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Armando Branchini
Executive Director
Altagamma |
| In 1987, together with the InterCorporateGroup, he incorporated InterCorporate – Strategia e Impresa, of which he is currently Chairman, in Milan. Since then he has worked in the field of Corporate strategy, and in national and international marketing. In 1992 he was one of the founders of Altagamma, of which he is Executive Director. He teaches Strategic Marketing of Luxury Goods at Bocconi University in Milan, after having taught at IULM University. |
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Guy Salter
Deputy Chairman
Walpole |
Guy Salter got his grounding in retailing and brand development at the Arcadia Group, where he worked in most of the Group's retail businesses, including Top Shop, Top Man, Dorothy Perkins, Debenhams & Harvey Nichols. From there he went to work for HRH The Prince of Wales as Assistant Private Secretary for Industry and Commerce. He was awarded an MVO by HM The Queen for this work. His entry into the luxury industry came with his appointment as Managing Director of Laurent-Perrier, the Champagne House. While at Laurent-Perrier he was also Chairman of the Champagne Association and a member of the steering committee of the Comité Colbert, the French Luxury Goods association.
Subsequently he became managing director of the Asprey & Garrard Group, which owns two of the oldest British Luxury brands, including Garrard, the Crown Jeweller. At Asprey & Garrard he oversaw a significant restructuring and repositioning of the company.
In April 2002 Guy and Rupert Hambro & Partners acquired Tanner Krolle. As minority investor and Chief Executive, Guy oversaw the company's very rapid growth in revenues and margins.This period saw the establishment of Tanner Krolle's UK stores and quality wholesale accounts, as well as distribution in the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, the Middle East and Russia. A majority stake in Tanner Krolle was sold to new investors in late 2005.
Guy Salter is currently working with RHJ International, which is affiliated with Ripplewood Holdings LLC, the private equity firm. |
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Denis Morisset
Executive Director
ESSEC MBA in International Luxury Brand Management |
| Denis Morisset ( ESSEC MBA 1979 ) worked for more than 20 years in the Fashion and Luxury Industry with COO and CEO positions for Polo Ralph Lauren, Pierre Balmain, Giorgio Armani and occupied similar responsibilities in the Shoes Industry and the Children wear Industry. In May 2004 , he became an independent consultant for the Luxury Industry , creating his own consulting company "Studeo" Luxury Consulting. Since November 2004 , he is devoting the largest part of his time to ESSEC Business School Luxury Education , as Professional Faculty and Executive Director of ESSEC MBA in " International Luxury Brand Management ". His areas of expertise and research are "Luxury Brand management", "Profitability levels and critical mass in the Luxury Industry" , "Distribution, Retailing and Licensing strategies in the Luxury Industry" with a particular focus on emerging markets . |
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Roberto Donà
Professor
SDA Bocconi School of Management / Director Global Executive MBA |
| Roberto Donà, 47 yrs old, married, 2 sons, is a faculty member at the Business Strategy Department of SDA Bocconi School of Management since 1990. His fields of interests are innovation and internationalization processes. He is the Director of the Global Executive MBA, an innovative programme based also on an extensive use of e-learning technologies. He has been involved in several international projects (USA, Argentina, Russia, Bulgaria, China) and committees. He was Visiting Research and Visiting Professor at Stern School of Business, New York University in 1996 and 1998. Since January 2006, he is also the Academic Director of the Double Degree in International Management, a Master of Science that involves Bocconi University and Fudan University in Shanghai. Since the 2000 is a faculty member of the Master in Fashion, Experience and Design of SDA Bocconi School of Management
He is also a management consultant in some national and multinational corporations and he served as Board Member several companies. Since January 2008, Roberto is Senior Advisor for the Chinese Representative Office of NPV one of the major private consultancy companies in Italy and Executive Director of KeyAsya
Personal Interests are: Rugby, Skiing, Soccer, Reading and Travelling.
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Andrew Wu
Group Director
LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) China |
Born and raised in Shanghai, Andrew WU lived in Canada from 1980-1993. Mr. WU received his Honors BA in Economics from Canada's York University and his MBA from the SCHULICH Business School at York.
For 1984-1985, Mr. WU worked for Canada's Ontario Government Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs. For 1985-1993, he worked for Maple Leaf Foods Inc. – the largest Canadian agri-food company. For 1993-2000, as a pioneer of "returnees", Mr. WU was Managing Director/General Manager of Parfums Christian Dior operations in China for LVMH, the world's largest luxury brand group, successfully developing the market and establishing the CD cosmetics business in China. For 2000-2005, Mr. WU joined SONY MUSIC Entertainment Group as SONY MUSIC (Asia) Vice President and, in 2001, was appointed Managing Director of "Shanghai Epic Music Entertainment", an important Sony Music joint-venture with the Chinese Government for international collaboration in the highly sensitive local cultural and media industry, including to improve intellectual property protection and commercial value of entertainment content.
