What's On

Date	Events
2019/09/16	Meeting on Doing Business and Investing in Ghana Yofi Grant, CEO, Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) Grant, currently heading GIPC, is a renowned Ghanaian investment banker with over 30 years of extensive work experience in banking and finance. Having served in various capacities in corporate finance and advisory, corporate banking and marketing,...
2019/09/17	Economic Substance Legislations/ Requirements in the Cayman Islands, BVI and Bermuda Fiona Chan, Partner, Appleby Fiona Chan is a Partner in the Corporate department of Appleby's Hong Kong office, advising on a full spectrum of banking and finance, non-contentious insurance, technology and innovation, private client and trust matters relating to the laws of Bermuda, British Virgin...
2019/09/18	Visit to the Western Salt Water Service Reservoirs in Rock Caverns Fully booked! Your booking will be put on the waiting list.
2019/09/18	China's Investment in Africa and its Implications for Europe Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific, NATIXIS Alicia García Herrero is the Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis. She also serves as Senior Fellow at European think-tank BRUEGEL and non-resident Research Fellow at Madrid-based political think tank Real Instituto Elcano....
2019/09/19 to 2019/09/20	Mission to Jiangmen ‧ Zhongshan "Smart Manufacturing" Fully Booked!
2019/09/19	How to Handle Mainland Chinese Customers with Long Overdue Accounts? Tony Au, Regional Head, Asia Pacific, Atradius Collections Ltd Tony has over 20 years experience in international account receivable management and debt collections, credit insurance and commercial financing. He is the Regional Head of Atradius Collections, managing the business in Asia and Oceania...
2019/09/19	The Future of Payments for SMEs Andy Yee, Senior Director, Government Engagement, Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, VISA Matt Baker, Head of Small and Medium Enterprises Solutions, Asia Pacific, VISA
2019/09/20	Improving Searchability: Demystifying Google Ads Francesco Bonafine, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Digital Nomads Francesco Bonafine has 7 years of experience in SEM/SEO/Online Advertising and Sales with Google, and has over 12 years of experience in IT and online businesses. He has also managed the online branding of major companies such as Mitsubishi,...
2019/09/21	YEC x HKTTECC x StartHK: Joint Indoor Rock Climbing Workshop x Networking Party
2019/09/21	WEC presents: A Musical Evening with Sinfonietta
2019/09/24	Wine Glass Tasting Experience and Chocolate Pairing Workshop Victor Ulrich, Head of Riedel Asia Pacific Victor Ulrich began working with Riedel 6 years ago, and has been the Vice President of Sales and Marketing Asia Pacific since 2015. His passion lies in educating wine lovers about the benefits of choosing and using the correct glass, and how this can heighten...
2019/09/25	Practical Tips Series – Protecting Your Vision and Hearing Emily Choy (Optometrist), Group Senior Business Director at Optical 88 Ashley Au (Audiologist), Business Development Manager, Optical 88
2019/09/25	Meeting on Doing Business in Morocco, A Gateway for Investing in Africa Mr Mohamed Afilal, Co-founder & Managing Director of Tetra Inspection Mr Ben Jelloun, Partner of Deal Advisory & Strategy
2019/09/26	Cleaner Air in 2025: How Will This be Achieved? Dave Ho joined the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of the HKSAR Government in 1995. Over the years, Mr. Ho has worked in different areas of air quality management including air quality science and monitoring, air policy formulation and air pollution control. He is now the head of Air Policy...
2019/09/26	IndustryConnect @ Science Park- Where Innovation Sparks
2019/09/26	Americas Committee Presents: Cocktail Reception in Honour of Consuls General of the Americas
2019/09/27	The ABCD of Fintech and Their Impacts to Traditional Businesses Emil Chan, FinTech Consultant, CSG Consultancy Emil is a FinTech enthusiast with over 20 years' experience in managing IT and business transformation projects for international financial institutions. He previously worked for international banks, including Credit Suisse and BayernLB, as their First...
2019/09/27	Making Profits and a Positive Impact – The Application of Environmental, Social and Governance in Real Estate Development Dr Nadira Lamrad Assistant Director – Sustainability & ESG Advisory, Business Environment Council Dr Nadira Lamrad manages the sustainability and ESG advisory team at the Business Environment Council (BEC). Prior to joining BEC, Dr Lamrad completed her PhD during which she specialized in global governance,...
2019/10/03	Hong Kong's Digital Desert - Why Hong Kong's Corporate Websites Aren't Meeting the Grade Wendy Choy, Director (Client Services), MerchantCantos Wendy is a Director with for MerchantCantos-- Brunswick's creative communications agency. She brings with her over ten years' experience advising global and regional communications for corporate, financial services and consumer brands. Wendy...
2019/10/04	Town Hall Forum Series with Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd, Mrs Laura M Cha Mrs Cha is a member of the Executive Council of the Government of Hong Kong, Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd and a member of Financial Leaders Forum. Mrs Cha is the Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, an Independent Non-Executive Director...
2019/10/08	Should I Sign This? Basic Practical Tips for Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts Bill Brown, Senior Consultant, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Bill has over 30 years' work experience in the field of law and economic regulation. His previous roles included being a partner in a major commercial law firm, an in-house counsel to companies, and working for regulatory agencies,...
2019/10/10	Brain-based Approach to Develop Talent and Unleash Team Potentials Kenneth Cheung, Trust & Resilience Architect, Chorev Consulting International Ltd Kenneth Cheung is a leadership trainer and ICF certified performance coach, who is an expert in building high EQ and coaching style leaders. He is one of the handful certified coaches in Conversational Intelligence®...
