27 th ASIA BUSINESS CONFERENCE JAN. 19-20TH 2018
Ross School of Business
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ABOUT ASIA BUSINESS CONFERENCE C on n e ct ing Leader s C r eating Oppor tunities
The Ross Asia Business Conference is the longest-running student-organized conference held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Every year, the conference connects business executives and thought leaders with aspiring students and local professionals to generate discourse on changing business landscapes in Asia.
CONFERENCE STAFF Cherry Tou William Gu Jiaxue (Jay) Yan Hirohisa Arakawa Masamitsu Obayashi Chris Pang Alyssa Devi Pajaree Prasitsak David Xia Brandon Byer Hao Zheng Kimberly Yang Keshav Agrawal Ananya Sharma Kosuke Kikuchi Mark Schenkel
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Yicheng (Roy) Ren Elizabeth Stolze Quan Du Dingan Chen Prateek Batla Dheerabhan Buakaew Grace Wang Jennifer Zhang Rex Sae Lim Sheng Liu Tiffany Chen Benny Chen Mai Nguyen Minjee Kim Bobo Wong
Le Yin Gan Kevin Jiang Jasmine Yeh Myna Palakurthi Varis Shnatepaporn Conrad Pan Zhiyi Wang Christine Oh (Yehee) Daphne Huang Hui Xuan Lim Lionel Li Michael Ong Eldar Hoessel Jenny Wang Justin Stanton (Ivy) Mengwen Yin
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SPONSORS Asia Business Conference Board would like to thank the following individuals and institutions for their generous support. This conference would not be possible without them.
PLATINUM BBA Council The BBA Council strives to create a student government that gains recognition from the student body by creating a holistic and inclusive academic environment at the Ross School of Business. Specifically, the council aims to foster community amongst the student body by welcoming collaboration between grades and sections, and to more powerfully represent our classmates by forging impactful relationships with administration and better connecting with the students themselves. Additionally, the BBA Council empowers the student body to grow both socially and professionally by creating events that promote participation both inside and outside of Ross.
Prof. Emeritus Gunter Dufey Dr. Gunter Dufey joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Business School in 1968. His academic interests center on international money and capital markets as well as on financial policy of multinational corporations, specializing on issues of Corporate Governance, Risk Management and the Intl. Expansion Strategy of business firms. He held appointments as National Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Visiting Prof. at GSB, Stanford University (1980-81), and administered the LBRP Chair of Intl. Corp. Finance at WHU Otto Beisheim Grad. School, near Koblenz, Germany (1993-2000). He also holds an honorary professorship at the Universitaet des Saarlandes, and has been on the faculty of NBS/NTU Singapore 2000-2014. In 2001-2003 he served with McKinsey and Co in Singapore as Sr. Advisor, supporting the Corprate Governance Practice of the the firm in Asia. He has published extensively. Prof Dufey has been a member of the board of directors of Fuji Logitech, Tokyo/Shizuoka, and subsidaries of ALLY Financial (GMAC) Detroit/Toronto. Currently he serves on the board of Guinness-Atkinson Funds London/Los Angeles and the supervisory board of Juetting Foundation, Stendal, Germany.
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SPONSORS GOLD Center for Japanese Studies The University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) promotes and disseminates research on Japan, fosters communication among diverse disciplines, and encourages new approaches in the understanding of Japan and its place in the world. Founded in 1947, CJS is the oldest interdisciplinary center in the United States devoted exclusively to Japanese Studies. CJS is also part of The University of Michigan’s East Asia US Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center, along with the Center for Chinese Studies and the Nam Center for Korean Studies.CJS serves as a home to graduate students, faculty from a variety of disciplines and professional schools, visiting artists and scholars, and community organizations pursuing Japan-related interests and activities at the University of Michigan.
Ross Global Initiatives Ross Global Initiatives was established by Alison Davis-Blake to advance the Ross School’s global footprint. The goal is to integrate existing relationships and opportunities, and identify new ways to deliver globalization across all business school programs. The global portfolio includes the Executive MBA Program, the Global MBA Program, the East Asia Management Development Center, the Center for International Business Education and Research, India Initiatives, China Initiatives, etc. The Office of Global Initiatives will coordinate academic and research activities, as well as alumni and corporate outreach. This includes custom executive education, in-country student projects, and new knowledge creation, among other things.
Ross China Initiatives
Michigan Ross’ expanding engagements in China are building on a strong, collaborative foundation to empower students, faculty, and alumni to shape the future of one of the world’s largest markets. China Initiatives enables life-changing student experiences, nurtures successful partnerships, and promotes breakthrough faculty research. Michigan Ross has established partnerships with additional leading research institutions.
