Events

When: September 11-12th 2024 Where: HKCEC, Hong Kong SAR PBEC Members are cordially invited to join the 9th Belt and Road Summit at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Summit is jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).  The upcoming Summit will build on the concrete achievement in the past years to explore areas with promising prospects arising from the Initiative, connect potential business partners along…

When: November 1st 2024 Where: S200 Series, Level 2 HKCEC, Hong Kong SAR Format: Physical Who should attend: C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, SME owners, policymakers and others, across retail, finance, foodservice, logistics, information technology, e-Commerce, healthcare and many other sectors. To register click here: https://www.gs1hk.org/gs1hksummit/2024/register – PBEC members are entitled to 10 complimentary passes. First come first serve basis. email: pbec@pbec.org to request.

The Pacific Basin Economic Council is hosting a round table dialogue with experts involved in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. We are joined also by The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) members who are appointed by APEC’s 21 member economies to represent business interests in the Asia-Pacific region. The dialogue will feature ABAC representatives from Australia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, as well as the APEC- Asia Pacific Economic Council Int’l Secretariat Executive Director. PBEC’s Chair, Andrew Weir MBE…

PBEC CEO Michael Walsh was a special guest alongside ICC Senior Directors Pamela Mar and Sebastian Man as well as Ambassador Curtis Chan of Milken Institute Asia and the former Financial Secretary of HKSAR amongst others including PBEC’s Peter Burnett, HKMA and FSDC senior executives. The index showed country ranking for digital adoption in supply chains and friendliness for FDI’s. Singapore came out 1st, Hong Kong SAR 4th, Taiwan, ROC 10th and Malaysia 15th, Japan 17th and South Korea 18th…

In Vietnam we attend the Horasis China meeting followed by hosting a roundtable luncheon at Lotte Hotel back in HCMC and welcomed PBEC members the likes of Ong & Ong, KPMG Vietnam, Bonds Group of Companies HK, RMIT University Vietnam, Sunwah Group Vietnam, VinaCapital, Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam, CRBE Vietnam, Act Renewable, International Engineering Solutions, Transportation Law Firm, CEL Consulting, ESG expertise, leading Internationally renowned Business and Politician Coach. When speaking and listening to several Chinese business leaders who came…

In celebration of International Women’s Day last week, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) hosted a “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality” gong-strike event, bringing together over 250 industry leaders. The event highlighted the leading role of capital markets in contributing to gender diversity and equality through affirmative actions. PBEC Chairman Andrew Weir moderated an all-female senior leadership panel discussion examining how capital markets can be doing even for to move the dial. PBEC supports all progress in…

To coincide with the Singapore Airshow and PBEC’s Board member Isola Capital opening its new office in Singapore, we hosted 35 members and friends of PBEC for networking drinks and canapes. A special thanks to Isola and to Jet Aviation for sponsoring this unique event. Guests included FEC Group Singapore, SAP Singapore, Bitmex, Microsoft, Airwallex, Stripe, UBS, Jet Aviation, several single and multi-Family offices, KPMG AsPAC, aviation specialists, wealth managers, lawyers, AON, Bombardier, Gulfstream & Isola Capital amongst others etc…