & Ng & Legislator 12. Mr. Shengman Zhang President, Asia Pacific, Citi Country Officer, Citi Below are photos for download: (Ms. Maura Fallon, the chair of AmCham Women of Influence Committee, gave opening remarks at today’s WOI conference) (Winners of 2008 Women of Influence awards from the right: Ms. Uhi MC Hui, Young Achiever of the Year, Ms. Elizabeth L. Thomson, Entrepreneur of the Year, Ms. Julia Charlton, Professional of the Year, and Mr. Paul Bernard, Chairman of Diversity and Head of Asian Investment Research, Goldman Sachs, Best Company for Women) Bio of winners for the three individual categories can be found at: For inquiries, please contact Ms. Toni Lau, AmCham Press Affairs Manager, on 2530-6915 or
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About the Women of Influence Awards Organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong in association with the South China Morning Post, the awards seek to recognize and honor the best that Hong Kong has produced and to provide inspiration to other women. Past winners of individual categories awards in 2007 and 2006 include Ms. Barbara Wong, Ms. Jenny Bowen, Ms. Miriam Lau, Ms. Jing Ulrich, Ms. Fredy Bush and Ms. Viveca Chan. More details about the past WOI Awards recipients can be found at: http://www.amcham.org.hk/content/view/5789/554/All individuals connected with AmCham, South China Morning Post, Women of Influence Committee, as well as all sponsoring companies of the event and the employees of those companies, were not eligible for entry to the Awards. About AmCham Hong Kong AmCham Hong Kong is the largest and most active international business association in the Special Administrative Region, with about 2,000 members, representing almost 800 American, Hong Kong, Chinese and other international companies from over 40 nationalities. U.S. companies are Hong Kong's largest investors in insurance and second largest in financial institutions and the wholesale, retail and import/export trades. The SAR represents the regional headquarters for about 250 U.S. companies. For more information about AmCham Hong Kong, please visit www.amcham.org.hk About The South China Morning Post First published in 1903, The South China Morning Post is the flagship publication of the SCMP Group Limited, a leading newspaper and magazine publisher listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK: 583). The paper has the city’s most affluent and influential readership. Striving to maintain the highest standards among the world’s quality newspapers, the South China Morning Post receives constant international recognition. It has won 32 awards in 2006 for excellence in editorial, marketing and technical capability. # # # # # |
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