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SPONSORS Ross India Initiatives
Michigan Ross has deep ties with India which offer you the opportunity to study in and about one of the world’s most dynamic markets. Launched in 2011, Ross India Initiatives offers student learning experiences, faculty scholarship, executive education, and alumni and corporate outreach. Our portfolio includes the C.K. Prahalad Initiative and the annual India Business Conferences. We deliver cutting-edge ideas, pioneering research, and innovative business solutions for companies in India with an eye toward balancing profits and social value creation.
International Institute The International Institute (II) brings together distinguished and diverse faculty and scholars with deep area studies and international expertise to enrich the university’s intellectual environment and to provide the U-M community with the knowledge, tools, and experience to become informed and active global citizens. II advance this mission through education, engagement, and innovation.
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SCHEDULE Friday 19th 4:00 - 5:00 pm 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Check-In Keynote Speech Robertson Auditorium
Saturday 20th 9:30 -10:30 am
Check-In & Breakfast Robertson Auditorium (outside)
10:30 am -12:15 pm Session 1
Consulting Panel R2210
Japan Panel R2230
12:15 - 1:15 pm
Lunch Ross Colloquium
1:15 - 2:45 pm Session 2
Finance Panel R2210
India Panel R2230
3:00 - 4:00 pm Session 3
ASEAN Panel R2210
China Panel R2230
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Networking Robertson Auditorium (outside)
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KEYNOTE Bart W. Édes Asian Development Bank’s Representative in North America
Bart W. Édes has served as the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) Representative in North America since October 2, 2017. In this capacity, he mobilizes financing for ADB’s developing member countries; shares development knowledge and experience; establishes and deepens partnerships with public, private and nonprofit organizations in North America; and raises public awareness of ADB in Canada and the United States. His earlier ADB experience includes leading teams responsible for knowledge management, social development, gender equity, the social sectors, civil society engagement, ICT for Development, inclusive business, governance, and public sector management. He guided the formulation of ADB’s Public Communications Policy, which set a new global benchmark for transparency and information sharing among the international financial institutions. Mr. Édes has also served as Alternate Chairperson of ADB’s Appeals Committee, and Member of the ADB Integrity Oversight Committee. Between 1994 and 2000, Mr. Édes managed communications at SIGMA, a joint initiative of the European Union and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development providing support to public governance reform in Central and Eastern European countries. Mr. Édes has also worked as a journalist, researcher, policy analyst, and specialist on international trade and foreign direct investment. He has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Government (cum laude) from Georgetown University. Mr. Édes is a dual national of Canada and the United States.
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JAPAN Andrew Lund
Andrew Lund Chief Engineering of Sienna at Toyota Technical Center
Andrew Lund serves as Chief Engineer of Heavy Duty Truck Development at the Toyota Motor North America R&D center in Saline, Michigan. He is also a member of the One Toyota Competitiveness team. Mr. Lund joined Toyota in 1994 as Senior Engineer in the Materials Engineering Department’s Paint and Anti-corrosion Group, and was promoted to Manager in 1997. He transferred to the Product Development Office in 2000, joining the Sienna team as Program Manager. He was promoted to Executive Program Manager in 2004 and then promoted to Chief Engineer for the Sienna program in 2013. He was assigned to the One Toyota Competitiveness team in 2016 and then also assigned to heavy duty truck development in 2017. Prior to joining Toyota, Mr. Lund served as International Account Manager for Henkel Corporation in their Henkel Surface Treatments group and Teroson Automotive Products group. Mr. Lund was born and raised in Japan. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1985.
Satoshi Shimoda
Satoshi Shimoda Vice President Nikkei America, Inc.
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Satoshi Shimoda is Vice President of Nikkei America, Inc., headquartered in New York. As Vice President, he oversees global business operations in North and South America and is responsible for the promotion of NIKKEI’s new English news medium “NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW”. Consisting of both print and online editions, “NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW” reports pan-Asian business and economic news. Mr. Shimoda joined NIKKEI in 1990. He has a long career as a financial and economic journalist, covering the Japanese banking system during its’ financial crisis in the late 1990s and Japanese macroeconomic trends under long-term deflation in the 2000s. As a journalist, Mr. Shimoda specialized in financial policy and global financial markets as well. He was assigned Brussels bureau chief and European correspondent in 2005, and also served 5 years as financial and global news editor in Tokyo. Since 2014, Mr. Shimoda has been involved in the promotion of global business and the “NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW”, both of which are strategic interests for NIKKEI. He served as General Manager for global business of Nikkei Europe in London from 2014 to 2017.