Since November 2005, Andrew WU has re-joined LVMH and been appointed the Group's Director for the fast growing businesses in China market of over 50 world-renowned brands under LVMH. |
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Camine Rotondaro
Worldwide Real Estate Director
Gucci Group |
Carmine Rotondaro is the Worldwide Real Estate Director of the Gucci Group, for which he has been serving for the last eight years. In such a capacity, he coordinates the real estate needs and projects of all the Gucci Group brands and divisions which include, beside Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Sergio Rossi, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga etc..
He is also managing editor of the IBFD loose leaf publication Tax Treatment of Transfer Pricing and of the IBFD magazine Derivatives & Financial Instruments. He is author of several articles and speaker at various congresses and conferences including the Financial Times 2006 Commercial Property Conference held in London and the 2007 Asia Luxury Property Conference. |
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Gillian Arnold
President
GA Luxury Consultancy / Pre-CEO of Karl Lagerfeld |
Gillian Arnold (gillian.arnold@galuxuryconsulting.com), a Harvard Business School Graduate is a Rome-based Strategic Consultant to Luxury Fashion & Fine Jewelry Brands. She started her career in Retail over 30 years ago. Gillian was previously CEO of Karl Lagerfeld, & the Owner & Founder of Carolina Herrera Bijoux based in New York. Gillian also founded & managed her own Couture Award-winning diamond jewelry business - Gillian Arnold - manufacturing in Valenza, Northern Italy. The Brand was distributed in 117 stores in the United States; & in England, Japan & the UAE.
In 2004, Gillian started GA Luxury Consulting , a Luxury Brand Strategic consulting firm specializing in Creating Competitive Advantage in High Value Markets. The Firm's expertise focuses on Luxury Brand Positioning including the Revitalization of Brand Image, Brand Management Discipline & Leadership Direction. Emphasis is on the importance of on-going strategic planning, Brand differentiation/Authenticity, Channel Diversification and Innovative new product introductions for greater market share. With a wealth of manufacturing experience in Luxury products, GALC is also committed to helping clients improve their products & services under the right budget parameters and on time.
Gillian's clients include Luxury Brand Owners including New Entrants, Private Equity companies, De Beers' Diamantaires, & diamond mines. Gillian is also a case commentator to the Harvard Business Review on an ad hoc basis. |
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Amy Fu
Vice President/Managing Director
Retail Pro Greater China |
| Amy has an extensive background in information technology and retail software applications. Amy was most recently a Vice President and Director of Retail Applications at Chang Yi Information Technology, the number one solution vendor in the Greater China Geography. Prior to that Amy was one of the founders of Beijing Waveful Information Science and a leader of IBM's solution service team. Her role as Vice President / Managing Director with Retail Pro is to develop and add new business partners in underserved markets including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Amy has earned two Bachelor's degrees in mathematics and physics from Beijing University. |
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Uché Okonkwo
Founder and Executive Director
Luxe Corp. |
Uche is one of the pioneer Luxury Business Consultants. She is the Director & Co-Founder of Luxe E.t.c. (www.luxe-etc.com) the leading Strategy & Management Consultancy company specialized in the luxury industry. Based in Paris, she is also the Author of the bestselling business book, Luxury Fashion Branding – Trends, Tactics, Techniques published in 2007, which is the first book on the luxury business. She acts as the Editor of the online luxury business magazine, Luxe-Mag.Com. (www.luxe-mag.com) and is the chair of The Luxury Centre at ESC Rennes School of Business, one of the France's finest business schools.
A seasoned luxury executive, she has closely collaborated with some of the most renowned luxury brands including Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Dior, Piaget, Faberge, Burberry, Coty and L'Oreal as well as emerging luxury brands like Andre Ross and Daniele de Winter.
Uche sits on the Advisory Board of several luxury entities including the Global Luxury Forum, Moscow and The Luxury Centre, France. She has an MBA from Brunel University Business School, London and a PhD from ESC Rennes School of Business, one of the France's finest business schools. |
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Paul Robinson
Chairman
M1NT
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| Paul graduated from Southampton University in 1983 and qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in 1987. During a 20 year career in the entertainment industry, Paul has been the Finance Director of Virgin Records UK through the phenomenally successful 1990's, the Chief Operating Officer of EMI Australia from 2002 - 4, and most recently President & Chief Operating Officer, EMI South East Asia based in Hong Kong. Paul's expertise has been driving operational profitability in a creative environment. In July 2007 Paul moved to a non–exclusive consulting role with EMI Music which enables him to take his considerable expertise into the wider entertainment field. |
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Matt Donovan
Chief Strategy Officer
Euro RSCG WW Asia Pacific & Greater China |
Matt Donovan
Chief Strategy Officer,
Euro RSCG Luxe, Shanghai
Euro RSCG Leap, Asia Pacific
Euro RSCG Worldwide, Asia Pacific & Greater China
In the past 15 years Matt has worked across more than 80 brands, in almost
every category, across all disciplines
(brand consulting, digital, events, advertising, direct marketing/response,
internal branding, in-store/retail & CRM).
