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Ally Li
Founder & President of SD MediaMaster of Sun Yat-sen University and MIT, Macao Communication Society President, SD Media Founder and President,Greater Bay area youth entrepreneurship mentor
Carmen Lei
Vice President at Fu Lun Youth Association of MacauCarmen is Vice President of the Fu Lun Youth Association of Macau, and is actively involved in promoting women's development. She is also Chair of the 2018 International Affairs Training Program Preparatory Committee, which aims to nurture women in Macau to develop an international perspective and participate in international affairs.
Carmen is an Associate Director of Deloitte China. She has extensive experience in providing advisory, forensic and accounting services to both public (notably the Macau SAR Government) and private sectors. Furthermore, she has helped a wide range of local and multinational clients set up and operate businesses in Macao. She is a member of CPA Australia and the CPA Australia Macau Advisory Group, as well as a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
Raymond Lao
Founder of Macau Envision AcceleratorMacau Envision Accelerator Founder, Multinational (Holdings) Group Vice President, Minister of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Director of the Youth Committee of the Macao Heilongjiang Economic Cooperation Promotion Association
Suzanne Watkinson
Managing Director of Ambiente PropertiesSuzanne Watkinson is a Macau based real estate professional. She has been in this industry for over 14 years. As Managing Director of Ambiente Properties (www.ambiente.mo), she and her team help clients who include gaming & hospitality operators, expats & locals, seeking rental & investment property in Macau. They also run FirstLook and Orientation tours of Macau for those considering a move here.
Suzanne has a strong hospitality background having held senior management positions at five-star hotels & private members’ clubs in Bermuda, Dubai, Australia, Singapore & Hong Kong. Thus she can relate to and understand the needs of many of her clients from the hospitality industry who come to work in Macau.
Born in Malaysia Suzanne grew up in Singapore, Hong Kong & Japan. Her family has connections with Macau going back over 50 years, so she is very familiar with multiple Asian cultures.
Suzanne has an MBA from Cranfield, England, an MSc. in International Hotel Management (Distinction), a BSc. in Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management (Distinction) and is a qualified marketeer with the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. She is also a certified project practitioner, (level D, Distinction), with the International Project Management Association.
Suzanne holds Real Estate licenses for both Macau & Hong Kong and is a regular contributor to the ‘Macau Closer’ & ‘Macau Lifestyle’ magazines for property-related articles.
In her spare time she works as a business communication, networking skills and dining etiquette coach.
Sabrina Ho
Managing Director of Chiu Yeng CultureSabrina Ho Chiu Yeng is a young entrepreneur focus in development of arts and culture, she actively organizes various types of arts and cultural activities as to promote the development of Asian arts and culture, at the same time develop young artists from different sectors. She is the Founder and the Managing Director of Chiu Yeng Culture, as well as the Director and Chief Executive Officer of Poly Auction Macau Limited. She is also a member of the Committee of Cultural Industries of Government of Macao Special Administrative Region, the Co-Vice Chairlady of Bellissima Italia and the Honorary Ambassador Korean Culture of Hong Kong and Macau of Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong. In 2015, she was honored with number 17th on the 2015 Top 100 Global Chinese Art Market Man by Yi Dian China and Art Nova 2015 by Art Power 100.
At just 27 of age, Sabrina signed a strategic partnership agreement with UNESCO in November, 2017. The accomplished young entrepreneur, graduate of Art Degree from the University of Hong Kong will dedicate her efforts towards the empowerment of young women and will serve as an advocate for her new initiative “U40 Empowered: Women entrepreneurs powering the digital creative industries” . Sabrina was appointed as a speaker at the Forbes Asia Forum 2017 on the “Next Tycoons: A Generation Emerges” and in the same year, she was invited as one of the featured speakers at the 19th Annual Harvard China Forum and she was named as one of the “Women to Watch” on the 2016 Forbes Asia’s Power Business Women List.