JAPAN Kats Murakami
Kats Murakami Executive Vice President of Global Business Development at Brierley & Partners, Inc
Kats (Katsutoshi) Murakami is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Brierley+Partners. Brierley+Partners is the global leader of the loyalty and CRM market. Kats is also a member of Brierley+Partners’ Board of Directors. Kats has held several executive positions at Brierley. In his previous roles, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for 2017, he was the President of Brierley+Partners Japan from 2016-2017 and he joined Brierley+Partners in 2015 as the Executive Vice President, Global Business Development. Prior to joining Brierley, Kats served as a Senior Consultant and General Manager at Nomura Research Institute, Japan’s premier IT Solutions and consulting company. With over 20 years of experience as a management consultant, his considerable expertise includes corporate strategy, and marketing & business technology. Kats has advised and supported more than 100 companies worldwide in a variety of industries. He graduated from Keio University with a Bachelor of Law degree and received an MBA from University of Michigan, Ross School of Business.
Jun Usaka
Jun Usaka President, Second Language Testing, Inc. / Worldwide Director Berlitz Kids & Teens
Mr. Jun Usaka is an international senior executive in the education industry. Jun earned his MBA degree at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business in 2008. He has worked for both American and Japanese companies for 17 years, and during this time, he has managed global business operations in 30 countries. Jun’s success in multiple global roles gives him a strong experiential base in functional areas as well as strategic development and most recently leadership in Berlitz Corporation as one of the executive team members. Berlitz is an American company with 140 years of history which provides language training and inter-cultural communication services for corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals in 70 countries worldwide. Prior to joining Berlitz, Jun worked for Benesse, which is the parent company of Berlitz and one of the largest private education companies in the world based in Japan, where he took on elevated roles of responsibility in the school business company. Jun has been responsible for the oversight of Berlitz global kids and teens business since December 2010, turnaround the business that had revenue decline to positive consecutive organic growth for 7 years in a row. Since October 2016, Jun has also become President of Second Language Testing, Inc. (SLTI) which is one of Berlitz subsidiaries and specialized in customized language test development and test trans-adaptation services, where he concurrently provides leadership and oversight of test development, test item writing, and test translation operations.
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INDIA Ganesh Devaraj
Ganesh Devaraj CEO and Founder of Soliton Technologies
Ganesh is the Founder & CEO of Soliton Technologies, a Bangalore based technology company that provides niche products and services in the domain of measurement and automation. Soliton is the world’s leading provider of automation software for semiconductor characterization and validation. Soliton was recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the Customer Value Leadership Award for Post-Silicon Validation Solutions in the North American market in 2016. Soliton is also India’s first designer and manufacturer of IoT smart cameras, which are used in a variety of industrial automation applications. Soliton has successfully doubled its revenue, roughly every 3 years, for a period of 19 years. Ganesh credits this success to a strong adherence to its core values of integrity and excellence, combined with its unique hiring and culture building practices. Ganesh received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering (Solid State and Optics) and Ph.D. in Physics (Theoretical Particle Physics) from the University of Michigan and then worked as a Project Scientist at V I Engineering in Michigan before returning to India to start Soliton in 1998. During his college years, Ganesh was involved in tuning racing engines and racing cars which culminated in his winning the Grand Prix in one of the most competitive racing categories in India in 1987, 88, and 89. These days his interest outside Soliton is in improving engineering education in India.
Jai Rupani
Jai Rupani Chief Investment Officer at Dinesh Hinduja Family Office
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Jai is a man who wears many hats. As the CIO of the Dinesh Hinduja Family Office, he oversees investments across all asset classes for the group: real estate, equities, bonds, structured products, private equity and venture capital. He is also the Managing Partner for Gokaldas Lifestyle, the Group’s luxury real estate development firm. Prior to joining the Gokaldas Group, Mr. Rupani was part of the investment team at True North (erstwhile India Value Fund), a USD 1.8 billion private equity fund in Mumbai. During his tenure at True North, Jai led the investments into Merucabs (one of India’s first taxi-aggregation companies) and ACT Broadband (a leading IPTV and broadband service provider). Prior to True North, Mr. Rupani was an investment banker with The Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets Group in their San Francisco office for several years. He has completed his formal education in Finance and Real Estate at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (BBA) and the University of Texas at Austin (MBA)
INDIA Santanu Paul
Santanu Paul MD and CEO at TalentSprint
As the CEO at TalentSprint, Santanu Paul leads the evolution of our exciting edtech firm, which operates high-end software boot camps and smart digital platforms. He is also interested in fintech and serves as Independent Director on the boards of NSDL Payments Bank and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). His previous stints include (1) Senior Vice President for Global Delivery Operations at Virtusa Corporation, (2) Chief Technology Officer at Openpages and Viveca, both venture-backed tech firms in Boston, and (3) Research Scientist at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. Santanu received a B.Tech. from IIT Madras and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, both in Computer Science. Along the way, he received the Rackham Doctoral Fellowship, the IBM Canada Fellowship, the LaCroute Fellowship for Computing Sciences, and the National Talent Scholarship. Out of this work came 20+ international technical papers and 2 US patents. Now and then, Santanu turns crystal gazer and publishes his opinion pieces and guest columns in the media.
