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2017 ASPAC InstituteSeptember 27–28, 2017

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A Foundation Inspiring Visionary Boards World Wide

WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) Foundation is the only global membership organization and community of women corporate directors. WCD helps make the challenges of being a director easier, improves your international knowledge and connections, and enables you to have more impact and influence on public policy and in the boardroom.

WCD members are champions for change, progressive thought-leaders, and advocates for accelerating best practices in global governance. Smart boards are going global in members and mindset. The WCD community provides a platform for turning ideas into action—an impact that reaches beyond our membership, to the larger world of corporate governance and its stakeholders worldwide.

WCD has 80 chapters around the world: Argentina, Arizona, Atlanta, Austin, Australia (Melbourne & Sydney), Beijing, Boston, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo), Carolinas, Chicago, Chile, Cleveland, Colombia, Colorado, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denmark, Detroit, Finland, France, Germany, Greater New Mexico, Guatemala, Gulf Cooperation Council, Hanoi, Hawaii, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston, Iceland, India (Delhi & Mumbai) Indonesia, Israel, Italy (Milan & Rome), Japan, Kansas City, Kenya, London, Los Angeles/Orange County, Malaysia, Melbourne, Mexico, Minnesota, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New York, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Florida/South Georgia, Panama, Peru, Philadelphia, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Quebec, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, South Africa, South Florida, South Korea, Spain, St. Louis, Sweden, Switzerland, Sydney, Tampa, Tennessee, Toronto, Turkey, Uruguay, Washington, DC, and Western Canada.

Future chapters launching soon: WCD Myanmar, October 2, 2017 & WCD Detroit, November 13, 2017

Future chapters in discussion include: Austria, Costa Rica, Norway, Orlando, Pakistan, Portland Oregon, Portugal, Hungary-Poland-Slovakia combined chapter, Thailand, Vancouver, and Wisconsin

Our mission is to:• Inspire visionary boards worldwide – by providing education and tools that

keep members engaged, informed, and high-performing as directors• Increase the representation of women on boards and in board leadership positions• Foster a powerful, trusted community of influential women corporate directors• Increase the pipeline of qualified female board candidatesOur vision is to:• Become THE influential network for women who serve on/or aspire to be on

corporate boards of directors across the globe• Grow the global network with highly qualified women of diverse backgrounds,

experiences, expertise, and geographies• Support members to contribute to the growth, governance, and sustainability

of their organizations


WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD)is grateful to the sponsors of the

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WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) Foundation 2017 ASPAC Institute

Asia: New Ways to Build Business and GovernanceIsland Shangri-LaPacific PlaceSupreme Court RoadCentral Hong Kong

September 27-28, 2017

Agenda

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Location Island Shangri-La Pacific Place Supreme Court Road Central Hong Kong

4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. ASPAC Chapter Chair Meeting • The agenda will consist of updates from

WCD headquarters, an overview of new chapters, and website.

Location: Executive Suite 4217

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Registration and Cocktail Reception The China Club Hong Kong Address: 13/F, The Old Bank of China Building, Bank Street, Central, Hong Kong

Note: Please meet in the Island Shangri-La lobby at 5:45 p.m. for departures to The China Club

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7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Welcome Dinner with Roundtables

Opening:

• Susan Stautberg (United States), Chairman and CEO, WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board

• Malini Vaidya (Singapore), APAC Consumer Services Practice Leader, Office Manager and Board Practice Leader for Singapore and Southeast Asia, Spencer Stuart; WCD Chapter Chair

Closing:

• Kapila Anand (United States), Director, Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality; Retired Partner and Senior Advisor, KPMG LLP; WCD Chapter Chair and Lead Director, WCD Foundation

Thursday, September 28, 2017Location Island Shangri-La, Ballroom A

Pacific Place Supreme Court Road Central Hong Kong

8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Registration and Networking • Light continental breakfast to be provided

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Opening of the ASPAC Institute • Susan Stautberg (United States), Chairman

and CEO, WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board

• ASPAC Committee Member

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker: • The Honorable Mrs. Carrie Lam, Chief

Executive of Hong Kong SAR

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break

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10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Panel 1: Geopolitics – The Impact on Strategy for Asian Boards

• Shalini Mahtani (Hong Kong) (Moderator), Co-founder & Chair, The Zubin Foundation

• Yukiko Kuroda (Japan), Founder of People Focus Consulting; Director of CAC Holdings and Mitsui Chemicals; WCD Member

• Syaru Shirley Lin (Hong Kong), Faculty of the University of Virginia and the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Director of Goldman Sachs Asia Bank, Langham Hospitality Investments and Mercuries Life Insurance; former Partner, Goldman Sachs

• Ai Ai Wong (Singapore), Member of Global Executive Committee and Deputy Chair of the Asia Pacific Regional Council, Baker Mackenzie

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Luncheon

12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Break

12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Panel 2: Asian Companies: Targeting the Right Overseas Acquisition & Getting the Deal Done • Sarah Bower (China) (Moderator), Partner,

Chief Legal Counsel, KPMG China; WCD Chapter Chair

• Jennifer Rogers (Japan), General Counsel for Asia, Asurion; Director of Mitsui & Co. Ltd; WCD Member

• Edith Shih (Hong Kong), Executive Director and Company Secretary, CK Hutchison Holdings


1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Break

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Panel 3: Asian Companies: Technology & the Global March

• Louise Lucas (Hong Kong) (Moderator), Asia Technology Correspondent, Financial Times

