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How Corporate Entrepreneurs Can Leverage Start-up Culture
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8:30 AM Registration and welcome coffee
Incubating Innovation
9:00 AM Opening remarks
9:10 AM Executive panel: Introducing entrepreneurship mentality to promote
intrapreneurship in organisations
9:50 AM Power interview
10:20 AM Power panel: Establishing internal start-ups and growth initiatives
for organic growth
11:00 AM Networking refreshments
Go-To-Market Strategies
11:15 AM Case sharing: Empowering intrapreneurs with design thinking to improve
business processes
11:40 AM Strategy panel: Innovation agility to accelerate value-driven delivery
12:20 PM Funding panel: Growing through acquisition to future-proof the business
1:00 PM Networking luncheon
Transformation Strategies
1:15 PM Luncheon panel: Creating shared value for both businesses and society
through social innovation
2:00 PM The turnaround of HMV: Transforming a traditional business with new ideas
2:30 PM End of forum
GAME CHANGERS FORUM 2
How corporate entrepreneurs
can leverage start-up culture
to expand big businesses
25 June 2015, 9am - 2:30pm
JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong
Executive panel: Introducing entrepreneurship mentality to promote
intrapreneurship in organisations
• Strategic frameworks that the board needs to set to ensure competitiveness
• Traits to look for in a game changer in talent acquisition and selection
Natascha Jacobovits de Szeged is a Partner with Egon Zehnder and leads the firm’s global Digital segment.
Egon Zehnder is a trusted-talent advisor to many of the world’s largest companies, as well as start-ups, small
and mid-sized organisations. Natascha has supported clients who want to disrupt their traditional business
models as well as the “disrupters” themselves. Within Asia, Natascha advises broader technology and media
companies and serves clients in retail and hospitality.
Natascha joined Egon Zehnder in 2006 following an earlier career in strategy consulting and early stage
venture capital in the online space. She is a Dutch national, born in Malaysia, grew up in London and the
Netherlands, studied in Canada, worked across Europe and Asia Pacific and relocated with the firm from
Amsterdam to Hong Kong with her husband and two boys in 2013.
Opening remarks 9:00 AM
9:10 AM
Moderator:
Natascha
Jacobovits de Szeged
Panellists:
Andrew Connell
Robert Jesudason
Steve Monaghan
Incubating Innovation
Natascha Jacobovits
de Szeged
Partner,
Egon Zehnder
Previously, Andrew served as Chief Marketing Officer, Europe, at Huawei. Prior to Huawei, he built and led two
US internet start-ups in dating and restaurants with Planet Hollywood. His previous blue chip experience is 12
years internationally in mobile devices, software and digital services at Nokia and UK Carrier, O2. He helped
create 3 corporate start-ups (Nokia eCommerce in 14 countries including China, Tesco Mobile and Genie
Internet) and helped turnaround Nokia UK and O2 retail stores.
Andrew has led significant sales and marketing organisations up to 100 people and P&L up to £400 million.
Previously, he held positions at Disney, American Express and the Tussaud Group.
Andrew Connell
Head of Digital, Asia Pacific
HSBC, Retail Banking and
Wealth Management
Rob Jesudason is the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) Group Executive, International Financial
Services. He is responsible for managing the Group’s offshore growth in retail and commercial banking, digital
banking and life insurance in China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and South Africa.
Prior to CBA, Rob was most recently with Credit Suisse where he was Head of Global Emerging Markets within
the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) investment banking practice, based in Hong Kong.
Prior to Credit Suisse, Rob worked at J.P. Morgan, where he was a Managing Director in the Asian special
situations group responsible for investments in financial services, and at Barclays as Global Head of Corporate
Development. Earlier in his career, Rob worked at GE Capital and was also an Associate Principal in McKinsey’s
Corporate Finance and Strategy practice. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science in Managerial and Administrative
Studies from the University of Aston in Birmingham, UK.
Robert Jesudason
Group Executive,
International
Financial Services,
Commonwealth Bank
of Australia
Steve Monaghan is accountable for AIA’s group innovation agenda.
Originally a commercial pilot, Steve has held a number of senior corporate and banking roles and has worked
for leading corporations and financial institutions. Throughout his career, he has specialised in introducing
new business models, businesses and products to all major markets in Asia and has filed 6 patents.
Steve was on the start-up team for Dell Computer, introducing Dell’s consumer business to Asia. In banking,
Steve developed and patented the first mobile payments platform for Citigroup, developed a Consumer
Finance Division for OCBC and led the retail bank turnaround of Shinsei Bank in Japan.
Steve is a frequent presenter and lecturer around the world on various subjects. He co-authored a five-year
China IPO study and has been frequently published on topics including working capital, investing in China and
capital collaboration. He holds an EMBA from the Helsinki School of Economics.
Steve Monaghan
Regional Director
Head of Edge
(Group Innovation),
AIA
Power panel: Establishing internal start-ups and growth initiatives for
organic growth
• Learning how to set up inspire autonomy and cultivate breakthrough ideas
• Promoting cross-business unit collaboration and utilising big data, IoT, analytics, cloud and
mobility in driving new businesses
• Encouraging growth initiatives on campus to identify new talent and break into new industries
10:20 AM
Moderator:
George Chen
Panellists:
Charlie Melvoin
Cordelia Chung
Winnie Leong
Please see above.
Dr George
Zhenge Sun
Vice president,
ZTE Corporation
George received his Masters and Doctoral degrees from North Polytechnics University, Xi’an, China. He then
continued as a postdoctoral researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He is now vice president of ZTE Corporation, where he is in charge of strategy planning. Prior to that, he was
the CEO of ZTE (USA). He was in charge of the standardisation activities as well as marketing in North America
and Western Europe.
He was previously the senior director of the Corporate Technology Center, ZTE Corporation. He was responsible
for the company’s strategy planning, technical marketing, strategic cooperation in developed markets, and
basic research on the Internet and platforms. He was also the deputy general manager of the Mobile Products
Division and developed the technical marketing of UMTS products.