Tarun Vij
Tarun Vij Director Country Program for Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Tarun Vij has worked in international development organizations since 2005 after transitioning from a career as an entrepreneur in the automotive sector. As GAIN’s Director Country Programs, he is a member of the Strategic Management Team, contributing to GAIN’s organizational strategy and program delivery globally and through country offices in Africa and Asia. He is also GAIN’s India Country Director, leading projects on large-scale food fortification, production of fortified blended foods, community management of severe acute malnutrition and workplace interventions. Prior to GAIN, Tarun led the India Country Program of PATH, with oversight of projects in maternal health, tuberculosis control, vaccines and immunization, rice fortification, drug development, water and sanitation. Earlier, Tarun was Country Director for the American India Foundation, leading programs focusing on maternal health; computer-aided learning; skills training for unemployed urban youth; primary education for children of migrants; micro-finance for rickshaw pullers and the William J Clinton Fellowship for Service in India. Tarun holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Panjab University, India, and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
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ASEAN Mavis Hu
Mavis Hu Senior Sourcing Manager at Microsoft
Mavis Hu is currently the Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager at Microsoft. With thirteen years of experience in operations and supply chain, Mavis has broad-based operations experience ranging from engineering to manufacturing, as well as program management. Over the years she has developed expert skills in negotiation, partner engagement, and total cost ownership. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mavis served in five large multinational companies (including Dell, Intel and Western Digital) on an array of supply chain and engineering topics in China, Singapore, and the US. Mavis holds a Master’s in Operations and Supply Chain from the Ross School of Business. She received her Bachelor’s in Electronic Science and Technology from Southwest Jiaotong University, China.
Sheikh Mohammed Irfan
Sheikh Mohammed Irfan Country Director Center For Asia Leadership
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Irfan is a passionate Bangladeshi entrepreneur specialized in the technology industry. Having a system architect background, Irfan aspires to facilitate innovation in the developing world. Over the years, Irfan has witnessed serious innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs in the developing world. Irfan believes with the right facilitation and advocacy, these bright people will contribute massively towards future communities. As Winston Churchill said, “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” Nowhere is this statement more evident than in developing countries. Irfan’s calling as a future architect clearly states that: to build the pillars of success is to assemble them brick by brick. Just as has been the case with every great monument, each individual involved will need to participate in turning dreams into reality. Therefore, Irfan believes that it is imperative that his role in this ecosystem is being the bridge between possibility and reality. This is the beginning of an amazing story, after all the best way to predict the future is to create it! Irfan has a proven track record of utilizing innovation and development of pragmatic solutions for emerging markets. Irfan’s areas of expertise entail System Architecture, Blockchain, Fintech, IoT, Big Data, Machine learning, Data science, Semantics and Cyber security. Irfan’s current goals center around enabling and bridging of developing technological markets, construction of decentralized platforms for all, and empowerment of the youth. Irfan is currently proactive in the fields of capacity building, consultancy, advocacy, innovation and leadership.
