Event Details

The global pandemic has changed how we work, live, and travel. Trip.com Group CEO Jane Sun will join us to consider the future of travel – within China and beyond. How will global business travel evolve and how can companies maximise for efficiency moving forward? Will leisure travel continue to be concentrated locally? Will the pandemic permanently transform the travel industry and, if so, how?


Following Ms Sun's keynote address, ECN China Director Mattie Bekink will engage Mike Ding, Managing Director, Greater China at HRS Group, and Jun Chen, CFO at CITS American Express Global Business Travel, in a panel discussion on this topic which has implications for us all.

Please note that this event is limited to senior-level executives and per invitation only. If you are not an existing member of The Economist Corporate Network, but would like to learn how you can attend our events, please contact us.

Agenda

7:45 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration & breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Meeting & presentations

Speakers

  • Jane Sun (CEO of Trip.com Group)

    Jane Sun

    CEO of Trip.com Group

    Jane Sun is the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Trip.com Group Ltd. She first joined the company as the Chief Financial Officer in 2005, later serving as the Chief Operating Officer and the Co-President, before moving into the CEO role in 2016. Founded in 1999 with the mission of bringing the best travel experience to travelers, the company effectively adapted to the rise of mobile Internet, growing from a small tech company into a one-stop-shop for travel services for 400 million users worldwide. As the only female CEO in China’s high-tech industry, Ms. Sun proactively advocates gender equality, and has made it her mission to empower women to achieve balance and success in both their career and family lives. For example, Trip.com Group is the first company in China to offer egg-freezing as an employee benefit. Other female friendly policies include birth gifts and commuter benefits for pregnant workers. At Trip.com Group, female employees represent over half of the total workforce and a third of senior management.

    Ms. Sun is well respected for her extensive experience in operating and managing online travel businesses, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reporting and operations, having received numerous accolades for her work in the industry. In 2019, she was awarded an Asia Society Asia Game Changer Award and joined as a member of the Asia Society Board of Trustee. Forbes named her one of the Emergent 25 Asia’s Latest Star Businesswomen in 2018, and one of the Most Influential and Outstanding Businesswomen in China in 2017. She was also one of 2020 Fortune’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Business.

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  • Mike Ding (Managing Director, Greater China of HRS)

    Mike Ding

    Managing Director, Greater China of HRS

    Mike Ding is the Managing Director Greater China of HRS. He leads HRS China team to explore the regional market of China, enhance the HRS end-to-end hotel solutions and services, and increase the market share of HRS in the region. In order to increase the company turnover, Mike and the team will focus on optimizing the customer experience and improve their satisfaction by further improving the customer system. In addition, he will also provide strong supports for the expansion of HRS in Asia Pacific.

    Mr. Mike Ding was listed in “Who is Who in the World – 1994 edition & 2013 edition”. He has over two decades of sales and service experience in IT Networking, Unified Communication, Travel & Expense Management and Security and Contact Center Industry. Before joining HRS, Mike has worked as senior executive for global companies including SAP, BlackBerry, Siemens Enterprise Communication, Aspect Software in APAC and Greater China region.

    Mike got his B.S. degree in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is a member of IEEE computer society and member of Mathematical Association of America.

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  • Jun Chen (Chief Finance Officer of CITS American Express Global Business Travel)

    Jun Chen

    Chief Finance Officer of CITS American Express Global Business Travel

    Jun Chen joined CITS GBT in 2016 as Chief Finance Officer and leads the China national financial team to formulate and implement a robust and comprehensive financial strategy to meet overall business growth objectives.

    After receiving the Bachelor degree of Science from Fudan University, Mr. Chen devoted his passion in finance. He is now a Certified Public Accountant and also passed Level 3 of CFA exam. Mr. Chen has over 19 years of finance and management experience with several multinational companies including KPMG, Cargill, where he gained extensive knowledge in Auditing, Accounting, FP&A and Financial Controlling. Prior to CITS GBT, Mr. Chen was Finance Director of Beaumanoir Group, China.

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  • Jeanette Yu (Partner at CMS China)

    Jeanette Yu

    Partner at CMS China

    Jeanette Yu is the partner of CMS China and heads the employment and pension practice group. She has more than 18 years’ experience in advising clients on Chinese labor law and compliance issues of Chinese companies. She has been involved in a number of significant projects and has advised clients on a wide range of employment law issues such as conclusion of employment contract, formulating and implementing the employee handbook, code of conduct, advising on employee dismissal, mass lay-off, relocation and restructuring, non-competition, social security, work permit, secondment and visa issues of expatriates as well as handling various labor disputes and internal investigation on compliance matters.

    Jeanette has been with CMS, China since 2005. Jeanette is the National Chair of HR Working Group of European Chamber of Commerce in China.

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  • Mattie Bekink (China Director of The Economist Corporate Network)

    Mattie Bekink

    China Director of The Economist Corporate Network

    Mattie Bekink is responsible for the Economist Corporate Network’s China strategy, including programme development and client servicing across China. She also provides support to all Economist Corporate Network programmes worldwide with a China component.

    Ms Bekink has extensive experience in the public, private and policy sectors. Prior to joining The Economist Group, she was the Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission in the Netherlands. She also ran an eponymous consulting business, advising senior executives from businesses, universities and non-profit organisations on China policy, strategy, public affairs, and corporate social responsibility. Ms Bekink practiced law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, has worked with the US-Asia Law Initiative at NYU Law School and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program, and served in the legal department at General Motors China.

    Ms Bekink has a BA in International Relations from Stanford University and a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.

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