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Ji Gu
Stanford GSBJi is the Co-founder of Zhulilaiye (助理来也), a start-up focusing on providing personal assistant service to Chinese consumers powered by AI and human agents. Laiye was the first Chinese startup to be invested by Microsoft headquarter and its angel investors include Lightspeed, Sequoia and Zhenfund. Prior to that, she was the Studio Head and Business Director at FunPlus, where she managed teams of over 80 people across US, Canada and China to produce and operate a Top 50 Facebook simulation game and a Top IOS grossing RTS game. She has an MBA from Stanford and a B.S, summa cum laude, from Cornell.
Horacio Miranda
Chief Marketing Officer at HP Greater ChinaHoracio leads the Marketing, Communications and Business Strategy functions for HP across China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Over his business career at HP, he has held numerous global and regional leadership positions in the areas of Marketing, New Business Development, Strategy & Business Planning, across different business categories in the technology sector.
Native of Mexico, Horacio has accumulated significant global experience, having worked in 5 different countries, across 3 different continents, prior to making Beijing China his residency since 2014.
Horacio is an MBA graduate from the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business and a certified Behavioural coach. He enjoys spending his free time advising entrepreneurs on topics related to business model design, value creation and market entry/expansion strategies.
Socrate Lao
Deputy COO & Head of Strategy, Transformation & Innovation at Societe Generale Bank
Kapil Kane
Director of Innovation and Co-Founder of Ideas2Reality at Intel China
Thomas Cheng
International Education - Student, Teacher, and Organizational Growth
Tim Coghlan
Managing Director of Coghlan & Li LtdIOT and the Future of Shopping
Newton Davis
Investor education at 500 StartupsNewton Davis graduated from Williams College where he double majored in History and Arabic Studies with concentrations in Spanish and African-American Studies. After graduation, he worked as a management consultant at Accenture in the telecommunication, media, and technology practice. Post consulting, he moved to 500 Startups where he has helped create education programs for global venture capital investors. Newton is interested to further his knowledge about tech innovation and entrepreneurship while building his chops as a venture capital investor. A Truman, Mellon Mays, and QuestBridge scholar, he studied and worked in a number of countries and has spent the last 2 years living in Mexico City. He speaks Spanish and Portuguese and is a music lover, political junkie, and closeted urbanist. Newton is 27 years old and from the United States, and he was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar of Tsinghua University.
Heather Evans
Senior Advisor in advanced technology strategy at Canadian GovernmentHeather Evans is an entrepreneur turned civil servant. Following the decision to open source her second startup, Heather joined her Provincial Government as a Senior Advisor in advanced technology strategy, where she focuses on artificial intelligence and quantum technologies. Heather is a Queen’s Commerce graduate, and an alumni of Canada’s prestigious national entrepreneurship program, the Next36. She recently led the Canadian delegation to the G7 Youth Summit, and is curious to broaden her understanding of the world through the Schwarzman Scholars Program of Tsinghua University. Heather is 22 years old and from Canada.
Daniel Hsu
Independent AdvisorHacking VC for Better Innovation
Charlie Hu
Partner at Dorahacks
Jing-jing Hu
Consultant at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Tanay Jaeel
Product Strategy at LinkedInTanay Jaeel graduated from Berkeley where he majored in Business Administration, and was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar of the Tsinghua University. During his time there, he went deep into social impact initiatives through his coursework and extracurricular, including projects for the California State Government, rural districts in South India, and various nonprofits. After graduation, Tanay worked in Product Strategy at LinkedIn, building out the platform’s job seeking experience to help millions of members find their next career opportunity. His interest in Asia and China sparked during a 6-month rotation with LinkedIn in Singapore where he focused on driving consumer, product, and monetization growth in the region. Tanay is joining the Schwarzman Scholars program to study how the tech industry and public sector can partner to create and scale technology for social good. Tanay is 23 years old and from the United States.
Youjin Lee
Speaker at United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationYoujin Lee studied Science, Technology, and Policy at Yonsei University. She is the winner of Asia of United Nations Industrial Development Organization's Youth Competition. She was also awarded Talent Award of Korea by the President of Republic of Korea. Recently, she ran social start-ups on ecological footprint and health care. In the future, she dreams to achieve SDGs through innovative technology to solve social problems with her strong leadership and interdisciplinary skills. Youjin is 23 years old and from South Korea; and she was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar of the Tsinghua University
Juan Sebastián Muñoz
Cofounder of Mentors4uJuan Sebastián Muñoz studied at UWC of the Atlantic in Wales and graduated from Middlebury College where he majored in Economics and Philosophy. Upon graduation, Juan returned to Colombia with a commitment to create a social and economic impact in his home country. He worked for Bogota’s Deputy Secretary of Education as a Finance Advisor, where he supervised a budget of USD$ 500 million in educational programs. Sebastián then moved to Medellin to lead the business initiatives of Caltek, a subsidiary of one of LATAM´s largest conglomerates. He is also co-founder of Mentors4u Colombia, a mentorship program that connects talented college students from underprivileged backgrounds, with successful professionals. Sebastián is interested in learning more about entrepreneurship, business and education as catalyzers for social change. Juan was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar of Tsinghua University, he is 27 years old and from Colombia.