Charlie Melvoin
Project Leader
blueprint,
Swire Properties
Charlie is the Project Leader for blueprint. He joined Swire’s Management Trainee Programme in 2012 and has
worked in Marketing, Retail and Hospitality departments within Swire Properties in Guangzhou and Hong
Kong. Prior to Swire, Charlie worked in Beijing for Baidu and Groupon. While developing digital marketing
projects last year, he came up with the idea for blueprint as a way to attract exciting people and innovative
ideas into the Swire Properties office portfolio, thereby enhancing the Swire Properties brand.
Originally from Los Angeles, Charlie graduated from Harvard (BA) with Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa
honours. He received a Gates Scholarship to pursue a Masters degree at Cambridge University, where he
studied Economic Development with a focus on China; he graduated with highest honours (MPhil). Charlie
began studying Mandarin at the age of 13 and is able to speak, read and write it fluently.
George Chen
Managing Editor,
SCMP.COM
International Edition and
Acting Technology Editor,
SCMP
George Chen
Managing Editor,
SCMP.COM
International Edition and
Acting Technology Editor,
SCMP
George Chen is Managing Editor for SCMP.com International Edition and Mr Shangkong Columnist at the South
China Morning Post. George has covered China’s political and economic changes since 2002. George is the
author of two books: This is Hong Kong I Know (2014) and Foreign Banks in China (2011). George has been named
a 2014 Yale World Fellow at Yale University.
Power interview 9:50 AM
Interviewer:
George Chen
Speaker:
Dr George
Zhenge Sun
Cordelia Chung
Vice President,
Industry Solutions,
IBM Asia Pacific
In her current role, Cordelia Chung oversees IBM’s Asia Pacific operations for all industry segments and IBM’s
strategic growth initiatives in Big Data and Analytics, Mobile, Social and Security. From 2009-2014, Ms Chung was
Regional General Manager, IBM ASEAN, responsible for IBM’s operations across 10 countries in Southeast Asia.
Her other senior roles include Country General Manager for IBM Hong Kong, and VP and General Counsel, IBM
Asia Pacific. Prior to IBM, Ms Chung practised law with an international law firm.
Ms Chung served on IBM Chairman’s Strategy Team from 2011-13. Her other past and present services include
Board Trustee of Singapore University of Technology and Design, member of the Singapore Government
Infocomm Media Masterplan Committee, Singapore Government’s Economic Strategies Committee, HK Govern-
ment’s Digital 21 Committee, Court of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Council of Hong Kong
Polytechnic University.
Networking refreshments 11:00 AM
Winnie Leong
Chief Consultant
Efficiency Unit,
The Government of HKSAR
Winnie is a civil servant working as an internal management consultant for the Hong Kong Government. During
the 20+ years of her career, Winnie has been involved in taking forward the Public Sector Reform agenda in
Hong Kong. She has extensive experience in conducting consultancy studies, ranging from business case
assessment, business process re-engineering to strategic vision formulation and evaluation of policy
outcomes. She is keen on building and sharing knowledge from the practical angle whereby new ideas and
practices may be generated with a view to continuously improving public services in Hong Kong.
Winnie is currently a doctoral candidate in Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. Having gained
a distinction in her Masters degree in Public Policy and Management, she served for many years as a part-time
lecturer at the City University of Hong Kong.
Case sharing: Empowering intrapreneurs with design thinking to improve
business processes
• Utilising design thinking principles for effective strategy development and organisational change
• Transforming abstract ideas into viable products and customer experiences by remaining human-
centred at all stages
11:15 AM
Speaker:
Richard Kelly
Go-To-Market Strategies
Richard Kelly
Chief Catalyst,
Fung Academy,
Fung (1937)
Management Limited
Richard Kelly is part of Fung (1937) Management and is focused on new value creation and building innovation
across the group.
Most recently, Richard was the Managing Director of IDEO Asia Pacific. Based in Shanghai, his role was to lead
clients to realise new opportunities and build innovation capabilities through design. Clients included
Coca-Cola, Samsung, TCL, VF Corp and the Singapore government. Before moving to Shanghai, Richard joined
IDEO London in 2006, and was responsible for the service practice and leading clients including, Nestlé,
T-Mobile, IKEA and Alpargatas.
Before joining IDEO, Richard was at Levi’s Strauss & Company for 9 years and ran his own brand consulting
business in London and San Francisco.
Richard speaks and comments regularly on innovation and design issues and has spoken at World Economic
Forum, China Entrepreneur Summit and CleanTech Forum in China, Skoll World Forum and appeared in China
Entrepreneur magazine, Business Watch, 21st Century Business Review and on Sina.com.
Strategy panel: Innovation agility to accelerate value-driven delivery
• Injecting creativity as part of organisational culture for corporate renewal
• Combining human-centred design, big data and analytics to create experience-driven
business opportunities
• Acquiring a new mindset and knowledge to expedite the realisation of value propositions
from big ideas
• Understanding what it takes to achieve agile innovation, productivity and customer engagement
11:40 AM
Moderator:
Dr Edmund Lee
Panellists:
Deepak Madnani
Dominic Allon
Prof. Po Chi Wu
Sam Gellman
Dr Edmund Lee
Executive Director,
Hong Kong Design Centre
Dr Edmund Lee is Executive Director of Hong Kong Design Centre, a non-profit organisation dedicated to raising
Hong Kong’s profile as a design hub of creativity and innovation, driving value creation through design and
innovation. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of arts, commerce and manufacturers. Dr Lee
currently serves as Board Director of PMQ, Member of the Design Council of The Federation of Hong Kong Industries,
Hong Kong Brand Development Council, Advisory Committee on Design, Licensing and Marketing of the Hong Kong
Trade Development Council and the International Advisory Committee of The Jockey Club Design Institute for Social
Innovation. He also serves as Chairman, Design Faculty Advisory Committee of Technological and Higher Education
Institute of Hong Kong. Other public duties include chairmanship or membership of a number of professional
management bodies and service organisations. Dr Lee received his PhD in biotechnology from King’s College
London and MBA from Warwick Business School. He has also completed advanced training in non-profit
management at Harvard Business School on HBS Club Scholarship.
Deepak Madnani
Catalyst & CEO,
Paperclip Startup Campus
Deepak is the founder of Paperclip Startup Campus and self-proclaimed “Failure Specialist”. Paperclip has
developed the Business Model Design Academy, where start-ups and early stage entrepreneurs learn best
practices to build successful businesses and get investor ready. The academy uses the most effective start-up
development curriculum, commonly known as the Lean Start-up and Business Model Canvas tools.
