Founder & CEO – Pan Contact & Co
Ms Pan is based in London, United Kingdom. She original came from Beijing, China with a strong belief in the contribution that the female entrepreneur can make to society.
Pan Contact & Co was founded in London in 2012 by Ms Pan with her experience in advising High Net Worth clients on a range of areas relating to personal investment in the UK. By developing her Family Office and Boutique Business Consulting, she has established trusted connections in the global private wealth business and has overseen the administration of a variety of significant structures including trusts and family limited partnerships for a global private client base.
During her career development in the UK since 2011 till now, she has also demonstrated a great passion for the British General Aviation industry pilot training – ATPL & PPL and beliefs in the philosophy of quality service. Ms Pan has been appointed as a member of the Committee – Europe & Asia of the International Aviation Womens Association (IAWA), a global aviation industry body. She is committed to strategic thinking and her special skills of connecting networks, creating alignment and cutting through the layers support her ability to deliver outcomes for all stakeholders.
Ms Pan holds a Master´s degree in Business with Consumer Psychology from Bangor University, and a Bachelor Degree of Economics from the University of London and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
When I am not volunteering my time and auctioneering skills for charities in Australia, Cambodia and Vietnam, I can be found advising foreign corporations interested in investing in logistics, commerce, healthcare and hospitality in Vietnam for Fortis Bridge.
Fortis Bridge is currently the lead advisory firm to a Global Manufacturing company expanding to Vietnam. This is a $USD 650 million dollar investment which will create great employment opportunities for the people of Vietnam.
I have spent over thirty years in the property industry in Australia advising some of the biggest players in Residential, Commercial and Industrial.
I am a third generation Rotarian and past President of the Chatswood International Rotary Club in Sydney Australia.
I am an active member of Auscham Vietnam and the Pacific Basin Economic Council, an advocate for The World Mosquito Program and KOTO Vietnam and a supporter of Destiny Rescue.
I am very excited to help develop Philanthropy in Vietnam and highlight the fantastic work currently being done in the country by wonderful people.
I am passionate about business and love to invest and be involved in developing companies with great people. I have had a lot of success in building franchise systems and sales teams in many different industries. I was awarded the Number one salesman in the world by a Global Franchisor.
I currently consult to number of companies around the world on business and sales. Reach out to me, if you think I can be of assistance.
Anson joined PBEC in 2018 and was elected Treasurer. He has been with KPMG in Hong Kong since 1999 and is currently a Partner based in the Hong Kong office heading up the Consumer & Retail Practice in the Asia Pacific region. Today, he is part of the KPMG Global Consumer & Retail Leadership team.
Anson has been active in driving a number of thought leadership reports and executive briefings for PBEC and its membership of senior executives across the Asia Pacific region. He has worked with many corporates to understand the complex markets we live in and current levels of disruption being seen with various thought leadership reports including Global Mobile Payments, Consumers & Convergence, Mobilizing Innovation: The Changing Landscape of Disruptive Technologies, The Rise of the Digital Multi-tasker, Be a Smarter Start-up, MNCs in China, Made in China 2025, China’s Connected Consumers, Global Connected Consumers, Connecting Hong Kong – Perspectives on our future as a smart city, Connected Cities – insights across the ASPAC region, Retail Recharged, The Future of Seamless Commerce in Asia Pacific and The Changing Face of Commerce series.
Today, he works with a growing number of C-level executives as a trusted advisor in looking at the customer and providing the best in client innovation whilst acting as the Lead Partner for a number of strategic accounts in both the consumer and tech arena across the Asia Pacific region.
He strongly believes in supporting local communities with various outreach programs and nurturing the next generation of young leaders. Anson is a frequent speaker at conferences and events representing PBEC around the globe and has completed his Executive Masters in Innovation & Technology with the Poly University as well as the MIT Executive Leadership & Innovation Program.
David Armitage has been a Board of Director since 2018 and is a serial IT entrepreneur and seasoned Executive. 15 years managing corporate business units with P&L responsibility in Canada followed by 28 years founding, building and operating several IT Service companies in Greater China and SE Asia. He is an active NGO Board Member and Past Chair of CanCham HK. He is connected with all things Canada business and Government related within PBEC.
The Velocity Group, which David chairs, is composed of companies that include IT services and product development. This includes IT managed services, cybersecurity, software development, database development and management; and data and business analytics across Asia Pacific with a client base located in Greater China, ASEAN and the rest of Asia plus Australia and North America.
David Armitage has been a Chairman and President of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and currently sits on its Board of Governors. He has considerable experience of sitting on several corporate and Advisory Boards. He holds a BA from The University of British Columbia and an MBA from APGSM.
Adelena is Managing Partner & Co Founder of Paddee Connexions, an organisation providing the Leadership Toolkit for modern executives’ use to lead more effectively in the diversity of 21st century. She started in business at age 27, and led others in her vision and belief for board gender diversity and inclusion through achievement.