• Rachel Freeman (Hong Kong), Advisory Manager for Asia, Financial Institutions Group, International Finance Corporation

• Aliza Knox (Singapore), COO Unlockd; Non-Executive Director, Scentre Group, Singapore Post, Advisor, ANZ Bank Board Tech Subcommittee; WCD Member

• Su-Yen Wong (Singapore), Chairman, Nera Telecommunications; CEO, Human Capital Leadership Institute; Independent Director, MediaCorp, Yoma Strategic Holdings, NTUC First Campus; WCD Member

• Jing Ulrich (China), Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Asia Pacific, JPMorgan Chase

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Panel 4: Board Governance for Family Businesses

• Ritu Kochhar (India) (Moderator), Consultant, Spencer Stuart; WCD Chapter Chair

• Annie Koh (Singapore), Lead Independent Director, Health Management International; Director, K1 Ventures; Vice President, Office of Business Development, Singapore Management University

• Merle Aiko Okawara (Japan), Chairman, JC Comsa Corporation; Director, MetLife Insurance K.K. and PT Indofood Comsa Sukses Makmur; WCD Chapter Chair

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4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Break

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Panel 5: Fintech and Its Role in Expanding Business Opportunities

• Margaret Hanson-Muse (Singapore and United States) (Moderator), Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, ASEAN; WCD Advisory Board Member and former Honorary Chapter Chair in Peru, Columbia and India

• Kerri Burgess (Australia), Asia Pacific Financial Services Practice Leader, Spencer Stuart

• Frederique Covington Corbett (Singapore), Senior Vice President, Head of Marketing & Cross Border, Asia Pacific, VISA; WCD Member

• Adrienne Harris (United States), Chief Business Development Officer and General Counsel of States Title, Inc.; former Special Assistant to President Obama for Economic Policy at the White House National Economic Council

• Sopnendu Mohanty (Singapore), Chief FinTech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore

5:30 p.m. – 5:40 p.m. Closing of the Institute

• Kapila Anand (United States), Director, Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality, Retired Partner and Senior Advisor, KPMG LLP; WCD Chapter Chair and Lead Director, WCD Foundation

• Susan Stautberg (United States), Chairman and CEO, WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board

5:40 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Closing Cocktail Reception

Waterside Terrace, Level 8


September 27, 2017

Welcome to WCD’s ASPAC Institute. KPMG is once again proud to be the global lead sponsor of WomenCorporateDirectors and this Institute, which continually provides outstanding content created by members, for members.

As directors are aware, the global community is in the midst of a disruptive and uncertain cycle, but as we’ve seen in KPMG’s 2017 Global CEO Survey, disruption can be viewed as a positive. In fact, 65percent of the CEOs surveyed view disruption as an opportunity, not a threat, and 74 percent say their business is aiming to be the disruptor in its sector.

During our panel discussions, we will focus on several topics that received attention in the CEO survey, including:

• How geopolitics impact strategies for Asian boards. Forty-three percent of CEOs are reassessing their global footprint as a result of the changing pace of globalization and protectionism.

• Getting the deal done - finding the right overseas acquisition targets More than half of CEOs are increasing penetration in established markets, while 21 percent are expanding into new geographical markets.

• Recognizing the impact and opportunities of technology and FinTech. CEOs in Japan, India, China and Australia indicated the highest concern about keeping up with new technology. The top strategic initiatives for CEOs includes fostering innovation, implementing disruptive technology, becoming more data driven and the digitalization of the business.

We hope that you will enjoy the networking at this event and that you will find a few ideas worth taking back to your board. A copy of the 2017 KPMG Global CEO Survey is included in your event materials.

Sincerely,

Kapila Anand Nancy Calderon WCD Lead Director WCD Director, Global Lead Partner, KPMG LLP

WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation, Inc. (the WCD Foundation) is pleased to welcome the most powerful women from around the world—corporate, large privately-held company, and family company directors — for WCD’s 2017 ASPAC Institute. This will be a unique gathering of business leaders from throughout the region to a crossroads of the world economy. Directors must not only develop a company’s global strategy, but also be vigilant watchdogs who understand the hidden challenges of working around the world. WCD’s ASPAC Institute will provide access to a community of like-minded women directors where we can share knowledge and experiences. The connections will enable members to build relationships and provide references for each other. Directors will learn how to be more effective and influential. The ASPAC Institute will explore compelling trends on the minds of directors – as well as a call to action and blueprint to help break down the structural, cultural and strategic obstacles to create diverse boards. Excellence in board performance and board diversity are business and governance imperatives, and boards need the right men and women leaders—multigenerational, multi-national, multi-cultural, and multi-regional.As we operate in an increasingly deglobalized world, it becomes imperative that companies approach business with cross-cultural understanding in order to face shifting global trends with the knowledge necessary to turn challenges into opportunities. The world is at an economic crossroad. We need to develop directors who not only have the courage to face the realities of the world and the companies on whose boards they serve, but also the audacity and skill sets to reimagine and rebuild both. We need more courage, candor, inclusion and cohesion in the boardroom.WCD is thrilled to welcome you to Hong Kong.We would like to thank KPMG, WCD’s ASPAC Sponsor, for once again being the Lead Sponsor of the ASPAC Institute and for inspiring us.

Cheers,

Susan Stautberg Chairman and CEO, WCD Foundation

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Hong Kong

Chief Executive of Hong Kong SARKeynoteBios

Carrie Lam

Mrs. Carrie Lam joined the Administrative Service of the Hong Kong Government in August 1980 and rose to the rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 in September 2006. She became a Principal Official on July 1, 2007 when she was appointed Secretary for Development. She was appointed Chief Secretary for Administration on July 1, 2012.