Deepak currently manages companies in Hong Kong and China in supply chain management and furniture
design and manufacturing. He is a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum and mentors
start-ups, runs innovation business model sessions for corporates and is an angel investor.
Dominic Allon
Managing Director,
Google Hong Kong
Dominic Allon is Google Hong Kong’s Managing Director and is focused on helping Hong Kong get the most out
of the internet.
Previously, Dominic spent seven years working for Google UK where he transformed media agency
partnerships and worked closely with the government and trade bodies to maintain digital advertising
self-regulation. He also pioneered the Squared programme, a groundbreaking industry training initiative that
is now scaling globally.
Prior to Google, Dominic worked at The Economist for seven years on international sales and business
development.
In 1999, he undertook an MBA at Imperial College, London having spent the previous three years at successful
publishing start-up Student Pages, sold to DMGT plc.
Dominic served on the Advertising Standards Authority’s General Media Panel, the Internet Advertising Bureau’s
Policy Steering Group and the Communications Industry Parliamentary Debating Group. He recently joined the
government of Hong Kong’s new Steering Committee to accelerate tech education in secondary schools.
Prof. Po Chi Wu
Adjunct Professor,
School of Engineering,
Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Department,
School of Business &
Management, HKUST
Professor Po Chi Wu is an Adjunct Professor in both the School of Business and Management and the School of
Engineering at HKUST, and is Director of the Joint Minor Program in Entrepreneurship. Passionate about helping
students learn the meaning of the entrepreneurial mindset, he believes that “structured mentoring” is essential
for their development.
His most recent publication is Agile Innovation: The Revolutionary Approach to Accelerate Success, Inspire
Engagement, and Ignite Creativity. Having been a highly successful international venture capitalist and
entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley for more than 30 years, he brings a unique perspective and insight to Hong Kong.
Professor Po Chi Wu holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and Bachelors degrees in
Mathematics and Music from the University of California at Berkeley.
Sam Gellman
General Manager,
Hong Kong,
Uber
Sam Gellman has played a lead role in Uber’s expansion into the international markets. He spent 2012 building
up Uber’s European presence, running the launch of Uber’s international headquarters in Amsterdam and
leading the London office for its first six months. In 2013, he moved to Asia as Uber’s Head of Asia Expansion.
Initially, he ran the operations in Singapore and has since led the company’s build-out into 25 cities across Asia
from New Zealand, to China, to Japan. He is currently the General Manager for Uber in Hong Kong and oversees
operations in Taiwan and Macau. Prior to working at Uber, Sam worked for Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong for six
years, running Asia Derivative Research. He is a 2004 graduate of Stanford University with a major in
International Relations and a minor in Computer Science. In his spare time he likes learning Cantonese and
building a small travel photography business.
Aaron Au
Managing Director,
Lei Shing Hong
Trading Limited
Aaron Au is an all-round Certified Public Accountant.
As a born adventurer, Aaron went to Vietnam to start a greenfield project in the early 2000s. He returned to
China in 2007 and left his group to join a private entrepreneur for a turnaround project. He successfully sold his
company in 2012.
Aaron has received a lot of awards during his career. He was lauded for enhancing the image of Mercedes Benz
at retail level in Vietnam and was praised by the ex-President of the USA, George W. Bush, for his excellent
logistic work on the president’s trip to Ho Chi Minh City.
Aaron is also enthusiastic about sports. He finished the 100km “trail walker” event in 25 hours. Aaron and his
hiking team like to travel around for their sport. They finished with Mt Kinabalu, Mt Fuji and a volcano climb in
New Zealand. You might bump into Aaron and his friends in Peru one day.
Kenneth Fok
Vice-President,
Fok Ying Tung Group
Mr Fok is the Vice President of the Fok Ying Tung Group and serves as the Trustee of the Fundação Henry Fok.
He also is a member of the Commission on Youth and the Major Sports Events Committee of the Sports
Commission of Home Affairs Bureau, HKSAR Government, the Chairman of the Hong Kong United Youth
Association, the Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Strategy, a member of the Chinese General Chamber of
Commerce, the Hon. Deputy Secretary General of the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong,
China, a member of the International Relations Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia, the President of the
Gymnastics Association of Hong Kong, China, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political
Consultative Conference Tianjin Committee Member and a Standing Committee Member of the All-China Youth
Federation. He holds a Bachelors degree in Economics and Management from Oxford University.
Danny Lee
Partner,
Blue Pool Capital
Mr Lee has over 16 years of experience in doing private equity investments in Asia. He is currently is a Partner
at Blue Pool Capital, the family office of Joe Tsai and other Alibaba founders, where he heads up direct
investments and private equity globally. Before that, Danny was a Managing Director at Bain Capital where he
focused on both growth capital and buyout transactions in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to Bain, he was a Vice
President with Investor AB, one of the largest industrial holding companies controlled by the Wallenberg
family in Sweden. He started his career in New York and Hong Kong with Lehman Brothers. Mr Lee has a
Bachelors degree in Economics from Columbia College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Andy Ann
Founder & CEO,
NDN Group
Andy Ann is the founder and CEO of NDN GROUP, a digital media and advertising firm established in 2002. He
has guided NDN to become an expanding and profitable enterprise with a diversified group of global clients in
consumer products, telecommunications and the entertainment industry.
Andy also founded Darizi.com, a Web 2.0 wedding portal for China. This unique, personal, online wedding
planning tool allows couples to choose exactly what they want for their big day. In 2008, Andy founded Hot
Mob, which is now one of the leading mobile advertising companies in Hong Kong. He has also invested in
several start-ups.
Andy graduated from the University of British Columbia and acquired his EMBA degree from The Chinese
University of Hong Kong. In 2008, he was awarded the Young Entrepreneur Winner of DHL and SCMP Hong
Kong Business Award. In 2013, he was recognised as the Young Entrepreneur Winner of Piaget.
