The Bankers’ New Clothes Speaker Series: Anat Admati, George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance & Economics, Stanford GSB Lunch, Monday, 8 April 2013, 12:15-14:00, Asia Society Hong Kong Center How Nothing Has Changed Since 2008 & The Continued Danger of the Unbalanced Financial System Co-Sponsor: The Asia Society Event Details: The Asia Society & The Stanford [...]
From an Abandoned Soap Factory in Provence to the HKSE Speaker Series: André J. Hoffmann, Executive Director of L’Occitane & Head of Asia-Pacific Evening Reception, Monday, 11 March 2013, 18:30-20:30 pm, Club Lusitano The Unknown Story of Asia’s Favorite “Affordable Luxury with the Unpronounceable Name” & How Outside Investors Almost Destroyed and then Rescued L’Occitane from RuinWhat’s [...]
What’s the Fuss? Speaker Series: Klaus Heymann, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Naxos Breakfast, Friday, 14 December 2012, 08:00-10:00, The American Club, Town Club How Naxos Has Thrived in the Face of the “Music Industry’s Decline” …Reinventing the Rules of Brand Equity, Turning Conventional Wisdom on its Head…..And Changing the Classic Music Industry Forever [...]
Wake Up & Take Action! Speaker Series: NICOLAS PICTET, Managing Partner, Pictet & Cie. Breakfast, Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 8:00-9:30 am, The American Club, Town Club How Pictet Has Managed a Family Business Across 200 Years History and Generations, and the Challenges of Swiss Private Banking, Today, in the Face of the Rising Asian Threat. Everything you [...]
How Getting Kicked Out of Stanford Was the Best Thing That Happened to Me Speaker Series: Ho, Kwon Ping, Founder & Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd. Breakfast, Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 8:00 am to 10:00 am, The American Club, Town Club KP Ho’s journey from student rebel to hotel industry revolutionary, creating Banyan Tree’s Sanctuary of the [...]
Changing the Score & Unexpected Paths Speaker Series: Terdema Ussery, President & CEO, Dallas Mavericks; former CEO, HDnet; former President, Nike Sports Management; former Commissioner, the Continental Basketball Association) Breakfast, Thursday, 12 July 2012, 8:00-9:45 am, The American Club, Town Club, 49th Floor and Terrace 2 Exchange Square How Terdema Ussery is Redefining (again) the Business of Sports [...]
Couch Potatoes No More Speaker Series: Gary Wang, Founder & CEO, Tudou Evening Reception, 18:30-20:30, Wednesday 16 November 2011, The Hughes Room, First Floor, Foreign Correspondents' Club How Tudou (“potato” in Mandarin) is beating YouTube, Hulu and HBO in China at their own games, and is transforming television, media regulation and consumer behavior in China along the [...]
Not Your Father's Commute Speaker Series: C. K. Chow, CEO MTR Corporation Breakfast, Friday, 21 October 2011 How the World's Most Profitable Metro System is the Largest Real Estate Developer, Biggest Smart Card Innovator, Most Trend-Setting Shopping Mall Operator and Most Influential Player in Urban Planning that You've Never Heard Of. Event Details The Stanford GSB Chapter [...]
Asia New Media/Asia Old Media: Opportunities & Challenges Speaker Series: Michelle Guthrie Google Asia Breakfast, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 Event Details The Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong welcomed to a breakfast talk by Michelle Guthrie, Director, Strategic Business Development, Asia Pacific, Google and one of Asia’s most experienced women in internet/media (please see Speaker’s Bio, below). We [...]