Mrs. Lam has served the public for more than 36 years in 20 public service positions including Director of Social Welfare, Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands), Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Secretary for Development and Chief Secretary for Administration.

Mrs. Lam was elected as the Fifth-Term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on March 26, 2017, and was officially appointed to this position by the Central People’s Government on March 31, 2017 to assume office on July 1, 2017.

Mrs. Lam is married and has two sons.

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Speaker bios

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Kerri Burgess leads Spencer Stuart’s Financial Services Practice in the Asia Pacific region. She is also a member of the Board Practice and is heavily involved in advising clients on CEO succession planning. Kerri has more than 20 years of hands-on experience in financial services, both local and international. She has worked in senior executive roles in both line management and staff functions in Australia, Singapore, New York and London.

Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Kerri was with Citigroup in Australia. From 1995 to 2001, she served as head of strategy and business development, financial institutions group head, and chief of staff for Citigroup’s corporate bank. During this time, she served as a company-appointed trustee for the Superannuation Fund in Australia.

Following Citicorp’s merger with Travelers Group, she was selected for a special global team tasked with identifying cross-selling opportunities for the newly merged consumer, corporate and investment banks.

Her other assignments included setting up a structured products marketing group for Asia and Europe as part of Citibank’s investment bank activities in London and overseeing entry-level training for nine Asia Pacific countries in her role as a director of Citibank’s Asia Pacific Banking Institute in Singapore. Earlier in her career, Kerri served as head of derivatives for Citibank Melbourne, as well as in various Citibank treasury sales and trading roles in Sydney.

Kerri began her career as a solicitor in the Sydney office of legal firm Clayton Utz. She holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney, and received a diploma from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. She is a member of the Chief Executive Women’s Association and serves on the Tennis NSW Corporate Advisory Board.

Kerri Burgess Australia

Asia Pacific Financial Services Practice Leader, Spencer Stuart

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Sarah is Chief Legal Counsel for KPMG China. Sarah is also a Partner in the Firm’s Deal Advisory practice. In this role, Sarah supervises the legal aspects of work done by the Deal Advisory teams in the China practice. This can include the provision of Corporate Finance/M & A support, restructuring advice, litigation support, advising on transaction structures, and mitigating counter-party debt risk. There is a large component of cross border advisory work.

Sarah is also the firm’s Lead Regulatory Partner. In this role, Sarah assists the firm to identify emerging regulatory themes and risks and advises clients accordingly.

Sarah has been practicing law for 23 years and has provided legal services to financial institutions in Asia for more than 16 years.

She is currently the Co-chair for WomenCorporateDirectors Hong Kong Chapter and a Board member of WiFA – Women in Finance, Asia (subsidiary of ASIFMA). Sarah is also a regular advisor and presenter to the KPMG INED Forum and an advisor to KPMG clients on corporate governance for inbound and outbound China investments.

Sarah Bower China

Partner, Chief Legal Counsel, KPMG China; WCD Chapter Chair


Freddie Covington is Senior Vice President, Head of Marketing & Cross Border for Asia Pacific. In this role, she leads Visa’s marketing team and manages all aspects of Visa’s regional marketing efforts.

Prior to her present role, Freddie was International Marketing Director at Twitter and was responsible for the platform’s brand proposition with stakeholders across a number of geographies. Before Twitter, she was the Chief Marketing Officer overseeing commercial and consumer products for Microsoft in Asia Pacific.

Earlier, she also held leadership roles at creative agencies including WPP, Y&R and Ogilvy in Asia and the US.

Feddie’s work was recently recognized at the World Brand Congress where she was named the most influential CMO for Excellence in Branding & Marketing.

She received both a BA and MBA from La Sorbonne University (CELSA) in Paris and is a graduate from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, for the “Women & Power Public Policy Program”.

Frederique Covington Corbett Singapore

Senior Vice President, Head of Marketing & Cross Border, Asia Pacific, VISA; WCD Member

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Rachel Freeman is the Financial Institutions Advisory Manager for Asia. In her role, she leads IFC’s advisory program for existing and potential investee clients for value enhancement and development impact, to achieve IFC’s goals in financial inclusion and climate change mitigation. Rachel leads the IFC team to designs and implement client solutions in SME finance, bank-fintech collaboration, MFI transformation, risk management, Banking on Women, agrifinance and climate change finance with strategic IFC clients.

She had joined IFC in 2001 to set up and manage the Central Asia Leasing Project, one of IFC’s first advisory programs in Central Asia. In 2004, she moved to Johannesburg as the deputy general manager of IFC’s advisory services for Sub-Saharan Africa, where she was instrumental in redesigning IFC’s advisory services. She also served as the agribusiness lead investment officer in Central Asia before relocating to Asia in 2012.

Prior to joining IFC, Rachel was involved in several entrepreneurial ventures in the US and Russia, and also worked for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

She holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Michigan Business School and a degree in International Politics and Economics/Russian from Middlebury College. She also attended Executive Education at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Rachel Freeman Hong Kong

Advisory Manager for Asia, Financial Institutions Group, International Finance Corporation


Maggie Hanson-Muse is a second generation Senior Foreign Service officer based in Singapore since 2015. Maggie oversees trade policy, promotion, compliance, and administrative programs for the U.S. Department of Commerce in the ASEAN Region for offices located in: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, and Indonesia. Her office also oversees the SelectUSA, U.S. Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) and Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Programs and supports activities with U.S. Trade and Development (USTDA) and Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) offices located in Bangkok and EXIM offices from Washington, D.C.

