Contributors

Jacinta Sheahan

Jacinta Sheahan is Vice President and General Manager for Hong Kong and Taiwan Global Corporate Payments at American Express International Inc.

Jacky Cheng

VICE PRESIDENT // DIRECTOR OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, ASIA PACIFIC

Jacky Cheng began his career with The Jerde Partnership in 2001. Having contributed his design efforts for years at the Los Angeles headquarters office, he has attained and cultivated a host of unique professional skills and practice to provide for the firm. Through comprehensive stages, types, and magnitudes of projects, he has experienced a diverse range of design, from Japan’s largest privately developed mixed-use project Roppongi Hills, to Hong Kong’s most significant urban redevelopment project Langham Place. Jacky was relocated to the Hong Kong office as a design manager in 2004, where he has since been responsible for facilitating design ideas, communication, and management with teams in Los Angeles and local clients. Jacky is a vital member of Jerde and an experienced professional in
the industry. His current focus is the Asia Pacific business development, execution of projects in the Region, and the operations of Singapore office.

James Rogers

James Rogers leads the Asia based international arbitration and disputes team at Fulbright & Jaworski. He can be contacted on +852 2283 1035.

Jane Wong

Jane Wong is CEO of Fiesta-Collection & Fiesta-Wedding.

Janet Yeung

Janet Yeung is the Head of Human Resources & Administration at JOS Hong Kong.

Devoted to the field of Human Resource Management for over 15 years, Janet is an expert in human resource management and administration. Her experience includes the initiation and execution of corporate re-branding, system transformation and company culture revolution.

Jared Ng

Jared Ng is Co-owner and Regional Consulting Director of PeopleSearch Hong Kong, a leading executive search, career transition and outplacement services firm with an established presence in five other Asian cities - Taipei, Singapore, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo.

Jared started off in the Banking industry, but a series of chance encounters helped him discover his true calling in the executive search business more than 20 years ago. He is passionate about helping businesses acquire talent capable of having a transformative impact on organisational goals. He is equally committed to helping professionals cultivate fulfilling careers aligned with their aspirations.  

Jayne Chan

Jayne is Head of StartmeupHK at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), the government department responsible for attracting and retaining Foreign Direct Investment into Hong Kong. Her role at StartmeupHK is to attract innovative startups, investors and other stakeholders to Hong Kong, provide information and connections to support these companies setting up in the city, and help build the ecosystem to transform the city into a global hub for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Prior to joining InvestHK, Jayne was Executive Director at the HK chapter of TiE, a global non-profit network focused on fostering entrepreneurship in the markets in which they operate. She has been an award winning producer on interactive programmes at 4A’s & digital agencies, managed product development for a number of startups at Hong Kong’s first tech startup incubator, and filled marketing roles in manufacturing and architectural companies.

Jayne Leung

Jayne Leung is the Head of Greater China at Facebook, responsible for the advertising business with primary focus in Greater China. She joined Facebook from the Rubicon Project, where she served the California-based company to build out their first Asia operation. Prior to that Jayne was with DoubleClick/Google as the APAC Head of New Media Sales.

Jenny Zhang

Jenny Zhang is the director of Sustainability at the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global membership organisation of 48,000 built environment professionals with three core mission priorities: accelerating decarbonisation, increasing housing attainability, and educating the next generation of diverse leaders. 

Jeremy Payne

Jeremy Payne has more than 20 years’ experience in advertising in London and is now Head of Marketing at Designercity.