Contributors

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.
 

Jim Watson

Jim Watson is Vice President and Corporate General Manager APAC at Good Technology.

Jimmy Ball

Jimmy Ball is a Senior Consultant for the Fenway Group, working at the world's largest airline as their UX Design Director.

Jiwon Choi

Jiwon Choi, ESG expert at CBRE Hong Kong, advises clients on sustainability strategy, reporting, and green building certifications. She has global experience from her time at the US Green Building Council and in consulting across Asia. 

With an engineering background, she specialises in ESG integration and climate risk for real estate. Jiwon also contributes to ULI Hong Kong's Decarbonisation & Resilience Committee. Her work supports the transition to sustainable, future-ready buildings.

Joanna Kalenska

Joanna Kalenska is Managing Director at Razorfish Hong Kong.

Joelle Woo

Joelle Woo is the Director for Marketing & Operations (M&O) at Microsoft, Hong Kong. She is responsible for providing business and marketing leadership for the Hong Kong and Macau subsidiary, and evangelizing the core value of the Microsoft innovations to the public. She leads sales and marketing of Microsoft’s key business groups. 

John Ellis

John Ellis is responsible for driving Akamai's Enterprise Security program to help meet the security needs of its customers in the region. With over eighteen years of IT Security experience, John has developed an innate understanding of the complex challenges that face today's hyperconnected world. John's exposure to multiple industry verticals has allowed him to hone his skills to better understand how organisations can balance their IT security investments to minimise risk yet maximise their opportunities.