Funding panel: Growing through acquisition to future-proof the business
• Understanding when and why to acquire a company for exponential business growth
• Identifying investment requirements and financing options in a strategic acquisition for a
successful deal
• Positioning and increasing the valuation of start-ups to get on to the M&A radar
12:20 PM
Moderator:
Nick Chan
Panellists:
Aaron Au
Andy Ann
Danny Lee
Kenneth Fok
Nick Chan
Partner,
Squire Patton Boggs
With a computer science background and in-house experience at a global telecommunications carrier and
networking company, Nick Chan heads the Asia Pacific TMT and PE/VC practice of Squire Patton Boggs, a top
ten global law firm with 1500 lawyers in 44 offices in 21 countries serving governments, sovereign funds,
private equity firms, VC funds, family offices, multi-national companies, entrepreneurs, start-ups and
inventors in "Game Changers", enhancing shareholder value and commercialising and popularising disruptive
technologies.
Nick is a Council Member of the Law Society of Hong Kong, serving as Honorary Legal Advisor for 16 NGOs, and
also as Chairman and panel member for various government tribunals and committees.
Networking luncheon 1:00 PM
Transformation Strategies
Luncheon panel: Creating shared value for both businesses and society
through social innovation
• Redefining the business around a societal purpose to ignite change in the corporate culture
• Collaborating with social enterprises to tackle social and environmental challenges
• Measuring the impact of investments on society to generate new businesses and revenues
1:15 PM
Moderator:
Alvin Yip
Panellists:
Donald Choi
Francis Ngai
Wilkie Wong
Mr Francis Ngai is the Founder and CEO of Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk), Hong Kong’s first venture
philanthropic organisation dedicated to the supporting and nurturing of social innovation. He is also a Board
Member of the Asia Venture Philanthropy Network, a regional network with over 200 venture philanthropic
member organisations.
Prior to SVhk, Mr Ngai was Head of Strategy at a listed technology conglomerate. Mr Ngai was selected as one
of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Hong Kong in 2011, a Young Global Leader of the World Economic
Forum in 2012 and The Purpose Economy’s 100 Asia Pioneers in 2014.
Francis Ngai
Founder & CEO,
Social Ventures Hong Kong
Alvin Yip
Director,
Hong Kong Jockey Club
Design Institute for
Social Innovation
Alvin researches and teaches social innovation, public space and city design, exhibition and curatorship and
creative industries.
He is a council member of the Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations, a board member of Hong Kong
Ambassadors of Design, co-founder of Wan Chai Visual Archive, co-founder of Fashion Farm Foundation, a
management committee member of PMQ, an advisory panel member of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, a task
force member of the Harbourfront Commission and an advisory committee member for Hong Kong Stamps.
Alvin received his professional terminal degree from the Architectural Association and has built in Toronto,
Manchester and Hong Kong. His projects have been exhibited in many cities across the world.
Awarded the Hong Kong Institute of Architects Award in 2007 and made a Rome Scholar in 2004, Alvin received
the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award 2011 and the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Community
Service in 2010.
Donald Choi
Managing Director,
Nan Fung
Development Limited
Donald Choi is the Managing Director of Nan Fung Development Limited and is responsible for managing the
real estate core business. He has over 30 years’ design and real estate experience across a variety of projects,
ranging from single residences to whole community planning.
Donald has worked in North America, Asia and China. He is familiar with both public and private projects
financing, procurement and implementation methods. Past projects have included housing, hotels, resorts,
retail malls, offices, exhibition centres, airports, schools and urban infrastructure.
Before joining Nan Fung, he was Director of Foster and Partners and the Authorised Person – Architect for the
Hong Kong International Airport Passenger Terminal (HKIA Silver Medal Winner) and the majority of
infrastructure projects at the airport.
Donald received degrees from Rhode Island School of Design, UBC, CU, HKU, London Business School and
Columbia University. From 2008-2010, he was the Chairman of Architects Registration Board HKSAR.
Wilkie Wong
Chief Financial Officer,
Esquel Group
Wilkie Wong is the Chief Financial Officer of Esquel Group, overseeing the Group’s finance, information
technology and import/export functions. During his tenure at Esquel, Wilkie has led the General Management
Office, Production Planning Control as well as Corporate Communications functions.
Before joining Esquel, Wilkie was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, advising senior
executives in leading companies in Greater China, with a focus on the consumer goods and retail sector. Wilkie
has extensive consulting experience in strategy and business development, M&A advisory, organisational
restructuring and operational improvements.
Wilkie received his Bachelors of Science degree in Civil Engineering and his Masters degree in Operations
Research from Columbia University in New York. He also earned his MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
End of forum 2:30 PM
The turnaround of HMV: Transforming a traditional business with new ideas
• Building O2O with the brand to create a unique, competitive niche
• Implementing strategies to challenge online music leaders in a crowded music-streaming market
• Expanding into China with a new business model to capture new growth potential
2:00 PM
Interviewer:
James Griffiths
Speaker:
Kelvin Wu
James Griffiths is Assistant Editor of the South China Morning Post’s International Edition and also helps direct
coverage on the Technology desk, where he writes about cybersecurity, censorship and tech firms. Before
joining the Post he was Editor in Chief of Shanghaiist, the most trafficked English language blog about China,
and National Online Editor for That’s magazines. He has written for numerous international publications
including The Atlantic, Vice, Global Post and the Daily Beast and has appeared as a commentator on the BBC,
Al Jazeera, and NPR.
James Griffiths
Assistant Editor,
SCMP International Edition
Kelvin Wu is the co-founder and the principal partner of AID Partners Capital Limited (AID Partners) and CEO
of Crosby Capital Limited (HKEx: 8088). He also oversees the overall operations of HMVideal Limited, which is
a subsidiary of the company.
Kelvin has extensive experience in the media, entertainment and technology industries. He was appointed as
CEO of Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment (Holdings) Limited, one of the leading film entertainment
companies in Asia from 2009 to 2011, and the CEO of Legendary East Ltd. He served as COO of Sega.com Asia
Networks Limited in 2000. Currently, he is a director of the Board of Prime Focus Hong Kong, which is the
world’s biggest 2D to 3D conversion and special visual effects company.
Kelvin received his bachelor degree in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He
also obtained a postgraduate diploma from Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan.
