(Guest Judge)

Kelly Huynh is the Head of Global Clients at Visa, Asia Pacific. She is responsible to growing the payments business in markets across Asia Pacific. A self-confessed slave to payments, she has launched multiple products in her roles with a number of leading banks such as Citibank, OCBC and American Express.
A marketer by profession, a product enthusiast, constantly unlearning and relearning as the ecosystem of payments and economies evolve.
Her profession has extended the opportunity for Kelly to work in a number of markets in Asia Pacific, living and working in Australia, Singapore, Vietnam and now most recently in Hong Kong.
Beyond payments, Kelly’s other passions are yoga and foodie (her ying and yang), travel (which has become a distant memory) and most important role as a mother of two young children.

(Guest Judge)

Asia Sports Tech (AST) advises leading Sports, Media, and Health & Wellness companies and organisations with Asia Growth, Innovation and Investment Strategies. AST creates opportunities for these companies and organizations by leveraging our 70 years of business experience and relationships in Asia and partnering these companies with innovative Asian sports federations, leagues, teams, media platforms, sponsors, educational institutions and financial organizations.

(Guest Judge)

Michael is Chief Executive of Innovate Jardines, where he leads innovation for Jardine Matheson, an Asia based investment holding company with nearly USD 50 billion in revenues and 500,000 employees. The company’s key business activities include retail, property, automotive, financial services, mining, and hospitality. Prior to Jardines, Michael worked at an early stage tech startup, was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Hong Kong and worked in Mergers & Acquisitions at Lazard in New York. Michael holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

(Judge)

Tara Joseph has been president of AmCham Hong Kong since February 2017. She is charged with overall responsibility for leadership and operations of one of the most influential NGO business organizations in the Asia Pacific, with a mission to foster commerce among the United States, Hong Kong and mainland China.

Tara has more than 15 years experience working in Asia, covering top economic and political stories as a foreign correspondent for Reuters. In her 22 years as journalist, she has reported on hundreds of the world’s most important and high profile news stories including Russia’s financial crisis, Myanmar’s emergence from virtual isolation, China's rise on the world stage and the Beijing Olympics to name a few. As a TV reporter and presenter she has interviewed Fortune 500 CEO’s and government officials across the globe.

Earlier in her career, Tara was the editor and main presenter of Reuters Financial Television based in London, and covered emerging markets and G7 economic issues.

Tara is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism, and Smith College in the United States. She has twice served as President of the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong, one of the world’s largest press clubs.

(Key Note Speaker)

Mr Dane Cheng is Executive Director of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB), leading the organisation to promote Hong Kong globally as a premier international city in Asia and a world-class tourist destination for business and leisure travellers.

Mr Cheng has considerable experience in marketing and management in the tourism industry. After graduating from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1986, he joined Cathay Pacific Airways and held senior positions at the head office as well as various regions. He was director of sales and marketing overseeing the group’s worldwide passenger businesses. He has over 30 years of deep industry knowledge in aviation and tourism. Prior to joining the HKTB, He was an executive director of Hang Lung Properties overseeing the group’s service delivery, including property services, customer experience and digital transformation.

Mr Cheng will spearhead the development of the HKTB’s strategic direction, guiding the organisation to respond to emerging tourism trends with effective strategies, and strengthening partnerships with different stakeholders. Working closely with the Tourism Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government and members of tourism-related sectors and organisations, Mr Cheng will oversee the development and promotion of the Hong Kong tourism brand to visitors from around the world.

(Speaker)

Gregory has been successfully leading multiple categories at Logitech since 2013, such as desktop speakers and Enterprise Headsets. He drove turnaround for these categories through product innovations, P&L management, and Go-To-Market Strategies. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of a Marine Electronics Equipments Manufacturer in Sweden where he had full P&L responsibility, which he successfully turned around leading to a sale to market leader brand Garmin Ltd.

(Speaker)

Jen Flowers is currently the global head of strategy and business management for partnership development and innovation for HSBC Retail Banking and Wealth Management. She is an expert in design thinking helping companies think outside the box to innovative. Jen has over 15 years experience across marketing, business development, innovation and change. As co-­chair of the TEDx TinHau committee, Jen oversees all facets of the planning and running of multiple non-­profit TEDx conferences and events in her free time. Jen has a masters degree in Chinese Literature, speaks Mandarin and spent over 10 years living across Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Jen currently serves as the Innovation & Technology Committee Co-Chair at AmCham Hong Kong.

(Speaker)

As a strategy and Board advisor, Todd Bryan helps companies transform through new business models and digital strategies. His experience spans Software, Digital Media, Networking Hardware, Consumer Electronics and Durables, Industrial Goods, and Telecommunications.
Previously, Todd has held leadership positions on corporate strategy teams at Philips Lighting, Adobe Systems, and Cisco Systems. Todd was also a strategy consultant with BCG in San Francisco, and an equity analyst with Morgan Stanley in Singapore.
Todd earned a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MS from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA from the Kellogg (Northwestern University).

(Featured Speaker)

Based in Hong Kong, Ming Lai Cheung works as Manager for Illicit Trade Prevention – Asia at Philip Morris International. Among her many responsibilities, she is tasked to devise and execute strategies against illicit trade in selected markets in Asia Pacific which include engaging relevant stakeholders in business and the wider community to bring about legislative and regulatory changes in governments and law enforcement. She has a research interest in terrorism, organized crimes, and human trafficking.

Ming Lai established and chairs the Shadow Economy Sub-Committee (SESC) within the Trade and Investment Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham), leading a team of experts in three areas: Financial Crimes and Anti-Money Laundering, Trade Technology, and Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Enforcement to address illicit trade issues in the region.

Ming Lai volunteers as a Charities Reporter for the American Women’s Association (AWA) magazine AWAre and researches, interviews and writes about community projects in Hong Kong. Further, she serves as a Director and Company Secretary for C3 Church Hong Kong providing strategic direction and governance, and overseeing its external relations and charity programs.

Ming Lai was formerly a Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs at AmCham. She is a qualified lawyer of the New South Wales Supreme Court, Australia. She holds a Master of International Law from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Government & Public Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.