Prior to Singapore, Maggie was assigned to the Commercial Service Office in New Delhi, India where she provided program management and operations support for 70 people in seven locations and four agencies. Her programs led to new partnerships with new multipliers in the area of standards, FCPA, good governance, and diversity. Her groundbreaking, multi-faceted partnership with the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) was adopted as a pillar of the U.S.-India Commercial Dialogue; in 2016, she succeeded in raising NACE to the level of ITA Strategic Partner.

As the Senior Commercial Officer in Costa Rica, Peru, and Colombia, in addition to trade promotion work, Maggie worked with the Market Access and Compliance Team, the Office of the General Counsel, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on three free trade agreements (FTAs). In Peru and Colombia, she extended the reach of CS Programs to second tier cities working with the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), municipalities, and universities to implement business integrity programs or to establish AmCham branch offices. She worked closely with the U.S. Department of Defense on several successful Foreign Military Sales (FMS) projects.

Maggie graduated from Brandeis University with a B.A. cum laude in Spanish and Latin American Studies and earned an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the Columbia University (New York) Graduate School of Business. She is fluent in Spanish and French. She has two daughters, a son-in-law and two granddaughters. She is an avid horseback rider, reader, scuba diver, and enjoys cooking and wine.

Margaret Hanson-Muse Singapore and United States

Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, ASEAN; WCD Advisory Board Member and former Honorary Chapter Chair in Peru, Columbia and India

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Adrienne Harris is the Chief Business Development Officer and General Counsel of States Title, Inc., a San Francisco-based, insur-tech start-up. Before joining States Title, Adrienne was Special Assistant to President Obama for Economic Policy at the National Economic Council in the Obama White House, where her portfolio included financial reform, financial technology, cyber security, consumer protection, and housing finance reform. She came to the White House from the U.S. Department of Treasury where she served as Senior Advisor to Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin. Prior to coming to Washington, D.C., Adrienne was an Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York, where her practice included representing financial institutions and other corporations in regulatory enforcement proceedings and matters relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. While at the firm, Adrienne was tapped to serve as an advisor to Cory Booker’s 2013 Senate campaign and, prior to that, as Deputy Campaign Manager for his mayoral reelection bid in 2010. That same year, she served as Executive Director of the Transition for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. Adrienne worked as a Press Secretary in Pennsylvania on President Obama’s first presidential campaign in 2008. From 2007 to 2008, she was a Judicial Clerk in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the Honorable Stephen C. Robinson. Adrienne earned her M.B.A. from the New York University Stern School of Business with specializations in Economics and Management, her J.D. from Columbia University Law School, where she was a member of the Columbia Law Review, and her B.A. from Georgetown University, where she was a John Carroll Scholar and graduated with honors.

Adrienne currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI), the Bank Director FinXTech Advisory Board, and as a Term Member on the Council of Foreign Relations. In December 2016, President Obama appointed her to a four-year term on the President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations.

Adrienne Harris United States

Chief Business Development Officer and General Counsel of States Title, Inc.; former Special Assistant to President Obama for Economic Policy at the White House National Economic Council


Aliza is the COO of Unlockd Media. Previously, she was Head of APAC for Twitter, having joined the digital enterprise after building a significant business for Google in APAC. She sits on the board of listed companies Scentre Group (Westfield Shopping Malls, Australia) and SingPost (mail and e-commerce, Singapore). She recently retired from the board of GfK (#5 global market research firm, Germany), and was also previously on the the board of Invocare (Australia). She is an advisor to the ANZ Bank Board Technology Committee. She lead SWAT (Super Women at Twitter) and did the same for Women@Google. She has served on two key committees for the Singapore government, and was invited to address the Singapore Institute of Directors on why gender diversity is important to boards. She was named the AWA Singapore International Business Woman of the Year in 2015.

Aliza has significant financial services and international experience. Prior roles include SVP, Commercial Solutions, Visa International; SVP, International, Charles Schwab; and Partner and Head of Financial Services at Boston Consulting Group in Sydney and Singapore.

Aliza graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Applied Math-Economics from Brown University, and holds an MBA with distinction in Marketing from New York University. She’s married with two sons and lives in Singapore.

Aliza Knox Singapore

COO Unlockd; Non-Executive Director, Scentre Group, Singapore Post, Advisor, ANZ Bank Board Tech Subcommittee; WCD Member

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Ritu Kochhar leads Spencer Stuart’s Financial Services and Private Equity practice in India. She is also a member of the firm’s Boards, Business & Professional Services and Financial Officer practices and is based in the firm’s Mumbai office. She focusses on Board recruitment as well as CEO searches in India.

Ritu brings several years of capital markets and financial advisory experience to her search work. Before joining Spencer Stuart, she was a principal with another leading international executive search firm and a member of its global financial markets practice.

Prior to her career in search, she held various roles within the financial services industry, including executive director at JPMorgan’s institutional equities sales desk in Mumbai, where she provided services to several private equity and U.S.-based institutional funds investing in Indian equities.

Earlier, Ritu was a managing director at Bear Stearns, focusing on Indian markets within the firm’s equity research business in New York. At Bear Stearns, she advised institutional clients on investment strategy, managed relationships with key policymakers and Indian companies, and spearheaded the firm’s annual India Conference. Ritu also worked with John Hancock Financial Services in Boston, and began her career with Arthur Andersen in the audit and business consulting practice in New Delhi.