Kelvin Wu
Principal Partner,
AID Partners
Capital Limited
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8:30 AM Registration and welcome coffee
Incubating Innovation
9:00 AM Opening remarks
9:10 AM Executive panel: Introducing entrepreneurship mentality to promote
intrapreneurship in organisations
9:50 AM Power interview
10:20 AM Power panel: Establishing internal start-ups and growth initiatives
for organic growth
11:00 AM Networking refreshments
Go-To-Market Strategies
11:15 AM Case sharing: Empowering intrapreneurs with design thinking to improve
business processes
11:40 AM Strategy panel: Innovation agility to accelerate value-driven delivery
12:20 PM Funding panel: Growing through acquisition to future-proof the business
1:00 PM Networking luncheon
Transformation Strategies
1:15 PM Luncheon panel: Creating shared value for both businesses and society
through social innovation
2:00 PM The turnaround of HMV: Transforming a traditional business with new ideas
2:30 PM End of forum
GAME CHANGERS FORUM 2
How corporate entrepreneurs
can leverage start-up culture
to expand big businesses
25 June 2015, 9am - 2:30pm
JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong
Executive panel: Introducing entrepreneurship mentality to promote
intrapreneurship in organisations
• Strategic frameworks that the board needs to set to ensure competitiveness
• Traits to look for in a game changer in talent acquisition and selection
Natascha Jacobovits de Szeged is a Partner with Egon Zehnder and leads the firm’s global Digital segment.
Egon Zehnder is a trusted-talent advisor to many of the world’s largest companies, as well as start-ups, small
and mid-sized organisations. Natascha has supported clients who want to disrupt their traditional business
models as well as the “disrupters” themselves. Within Asia, Natascha advises broader technology and media
companies and serves clients in retail and hospitality.
Natascha joined Egon Zehnder in 2006 following an earlier career in strategy consulting and early stage
venture capital in the online space. She is a Dutch national, born in Malaysia, grew up in London and the
Netherlands, studied in Canada, worked across Europe and Asia Pacific and relocated with the firm from
Amsterdam to Hong Kong with her husband and two boys in 2013.
Opening remarks 9:00 AM
9:10 AM
Moderator:
Natascha
Jacobovits de Szeged
Panellists:
Andrew Connell
Robert Jesudason
Steve Monaghan
Incubating Innovation
Natascha Jacobovits
de Szeged
Partner,
Egon Zehnder
Previously, Andrew served as Chief Marketing Officer, Europe, at Huawei. Prior to Huawei, he built and led two
US internet start-ups in dating and restaurants with Planet Hollywood. His previous blue chip experience is 12
years internationally in mobile devices, software and digital services at Nokia and UK Carrier, O2. He helped
create 3 corporate start-ups (Nokia eCommerce in 14 countries including China, Tesco Mobile and Genie
Internet) and helped turnaround Nokia UK and O2 retail stores.
Andrew has led significant sales and marketing organisations up to 100 people and P&L up to £400 million.
Previously, he held positions at Disney, American Express and the Tussaud Group.
Andrew Connell
Head of Digital, Asia Pacific
HSBC, Retail Banking and
Wealth Management
Rob Jesudason is the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) Group Executive, International Financial
Services. He is responsible for managing the Group’s offshore growth in retail and commercial banking, digital
banking and life insurance in China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and South Africa.
Prior to CBA, Rob was most recently with Credit Suisse where he was Head of Global Emerging Markets within
the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) investment banking practice, based in Hong Kong.
Prior to Credit Suisse, Rob worked at J.P. Morgan, where he was a Managing Director in the Asian special
situations group responsible for investments in financial services, and at Barclays as Global Head of Corporate
Development. Earlier in his career, Rob worked at GE Capital and was also an Associate Principal in McKinsey’s
Corporate Finance and Strategy practice. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science in Managerial and Administrative
Studies from the University of Aston in Birmingham, UK.
Robert Jesudason
Group Executive,
International
Financial Services,
Commonwealth Bank
of Australia
Steve Monaghan is accountable for AIA’s group innovation agenda.
Originally a commercial pilot, Steve has held a number of senior corporate and banking roles and has worked
for leading corporations and financial institutions. Throughout his career, he has specialised in introducing
new business models, businesses and products to all major markets in Asia and has filed 6 patents.
Steve was on the start-up team for Dell Computer, introducing Dell’s consumer business to Asia. In banking,
Steve developed and patented the first mobile payments platform for Citigroup, developed a Consumer
Finance Division for OCBC and led the retail bank turnaround of Shinsei Bank in Japan.
Steve is a frequent presenter and lecturer around the world on various subjects. He co-authored a five-year
China IPO study and has been frequently published on topics including working capital, investing in China and
capital collaboration. He holds an EMBA from the Helsinki School of Economics.
Steve Monaghan
Regional Director
Head of Edge
(Group Innovation),
AIA
Power panel: Establishing internal start-ups and growth initiatives for
organic growth
• Learning how to set up inspire autonomy and cultivate breakthrough ideas
• Promoting cross-business unit collaboration and utilising big data, IoT, analytics, cloud and
mobility in driving new businesses
• Encouraging growth initiatives on campus to identify new talent and break into new industries
10:20 AM
Moderator:
George Chen
Panellists:
Charlie Melvoin
Cordelia Chung
Winnie Leong
Please see above.
Dr George
Zhenge Sun
Vice president,
ZTE Corporation
George received his Masters and Doctoral degrees from North Polytechnics University, Xi’an, China. He then
continued as a postdoctoral researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He is now vice president of ZTE Corporation, where he is in charge of strategy planning. Prior to that, he was
the CEO of ZTE (USA). He was in charge of the standardisation activities as well as marketing in North America
and Western Europe.
He was previously the senior director of the Corporate Technology Center, ZTE Corporation. He was responsible
for the company’s strategy planning, technical marketing, strategic cooperation in developed markets, and
basic research on the Internet and platforms. He was also the deputy general manager of the Mobile Products
Division and developed the technical marketing of UMTS products.