ASEAN Kim Yaeger
Kim Yaeger Director - Maritime Southeast Asia, ICT US-ASEAN Business Council
Kim Yaeger has held a variety of roles since joining the US-ASEAN Business Council in 2013. Currently she serves as Director, leading the Council’s five maritime Southeast Asia countries and as lead in the DC office for Brunei, Malaysia and ICT. During her time at the Council she has led/co-led and developed the Indonesia ICT Consultative Forum, the Council’s 2014 Human Capital Forum held in Singapore, and helped to reinstate regular business missions to Laos. Additionally, Kim supported the Council’s programs in Laos during its ASEAN chairmanship in 2016 and co-led the Council’s largest mission to Malaysia in the same year. She has also grown the Council’s relationship with the U.S. State Department’s Young Southeast Leaders Initiative and served as a U.S. delegate to the inaugural ASEAN Young Leaders Summit in 2015 alongside the ASEAN Leaders Summit in Kuala Lumpur. Prior to joining the Council, Kim spent several years working in the nonprofit sector, including the national headquarters of the American Red Cross. She also worked as an English teacher for Potisarn Pittayakorn School, a public secondary school in Bangkok, where she first fell in love with the region. Kim received an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from the School of International Service at American University, focusing her research on stability and social cohesion in Southeast Asia. Kim has also studied Bahasa Indonesia at Yogyakarta State University and holds a B.S. in Psychology from California Polytechnic State University.
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CONSULTING Michael F. Moriarty
Mike Moriarty AT Kearney Partner
Mike Moriarty has been working in Asia since the late 70s, and since joining A.T. Kearney in 1987, he has focused on the development of consumers around the globe, and has served the companies that make and sell the branded products that satisfy and delight them. A.T. Kearney’s Global Retail Development Index has been a cornerstone strategic document for executives in food, beverage, hard goods, fashion, apparel and luxury for the past two decades. Before joining A.T. Kearney in 1987, Mike held positions with Ford Motor Company, Borders Books Group, and Bell & Howell Company where he was director of marketing, international. Mike graduated from The University of Chicago with an MBA in Economics; he graduated from The University of Michigan with a BA in Chinese Language and Literature, and studied languages and linguistics at Georgetown University. He has written several books on consumer-focused technology and global competitiveness.
Satish Malnaik Satish Malnaik is an entrepreneurship and technology enthusiast driven by a passion for innovation. He is CEO and co-Founder of NextServices, leading a global team delivering a cloud based health record, revenue cycle management and mobile health care applications platform that blend together technology, analytics and knowledge based services for the global healthcare market.
Satish Malnaik CEO and co-Founder of NextServices
Prior to NextServices, Mr. Malnaik worked on various e-Business, ERP and technology initiatives with Fortune 100 clients, such as IBM Watson Health (Thomson Healthcare), and consulting for firms such as KPMG Consulting. Satish has held executive advisory and board roles in the past with: AdvancedMD, N-Squared Growth Capital, and DDW (American Gastroenterological Association). Satish has an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. He holds a master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Toledo, Ohio and received his undergraduate degree in Engineering from The University of Mumbai in India.
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CONSULTING Anil Khurana
Anil Khurana Partner at PwC
Dr. Anil Khurana is a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He currently leads PwC’s Strategy and Innovation, and the Industrials and Energy practices in the Middle East. He is also a member of the global leadership teams in Innovation, Industry 4.0, Industrials, and Aviation & Transport. Since 2016, Anil has coled the global Industry 4.0 survey, a study of industrial businesses globally, and has led the Annual Global Cities Innovation Index, jointly with the Dubai Government, an annual index which assesses the innovation capabilities and performance of 30 global cities. Trained as an engineer, economist, and strategist, Anil has undergraduate degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering and in economics from India. His MS in Industrial Engineering, MBA, and Ph.D. are all from U of M. Before joining consulting in 2006, he was an operating partner with the Chatterjee Group in NYC (private equity firm affiliated with the Soros Group). Anil has advised, lectured and published on themes such as strategy, innovation, global operations, organizational performance, public policy, economic development, capability development, investing, M&A, and privatization
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CHINA Grant Grigorian Grant Grigorian’s career in the automotive industry started after graduating from UofM with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. His first job out of college was to work for General Motors’ Pontiac Division as a service manager, calling on dealers in Connecticut. After a year on the job Grant was accepted to Michigan’s MBA program. That’s when he took a position at Ford working in Finance. Grant Grigorian Former Executive Director, Business Strategy for Ford, Asia Pacific
During his career at Ford, he was able to work all over the world including Europe, first in product development and then in marketing and sales finance; in Africa where he was CFO of Ford of Southern Africa, in South America as CFO of Ford Argentina and, in his last job with Ford he led business strategy for Ford in Asia Pacific. Grant has also had the opportunity to work extensively and negotiate with Ford’s joint venture partners in Japan, China and Europe when Ford owned Jaguar Land Rover and Volvo. He has been fortunate to have worked with a very diverse group of people dedicated to providing automotive products and services to customers all over the world.
