First Class for the Rest of Us Speaker Series: Song Hoi-See, Founder & CEO, Plaza Premium Group Breakfast, Thursday, 31 May 2018, 08:00-10:00 am, China Club How Downgrade to Economy Led to Creation of the World's Largest Independent Airport Lounge Operator, Seeing Profit Where Airlines Saw Headaches, and Revolutionized the in-Airport Travel Experience Event Details: The [...]
North Korea: Myths & Difficult Truths of Asia's Least Visited Nation Speaker Series: Katharina Zellweger, Fellow, Center for Int'l Security & Cooperation, Stanford University Director, KorAid Limited Breakfast, Friday, 16 March 2018, 08:00-10:00 am, China Club Insights Behind the Headlines From 20 Years of Pioneering Aid Programs to the Hermit Kingdom Event Details: The Stanford GSB [...]
Off the Record Talk with CH Tung Speaker Series: The Honourable Mr. Tung Chee-hwa, GBM Current: Vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Past: Chief Executive, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Lunch, Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 12:00-14:00 pm, China Club Event Details: The Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong [...]
Retracing Marco Polo: From Texture-Like Jewelry to the Tissue of a Multi-Generational Family Business Speaker Series: Andrea Buccellat, Honorary Chairman & Creative Director, Buccellati Lunch, Monday, 6 November 2017, 12:00-14:00 pm, China Club How Italy’s Buccellati Shifted From Family Control to PE and then Chinese Group Partnership to Conquer the World’s Most Important Retail Markets Event [...]
England’s Premier League: Can the Unscripted Drama Continue to Excite the World? Speaker Series: Richard Scudamore Chief Executive, The Football Association Premier League Limited Breakfast, Saturday, 22 July 2017, 09:15-11:00 am, The Hong Kong Club How Richard Scudamore Took England's Premier League into the Top Tier of Global Sports...And What Still Keeps Him Up at Night [...]
Hacking, iPads & Beating Barbie At Her Own Game in Toyland Speaker Series: Allan Wong, Chairman, Group CEO & Co-Founder, VTech Holdings Limited Breakfast, Friday, 17 March 2017, 08:00-10:00 am, China Club How Hong Kong’s VTech Grew to be the World’s Largest Children’s Educational Learning Product Company, Survived a Nightmare Data Breach and Defied the Toy & [...]
From Bankruptcy to TV's Mad Men & Global Dominance Speaker Series: Ramesh Tainwala, CEO & Executive Director, Samsonite International S.A. CEO & President, Tumi Holdings, Inc, Breakfast, Thursday, 26 January 2017, 08:00-10:00 am, China Club How an Iconic Brand Almost Died & Then Revived Event Details: The Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong is pleased to [...]
Responses of HK & Singapore to Changing US-China Relations Speaker Series: George Yeo, Current: Chairman, Kerry Logistics Network; Director, Kerry Holdings Past: Singapore Government Minister for Foreign Affairs; Minister for Trade & Industry; Minister for Health; Minister for Information & the Arts Lunch, Monday, 5 December 2016, 12:00-14:00 pm, China Club Event Details: The Stanford GSB [...]
This Business is Going to Be Massively Successful As Long As You Don't Screw it Up… Speaker Series: Chip Conley, Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy, Airbnb Founder & Former CEO, Joie de Vivre Hotels Cocktails, Thursday, 6 October 2016, 18:00-20:00 pm, China Club Chip Conley’s Extraordinary Impact on Airbnb – "A Boutique Hotel on Steroids" - [...]
Brexit: "We Brought a Spoon to a Knife Fight Speaker Series: Lord Mandelson (Peter Mandelson) Current: Chairman, Global Counsel LLP & Lazard Int'l, Member House of Lords Under PM Gordon Brown: Secretary of State for Business; 1st Sec. of State For the European Union: EU Trade Commissioner Under PM Tony Blair: Sec. of State for Trade & [...]
