Charlene was born in Malaysia and has lived in the US, Singapore, and now Shanghai.

She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BSc in Electrical Engineering and has 19 years of working experience in different areas of the electronics and semiconductor industry, ranging from design, engineering, manufacturing to sales. Charlene is currently managing New Ventures at the PwC Innovation Centre, Shanghai.

Aside from her profession, Charlene has 12 years of social entrepreneurship and commercial event management experience in China. In 2009, she co-founded ShanghaiPRIDE, an annual festival run entirely by volunteers that promotes diversity, in 2014 Q-Events, an event management company, and in 2016 Ladies Who Tech, a networking community for women in STEM. Charlene spends her free time organizing events and managing the planning, operations, finance, and sponsorship of these platforms.

She is also a co-owner of The Hub Café in Shanghai.

Jill Tang is the co-founder of Ladies Who Tech, a serial entrepreneur, an industry consultant, a professional MC and a lifestyle KOL. Ladies Who Tech was started by women who are in STEM industries and believe in challenging the status quo by encouraging more women to discover their potential in STEM.

In June 2016, Jill was selected as the only female entrepreneur from Shanghai to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Silicon Valley which included an address by President Obama and many other influential people. In the same year, she was nominated as a Young Australia China Alumni of the year finalist.

Jill holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Latrobe University, a Masters of Applied Finance from Monash University, and an MBA from Melbourne Business School.

Jen Flowers is a Director in the PwC Consulting Practice working directly with their Experience Centre focused on digital, data, customer and emerging technology. 

She helped launch the Experience Centres in Hong Kong and Shanghai in 2016 and is working on the build out of a Greater China Emerging Technology Network. She is also a leader of Catalyst, which is PwC's design-thinking workshops – helping clients solve important challenges in an agile way.

She has over 15 years experience across marketing, business development, innovation and change. She has a Masters degree in Chinese Literature, speaks Mandarin and spent over 10 years living across Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Jen is also Advisor to Ladies Who Tech.

Angie Lau continues to cut her path in business, investing and leadership. Angie is founder of Narramur: a cutting-edge communications firm based on narrative and technology. This award-winning former Bloomberg Television lead anchor, and a 20+ year veteran of journalism advises disruptive, global companies in tech from U.S. to Asia. Angie has advised for Li Ka Shing Foundation, Horizons Ventures, Driver, Antler, Lane Crawford, among other global organizations, multinationals, startups, CEOs and founders. She is also co-founder and Head of Forkast.News: a digital news network on all things blockchain and cryptocurrency. Angie is a sought-after speaker on leadership, communications and the future of business. Her TEDx Talk “I Am Not Supposed to Be Here” was turned into a TED Ed Lesson for its global audience of 6.7 million followers.

Speaker Experience: (some highlights)
- Keynote speaker Women in Leadership, Marriott International
- GREAT Festival of Innovation, moderator/ speaker
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Partners Summit, Hong Kong
- Moderator of Asian Development Bank, Global Leaders Summit Greater Mekong Subregion 2018 (PMs of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, etc.)
- World Capital Markets Symposium, Malaysia SEC
- SPOT Conference Hong Kong, moderator
- TED Salon speaker, Marriott International Bangalore, India
- Bloomberg’s Most Influential Summit 2015, Editorial Lead/ Host

Kate Leung is the founder and operations manager at Tastemaker Inc. Tastemaker Inc. is an early stage startup company focusing on providing innovative solutions and support to startups, entrepreneurs, and freelancers. The projects are in different development phases ranging from early stage concepts to projects that are conducting pilot tests with users. As the business owner, Kate Leung continuously looks for the right people to collaborate and to help shape the future. She also gives professional support through her legal background and work with idea owners to commercialise an idea or research result.

The Freelancers Community is part of Tastemaker Inc. It provides support to freelance professionals such as work opportunities and community gathering.

Kate has a Masters of Laws in Intellectual Property Law from East China University of Political Science and Law, and a Bachelor of Laws from University of Leicester.

As Corporate Affairs Director, Ada’s key objective is to realize Microsoft’s global mission – to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more – in a diversified and inclusive way locally. Ada owns, drives and promotes Microsoft Philanthropies initiatives, including but not limited to Technology for Good Program for NGOs, YouthSpark & GirlSpark Programs for local youths, to build social impact and advocate diversity & inclusion in Hong Kong Community. She also engages and nurtures Microsoft’s relationships with key external elites in line with Microsoft’s business and philanthropic strategies.

Before joining Microsoft, Ada had been working in CLP Power, AIA International and Samsung Electronics. With more than 10 years in CSR roles, Ada has extensive experience in stakeholder engagement including working with Government, academia and NGOs. She is also a part-time instructor at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, CUHK.

Ada attained her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The University of Adelaide.