He has worked in Australia, the US, and now heads strategy across the Euro
RSCG business in Asia Pacific and
Greater China. He co-founded Euro RSCG’s boutique brand consulting business
"Leap" in New York in 2005, that is now present in 8 cities worldwide.
In 2008 he conducted the most recent Euro RSCG study of Prosumers in China.
The study covered 2000 people in 15 Tier 1 & 2 cities.
'Luxury attitudes' and 'Luxury Brands' were key aspects of this study.
He
has also conducted Luxury semiotics in 5 markets across Asia.
His client experience includes well known, loved & desired brands from
Hyatt, Jaguar, Nike, Dell, Sony, Orange, Volvo, Reckitt Benckiser, &
Hershey. |
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Marcus Lee
Vice President & China Chief Representative
DAG Investment Bank (New York) LLC |
| Dr. Marcus Lee is currently Vice President / China Chief Representative of DAG Investment Bank, New York. Dr. Lee started his career in Wall Street and has specialized in both wealth management and investment banking services. He was Chairman and speaker of 2006, 2007 and 2008 China Private Banking and Wealth Management Summit. He is author of International Bestseller "How to Outsmart China" sold in 40 countries and featured in Bloomberg, CNN. Marcus was included in "China's 100 Who's Who" by the Shanghai Financial News in 2005, "Who's Who Shanghai" by WWD in 2007 and “The 50 Persons You Must Know in Shanghai” by Modern Weekly International in 2007. |
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Joe Sezto
Vice President
SPACE Creative Holdings Limited |
Joe Sezto has engaged in commercial real estate planning and leasing work for nearly 10 years; as a senior commercial real estate expert, he is proficient in the across-the-board commercial planning as well as the post-planning stage management and operation work. He has committed himself to long-term commercial real estate project planning and leasing work in Beijing and Shanghai, and has held important posts of several large-scale commercial development companies.
With a large number of exclusive overseas brand name resources accumulated over the years, particularly his unique insights and extraordinary vision in understanding the major high quality overseas customers, Joe Sezto has successfully introduced many well-known leisure brands into Beijing such as the Party World, Su Zhe Hui, Golden Jaguar, and Kitaya , etc….
Joe Sezto has participated in the following projects: Shanghai Jinmao Tower, Shanghai Times Square, the Super Brand Mall in Shanghai, Hangzhou's West Lake South Bank reconstruction, Phoenix City of CR Land Group, Jiadu Plaza of Forte Group, Joy City of COFCO Group, Raycom InfoTech Park Tower of Lenovo Group, and the Beijing World City project. |
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Evelyne Sevin
Partner, Paris
Egon Zehnder International
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| Evelyne Sevin leads the Fashion Luxury and Retail practice for the firm globally. She is also Head of Diversity for the firm and Member of the Founding Board of the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society. Evelyne joined Egon Zehnder International in 1991, and was appointed Head of Professional Development in June 2001, a role she held during 5 years. She graduated from HEC in 1980, with a major in finance, and later completed her MBA at INSEAD in 1983. Evelyne has founded two of the leading women networks in France: "HEC au Féminin" and "Grandes Ecoles au Féminin", and sits on the Board of HEC Alumni since 2000. She has been working with the Financial Time on the ranking of the Top 25 European Women CEO for already 3 years, and is a regular columnist for Le Figaro and L'Express in France. |
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John W. Ehmann
Worldwide Director
IBM Websphere Commerce |
John is currently the World Wide Director of WebSphere Commerce. In this role he is responsible for developing and executing the global Commerce Sales Strategies for the WebSphere Brand.
John also works with Multi-National brands in leading them in executing their Web strategies and Global expansion. John is also leading the IBM effort in China to bring Multi National Brands to the market via their global enterprise web strategies.
John works with some of the largest enterprises helping them develop and execute their Multi-Channel Commerce strategies and guides them through the complexities of implementing their solution.
Previously, John worked as a Global Sales Executive for the IBM WebSphere Business Integration team focused on the Retail Industry.. In this position he was responsible for defining the Distribution Industry strategy for Business Integration. He worked with the key global retail customers to develop their IT strategy around Integration. John has an extensive retail experience with Industry Consulting, SW development sales and services implementation.
Prior to Joining IBM John was the SVP of Services and Strategy for Freeborders, a Leading Supply Chain SW company, serving both the Retail Industry. John was responsible for developing the key strategies that helped Freeborders develop its market position as a Collaborative Product Management Software company.