Ritu is a chartered accountant in India and passed the CPA exam in the U.S. She received an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce from Shriram College of Commerce in Delhi. Ritu currently co-chairs the India chapter of WomenCorporate Directors.

Ritu KochharIndia

Consultant, Spencer Stuart; WCD Chapter Chair


Annie Koh is Vice President for Office of Business Development, Singapore Management University (SMU). A Practice Professor of Finance, Annie also holds the position of Academic Director for two university level institutes - the Business Families Institute (BFI) and International Trading Institute (ITI). Her previous portfolio includes positions as Associate Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Dean, Office of Executive & Professional Education.

A notable conference speaker, panel moderator and commentator, Annie serves on a number of councils, advisory boards and steering committees of regional and local corporate, government and academic institutions. She is a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Future Council on Regional Governance and is a board member of Family Firm Institute, Inc. Prof. Koh chairs the finance and investment committee on the board of GovTech Singapore, and serves on Singapore’s Central Provident Fund Board. She is also an independent director of k1 Ventures Ltd, and lead ID of Health Management International Ltd (HMI). Her appointment as a member of SkillsFuture HR Sectoral Tripartite Committee, HR Certification Taskforce, MOE-SSG Skills Development Council and chairs the Asian Bond Fund 2 Supervisory Committee of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, is testament to her strong linkages to businesses, governments and society.

A Fulbright scholar, Annie earned her PhD in International Finance from Stern School of Business, New York University in 1988. Her research interests are in Family Office and Family Business, Investor Behaviour, Alternate Investments and Enterprise Risk Management. She co-authored Financial Management: Theory and Practice, An Asia Edition (2014), and Financing Internationalisation – Growth Strategies for Successful Companies (2004). She is also author of several Asian family business cases and survey reports.

Annie is a recipient of the prestigious Singapore Public Administration Medal, Bronze in 2010 and Silver in 2016, for her contributions to education and public sector.

Annie KohSingapore

Lead Independent Director, Health Management International; Director, K1 Ventures; Vice President, Office of Business Development, Singapore Management University

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Currently as Founder and Managing Director of People Focus Consulting, a leading firm in the field of organizational development in Asia Pacific, Yukiko Kuroda served as president of the firm from 1994 to 2012.

Yukiko specializes in organization and leadership development, executive coaching and management training for corporations. As a well-respected bilingual speaker and facilitator, she is often asked to help executives attain new skills and insights in areas such as strategy development, leadership, change management and communication.

She formerly worked as a senior consultant at a major U.S. management-consulting firm and as a marketing representative for Sony Corporation.

She has served as Board Member for four publicly-listed companies (Astellas Pharma Inc, CAC Holdings, Marubeni Corp and for Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.). She is also Co-president for a non-profit organization called JEN (Japan Emergency NGOs) and is actively involved in global humanitarian issues.

She earned her MBA as a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard and is a graduate of Keio University with a BA in economics.

Yukiko is the author several organizational development publications, such as Yuki no Keiei, OD Handbook, and has translated several English management books to Japanese, including John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do (John P. Kotter, 1991), Peak Performance (Jon R. Katzenbach, 2000) and The Facilitator Excellence Handbook (Fran Rees, 1998).

Yukiko Kuroda Japan

Founder of People Focus Consulting; Director of CAC Holdings and Mitsui Chemicals; WCD Member


Louise Lucas has worked at the Financial Times for most of her career, in London, Tokyo & Hong Kong. Her roles have included: Lex writer, in London and Tokyo as well as Consumer industries editor and Asian news editor. Currently, Louise is the Asia tech correspondent covering tech companies and trends across the region.

Louise has a Bachelors from Oxford.

Louise Lucas Hong Kong

Asia Technology Correspondent, Financial Times

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Shalini Mahtani is the founder of The Zubin Foundation, Hospital Advisor and Community Business in Hong Kong. In 2009, she was honoured by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader, and a year prior she was awarded an MBE from Queen Elizabeth II for her services in corporate social responsibility in Hong Kong. She was also recognised by the HKSAR Government for her contribution to the ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.

Shalini founded The Zubin Foundation in memory of her son Zubin, who tragically passed away at an early age. The charity is devoted to research, policy recommendations and interventions targeting important marginalised issues in Hong Kong related to racial integration.

Shalini is a pioneer in diversity and inclusion in Asia having founded, Community Business. This was the first organization in Asia that brings together companies and their management around women at work, LGBT, disability at work and the issues of culture. Shalini has written research and opinion pieces and is a frequent speaker on these subjects and is a co-host on both BBC World Service and RTHK Radio 3. Amongst her many reports are Women on the Boards of the Hang Seng Index Companies and Women on Boards of the Bombay Stock Exchange. Shalini also led the effort to move the Hong Kong Stock Exchange towards having local Hang Seng Index companies report on board diversity.

Shalini was an accountant and banker in her former years. She is ethnically Indian and from Hong Kong.

Shalini Mahtani Hong Kong

Co-founder & Chair, The Zubin Foundation


Sopnendu Mohanty is responsible for creating development strategies and regulatory policies around technology innovation to “better manage risks, enhance efficiency and strengthen competitiveness in the financial sector”. Prior to joining MAS, Sopnendu was with Citibank as their Global Head of the Consumer Lab Network and Programs, which included driving innovation programs and managing innovation labs across multiple geographies globally.

