• To discuss the opportunities and challenges for women in the areas of entrepreneurship and investment;

• To explore how to establish professionalism, authority, and credibility through women’s unique influence in the venture capital industry;

• To share how women can use innovative mind-sets to nurture and teach the next generation to prepare for challenges in the age of digitalisation;

• To facilitate collaboration among capital, technology, and entrepreneurship by providing female entrepreneurs, managers, and investors with opportunities for communication and cooperation; and,

• To explore approaches to enhance women’s leadership and entrepreneurship through interactive group discussion.

Female leaders who are looking for breakthroughs in career development, connecting with peers, and discovering their full potential in technology, entrepreneurships, investments, and related fields. We also welcome male leaders in the above fields to learn more about the special role of women leadership in the age of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Host:
中欧国际工商学院
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

Co-Host:
威诚资本
UpHonest Capital

CEIBS Shanghai Campus
699 Hongfeng Road, Pudong, Shanghai

Ding Yuan

Dr. Yuan Ding is Vice President and Dean and Cathay Capital Chair Professor in Accounting at CEIBS. Prior to joining CEIBS, he was a tenured faculty member of HEC School of Management, Paris, France. He is a member of the European Accounting Association, French Accounting Association, and American Accounting Association. Dr. Ding has acted as editor and editorial board member for many international academic journals in accounting and auditing.

Dr. Ding received his Ph.D. in Accounting from the Institute of Enterprises Administration at the University Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, France. He also holds a Master's in Enterprise Administration from the University of Poitiers, France.

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Jean SK Lee

Dr. Jean Lee is the Michelin Chair in Leadership and Human Resources Management, Professor of Management, and Co-Director of CEIBS Centre for Family Heritage. Prior to joining CEIBS, she was Professor of Management and Associate Dean at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Before coming to China, Dr. Lee taught at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She is the former Associate Dean and Founding Director of the International MBA and the Asia-Pacific Executive MBA (Chinese) programmes at NUS.

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Samuel Bersola

As the Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Education at UCLA since 2008, Samuel Bersola oversees directors in the Graduate Division in the areas of graduate academic affairs; financial services and fellowships; outreach, inclusion, and diversity; information technology and institutional research; budget and personnel; and operations and external relations.

Dr. Bersola has published research on the transitions from college to graduate school and from high school to college as well as the influence of high-stakes accountability assessments on teaching and curricula. He participated in The National Centre for Postsecondary Improvement, a collaborative research venture organised by Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Michigan that aimed at providing analysis, recommendations, and conceptual tools for higher education in the US.

He earned a Ph.D. in Education Policy from Stanford University, an Master’s in Educational Administration and Social Policy from Harvard University, and a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley.

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Gong Yan

Dr. Gong Yan is Professor of Entrepreneurial Management Practice at CEIBS, and Programme Director of CEIBS Entrepreneurial Leadership Camp/CEIBS Venture Capital Camp. He received a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before joining CEIBS, he was an assistant professor at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. Prof. Gong specialises in lean startup methodology. He has published a number of books, including Lean Startup Methodology and Business Model Innovation.

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Enita Pu

Enita Pu is a Partner of Sequoia Capital China. A 15-year veteran in the entertainment and media industry, Enita Pu joined Sequoia Capital China in January 2012 as a Managing Director. Prior to joining Sequoia, Ms. Pu worked in both China and United States and has served at numerous media companies, including Sony Pictures, SEEC Media Group, and Trends Media Group, acting as CEO, Deputy GM, and Assistant Publisher, respectively. Ms. Pu is currently the standing Director of the Brand Managers Association of China and a member of the Specialised Movie and TV Committee of the Chinese CEO Union. Ms. Pu was also invited to the Summer World Economic Forum in 2011 as a panellist and a moderator. Ms. Pu received her MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and her Bachelor’s in Economics from Nankai University.