Mark Magnier
Mark Magnier Knight-Wallace Fellow at Knight-Wallace Fellowship University of Michigan
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Mark Magnier has spent two decades as a foreign correspondent based in China, India and Japan for the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. During that time, he’s covered the rise of this hugely dynamic region and its impact on global politics, trade and the economy. He’s covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Israel and the West Bank, slept in emergency shelters in earthquakewracked Japan, camped in the company of goats under Saddam Hussein’s highway bridges and bunked in abandoned nunneries. A graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Mark is currently based in Ann Arbor on a KnightWallace journalism fellowship.
CHINA Tom Stanley
Tom Stanley Partner at KPMG Global China Practices
Tom has spent over 20 years with KPMG in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China, mainly in the Management Consulting and Deal Advisory practices. After 5 years as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of KPMG’s Global China Practice, in 2015 he was appointed National Markets COO for KPMG China. Tom is also the Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) for KPMG China. Tom joined KPMG in Hong Kong in 1996 and since 2004 has been based in Shanghai. Prior to his current roles, and drawing on several years spent working in a US-China automotive manufactur`ing joint venture in Eastern China, Tom’s consulting and deal advisory work focused on clients in the Manufacturing and Automotive sectors, primarily with their M&A and market entry and expansion strategies. This assistance has been through commercial due diligence on transactions, predeal market analysis, feasibility studies and location assessments. Thomas has also worked with a number of government agencies in Hong Kong and Mainland China on economic impact assessments, investment attraction and process improvement. Tom was a key driver in the establishment of KPMG’s Global China Practice (GCP) in 2010. The GCP now comprises a team in China and a network of Local China Practices in 60 KPMG member firms around the world to assist Chinese clients investing overseas, and multinationals entering or expanding in China. Tom holds a BA in Asian Languages & Culture and an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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FINANCE Elsie Pan Elsie Pan is a Director in PwC US Advisory’s Risk and Regulatory Practice. Elsie has 14 years of diversified management consulting and regulatory consulting experience with large global firms across a broad spectrum of high-stake matters.
Elsie Pan Director in PwC US Advisory Risk and Reguatory Practice
Additionally, she is responsible for driving PwC US’ strategy and engagement of consulting services for more than 20 Asian banks operating in the US, including 7 Chinese banks, 7 Korean banks, 5 Taiwanese banks, 1 Hong Kong bank, and Japanese regional banks. In recent years, Elsie has led 30+ consulting projects from strategy through execution at 13 Asian banks operating in the US. Areas of focus include US market entry strategy, US licensing, target operating model design and implementation, corporate governance, and a variety of thematic US regulatory requirements. Elsie has delivered 20 trainings to the boards of directors and global executives of 14 Asian banks on focus areas for foreign banks operating in the US, and has advised on senior leaderships’ strategic agendas and plans. She has extensive experience in interpreting US industry practices and regulatory requirements into practicable action items for execution in Asia that fit the institution’s global and local business cultures and practices.
Kenichi Saito
Kenichi Saito Head of Americas for Global Innovation Team in Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
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Kenichi Saito is the Head for Americas for Global Innovation team in Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups with global network has about 2,300 offices in over 50 countries and regions. The Group’s operating diverse of companies include Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Japan’s leading trust bank), and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest securities firms. As the Head for Americas, Kenichi has been mainly located in Silicon Valley and managing innovation projects related Fintech and Data Analysis through specialized researching on advanced technologies, developing networks with venture capitals and facilitating collaboration projects with startups. Completing partnership/funding projects toward to Coinbase Inc, whose valuation is currently $1.5 billion, is one of well-known projects Kenichi managed.
FINANCE Phani Chaturvedula Phani Chaturvedula is a seasoned executive consultant providing IT advisory services to clients in the financial services industry with a focus on life and property& casualty insurance. He possesses strong business and technology skills and advises clients on digital transformation initiatives that help them improve business performance.
Phani M Chaturvedula Senior Manager FSO Advisory Services at Ernst & Young
His technical expertise includes digital strategy and architectures that enable access to information through the right use of data tools including big data and cloud based technologies. His domain expertise includes Life Insurance (Finance, Risk, and Actuarial) and Property and Casualty Insurance (Claims, agency/channel, customer, underwriting, finance transformation and actuarial pricing/reserving). He successfully delivered multiple multi-year end-to-end digital / data transformation engagements ($MM+) using both Agile and SDLC methodologies. Phani holds MBA degree from Ross School of Business (University of Michigan) and MS degree in Computer Science from Illinois State University. His undergrad degree is in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (Jaipur), India.
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