Ralf Mazet

Dong Duong

Dong Duong, is the Executive Director/GM of Trolli China. He has a multi-cultural background with his career having taken him across several countries including; Vietnam, Germany and China. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors for the German Chamber of Commerce-South & Southwest China.
He studied at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and holds a degree in economics (Dipl. Kaufmann). After 10 years of experience in business development within the medical equipment industry in the Asia Pacific region, he started a new challenge in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry.
Recently, Mr. Duong is responsible for Trolli in China, a manufacturer of Gummi Candy and a WFOE for the Mederer Group.
He is passionate about supporting German Companies and developing businesses in Asia.

Emia Hu

Background in both state-owned enterprise and multinational corporation

Rich experience in All HR function Management.

Stella Zhang

Stella Zhang is a Senior Consultant on Total Rewards solution for Mars China. She has been with Mars for almost 10 years and experienced in compensation policy structure design, incentive scheme development, succession management and talent development, and HR business partner support towards business. Stella has played a key role in quite a lot of organization design projects, including re-organization revolution and startup business penetration set-up in the market. She also had a successful practice on improving the factory operator effectiveness when she was leading the HR function in a factory with over 1000 workforce. Stella is highly recognized by business leaders as a customer oriented and strong result driven person.

Prior to joining Mars, Stella has the experience working in other multi national companies in banking and logistics. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and connecting with young people. From 2014, she has been cooperating with some societies to bring herself in touch with new generations, helping graduates in various ways for self awareness, growth and development, which is also the way that Stella figures out to fulfill her personal value.

Trevor Ding

Trevor Ding is the General Manager of Elrad Electronics (Dongguan) Co., Ltd since Oct 2015.

Before joining Elrad, he has served as Vice general manager of Gentherm Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd which is focus on automotive electronics business (NASDAQ:THRM), his responsible area in Gentherm is operations management.

With more than 20 years working experience in electronics manufacturing industry, Trevor worked as process engineer, Production manager, Plant manager several positions in European and American companies, such as Concord, Tridonic, Etratech.

Trevor’s major is mechanical engineering and graduated from Huainan Mining & Technology University, he holds Master degree of Business Administration from Webster University.

Geoff Kershler

Geoff as an independent business trainer with professional experience in business communications and learning solutions since he is a freelance trainer.
Geoff Kershler has had fifteen years of experience in operations management, consulting and training roles in the government and private sectors in Australia. He specialised in the analysis and remediation of business policy and work practices across service industries and the resources sector.

Since relocating to China, Geoff has completed more than twelve years in learning management and delivery of learning solutions to adults as an executive coach and corporate trainer. Traditional instructor led roles have been increasingly replaced by virtual and e-learning styles and Geoff will illustrate his experience in several of these areas. Geoff strives to ensure that his course participants benefit from the effective transfer of learning objectives by providing opportunities for all participants to contribute to the learning process and develop their natural abilities. His commitment and professional style earns him respect as an effective tutor and coach.

Geoff recognises the value of motivation, mentoring and evaluation techniques in the workplace and their contribution to the achievement of individual and group goals in business. He has personally mentored professionals and managed mentor and evaluation programs in communications skills in Guangzhou based organisations.

Bolivia Cheung

Bolivia Cheung is the Founder and Director of BC Training Co., Ltd. (FCCA and FCPA). She is an external consultant of CW HK CPA Firm.
Bolivia has over 20 years of experience on China tax and business advisory. She joined KPMG in 1996, was promoted to partnership for 8 years and retired from tax partner in 2011 after working in KPMG for 15 years. She freed up herself for training, education, freelance consultancy projects and charitable activities, and completed the MA in Practical Philosophy, her second master degree. Bolivia has stationed in Guangzhou and Shanghai for over 8 years which means a lot of practical experiences in dealing with problems and issues of taxpayers.

Ralph Koppitz

Ralph advises German and international companies related to their business transactions in China. This includes in particular corporate aspects of foreign direct investment, M&A (share and asset deal acquisitions, mergers of foreign invested enterprises, equity transfers), restructuring and liquidation.
Ralph heads the employment and pension practice of the China Group and is co-author of a publication on Chinese labor and social insurance law of a German industry association.
His special industry focus is the chemical sector (chemical related laws and investments).
Ralph studied law at the University of Munich and Chinese language at Beijing Normal University in China under a scholarship granted by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). From 1997, he worked in the Beijing office of a major international law firm. In the year 2002, he joined Taylor Wessing as partner and head of the Shanghai office.
Since 2011 he is a lecturer on Chinese employment law and international mobility aspects at St. Gallen University’s Executive M.B.L.-HSG module “Law and Business in China” held annually at Shanghai’s Fudan University. Ralph is a founding member and currently serves on the board of SP China Alumni e.V., an association established in 2017 promoting the DAAD scholarship program., of which he is an alumnus.
Due to his long term secondment to China, Ralph has established close contacts with relevant local and national authorities and institutions. Among others, he served as member to the Boards of both the EU and the German Chamber of Commerce in China. In 2010, he was elected as member to the board of the German School in Shanghai, and served as its chairman from 2012 until July 2017.

Mette Pausgaard

BA, PGCE, MEd, Certificate in Mediation, Certificate in Coaching.
Mette has been involved in Education, Corporate Training and Consulting for over a decade. She is passionate about leadership and believes that people need to be led and not managed. Her vast experience in Education, Corporate Training and Consulting has led her into developing a Leadership Program for 21st Century Leaders.