She advanced to be the 1st ChairWoman of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (M.I.A.) in Penang. Providing consulting & advisory services, she helped local and foreign businesses to incorporate, advised on shareholder / partner agreements and was appointed as Board Member.
Currently, Adelena is Board of Director on Malaysia Alliance of Corporate Directors, Pacific Basin Economic Council and several privately owned companies. Her vision as a “global small business” is travel + new business connections with business chambers and board members in different countries. When at home, she spoils her furry kids, tends the garden and practices yoga.
Thomas Wong has been a Board of Director of PBEC since 2020 and is one of the two co-founding partners of CW CPA, an international mid-sized professional accounting and advisory firm based in Hong Kong with also offices in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai of Mainland China as well as having liaison offices in Barcelona of Spain, London of UK, Bogotá of Colombia, Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte of Brazil. He looks after many areas of CW CPA, particularly the business development and strategies of the firm. He is subject matter expert on Latin American firms doing business in China with corporate offices in Hong Kong.
Developing overseas markets is always at the top of Thomas’ agenda. In line with the dynamism of the economic and trade relations between China and Latin America, Thomas established a Latin American and Spanish business advisory unit in 2006, which has now fully developed into the Latin Department in his firm, exclusively serving the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking clients—a service model which still remains to be unique among accounting firms in Hong Kong.
With the increasing demand of advisory services from overseas, Thomas and his team receive many delegations each year. In collaboration with consulates, chambers as well as trade and investment promotion agencies, Thomas often organizes events to promote Hong Kong and Mainland China. Thomas and his team also regularly travel to Latin America, Spain and Portugal with the aim of continually gaining insights into these markets and seeking for new business opportunities.
Riding on the wave of technological innovation, Thomas has become a fervent believer in the power of digitalization in business. Over the past few years, he has become a diligent preacher of innovation and entrepreneurship, creating his own ecosystem of business partners that provide resources to start-ups that possess the potential to drive sustainable growth in our societies. His persistence in working closely with his technology partners, including the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Cyberport, Xero, Airwallex, Kingdee etc., has become an essential strategy in guiding his professional practice into a new era.
President – Core S. Ltd.
Satoko Yahata is the president of Core S Ltd., a Tokyo-based consulting firm that specializes in planning international business in art, food, culture, fashion and travel, as well as a media producer.
She is an ambassador for the Japan Tourism Agency, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and a committee member of METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) Luxury Travel Market,The Real Japan Ishikawa Project Committee, Special Advisor.
Ms. Yahata is official member of the Japan Association of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, is a board member of Metropolitan Opera.
She is also Officier (officer) of the Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne and International Council for Museum Berggruen Berlin.
Ms. Yahata is a graduate of Seishin Joshi Gakuin (Sacred Heart College in Tokyo) and has studied at Le Menil in Switzerland and Grenoble University in France.
She is a member of international committee of Bal des Etoiles, Bal de l’Ete in France and a member of the Japan Hong Kong society. Also the Japan Travel Writer’s Organization and Art council of Tokyu Bunkamura in Japan.
PBEC, founded in 1967, is a membership organisation of CEOs and Business Leaders with a footprint that includes the 21 economies of APEC. PBEC remains the independent voice of sustainable business and trade in Asia Pacific.
Walsh was previously the Chief Executive of the award-winning Hong Kong based brokerage company Asia Jet & Chief Commercial Officer of Hongkong Jet and BAS Guernsey both commercial charter operators. Prior to that he was a Board Director of Jet Edge International in the USA and Air Charter Service PLC out of the UK and its subsidiaries in the USA, Russia, Dubai and HK. He has also previously worked and been commended for his service as a contractor for the United Nations – UNHAS division and for Dept of Foreign and International Development of the UK Government.
Michael has enjoyed a fruitful career in a variety of roles within the air transportation industry – Board member, Commercial Sales, Marketing, Public Affairs, Crisis Management, Humanitarian Relief, Events, Sponsorship and Communications in Hong Kong, across Asia, the UK and Europe, CIS, Middle East and USA.
His passion extends to youth engagement and philanthropy. He was the founder of a Educational Program called “Student Discovery”, which has hosted several thousand students from across the region over the past four years. Its mission, as part of his association with AsBAA, is to educate young people about the benefits of Business and General Aviation. Walsh also created an annual black-tie industry event that raised significant sums for the Orbis charity over the same period. He has continued to work with several Government agencies around the region to advocate for new, smart city and airport infrastructure.
Walsh is on the Board of Governors for AsBAA – Asian Business Aviation Association; he sits on the organizational committee for major events in Greater China. Walsh is an advisor to Frost & Sullivan and MAHB in Malaysia. He holds a master’s degree in Finance & Accounting and a MSc in Economics. He is a Part Qualified Management Accountant and a Graduate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. Walsh is married with two children.