Sopnendu has spent 20 years in the APAC region and held various roles in technology, finance, productivity, and business development. He was Citibank’s APAC regional head of Branch operations along with heading the Consumer Innovation Lab in Singapore. He spent a significant time in Japan, where he was Citibank’s Retail Business Development head and also did leadership stints in various functions within operations and technology. Globally, he played a significant subject matter expert role in driving Citibank’s global smart banking program, to transform bank’s physical network to digital first, smart & innovative, client centric and highly delightful customer engagement center.

Sopnendu has co-authored various patented work in area of retail distribution of financial sector. He is based in Singapore, loves travelling, reads history and pursues culinary innovation as a hobby. He was in the list of Fintech’s Most Powerful Dealmakers of 2016 by Institutional Investor.

Sopnendu Mohanty Singapore

Chief FinTech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore

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Merle Aiko Okawara is the chairman of JC Comsa Corp., a Japan based food manufacturer and restaurant chain operator.

She has served as independent director on several corporate boards including Avon Products Japan, Kameda Seika, and PARCO, a fashion building developer and was senior adviser to Morgan Stanley Japan Securities. She presently serves on the board of MetLife Insurance Japan, and PT Indofood Comsa Sukses Makmur (Indonesia).

Her former civic and professional activities include Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Trustee of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Director of the America Japan Society, Commissioner of the Japan-U.S. Educational Commission (Fulbright) Japan, member of the Merrill Lynch Diversity and Inclusion Council, and councilor of the Japan Opera Foundation.

Her present activities include Adviser to the UN World Food Program Japan, and trustee of the East-West Center in Hawaii. She is Co-chair of the WomenCorporate Directors Japan Chapter.

She is the author of two books, “When Women Start Companies” and “Women Leaders in Japan’s Food Industry”.

Okawara was born in Hawaii, U.S.A. and is a graduate of the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Merle Aiko Okawara Japan

Chairman, JC Comsa Corporation; Director, MetLife Insurance K.K. and PT Indofood Comsa Sukses Makmur; WCD Chapter Chair


Jenifer Rogers is General Counsel for Asia for Asurion (an IT services company) based in Tokyo. She oversees a team of lawyers based in various countries throughout Asia, including Hong Kong, China, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Australia.

She was elected as an external Director of Mitsui & Co. Ltd in 2015 and is the first foreign female director of a Japanese trading company.

Jenifer worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) for eighteen years and held a variety of senior legal roles in their international operations in both the global banking and markets business as well as in private wealth management business, before joining Asurion in 2012. She has been based in various cities throughout her career, including Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, New York and Mumbai. Before working at BAML, Jenifer was with the Industrial Bank of Japan Limited, New York Branch (now Mizuho Bank) after working as an associate at Haight, Gardner Poor & Havens (now Holland & Knight) in New York.

She earned a JD from the Georgetown Law Center in Washington D.C. after graduating cum laude from Georgetown University with a bachelor’s degree in Foreign Service. Jenifer was a Fulbright Scholar in 1988 to the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law. In 2005, Jenifer took a sabbatical and obtained a master’s degree in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins (S.A.I.S.) University in Washington D.C and worked as a legal consultant for the World Bank. She is a member of the NY bar.

Jenifer was elected to the Georgetown University Board of Governors of the Alumni Association in 2016 and is an Advisor to the Georgetown Law Center Asian Alumni Advisory Board. In addition, she is Vice-Chair of the ACCJ Alternative Investment Subcommittee.

Jenifer Rogers Japan

General Counsel for Asia for Asurion; Director, Mitsui & Co. Ltd; WCD Member

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Edith Shih FCIS FCS(PE) is the Executive Director and Company Secretary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited where she heads up a team of over 230 legal counsel and 60 corporate secretarial executives, stationed in 60 offices in 20 countries. Edith has been with the CK Hutchison group for 28 years, overseeing all legal, regulatory, corporate finance, compliance and corporate secretarial affairs of the Hutchison Group.

Edith holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Arts degree from the University of the Philippines and Master of Arts and Master of Education degrees from Columbia University, New York. She is qualified to practice law in England and Wales, Hong Kong, and Victoria, Australia. She is in addition a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS) and The Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators. She also holds a Practitioner’s Endorsement issued by HKICS. In addition to numerous general counsel awards, Shih is also a regular recipient of the Asian Company Secretary of the Year Award of Corporate Governance Asia.

Edith is a Past President of HKICS and the current Senior Vice President and Executive Committee member of ICSA. She has been the Chairman of the Company Secretaries Panel since 2012 and a Council Member of HKICS since 2007. She is currently a member of the Professional Services Advancement Support Scheme (PASS) Vetting Committee, Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal Panel and a Member and Convener of one of the Financial Reporting Review Panels of the Financial Reporting Council. In addition, she is a Member of the Audit Professional Reform Advisory Group, the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Vice Chairman of the Governance Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She was a Member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform from 2006-2012, a Member of the Listing committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited from 2009-2012 and a Council Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2007-2013.

Edith Shih

Hong Kong

Executive Director and Company Secretary, CK Hutchison Holdings


Syaru Shirley Lin teaches political economy at the University of Virginia and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her book on the impact of the evolution of Taiwanese national identity on cross-Strait economic policy was published by Stanford University Press in 2016. She is currently working on the high-income trap in East Asia. Her commentary frequently appears in English and Chinese media.

Shirley retired from Goldman Sachs as a partner in the Principal Investment Area, spearheading investments in technology start-ups in twelve countries in Asia. Previously, she specialized in the privatization of state-owned enterprises in China and Singapore.