2019/10/11	New Paradigm for Enterprises on Cross-border Banking Solutions Ivy Ma - Executive Director, Commercial Banking, Financial Markets Sales, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited Ivy is based in Hong Kong and oversees Financial Markets business for Commercial Banking Corporate. She joined Standard Chartered Bank as a Local Corporate sales in 2005 and taken up...
2019/10/11	Wan Chai Ghosts & Food Tour
2019/10/15	Europe Committee Presents: EU's Global Strategy Report 2019: Three Years on, Looking Forward Carmen Cano De Lasala, Head of European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao Dr Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific, Natixis
2019/10/16	Civility in the Workplace Kate Allert, Development Director, All Voice Talent Kate Allert is the Development Director of All Voice Talent, a company that provides specialist voice and physical presence coaching to corporate companies and individuals. She is a trainer and actor who has worked extensively with businesspeople in...
2019/10/17	Destination BVI – Where Global Business Solutions and Dispute Resolution Meet Mr Charles Clayton-Payne, Partner, Banking and Finance, Harneys Mr Francois Lassalle, Chief Executive Officer of BVI International Arbitration Centre
2019/10/18	HKGCC YEC Gala Dinner 2019 - A Night at the Opera Starring World-renowned Tenor: Warren Mok, Artistic Director of Opera Hong Kong Guest of Honour: Clemente Contestabile, Consul General of Italy in Hong Kong Event Host: Aron Harilela, HKGCC Chairman Eric Fok, YEC Chairman Olivia Kung, YEC Gala Dinner OC Chairman
2019/10/22	Practical Tips Series: Mapping the Art World: The Art Ecosystem Sara Mao is the Director for Christie's Education in Asia, overseeing the development of programmes across Hong Kong, Mainland China and Southeast Asia. She joined Christie's in 2008, and since then has curated more than ten seasons of auctions for some of the most iconic paintings and important collections...
2019/10/31	Joint Business Community Luncheon with the Honourable Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor The Honourable Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Chief Executive of the HKSAR
2019/11/01	Charity Cantonese Opera 'Soiree Xiqu'
2019/12/03 to 2019/12/11	Belt and Road Mission to Ghana and Morocco
2019/12/05	Europe Committee Presents: European Beer Tasting Workshop

Date	Training
2019/09/17	Tips for Smart Warehouse Management Irene Poon (DBA, MBus, BBus, CMILT, MHKIE, MIPSHK) Irene is a logistics professional with over 20 years' experience in shipping and letter of credit operation for multi-national companies. Her clients include P&G, Nestle, Cadbury, Philips, General Electric and McDonald's. Irene is a "Certified Logistician...
2019/09/18	How to Lead a Coaching Conversation with Ease Kay Lam Director of Business Development, Dale Carnegie Hong Kong and Macau Kay has diverse experience as an Educator, Counselor, Entrepreneur, Coach, and Speaker. Her experience in dealing with people from various backgrounds, culture and experience has enabled her to lead individuals and teams...
2019/09/18	Advanced Google Ads Workshop Vishwas Thakkar, Founder of Concinnity Limited Vishwas runs Concinnity Ltd, a boutique digital consultancy that specializing in analytics, marketing automation and Search Engine Optimization. In his existing role he gives advice to clients from various industries like fitness, insurance, publishing,...
2019/09/20	Get More by Doing Less @ Work Dr Harry Wong @ WYH International Consultancy Dr. Harry Wong, better known publicly as Dr. Happy, is an award-winning certified trainer and success coach that designs tailored learning solutions since 1999. His interactive, state-of-the-art training techniques propel participants to self-discovery and...
2019/09/20	How to Avoid Shareholder & Director Disputes and Reduce Legal Risks under the Companies Ordinance? Dominic Chan, Certified Public Accountant Dominic Chan graduated from the University of Nottingham in the UK. He holds membership of several professional bodies: MSCA, FCCA, AHKSA, FCIS and FCS. Dominic worked in Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu previously. He has more than 20 years of experience in advising...
2019/09/24	Developing Customer Service Culture within Your Company Shirley Ng, Founder & Director of Coach Infinity Co Shirley has been in the human resources field for over 20 years. Her horizon stretches from hotels, financial institutions, property agencies, entertainment to construction, bearing the responsibility of developing and managing training roadmaps across...
2019/10/03	Media Handling Skills Jeffrey Timmermans, Ph.D., Media Consultant at Connect Communication Jeffrey has more than two decade of experience in Asia as a financial and business journalist and journalism educator, having worked as a reporter in Tokyo for The Wall Street Journal and as a managing editor for Dow Jones Newswires...
2019/10/09	The Myth of Performance Management Elly Zee, Founder of E Zee Learning Elly Zee is a seasoned training professional, with 20 years of in-house corporate training experience running leadership and management training function as well as being a group level learning & development head prior to starting her own consultancy business. Elly...
2019/10/10	Advanced SEO Workshop Vishwas Thakkar, Founder of Concinnity Limited Vishwas runs Concinnity Ltd, a boutique digital consultancy that specializing in analytics, marketing automation and Search Engine Optimization. In his existing role he gives advice to clients from various industries like fitness, insurance, publishing,...
2019/10/11	O2O Experience Journey P.W. Choy, Founder of Global Service Design Network Hong Kong Chapter The Founder of Global Service Design Network Hong Kong Chapter responsible in Experience Design with 20 years of marketing and management experience. He holds a Master degree in Marketing from The Chinese University, Hong Kong and...
2019/10/16	Successful Mindset for Sales Professionals Kay Lam Director of Business Development, Dale Carnegie Hong Kong and Macau Kay has diverse experience as an Educator, Counselor, Entrepreneur, Coach, and Speaker. Her experience in dealing with people from various backgrounds, culture and experience has enabled her to lead individuals and teams...