CEO Class, being inspired by the greatest leaders worldwide and talked about personal goals & growth

About the Speaker - Mr Kevin Lee (Chief Product Officer, eBay Korea)

Kevin Lee, Chief Product Officer at eBay Korea, is responsible for the overall vision and strategy of products and services for Korea’s largest e-commerce company operating under Gmarket, Auction, and G9. In this role, Kevin oversees the team of design, product, and engineering to drive innovation initiatives and deliver great products to extend the market leadership.

Previously, Kevin was Vice President and Head of Design at Visa, Inc, responsible for setting the vision to help designing digital products and Visa’s design system has been recognized by Fast Company for 2017 Innovation by Design Awards. Prior to Visa, Kevin led the design studio at Samsung responsible for the overall product strategy and launch of Gear Fit. Kevin was also responsible for the global design team at eBay and Paypal, as well as Whirlpool Corporation designing and launching consumer products with CES awards. Before Whirlpool, Kevin led a global team at GE Healthcare launching Vscan where it was named by TIME magazine as The 50 Best Inventions of 2009.

About the Speaker - Zofia Kierner (Founder & CEO, Girls Future Ready Foundation)

Zofia Kierner is a senior at Phillips Exeter Academy, an award-winning social entrepreneur, education and gender equality advocate, one of Vogue's top social activists. She founded and personally manages Girls Future Ready Foundation, an educational organization that spotlights the power of young women and runs multiple international projects.

Zofia has a passion for activism and public speaking as she delivers talks at conferences, appears in press, radio, and TV programs.

About the Speaker - Mr Adrian Warr (CEO Hong Kong & Taiwan, & Market Growth Thailand, and APAC Head of Employee Experience, Edelman) 

Adrian Warr leads Edelman Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as the newly formed Thailand office. He is a communications consultant whose work in New York, London and Hong Kong with some of the world’s best consultancies has given him experience in corporate, crisis, branding, marcomms, employee engagement, public affairs and digital marketing. 

Adrian has been lucky enough to work with amazing people whose names he will happily drop at the first opportunity, including the leaders of companies like HSBC, Cathay and Mars as well as individuals such as Kofi Annan, Cherie Blair and Princess Christina of Spain. 

Over the years his clients have included Samsung, Google, Coca-Cola, Tencent, Pepsi, Cathay Pacific, United Airlines, BAA, Warner Music, CLP, MTR, London 2012, The UN, Wrigley, KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, EY, GE, American Express, ArcelorMittal, DLA, KPMG, and Boston Consulting Group. 

After years of foolishly attributing his few successes to talent, Adrian is now fully aware of his white, male privilege and has become committed to addressing gender inequality, both personally and professionally. He is Co-Chair and a founding member of The Male Allies, a charity which aims to leverage the influence of male business leaders to achieve gender parity in the workplace. 

He also works pro bono for The Women’s Foundation and regularly speaks and writes on gender. Adrian is also on the board of The Hong Kong International Literary Festival. An Oxford graduate in modern languages and literature, Adrian has a BA and MA in French and Italian. Which is, admittedly, of limited use in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand.

About the speaker, Mr Olli Vallo (CEO, Education Alliance Finland)

Olli Vallo is the CEO of Education Alliance Finland, an organization specialized in pedagogical evaluation and certification of learning solutions. Olli has MSc in Education and is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Helsinki. He has worked in the Educational Technology field since 2012 and has a background in education and teaching before moving to the EdTech field. Olli has hosted keynote presentations and workshops in international education events and fairs. Through the work of Education Alliance Finland, Olli has had an opportunity to dig deep into the pedagogical design and learning efficacy of hundreds of educational solutions globally.

About the speaker, Christian Foddis

Christian is Chief Executive Officer Asia of Ferragamo Hong Kong Ltd, overseeing Salvatore Ferragamo’s distribution in the ASIA Region for all Channels (DOS, Wholesale, TR and Digital). Prior to this, he was Chief Executive Officer, Greater China of Ferragamo.

He currently serves as BOD member of the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong & Macao and has served as Vice-Chairman for several years.

Before joining Ferragamo in 2007, Christian was Managing Director of V.F.G. Hong Kong Ltd, the subsidiary of Valentino Fashion Group for Asia Pacific. Prior to that, he was Country Manager of Italfashion UK, subsidiary of Marzotto S.p.A., based in London with responsibility for the Northern European markets of the group.

Born in Rome, Italy, Christian holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from KWG St.Gallen, Switzerland and a Master’s degree in Sociology - Business Administration and Organizations from “La Sapienza” University Rome, Italy.

Christian strongly believes in the relevance of continuous learning and education and has participated to various Executive courses with Clariden, Insead and the London Business School; he is an active member of YPO (Young President Organization), a leading lifelong learning organization, where he serves as Pan Asia Chapter Chair and in the Regional Board as Vice-learning and network Officer.

He speaks Italian, English, German and French. He is married, has one daughter and they reside in Hong Kong since 2004.

In his free time Christian loves to ride his (noisy) bike, listening to (very) loud music, enjoying contemporary Art, playing golf and supporting various Charities. He is an active member of Rotary.

About the host, Sonya Wong

Sonya is the founder of Marketing Match, a tech start-ups’ go-to place for digital marketing strategies and solutions. Marketing Match operates in the Asia-Pacific region and the UK and their clients are facing unlimited opportunities in these dynamic and fast-growing markets.

Before founding Marketing Match, she was a digital marketing consultant with a rich and diverse background in online marketing for e-commerce, Fintech, HRtech, and many local brands.

Sonya currently works with tech start-ups in APAC and the UK and has shaped the online marketing strategy of firms in these markets as well as overseen the product launches and digital transformation of firms in Hong Kong.

She leads her dynamic team at Marketing Match and uses all the tools of growth hacking including SEM, SEO, UX optimization and CRO expertise for tech start-ups to thrive. The lean and agile way in which they operate makes the team at Marketing Match perfect for tech start-ups.

About the speaker, Race Wong

Race is the Co-founder and CPO of Ohmyhome. Ohmyhome is first one-stop property transaction platform for buying, selling and renting. They make housing transactions simple, fast, and affordable by leveraging advanced technology capabilities and their team’s dedication to provide exceptional service to the customers.

They have the ‘best-of-both-worlds’ model combining DIY platform and end-to-end services. They take care of the entire transaction process from search and deal closing all the way through to conveyancing and mortgage advisory. Customers can opt for their full agent services, documentation services, legal services, mortgage advisory, housing loans from partner banks and more.

Leading Young Founders School to reach high school students all around the world. Passionate about education, technologies, street fashion, and sports. Oh, and occasional hardcore video gaming.

Mr. Tom Dawkins is the Co-Founder and CEO of StartSomeGood, which is a social impact crowdfunding platform and innovation agency.  In addition to running the platform with the best project success rate in cause crowdfunding, they partner with companies, funders and governments to inspire, unearth, skill-up and launch innovative social impact projects. 

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In our busy daily life, we have no time to think about it. 

 “What do I want to do actually? “ “How can I make it work? “ “Is it really what I want to do? “  

Now, it’s time to think about it. Manage risk into opportunity. This outbreak gives an opportunity to re-think and re-define our personal goals and growth plan.  

This is what CEO Class aims to.