Shirley has served on the boards of numerous companies, now including Goldman Sachs Asia Bank, Langham Hospitality Investments and Mercuries Life Insurance. She was appointed by the Hong Kong government to the Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation and advises the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Crestview Partners.

Shirley graduated cum laude from Harvard College and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Hong Kong. (http://www.shirleylin.net/)

Syaru Shirley Lin Hong Kong

Faculty of the University of Virginia and the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Director of Goldman Sachs Asia Bank, Langham Hospitality Investments and Mercuries Life Insurance; former Partner, Goldman Sachs

http://www.shirleylin.net/

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Jing Ulrich is Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Asia Pacific at JPMorgan Chase. She provides strategic advice to the firm’s most senior global clients across all sectors and asset classes, while building relationships with executives at Asia’s leading enterprises. Jing works with all lines of business at JPMorgan Chase to foster greater cross-border collaboration and strengthen senior client relationships in Asia Pacific and the rest of the world.

Educated at Harvard and Stanford Universities, Jing is one of the most prominent advisors to the world’s largest asset-management companies, sovereign wealth funds, and multinational corporations. Her views influence the allocation of trillions of dollars of investments.

Jing has received numerous accolades for her work in the industry. She has been ranked one of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Global Businesswomen. Forbes named her one of Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen and ranked her among the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. The South China Morning Post selected Jing as one of the top 25 most inspirational and influential women in Hong Kong. In recent years, publications including China Daily, China Entrepreneur magazine and FinanceAsia have consistently ranked Jing among the top business elite in Asia. She has also been dubbed as “the unofficial voice of China” and the “Oprah Winfrey of the investment world.”

Because of her in-depth knowledge of China’s linkages with the rest of the world, Jing has been an important figure shaping the international community’s approach to investing in Asia Pacific. In her previous position, she established J.P. Morgan’s Hands-on-China Series, which became a leading forum for views and research on China’s transformation. Jing also created the world’s foremost China investment summit, attended each year by thousands of global business and government leaders. In addition to her duties at JPMorgan, Jing serves as a member of the International Chamber of Commerce G20 CEO Advisory Group as well as the Multinational Committee of the APEC China Business Council. She is also an independent director of Italian luxury goods company Ermenegildo Zegna, and a member of the international advisory board of German multinational firm Bosch.

Before joining J.P. Morgan, Jing was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and CLSA Asia- Pacific Markets, where she led the top-ranked team covering China. Global institutional investors regularly voted her the best China strategist in polls conducted by Institutional Investor, Asiamoney, and Euromoney. Before moving to Asia, Jing worked in Washington DC as one of the first fund managers to focus on the Greater China markets.

Jing UlrichChina

Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Asia Pacific, JPMorgan Chase & Co.


Ai Ai Wong is a member of Baker McKenzie’s Global Executive Committee, the Firm’s global leadership team, and Deputy Chair of the Asia Pacific Regional Council.

During her 20-year career with Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow, the Singapore member firm of Baker McKenzie, Ai Ai has held several country and regional leadership positions, including serving as Head of the Singapore Corporate & Securities Group and Chair of the Asia Pacific Private Equity Group.

As one of the leading corporate lawyers in Singapore, Ai Ai has advised on some of the most significant transactions in the region. She is recognized as a leading individual for Corporate/M&A matters by publications including Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Asia Pacific and IFLR1000.

Ai Ai is the first Singaporean to be appointed to Baker McKenzie’s Global Executive Committee.

Outside of the Firm, Ai Ai serves as Chair of Singapore’s Yellow Ribbon Fund Committee, a community organization that supports ex-offenders in their reintegration back into society.

Ai Ai studied at both Harvard in the US and the University of Kent in the UK, and has been admitted to the bar in the UK, US and Singapore.

Ai Ai Wong Singapore

Member of Global Executive Committee and Deputy Chair of the Asia Pacific Regional Council, Baker Mackenzie

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Su-Yen Wong is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Nera Telecommunications, and a member of the Board of Directors at Yoma Strategic Holdings, MediaCorp and NTUC First Campus. She is concurrently the Chief Executive Officer of the Human Capital Leadership Institute.

Previously Su-Yen was Chairman (Singapore) for Marsh & McLennan Companies; and Senior Partner and Managing Director, Southeast Asia at Mercer. Prior to that she was the Asia Managing Partner for the Communications, Information & Entertainment practice at Oliver Wyman. She brings over twenty years’ experience in business strategy, organization transformation, human capital and leadership development and has worked with leading organizations across North America and Asia across a broad range of industries including high-tech, healthcare, financial services, media, education, and the public sector.

Considered a thought leader on leadership and human capital related issues, Su-Yen is a frequent speaker at conferences, and is a regular guest lecturer at universities in Singapore and the US. She is often quoted or featured in print and broadcast media, and she co-authored the Asian edition of How Digital is Your Business? In 2012, Su-Yen was the only Asia-based individual named to the Financial Times’ Agenda Directory of Top 100 Board Candidates with Pay-Setting Skills.

Su-Yen is an active member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, WomenCorporateDirectors, and the Young Presidents’ Organization. She holds a B.A. (summa cum laude) in music and computer science and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Su-Yen Wong Singapore

Chairman, Nera Telecommunications; CEO, Human Capital Leadership Institute; Independent Director, MediaCorp, Yoma Strategic Holdings, NTUC First Campus; WCD Member


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Kapila was recently elected to the NYSE listed board of Extended Stay America, Inc. where she serves as the chair of the nominating and governance committee and on the Audit committee. She also currently serves as the Lead director of the WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation (WCD Foundation), the Board of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, and the advisory board of ASCEND, the largest Asian Pacific Islander organization.