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Jeacy Yan

Jeacy Yan focuses on investments in consumer goods and services, retail, and e-commerce. Prior to joining IDG Capital, Jeacy worked for the investment-banking department of the Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong Branch, where she was involved in numerous financing transactions of both public and private companies. Prior to that, she worked as a bond trader in the investment bank department of WestLB, New York. Jeacy holds dual MAs in Industrial Engineering & Management Science and Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University and dual BAs in Electrical Engineering and Economics from Peking University.

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Isabel Ge Mahe

Isabel Ge is the Vice President and Marketing Director of Apple for Greater China, providing leadership and coordination across Apple’s China-based teams and reporting to CEO Tim Cook and COO Jeff Williams. She has led Apple’s wireless technologies software engineering team for nine years, focusing on development of cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, location, and motion technologies for every Apple product. She has also overseen the engineering teams developing Apple Pay, HomeKit, and CarPlay.

In China, she has worked closely with Apple’s R&D team and carrier partners to develop new China-specific features for iPhone and iPad, including recently announced iOS 11 features such as QR Code support, SMS fraud prevention, and enabling the use of a phone number as an Apple ID.

Isabel earned her BA and MA in Electrical Engineering from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Long Yu

Prior to joining JD.com, Long served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer of UTStarcom Holdings Corp., a provider of interactive, IP-based network solutions listed on NASDAQ.

Prior to that, Long worked for several Chinese and multinational telecommunications companies and last served as the APAC Legal Affairs Director for the Swiss stock market-listed Myriad Group AG where she was appointed by its head office to be the key member of its China Executive Management Team.

Long received her BA in Economics Law from China Southwest Political and Law University in Chongqing and an EMBA from the China Europe International Business School.

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Zhang Xiaoyun

Zhang Xiaoyun is the Vice Minister and Chief Brand Officer of Huawei’s consumer business. She is responsible for the global brand promotion of Huawei terminal products.

Zhang Xiaoyun joined Huawei in 2001 and engaged in R&D, sales and marketing. After joining Huawei terminal team, she served as the first spokesman of the terminal and founded the public relations team of Huawei terminal.

In 2012, Huawei established the Glory mobile phone brand and Zhang Xiaoyun was named the first CMO of Glory. In March 2015, she was promoted to Huawei's consumer business CMO.

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Eric Yang

Eric Yang is the Vice President of Bosch (China) Investment Ltd. He has over 20 years of experience in financial management in manufacturing businesses, including Robert Bosch, Delphi Automotive, East Asiatic Company, Dascom, and General Motors. In 2015, he was named Chinese International Finance Leader of the Year by China CFO Development Centre.

Yang earned his MBA from Peking University in 1999 and an EMBA from China Europe International Business School in 2010.

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Angela Dong

Angela Dong is the Global VP and GM of Greater China, Nike.

She graduated from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and holds an EMBA. Prior to her current position, she served as GM and P&G, internal auditor at British American Tobacco, and Financial Director, Deputy CFO, CFO, and VP of Greater China at Nike successively.

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Sipian Mao

Sipian Mao founded Cinian Culture in 2014. With a vision to “Present diverse values and discover thinkers that change the world,” Cinian films non-commercial documentaries that explore modern people’s spirit world. To date, Cinian has interviewed over a hundred experts from various fields including arts, culture, philosophy, psychology, education, and produced the documentary series Life Awakened and Where is Spring.

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Ng Gim Choo

Mrs. Ng Gim Choo founded EtonHouse International Education Group in 1995. Prior to setting up EtonHouse, Mrs. Ng worked as an audit manager at Ernst & Young and then as a partner in an audit firm. Her motivation to enter the education sector stemmed from her experience as a mother in the UK where her children went to school in London and were extremely happy, engaged, and stimulated by the experiences offered. She gave up her career in auditing and decided to establish a similar school in Singapore.

In EtonHouse, she provides strategic leadership to the group and focuses on curriculum and staff development with an emphasis on establishing new standards of excellence in international education.

In 2009, Mrs. Ng became the first Singaporean woman to receive the Freedom of the City of London, one of the oldest surviving awards in the UK for her contribution to international education.

