HKU MBA Insights

Today we sit down with part-time MBA graduate (class of 2005) Michelle Chan to talk about the future of virtual banks and FinTech. Michelle has over 20 years of strong experience in Telecom, FinTech, and Virtual Bank industries. She currently works as a Director of Marketing, Business Development & Innovation at Livi Bank, the largest virtual bank in Hong Kong.

We return to the HKU MBA Insights podcast with the 2nd episode featuring full-time alumnus, Musheer.

In the 1st episode we talked about Musheer's MBA and career journey transitioning from investment management to FinTech. In today's episode we will deep dive into the growth of FinTech Industry in Hong Kong and Asia as the ecosystem is growing rapidly.

In today's episode, we invite Syed Musheer Ahmed to talk about his career transformation from the Investing/Trading industry into FinTech.

Musheer is a full-time alumnus from the class of 2015. He is the founder & MD of Finstep Asia, and co-founder and board member of Fintech Association of Hong Kong.

In this 1st episode, he shares his insights and experiences about transforming one's career from financial services into FinTech and the skill-sets required for someone to build a career in this industry.

In today's episode, we invite Patricia Chen to talk about the role of a strategist within the financial services industry. Patricia is our alumna from the Part-time MBA Class of 2019 and currently working as a Head of Strategist in Hang Seng Qianhai Fund based in China.

She'll give insights on what the role of a strategist entails, strategy formulation, and how to develop a strategy within the China market.

In today's podcast episode, we discuss Effective Stakeholder Management with Amy Hau. Amy is our part-time alumna (Class of 2019) and has 10 years of experience within the finance industry across Hong Kong and Canada.

In today's episode, we meet with our part-time alumna Priscilla Chan from the class of 2005. She is Founder and Director of her own company, Speakers Connect and China Speakers Agency.

She will share with us her journey and how she has developed her career over time, giving advice to future women leaders.

In this episode of HKU MBA Insights, we meet with our 2011 full-time MBA alumnus William Akers.

With over 10 years of working background in financial data & information industry, he currently works at the boutique company called NetRoadShow as Head of APAC.

He shares with us his experiences about developing strategies for small-medium size companies in the region and the challenges he faces.

In this podcast episode, we are joined by Ada Kung, HKU MBA part-time graduate of 2020. She has over 10 years of experiences in corporate learning and career development in customer service industry. She will tell us about her insights and experiences in corporate training.

In Asia, the retail market has been garnering remarkable momentum in the recent years with steadily escalating demand due to improving purchasing power.

Billy Choy has extensive years of retail experiences in international brands like Levi's (American jeanswear), AIGLE (French Rubber boots, apparel & downjacket), PUMA sportwear, and recently in ASICS (Japan sportswear).

He will He shares with us about his insights and experiences in diversified retail markets across Asia Pacific.

In this 1st episode we will cover the following: Retail Market dynamics and consumer insights, Commercial Strategy and challenges to win the market and Retail survival under "New Normal" era of COVID

In Asia, the retail market has been garnering remarkable momentum in the recent years with steadily escalating demand due to improving purchasing power.

Billy Choy has extensive years of retail experiences in international brands like Levi's (American jeanswear), AIGLE (French Rubber boots, apparel & downjacket), PUMA sportwear, and recently in ASICS (Japan sportswear).

He shares with us about his insights and experiences in diversified retail markets across Asia Pacific.

In this 2nd episode we will cover the following: New Business Trend of E-Commerce and Omni-Channel and Sporting Goods Industry: Business Success and Competition