Charlie Melvoin
Project Leader
blueprint,
Swire Properties
Charlie is the Project Leader for blueprint. He joined Swire’s Management Trainee Programme in 2012 and has
worked in Marketing, Retail and Hospitality departments within Swire Properties in Guangzhou and Hong
Kong. Prior to Swire, Charlie worked in Beijing for Baidu and Groupon. While developing digital marketing
projects last year, he came up with the idea for blueprint as a way to attract exciting people and innovative
ideas into the Swire Properties office portfolio, thereby enhancing the Swire Properties brand.
Originally from Los Angeles, Charlie graduated from Harvard (BA) with Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa
honours. He received a Gates Scholarship to pursue a Masters degree at Cambridge University, where he
studied Economic Development with a focus on China; he graduated with highest honours (MPhil). Charlie
began studying Mandarin at the age of 13 and is able to speak, read and write it fluently.
George Chen
Managing Editor,
SCMP.COM
International Edition and
Acting Technology Editor,
SCMP
George Chen
Managing Editor,
SCMP.COM
International Edition and
Acting Technology Editor,
SCMP
George Chen is Managing Editor for SCMP.com International Edition and Mr Shangkong Columnist at the South
China Morning Post. George has covered China’s political and economic changes since 2002. George is the
author of two books: This is Hong Kong I Know (2014) and Foreign Banks in China (2011). George has been named
a 2014 Yale World Fellow at Yale University.
Power interview 9:50 AM
Interviewer:
George Chen
Speaker:
Dr George
Zhenge Sun
Cordelia Chung
Vice President,
Industry Solutions,
IBM Asia Pacific
In her current role, Cordelia Chung oversees IBM’s Asia Pacific operations for all industry segments and IBM’s
strategic growth initiatives in Big Data and Analytics, Mobile, Social and Security. From 2009-2014, Ms Chung was
Regional General Manager, IBM ASEAN, responsible for IBM’s operations across 10 countries in Southeast Asia.
Her other senior roles include Country General Manager for IBM Hong Kong, and VP and General Counsel, IBM
Asia Pacific. Prior to IBM, Ms Chung practised law with an international law firm.
Ms Chung served on IBM Chairman’s Strategy Team from 2011-13. Her other past and present services include
Board Trustee of Singapore University of Technology and Design, member of the Singapore Government
Infocomm Media Masterplan Committee, Singapore Government’s Economic Strategies Committee, HK Govern-
ment’s Digital 21 Committee, Court of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Council of Hong Kong
Polytechnic University.
Networking refreshments 11:00 AM
Winnie Leong
Chief Consultant
Efficiency Unit,
The Government of HKSAR
Winnie is a civil servant working as an internal management consultant for the Hong Kong Government. During
the 20+ years of her career, Winnie has been involved in taking forward the Public Sector Reform agenda in
Hong Kong. She has extensive experience in conducting consultancy studies, ranging from business case
assessment, business process re-engineering to strategic vision formulation and evaluation of policy
outcomes. She is keen on building and sharing knowledge from the practical angle whereby new ideas and
practices may be generated with a view to continuously improving public services in Hong Kong.
Winnie is currently a doctoral candidate in Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. Having gained
a distinction in her Masters degree in Public Policy and Management, she served for many years as a part-time
lecturer at the City University of Hong Kong.
Case sharing: Empowering intrapreneurs with design thinking to improve
business processes
• Utilising design thinking principles for effective strategy development and organisational change
• Transforming abstract ideas into viable products and customer experiences by remaining human-
centred at all stages
11:15 AM
Speaker:
Richard Kelly
Go-To-Market Strategies
Richard Kelly
Chief Catalyst,
Fung Academy,
Fung (1937)
Management Limited
Richard Kelly is part of Fung (1937) Management and is focused on new value creation and building innovation
across the group.
Most recently, Richard was the Managing Director of IDEO Asia Pacific. Based in Shanghai, his role was to lead
clients to realise new opportunities and build innovation capabilities through design. Clients included
Coca-Cola, Samsung, TCL, VF Corp and the Singapore government. Before moving to Shanghai, Richard joined
IDEO London in 2006, and was responsible for the service practice and leading clients including, Nestlé,
T-Mobile, IKEA and Alpargatas.
Before joining IDEO, Richard was at Levi’s Strauss & Company for 9 years and ran his own brand consulting
business in London and San Francisco.
Richard speaks and comments regularly on innovation and design issues and has spoken at World Economic
Forum, China Entrepreneur Summit and CleanTech Forum in China, Skoll World Forum and appeared in China
Entrepreneur magazine, Business Watch, 21st Century Business Review and on Sina.com.
Strategy panel: Innovation agility to accelerate value-driven delivery
• Injecting creativity as part of organisational culture for corporate renewal
• Combining human-centred design, big data and analytics to create experience-driven
business opportunities
• Acquiring a new mindset and knowledge to expedite the realisation of value propositions
from big ideas
• Understanding what it takes to achieve agile innovation, productivity and customer engagement
11:40 AM
Moderator:
Dr Edmund Lee
Panellists:
Deepak Madnani
Dominic Allon
Prof. Po Chi Wu
Sam Gellman
Dr Edmund Lee
Executive Director,
Hong Kong Design Centre
Dr Edmund Lee is Executive Director of Hong Kong Design Centre, a non-profit organisation dedicated to raising
Hong Kong’s profile as a design hub of creativity and innovation, driving value creation through design and
innovation. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of arts, commerce and manufacturers. Dr Lee
currently serves as Board Director of PMQ, Member of the Design Council of The Federation of Hong Kong Industries,
Hong Kong Brand Development Council, Advisory Committee on Design, Licensing and Marketing of the Hong Kong
Trade Development Council and the International Advisory Committee of The Jockey Club Design Institute for Social
Innovation. He also serves as Chairman, Design Faculty Advisory Committee of Technological and Higher Education
Institute of Hong Kong. Other public duties include chairmanship or membership of a number of professional
management bodies and service organisations. Dr Lee received his PhD in biotechnology from King’s College
London and MBA from Warwick Business School. He has also completed advanced training in non-profit
management at Harvard Business School on HBS Club Scholarship.
Deepak Madnani
Catalyst & CEO,
Paperclip Startup Campus
Deepak is the founder of Paperclip Startup Campus and self-proclaimed “Failure Specialist”. Paperclip has
developed the Business Model Design Academy, where start-ups and early stage entrepreneurs learn best
practices to build successful businesses and get investor ready. The academy uses the most effective start-up
development curriculum, commonly known as the Lean Start-up and Business Model Canvas tools.