In 2015, to celebrate the 20th anniversary for EtonHouse, she started the EtonHouse Community Fund, a standalone charity dedicated to improving the lives of children through education. At the launch of the initiative, she was instrumental in raising more than $300,000 for charity.

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Margie Wang

Margie Wang is the COO and CFO of JA Worldwide. As one of the world’s largest youth-serving NGOs, JA Worldwide prepares young people for employment and entrepreneurship.

For 100 years, JA has delivered hands-on, experiential learning in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship and creates pathways for employability, job creation, and financial success.

Each year, JA’s network of over 465,000 volunteers serves more than 10 million students in over 100 countries.

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He Lingfeng

Dr. He Lingfeng has a Ph.D. in Psychology; is an Adjunct Professor at Fudan University Psychology Research Institute, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University Overseas Education College; a member of Psychology Education Advisory Committee of National Ministry of Education; President of Shanghai Huangpu District Psychological Counsellor Association; and an affiliated specialist at Shanghai Women’s Federation, Shanghai CCYL Committee, Shanghai Public Security Bureau.

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Barbara Yu

Barbara is the Founder and CEO of UniCareer. Prior to founding UniCareer, Barbara worked at Morgan Stanley. Barbara started her career working at numerous leading financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies in both the US and China, including Citigroup, GE, and Google. In 2017, she was recognised on the Forbes Asia list of 30 Under 30  in Consumer Technology. Barbara is also a World Dota Champion (a Warcraft-based video game) and is talented at basketball and singing. She is also an Asia Business Conference honourable guest and speaker. Barbara graduated from Fudan University and earned an MS in Financial Engineering. She was also selected to Princeton University for “Time Theory Study.”

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Grace Jin

Grace Jin is the co-Founder and CEO of K-EMS Studio. After receiving her Bachelor’s in Finance at University of Southern California, Grace served as Assistant Vice President at East West Bank. In 2015, Grace returned to China and founded Hezun Medicare. In 2016, she invested and co-founded K-EMS (Electrical Muscle Stimulation) Studio.

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Victoria Xu

Victoria Xu is a Partner at IOVC. Having served in R&D, marketing, and sales departments of companies including Broadcom, ADI, and Phillips, Victoria has extensive experience in the semiconductor chip industry. She has served at P/E fund Georgetown Partners, which focuses on post-Series-C investment in the big data industry. She holds a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California and University of California, San Diego.

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Yao Zhen

Yao Zhen is the Managing Partner of Puhua Capital, Director of Datou Investment Management, and Director of Toutou Shidao Fund.

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Wei Guo

Wei is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital in 2016. Since 2015, he has invested in 300 Silicon Valley startups, with 1 IPO (Scout, ASX: SCT), 6 unicorns (Checkr, Boom, Lime, Rescale, Dialpad, Hims), 13 acquired companies (including, TBH, acquired by Facebook; Native, acquired by P&G; Chariot, acquired by Ford; YesGraph, acquired by Lyft; Worklife, acquired by Cisco), with 40 companies with valuation greater than 100 million USD (Clara Foods, Pact Pharma, After School, Astranis and so on). Limited partners of UpHonest Capital include China’s top-tier VCs, public companies, as well as executives from big corporations.

Wei was one of the few to be cited as a “China Whisperer” by the Washington Post, and was one of the first Chinese investors to be featured on The Information. In 2016, Wei was listed as one of the Global Top 20 Best Cross-Border Early-Stage Investors by ChinaVenture. In 2017, UpHonest Capital was listed as one of the Top 50 Chinese Best Early-Stage Investment Companies. Wei was also ranked as the number one angel investor in Artificial Intelligence by VentureBeat and was recognised under both the Venture Capital and Big Money Startups categories of the Forbes 30 Under 30. In 2018, Wei was ranked as the #3 top three 50 angel investors based on investment volume and successful exits by Forbes, and was recognised as 40 Under 40 by Chuangyebang and Fortune 40 Under 40.

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Violet Tan
Email: violet.tan@uphonestcapital.com