She has served on the Boards of KPMG LLP in the U.S. and Americas, as the chair of the KPMG Foundation as well as KPMG’s Diversity Advisory Board. Kapila Anand recently retired as a partner with KPMG and is currently engaged by KPMG as a senior advisor on certain industry matters. During her career, she most recently served as KPMG’s leader for the Travel, Leisure and Hospitality industry with more than 35 years of experience serving financial services, real estate, private equity, gaming and hospitality clients. She also served as Partner in charge of KPMG’s Public Policy Business Initiatives, responsible for assessing the impact of regulatory changes on the Firm and its clients and built KPMG’s private equity advisory business. She has authored numerous articles and is a frequent speaker at industry and governance forums. She served as a governance and liaison partner for KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute facilitating a variety of Audit committee and Lead director peer exchanges. She continues in her role as the co-chapter chair of the Chicago chapter of WCD.

Kapila was awarded the “Women to Watch” award by the Illinois CPA Society. She was also honored as an “Inspirational Leader” by ASCEND. She was profiled as a “Voice of Experience” by the Glass Hammer, an online community created for women executives.

Kapila Anand United States

Director, Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality Retired Partner and Senior Advisor, KPMG, LLP; WCD Chapter Chair and Lead Director, WCD Foundation

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Nancy Calderon is KPMG’s Global Lead Partner for IBM, responsible for building and managing the firm’s global relationship with the company. In this position, Nancy manages a global team of 500 partners and professionals in more than 50 countries providing a wide range of services to this Fortune 25 company and its customers.

She is a board director of KPMG’s Global Delivery Center, Ltd., the firm’s operating arm in India and is a senior advisor to KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute.

Prior to assuming this role in 2012, Nancy was Chief Administrative Officer, KPMG Americas Region, and U.S. National Partner in Charge, Operations. She was responsible for developing and executing many of the firm’s Operations strategies and key infrastructure initiatives, ranging from Information Technology and Finance & Accounting to Procurement, Real Estate, and Enterprise Risk. During the Financial Crisis she implemented a strategy that reduced the operational costs of the firm by $500 million. Her direct reports included the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer, and heads of Real Estate, Global Outsourcing and Procurement.

Nancy has almost 30 years’ experience with KPMG, having held a variety of operational, client service, and leadership positions in the firm. Before moving to her current position, Nancy sat on a number of KPMG committees including the Americas Region Management Committee, Enterprise Risk Management, Privacy, Social Media, and Knowledge Management.

Nancy also serves on the WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation Board and the Greater New York YMCA Board, chairing the Audit and Compensation Committees as well as the 2014/2015 CEO Search Committee. She is a member of The International and New York Women’s Forums. Nancy has been honored as a “Woman Worth Watching” and a Supplier Diversity Leader by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Nancy was honored as the NYC YMCA’s Volunteer of the Year and a recipient of the American Woman’s Society of CPA’s Woman of Courage Award.

During 2014, Nancy co-authored a book with Susan Stautberg, Women on Board – insider secrets to getting onto a board and succeeding as a director.

Nancy CalderonUnited States

Global Lead Partner, KPMG LLP; Director, Global Delivery Center, Ltd., KPMG India; Director, the WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board


Susan StautbergUnited States

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, WCD Foundation; Co-author of Women on Board

Susan Stautberg is Chair and CEO of the WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation (WCD). She has proven expertise in strategic planning, business expansion, market development, and corporate governance with extensive, top level, quality relationships around the world. Susan’s unique career spans the corporate, entrepreneurial, media, and nonprofit sectors, as well as politics and government, including the White House.

Susan co-founded WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD), which now has over 3,500 members serving on over 10,500 corporate boards. WCD now includes 80 chapters on 6 continents. The combined market capitalization of the public companies on whose boards the WCD members serve totals almost $8 trillion; if WCD were a country, its economy would be the world’s third largest, behind only the U.S. and China.

In addition, Susan co-founded OnBoard Bootcamp, which provides an insider’s guide on how to be selected to be a corporate, private company, or advisory board director through programs delivered around the globe. Susan also founded PartnerCom which assembles and manages advisory boards globally for businesses, governments, and nonprofits, which she now consults for.

The Belizean Grove, also founded by Susan, is a preeminent community and retreat for leading women who share knowledge and connections. Conceived of and assembled as a constellation of global women leaders, the Belizean Grove, as well as a group of tomorrows rising women leaders in TARA, understand the importance of global issues and the network’s core value to share and support each other’s efforts.

She also dedicates her time to nonprofit organizations. Currently, Susan is a board member of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, Adventures for the Mind Foundation, SSS Leadership Foundation and the WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation. She is also a member of the C200, International Women’s Forum, and the New World Angels.

Susan has received numerous awards and honors including Honorary Doctor of Laws from Wheaton College, The Director’s Choice Award, Visionary Empowerment Honoree by the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, Purpose Prize Fellow and named one of Women’s E News’ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century. She was honored with Alumnae Awards from The Shipley School and Wheaton College.

Her writing consists of seven books, including Selected Quotations that Inspire Us to Think Bigger, Live Better and Laugh Harder, and her most recent, Women on Board: Insider Secrets to Getting on a Board and Succeeding as a Director.

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