Deepak currently manages companies in Hong Kong and China in supply chain management and furniture
design and manufacturing. He is a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum and mentors
start-ups, runs innovation business model sessions for corporates and is an angel investor.
Dominic Allon
Managing Director,
Google Hong Kong
Dominic Allon is Google Hong Kong’s Managing Director and is focused on helping Hong Kong get the most out
of the internet.
Previously, Dominic spent seven years working for Google UK where he transformed media agency
partnerships and worked closely with the government and trade bodies to maintain digital advertising
self-regulation. He also pioneered the Squared programme, a groundbreaking industry training initiative that
is now scaling globally.
Prior to Google, Dominic worked at The Economist for seven years on international sales and business
development.
In 1999, he undertook an MBA at Imperial College, London having spent the previous three years at successful
publishing start-up Student Pages, sold to DMGT plc.
Dominic served on the Advertising Standards Authority’s General Media Panel, the Internet Advertising Bureau’s
Policy Steering Group and the Communications Industry Parliamentary Debating Group. He recently joined the
government of Hong Kong’s new Steering Committee to accelerate tech education in secondary schools.
Prof. Po Chi Wu
Adjunct Professor,
School of Engineering,
Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Department,
School of Business &
Management, HKUST
Professor Po Chi Wu is an Adjunct Professor in both the School of Business and Management and the School of
Engineering at HKUST, and is Director of the Joint Minor Program in Entrepreneurship. Passionate about helping
students learn the meaning of the entrepreneurial mindset, he believes that “structured mentoring” is essential
for their development.
His most recent publication is Agile Innovation: The Revolutionary Approach to Accelerate Success, Inspire
Engagement, and Ignite Creativity. Having been a highly successful international venture capitalist and
entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley for more than 30 years, he brings a unique perspective and insight to Hong Kong.
Professor Po Chi Wu holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from Princeton University and Bachelors degrees in
Mathematics and Music from the University of California at Berkeley.
Sam Gellman
General Manager,
Hong Kong,
Uber
Sam Gellman has played a lead role in Uber’s expansion into the international markets. He spent 2012 building
up Uber’s European presence, running the launch of Uber’s international headquarters in Amsterdam and
leading the London office for its first six months. In 2013, he moved to Asia as Uber’s Head of Asia Expansion.
Initially, he ran the operations in Singapore and has since led the company’s build-out into 25 cities across Asia
from New Zealand, to China, to Japan. He is currently the General Manager for Uber in Hong Kong and oversees
operations in Taiwan and Macau. Prior to working at Uber, Sam worked for Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong for six
years, running Asia Derivative Research. He is a 2004 graduate of Stanford University with a major in
International Relations and a minor in Computer Science. In his spare time he likes learning Cantonese and
building a small travel photography business.
Aaron Au
Managing Director,
Lei Shing Hong
Trading Limited
Aaron Au is an all-round Certified Public Accountant.
As a born adventurer, Aaron went to Vietnam to start a greenfield project in the early 2000s. He returned to
China in 2007 and left his group to join a private entrepreneur for a turnaround project. He successfully sold his
company in 2012.
Aaron has received a lot of awards during his career. He was lauded for enhancing the image of Mercedes Benz
at retail level in Vietnam and was praised by the ex-President of the USA, George W. Bush, for his excellent
logistic work on the president’s trip to Ho Chi Minh City.
Aaron is also enthusiastic about sports. He finished the 100km “trail walker” event in 25 hours. Aaron and his
hiking team like to travel around for their sport. They finished with Mt Kinabalu, Mt Fuji and a volcano climb in
New Zealand. You might bump into Aaron and his friends in Peru one day.
Kenneth Fok
Vice-President,
Fok Ying Tung Group
Mr Fok is the Vice President of the Fok Ying Tung Group and serves as the Trustee of the Fundação Henry Fok.
He also is a member of the Commission on Youth and the Major Sports Events Committee of the Sports
Commission of Home Affairs Bureau, HKSAR Government, the Chairman of the Hong Kong United Youth
Association, the Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Strategy, a member of the Chinese General Chamber of
Commerce, the Hon. Deputy Secretary General of the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong,
China, a member of the International Relations Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia, the President of the
Gymnastics Association of Hong Kong, China, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political
Consultative Conference Tianjin Committee Member and a Standing Committee Member of the All-China Youth
Federation. He holds a Bachelors degree in Economics and Management from Oxford University.
Danny Lee
Partner,
Blue Pool Capital
Mr Lee has over 16 years of experience in doing private equity investments in Asia. He is currently is a Partner
at Blue Pool Capital, the family office of Joe Tsai and other Alibaba founders, where he heads up direct
investments and private equity globally. Before that, Danny was a Managing Director at Bain Capital where he
focused on both growth capital and buyout transactions in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to Bain, he was a Vice
President with Investor AB, one of the largest industrial holding companies controlled by the Wallenberg
family in Sweden. He started his career in New York and Hong Kong with Lehman Brothers. Mr Lee has a
Bachelors degree in Economics from Columbia College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Andy Ann
Founder & CEO,
NDN Group
Andy Ann is the founder and CEO of NDN GROUP, a digital media and advertising firm established in 2002. He
has guided NDN to become an expanding and profitable enterprise with a diversified group of global clients in
consumer products, telecommunications and the entertainment industry.
Andy also founded Darizi.com, a Web 2.0 wedding portal for China. This unique, personal, online wedding
planning tool allows couples to choose exactly what they want for their big day. In 2008, Andy founded Hot
Mob, which is now one of the leading mobile advertising companies in Hong Kong. He has also invested in
several start-ups.
Andy graduated from the University of British Columbia and acquired his EMBA degree from The Chinese
University of Hong Kong. In 2008, he was awarded the Young Entrepreneur Winner of DHL and SCMP Hong
Kong Business Award. In 2013, he was recognised as the Young Entrepreneur Winner of Piaget.