Kseniya Otmakhova
Urban Planner & DesignerFuture Urbanization driven by the Belt and Road Initiative
Miro Plueckebaum
Machine Learning Strategist and AI Public Policy and Ethics Advisor at SAPMiro Plueckebaum graduated from the University of York with a bachelors degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. At university, he chaired a sports club, represented the students of his department, built one of Europe's largest and most successful United Nations Associations, and co-founded an online platform used by MUN conferences across Europe. Prior to joining Schwarzman Scholars Miro was a Machine Learning Strategist and AI Public Policy and Ethics Advisor at SAP.
Jonathan Rechtman
Co-Founder of CadenceWalk and Talk: how Global Mobility transforms Human Communication
Deborah Tien
Board Chair at TwendeDeborah Tien graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Astrophysics in 2012; and she was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar of the Tsinghua University. Armed with a passion for creative justice and a deep belief that it should not just be the 'elite' who solve the hard problems, she has spent the past few years living and working in Arusha, Tanzania, leading a small, grassroots social innovation makerspace & outreach programs, focused on creating a world with more local solutions to local challenges. Her ecosystem approach has led to developing local & international partnerships and sparked many interesting conversations. Deborah is 27 years old and from the United States.
Dr. Ruby Wang
Medical Doctor at UK NHSRuby Wang graduated from the University of Cambridge and the University College London with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, and Masters in Neuroscience; and was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar of the Tsinghua University. She is a doctor in the UK’s National Health Service, currently specialising in ENT Surgery. In her first two years as a clinician, and during the recent tumultuous Junior Doctor Contract changes, she has enthusiastically represented her peers in the elected committees of the British Medical Association and Junior Doctor Forum. Additionally, she has been involved in the co-ordination of the GIANT Global Innovation and Technolgy in Health UK Annual Conference for the past year, and is looking to create a sister conference in China.
She is interested in health technology and innovation, and aspires to build upon her clinical experience to improve international healthcare systems and global health policy. Ruby is 25 years old and from the United Kingdom.
Jonas Wolf
MD at AngelhackRunway to a 21st Century Skill Set
Enoch Wong
Advisor at Beijing New Essence Education Group 北京新学道The end goal of education: why we teach and why we learn?
Enoch WONG was born in HK, studied in the UK for 10 years, and has worked in 7 countries across Asia, Europe and Africa. He was a Swire Scholar and graduated from the University of Warwick with BSc. MORSE (Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics); and was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar at the Tsinghua University.
After working at the world’s largest youth leadership non-for-profit and world’s largest private education company, he continued to pursue his passion and co-founded 3 educational start-ups. He is currently an expert advisor at the Beijing New Essence Education Group 北京新学道, and he was selected as a Global Shaper and the Advisory Council Steering Committee by the World Economic Forum (Davos). He is also a mentor and a guest lecturer across over 30 countries, at universities like Tsinghua and organizations/companies like China UnionPay on the topics of design thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Hugo Wood
Public Policy Advisor at Vice-President of the Republic of PanamaHugo Wood is a lawyer, social entrepreneur and human development advocate. He serves as Public Policy Advisor and Chief Speechwriter to the Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama and is coordinating the largest debate student tournament in the history of his country. He graduated magna cum laude of Law and Political Science from Santa Maria La Antigua University where he was the founder of the United Youth for Dialogue, the university's current largest student organization. He was also awarded a full scholarship to complete a Master of Laws at Tulane University Law School, where he was elected President of the Postgraduate Student Government. Passionate about education and policy implementation, he was awarded a scholarship by the Panamanian Government to study modern trends of international development at Harvard University's, Kennedy School of Government. Based on the recent diplomatic relations between Panama and China, his ambition is to connect Panama and Latin America with the Asian economic powerhouse and foster human development, inclusion and economic growth. Hugo is 27 years old and from Panama, and he was selected as a Schwarzman Scholar of the Tsinghua University.
Chenyu Zheng
Author and Blogger at Ms Apple StudioDigital Nomad: The Future of Living and Working