In addition before joining Freeborders, John was a Managing Director in the Retail Business Unit of Scientt a leading e-Commerce service consulting firm working out of the Chicago office. While with Scient John's focused his strengths in Supply Chain Management, Retail Operations, Collaborative Product Management, Merchandise Management, Planning and Inventory Management Systems and Retail and Global Sourcing.
John also has extensive hands on retail experience working with both the Limited and Federated Department Stores where he gained his merchandising and retail operations industry knowledge. |
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Jesse T H Chang
Managing Partner
TransAsia Lawyers |
| A graduate of the Australian National University (B.Ec. and LL.B) and the Columbia University School of Law (LL.M), Jesse has been advising clients on direct investments in China for more than 26 years. He is TransAsia’s Managing Partner, and has overall responsibility for its international client base. |
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Jonathan Siboni
CEO
Developing Euro-Asian Links |
| Jonathan Siboni is the Director and co-founder of DEAL (Developing Euro-Asian Links), an international consulting firm specialized in the luxury markets and luxury consumers in Japan and China. Based in Paris and Shanghai, he is also a visiting lecturer at various business schools, among which ESSEC (LVMH Chair) and Sciences Po, where he holds a conference cycle on "Luxury in Asia". |
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Wang Wei
Commercial Director
Concept I |
| Mr.Wang Wei，Commercial Director of Concept i Design Limited, Mr.Wang Wei has both Master Degree of Engineering and EMBA of CEIBS (China European International Business School), He once held such various positions as Chief Representative of Inchcape Group Shanghai, Managing Director of FILA Northeast China region and Regional Manager of Swire Enterprise-Eastern China. Since 2000, Mr.Wang Wei has been involved in the shopping mall industry, acting as Vice President of Super Brand Mall, CEO of Beijing Mall. In 2003, Mr.Wang was a specially invited as China Culture Consultant by Cushman Wakefield, for the leading responsibility to reposition Shanghai No.1 Department Store and Bianlian Shimao Plaza. While working with Concept i, he played a unique role to help the company realize the seamless combining international practice and local culture. |
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Anton Kriz
Director in Management Consulting and E-Generation Marketing
University of Newcastle |
| Anton is an outstanding practitioner and scholar in the area of Chinese research having completed his PhD on interpersonal trust in Chinese business and conducted many market related studies in the area. He has spent the last 15 years investigating Asian markets like Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and the China Mainland. This included joint venture developments and a partnership with the Taiwanese. His study on the ultimate luxury food (kuruma ebi or dancing shrimp) in Japan has interesting historical implications for China as it goes forward. Consequently Anton has a good blend of theory and practice and he therefore consults widely to industry, business and Government on a range of market research and strategic related issues including agribusiness, tourism, innovation and regional development. He has conducted ground breaking studies on branding that have been instrumental in changing perceptions of difficult markets. Due to his success and understanding, he was recently awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to investigate regional business variations in China (completed interviews in 16 major Chinese Cities). Anton is a lecturer at University of Newcastle (Australia) where he teaches undergraduate and post-graduate students in marketing strategy, e-marketing, multinational corporations and international business. He also teaches in Hong Kong and supervisors several PhD and DBA students on China related studies. Anton has an extensive understanding of Chinese business practices and consumer behaviour particularly related to aspects like guanxi and xinren. He is a Director of eGeneration Marketing and inManagement Consulting and in this capacity is currently investigating key aspects of the Online market in China in relation to luxury products. |
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Pierre Lu
Assistant Professor
Fudan University |
Dr Pierre Xiao LU is assistant professor of marketing at School of management of Fudan University in Shanghai, visiting professor of LVMH Chair at ESSEC Paris-Singapore and consultant of Chinese luxury market for many multinational luxury firms (Lacoste, LVHM, PPR-Gucci etc.). Prof LU is specialized in luxury consumer behaviors studies in China and luxury brand management in Asia. After working several years in research center of luxury industry in Essec, he received his Ph.D. ESSEC in 2005. Prof Lu published numbers of articles about luxury industry and Chinese luxury consumers'studies in professional and academic journals, such as AMA, AFM, Comité Colbert, Harvard Business Review China and Financial Times China.
Prof. LU is frequent speaker in fashion and luxury management forum, such as Chinese Luxury Summit, CEIBS Luxury Forum, Hong Kong Luxury Week Luxury Forum, and British American Tobacco Annual Conference etc. He is teaching "Fashion and Luxury Brand Management" in School of Management, Fudan University, ESSEC Paris and ESSEC Asian Center in Singapore. He is the author of "Elite China, Chinese Luxury Consumers" worldwide published by Wiley & Sons in 2008. In addition, the book "Luxury Brand Management" is translated by Prof LU into Chinese (Shanghai people's publishing house).
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