Funding panel: Growing through acquisition to future-proof the business
• Understanding when and why to acquire a company for exponential business growth
• Identifying investment requirements and financing options in a strategic acquisition for a
successful deal
• Positioning and increasing the valuation of start-ups to get on to the M&A radar
12:20 PM
Moderator:
Nick Chan
Panellists:
Aaron Au
Andy Ann
Danny Lee
Kenneth Fok
Nick Chan
Partner,
Squire Patton Boggs
With a computer science background and in-house experience at a global telecommunications carrier and
networking company, Nick Chan heads the Asia Pacific TMT and PE/VC practice of Squire Patton Boggs, a top
ten global law firm with 1500 lawyers in 44 offices in 21 countries serving governments, sovereign funds,
private equity firms, VC funds, family offices, multi-national companies, entrepreneurs, start-ups and
inventors in "Game Changers", enhancing shareholder value and commercialising and popularising disruptive
technologies.
Nick is a Council Member of the Law Society of Hong Kong, serving as Honorary Legal Advisor for 16 NGOs, and
also as Chairman and panel member for various government tribunals and committees.
Networking luncheon 1:00 PM
Transformation Strategies
Luncheon panel: Creating shared value for both businesses and society
through social innovation
• Redefining the business around a societal purpose to ignite change in the corporate culture
• Collaborating with social enterprises to tackle social and environmental challenges
• Measuring the impact of investments on society to generate new businesses and revenues
1:15 PM
Moderator:
Alvin Yip
Panellists:
Donald Choi
Francis Ngai
Wilkie Wong
Mr Francis Ngai is the Founder and CEO of Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk), Hong Kong’s first venture
philanthropic organisation dedicated to the supporting and nurturing of social innovation. He is also a Board
Member of the Asia Venture Philanthropy Network, a regional network with over 200 venture philanthropic
member organisations.
Prior to SVhk, Mr Ngai was Head of Strategy at a listed technology conglomerate. Mr Ngai was selected as one
of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Hong Kong in 2011, a Young Global Leader of the World Economic
Forum in 2012 and The Purpose Economy’s 100 Asia Pioneers in 2014.
Francis Ngai
Founder & CEO,
Social Ventures Hong Kong
Alvin Yip
Director,
Hong Kong Jockey Club
Design Institute for
Social Innovation
Alvin researches and teaches social innovation, public space and city design, exhibition and curatorship and
creative industries.
He is a council member of the Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations, a board member of Hong Kong
Ambassadors of Design, co-founder of Wan Chai Visual Archive, co-founder of Fashion Farm Foundation, a
management committee member of PMQ, an advisory panel member of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, a task
force member of the Harbourfront Commission and an advisory committee member for Hong Kong Stamps.
Alvin received his professional terminal degree from the Architectural Association and has built in Toronto,
Manchester and Hong Kong. His projects have been exhibited in many cities across the world.
Awarded the Hong Kong Institute of Architects Award in 2007 and made a Rome Scholar in 2004, Alvin received
the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award 2011 and the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Community
Service in 2010.
Donald Choi
Managing Director,
Nan Fung
Development Limited
Donald Choi is the Managing Director of Nan Fung Development Limited and is responsible for managing the
real estate core business. He has over 30 years’ design and real estate experience across a variety of projects,
ranging from single residences to whole community planning.
Donald has worked in North America, Asia and China. He is familiar with both public and private projects
financing, procurement and implementation methods. Past projects have included housing, hotels, resorts,
retail malls, offices, exhibition centres, airports, schools and urban infrastructure.
Before joining Nan Fung, he was Director of Foster and Partners and the Authorised Person – Architect for the
Hong Kong International Airport Passenger Terminal (HKIA Silver Medal Winner) and the majority of
infrastructure projects at the airport.
Donald received degrees from Rhode Island School of Design, UBC, CU, HKU, London Business School and
Columbia University. From 2008-2010, he was the Chairman of Architects Registration Board HKSAR.
Wilkie Wong
Chief Financial Officer,
Esquel Group
Wilkie Wong is the Chief Financial Officer of Esquel Group, overseeing the Group’s finance, information
technology and import/export functions. During his tenure at Esquel, Wilkie has led the General Management
Office, Production Planning Control as well as Corporate Communications functions.
Before joining Esquel, Wilkie was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, advising senior
executives in leading companies in Greater China, with a focus on the consumer goods and retail sector. Wilkie
has extensive consulting experience in strategy and business development, M&A advisory, organisational
restructuring and operational improvements.
Wilkie received his Bachelors of Science degree in Civil Engineering and his Masters degree in Operations
Research from Columbia University in New York. He also earned his MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
End of forum 2:30 PM
The turnaround of HMV: Transforming a traditional business with new ideas
• Building O2O with the brand to create a unique, competitive niche
• Implementing strategies to challenge online music leaders in a crowded music-streaming market
• Expanding into China with a new business model to capture new growth potential
2:00 PM
Interviewer:
James Griffiths
Speaker:
Kelvin Wu
James Griffiths is Assistant Editor of the South China Morning Post’s International Edition and also helps direct
coverage on the Technology desk, where he writes about cybersecurity, censorship and tech firms. Before
joining the Post he was Editor in Chief of Shanghaiist, the most trafficked English language blog about China,
and National Online Editor for That’s magazines. He has written for numerous international publications
including The Atlantic, Vice, Global Post and the Daily Beast and has appeared as a commentator on the BBC,
Al Jazeera, and NPR.
James Griffiths
Assistant Editor,
SCMP International Edition
Kelvin Wu is the co-founder and the principal partner of AID Partners Capital Limited (AID Partners) and CEO
of Crosby Capital Limited (HKEx: 8088). He also oversees the overall operations of HMVideal Limited, which is
a subsidiary of the company.
Kelvin has extensive experience in the media, entertainment and technology industries. He was appointed as
CEO of Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment (Holdings) Limited, one of the leading film entertainment
companies in Asia from 2009 to 2011, and the CEO of Legendary East Ltd. He served as COO of Sega.com Asia
Networks Limited in 2000. Currently, he is a director of the Board of Prime Focus Hong Kong, which is the
world’s biggest 2D to 3D conversion and special visual effects company.
Kelvin received his bachelor degree in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He
also obtained a postgraduate diploma from Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan.
Kelvin Wu
Principal Partner,
AID Partners
Capital Limited
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