Contributors

Shana L. Lam

Shana L. Lam is an Executive Director who oversees the Rating and Taxation Division. She undertakes and co-ordinates reviews of valuation-based statutory assessments (principally Rates and Government Rent assessments) and object on behalf of clients, where appropriate. Other than Rating and Taxation valuation, she is also engaged in rent reviews and valuation assignments for litigation purposes, with a prime focus on acting as expert witness.

As a Chartered Surveyor with over 15 years' experience, she has acted for many of Hong Kong's leading ratepayers and has advised on rating assessments in excess of $50b in rateable value and government rent. Her clients include many multi-national corporations that have properties covering all sorts of classes, including commercial buildings, retail arcades, theme parks, tunnels, telecommunication networks, car parks, cargo logistic terminals, petrol filling stations, etc.

Lam joined CBRE in 2012.

Sharmini Wainwright

Sharmini Wainwright has over 10 years of recruitment experience and is the Regional Director of Page Personnel in Hong Kong.

Shiena Sur

Smith Ma

MA Chun Yin (Smith) is the founder of EntryLab (HK), a market-testing platform that helps overseas consumer brands and local importers access early demand signals for new products through small-scale retail pilots in prospective markets. 

He received PhD training in Economic Geography in Hong Kong, with research interests in cross-border trade and geopolitics. His current work focuses on using retail data to support evidence-based market-entry and procurement decisions.

Sophia Lai

Sophia Lai is the Head of Marketing of Groupon Hong Kong, overseeing brand strategies, digital marketing and communications activities of the company. 

Sri Srinivisan

Sri Srinivisan is the Product Marketing Manager for Nexmo Verify and Number Insight. He has several years of experience in the mobile industry including roles at Druva, Motorola, RIM, and Qualcomm. Srivatsan holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, an MS from UT.

Stefan Sawh

Stefan Sawh is Asia Pacific Regional Director for Cazar.

Stefania Lucchetti

Stefania Lucchetti is a Partner at Howse Williams Bowers and author of "Women Breaking Through Leadership".

Stella Cheung

Stella Cheung is the Sales Director of Google Hong Kong. She is responsible for sales development of strategic accounts as well as overseeing the sales team in Hong Kong. Stella is a seasoned business professional with over 15 years of media sales experience.

Stephen Barnes

Stephen D Barnes LL.B, L.S.F is Co-Founder at Hong Kong Visa Centre. He is an acknowledged expert in all matters relating to Hong Kong immigration and for many years has delivered CPD programmes to the legal and accounting community of the HKSAR.