Sabrina actively participates in social affairs and youth activities. She is a member of the Shenzhen CPPCC Committee, Vice President of Chongqing Overseas Friendship Association, and also an active member of the Hong Kong United Youth Association, the Y. Elites Association Limited, and the Centum Charitas Foundation. Other than that, she is a patron of the British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum and a member of the Curatorial Friends Groups of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Zhe Duan
Senior Investment Manager at ZBJ Fund & Chongqing Cultural and Creative FundCFA, FRM, ZBJ Fund (Zhubajie subsidiary) / Chongqing Cultural and Creative Fund Senior Investment Manager, mainly focuses on Internet, corporate service, cultural and creative industries.
Josephine Kuan
Founder of JK FITBOXJK FITBOX Founder
NSCA National Strength & Conditioning Association certified coach
NASM National Academy of Sports Medicine Women Training Specialist
Bosu Master Trainer - Hong Kong and Macau regional coach trainer
Cormax Master Trainer - Hong Kong and Macau regional coach trainer
Miko Ieong
Co-founder of Goodlife MacauDesigner, Lettering Artist. Studying and working in Silicon Valley, California for seven years, majoring in design. She had working and internship experience at SAP(Forbes 500)and VMware.
Deeply influenced by California's entrepreneurial spirit, she is active in technology start-up projects, and uses her free time to participate in the development of tourism-related applications and food sharing platforms, responsible for product development, UX(user experience) and UI(user interface) design. She believes that good design brings a good life.
Nicole Ng
Co-founder & Managing Director of NCM DesignNicole Ng is the co-founder and managing director of NCM Design, a leading event design company established in 2011, NCM Design has organized and designed for more than 1000 events, her clients include Louis Vuitton, Dior, Tiffany & Co. and Swatch Group.
Nicole is also the president of Macau English Debate Association and the coach of University of Macau English Debating Team( 2017 China National Champion). Since 2010, she has trained more than 500 students for debating and public speaking skill, she has also organized numerous international debate competitions to allow young people from Macau to have intellectual exchange with young people from other parts of the world.
Pamela Chan
Head of Marketing at Taipa Village DestinationGraduated from the Institute for Tourism Studies, Pamela is currently the Head of Marketing at Taipa Village Destination Limited, and Director of the Executive Board at Taipa Village Cultural Association. Over the past 10 years, she has worked in a number of integrated hotel resorts, excelling in Marketing and Communications, Public Relations and Event Management. She is currently an active player in Macau art scene in terms of exhibition curation, production and judge panel.
Teresa Dermawan
Co-founder of JOYO & K2Teresa is the co-founder of JOYO & K2 Digital. She graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a master degree in Information Engineering. Teresa aims to combine her expertise in information technology with her passion in environmental protection and travelling. She co-founded K2 back in 2015 to design and develop digital experiences. She then joined JOYO in 2017 focusing on brand revamp and platform design, the brand motto being “own less, travel more”. She believes that as much as high quality coding algorithms and strong cyber security should be emphasised, a good UI/UX is an equally, if not more, important feature for a truly great website or application. She aspires to combine technology, design and environmental friendliness in her products.
Victoria Man
Director of Signature Events and Business Awards of MacauVictoria Man holds a Master in Law from the University (Clássica) of Lisbon, Portugal. She has a multicultural background and work experience in Macau, Hong Kong, Mozambique and Angola where she was the Director of Business Relations in Angolan Steel Company.
Currently, she is the Director of Signature Events and the Director of Business Awards of Macau.
Yvonne Ho
Managing Director of Mars GroupBachelor of Architecture
Master of Laws in Macau
Macao registered architect
Ho Dao (Hong Kong) Design Co., Ltd. - Chief Design Consultant
Association of Dancing & Yoga Un Mong of Macao - Founding President
Yvonne is focusing in the field of building information model - BIM technology in the recent years, and successfully led Mars Group team obtained the first ARCHICAD (BIM software) training center in Macao authorized by the GRAPHISOFT Group of Hungary in January 2018, and became the pioneer of spreading advanced architectural drafting skills in Macao.