Jeff is a Partner of People Advisory Services at EY with focus in helping clients to align their people and organisation strategy. His core expertise includes advising clients in financial sectors on areas related to executive remuneration, as well as managing complex board and regulatory relations and matters.

With more than 20 years of corporate and consulting experience, Jeff has worked with a diverse clientele including statutory bodies, universities, regulatory bodies, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, large Asian corporates and multinationals across Asia Pacific, Europe and the US.

His expertise spans across managing complex people and organizational transformations, HR digitalization, executive remuneration, organizational design and competency frameworks. He has advised regulators and bank CEOs across the region on topics such as digital readiness and Bank Culture Reform.

Jeff is passionate about people transformation and recently led a research initiative with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on identifying and understanding the key talent challenges in the Fintech landscape. He has spoken at numerous professional and industry events on the latest developments in HR digitalization, the Future of Work, and agile working. He has published multiple pieces of thought leadership on HR transformation and the changing role of HR. He regularly contributes thought-leadership to the Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong (EFHK) and media outlets including CNBC, WSJ, SCMP, and the HK Economic Journal.

Kamlesh Malkani has been part of the commercial furniture industry since the late 90s and has observed 1st hand the evolution of the workplace. He has worked with many of the leading global companies in supporting their employees in understanding the best possible environment to help them to achieve their best results.

Based in Hong Kong, Renée is Mercer’s President, Asia Middle East & Africa (AMEA), leading Mercer’s business across 18 markets in this fast-growing, dynamic region. She is also Chairperson of Mercer in Japan and Executive Director on Mercer boards in China and Hong Kong.

In her career at Mercer, Renée has held several key leadership roles including Global Leader for Individual Wealth and Chief Customer & Marketing Officer for in the Pacific. A global executive, Renée has helmed businesses in Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, Singapore and Sydney.

A fervent advocate for the financial inclusion and security of individuals, Renée led Mercer’s partnership with the World Economic Forum on the Retirement and Investment Systems Reform Project in 2017-18. She is also a regular speaker at major international forums and contributor to international media, including WEF, The New York Times, The South China Morning Post and CNBC.

Renée was named one of Employee Benefit Adviser’s 2018 Top Women in Benefit Advising (United States) and recognised for two consecutive years in the Top 10 CMO’s in Australia (CMO50) by CMO Magazine (Australia). Renée was also awarded a Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal by the Australian Government for delivering humanitarian services overseas.

Winnie Chu is leading the Business Group for Cloud and Enterprise business at Microsoft Hong Kong. She oversees end-to-end Cloud and Enterprise business in Hong Kong, working with various local businesses on planning, execution and governance. Prior to joining Microsoft 6 years ago, Chu was at SAP Hong Kong as the Senior Solution Architect for over 2 years. Her key responsibilities include conducting products briefing presentations and demonstrations to customers and prospects; conducting proof of concepts projects on databases, device management solutions, business intelligence solutions and master data management & data quality solutions; conducting seminars on new product and new version launch. Before that, she was with Sybase, a leader in developing and expanding innovative database technology (which later was acquired by SAP) for 4 years.

She joins the technology industry because she finds technology fascinating, it covers a broad spectrum of industries. It encourages creativity and innovation, as well as turns impossible possible.

Winnie holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Information Engineering degree; a Master degree of Science in Information Engineering, and a Master degree of Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Janet Pau is the Director of The Economist Corporate Network in Hong Kong. She brings her experience working with top executives throughout Asia, coupled with economic knowledge and industry insight to help organisational leaders and their teams gain a holistic, practical appreciation of the opportunities and challenges in Greater China and across Asia.

Before joining The Economist Corporate Network, Janet was Program Director for the Asia Business Council, developing and delivering content for private forums for an all-CEO membership in Asia for more than a decade. Prior to that, she was Manager at the Global Business Policy Council at consulting firm A.T. Kearney in Washington D.C., where she led consulting projects and intellectual capital publications for senior executive clients in both business and government.

Janet’s publications include Through the Eyes of Tiger Cubs: Views of Asia’s Next Generation (Wiley, 2012) and Building Energy Efficiency (Encyclopaedia of China Publishing House, Chinese edition, 2008). She was an op-ed contributor and columnist for the South China Morning Post from 2011 to 2019. She has also contributed opinion pieces and book chapters, and spoken at various local and regional business conferences.

She serves on the leadership team of Hong Kong-based charity Beyond Foundation, which advocates for children with special needs and their families. She was a member on the Hong Kong Government’s Antiquities Advisory Board, Museum Advisory Board, and Central Policy Unit.

Janet received a Bachelor of Arts degree in international studies and psychology with honours from Yale University and a Master in Public Policy specializing in economic policy and competitiveness from Harvard University.