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,…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…