2019 Women in Business Forum
2019 杰出商业女性论坛
Following on from last year’s successful event, the British Chamber of Commerce Guangdong is planning on holding its 2019 Women in Business (WIB) Forum in Shenzhen. The event has been held for 7 years in a row in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and welcomed over 200 guests each year.
Through this forum, the BritCham hopes to establish a platform for women to exchange and inspire each other, allowing them to find their true character and place in life.
每年的杰出商业女性论坛是广东英国商会的旗舰活动之一。该活动已连续7年成功在广州、深圳两地举办，每年的参与人数多达300余人。广东英国商会希望通过该论坛为女性同胞打造一个交流思想、相互鼓舞的平台，启迪各位女性同胞找到属于自己的本真和位置。
继2017和2018年杰出商业女性论坛活动在深圳成功举办两届后，广东英国商会筹办于将在深圳举行2019年杰出商业女性论坛。
Theme of The Year
2019年主题
From grassroots activism to worldwide action, we are entering an exciting period of history where the world expects balance. We notice its absence and celebrate its presence.
无论是草根活动，还是全球行动，我们都正在进入一个令人振奋的时代。在这个时代，整个世界都期待着平衡。我们渐渐意识到它的缺失，我们开始歌颂它的存在。
Balance is not a women's issue, it's a business issue. The race is on for the gender-balanced boardroom, a gender-balanced government, a gender-balance of employees, more gender-balance in wealth, gender-balanced media coverage, gender-balanced sports coverage ...Gender balance is essential for economies and communities to thrive.
平衡不仅仅是女性的问题，它还是一个商业问题。我们正在追求男女平衡的董事会，男女平衡的政府。我们也在着力追求员工的性别平衡，财富的性别平衡，媒体报道的性别平衡，体育报道的性别平衡等等......性别平衡无论是对于经济和还是社区的蓬勃发展而言都极其重要。
Following Your Gut: Making Decisions
That Help You Stay Balanced
Managing Director, Global Marketing & Communications,
The Executive Centre
With an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Linguistics from NYU and after a four-year solo trip around the world, Chelsea Perino first discovered her love for advertising in Cape Town, South Africa. There, Chelsea spent two years running all things marketing related for an experiential marketing startup, before returning to New York to complete her MA in Public and Organizational Relations.
Since then Chelsea has worked in advertising both in New York and most recently in Seoul, South Korea, leading digital strategy for a global mobile communications brand. Now based in Hong Kong, Chelsea is the Managing Director, Global Marketing & Communications at The Executive Centre, Asia’s leading premium flexible workspace provider.
Chelsea is passionate about organizational culture and believes that creating a dynamic and collaborative working experience positively affects team morale, productivity, and fosters community. Through a newly developed global marketing strategy and complete re-brand, her goal is to establish The Executive Centre as the leader in workspace experience, community and corporate-culture facilitation.
Enabling Others to Shine Ourselves,
We are Age 29
赋能于人闪耀真我， 我们今年29
Founder of Melt Fashion Consultancy
Managing Partner of Melt Fashion Consultancy
Jessie:
During the stay in London, Jessie Li worked for Estee Lauder UK headquarters, starting from a salesperson and officially entering the fashion retail industry. From the initial time on John Lewis Oxford street to the world-famous high-end department store Selfridges, it took her only two months. In the fourth month, Jessie was promoted to be the Head Chinese Marketing Coordinator due to planning several events with a leading sales performance.
Back to China, Jessie joined the Daniel Wellington Watches Asia team, responsible for the PR & Marketing of Asia, witnessing the hardship and rapid development of the brand from 0 to 1. Helped Daniel Wellington land in the Chinese market, and cooperated with KOL and celebrities globally. In the end, DW has become an "influencer" watch brand become very popular all over the world, in addition to the amazing sales and the expansion of 200 stores in China during her stay.
In the years of experience in foreign companies, the rewards of life are always eager to update. Through the headhunting, Jessie was recommended as the PR Marketing manager of Darry Ring Jewelry, responsible for PR in the Greater China and the expansion of new stores in France. Nowadays, she made her foray into entrepreneurship and set up her company Melt Fashion which is a professional fashion consulting/Education company.
李嘉颖
研究生毕业于英国伦敦艺术大学LCF时尚管理专业
伦敦留学期间通过雅诗兰黛集团英国总部面试，从一名销售员起步，正式踏入时尚零售行业。从最初在John Lewis Oxford street到调岗到全球闻名的高级百货公司Selfridges，只用了短短两个月时间。因策划了数场活动和业绩遥遥领先，在第四个月升职为伦敦地区华语活动策划负责人。
回国后入职瑞典Daniel Wellington手表亚太区公关&市场，见证了这个品牌从0到1的艰辛以及飞速发展。帮助Daniel wellington落地中国市场，联系海内外KOL明星合作，最后DW中国除了收获了惊人的销售额和一年全国200家店的扩张外，更成为了一款火遍全球的“网红”手表。
在外企数年的经历里收获颇丰但人生总渴望更新的挑战，通过猎头举荐任职Darry Ring戴瑞珠宝市场公关经理，负责大中华区公关以及法国新店扩张项目。如今在变局元年投入创业大军，成立了时尚教育咨询公司Melt Fashion。
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Sushan:
Graduated from BirkBeck, University of London and University of Southampton (UK top.1 Luxury Brand Management), she mainly focused on Academic Studies, including: Luxury Brand Management, Fashion Branding, Fashion Marketing. She took the job as a curator and researcher in Hampshire County Council Museum Office after the graduation.
She always dreamed of being a CEO of her own fashion company since she studied in UK, she cofounded the start-up company named the style workshop with a senior brand specialist when she returned to China Mainland. The company was designed to provide Chinese fashion brand-owner participants with exclusive insight and a global perspective of the fashion and luxury industry via education and consulting in Paris, Milan, London and New York, to help fashion brands grow and navigate in the global market.
邹素珊
MELTFASHION管理合伙人
先后求学于英国伦敦大学伯克贝克学院与南安普顿大学（全英奢侈品管理第一），获得时尚市场营销与品牌硕士学位，核心研究领域：奢侈品管理、时尚品牌战略、时尚市场营销。毕业即在英国汉普郡博物馆办公室担任研究&策展；
从在校开始就始终理想着拥有自己的时尚公司，回国后与资深品牌专家共同创立TheStyleWorkshop,致力于通过教育培训&时尚品牌营销管理咨询为中国多品牌买手集成平台、时尚品牌主理人提供时尚&奢侈品行业洞见，覆盖巴黎、伦敦、米兰、纽约四大时尚之都，助力中国时尚买手与品牌主理人全球品牌力提升。
Future Women and Option B
未来的女性 & 另一种选择
Founder of Lean In Shenzhen, Executive Chairman of Shenzhen Women Leadership Development Association
BA in Economics and Finance, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU)
MBA, Peking University
Relationship Manager, Corporate and Investment Banking Department, Citibank China
Senior Relationship Manager, Cross-Border Financial Institutions Department, a Global 500 Chinese bank
北京大学光华管理学院MBA，中山大学岭南学院金融系
曾任职于花旗银行环球企业银行对公大客户部，服务于深圳当地大型中资跨国企业。
现工作于某大型银行金融机构部，服务跨境金融机构客户。
Leiya founded Lean In Shenzhen in 2014 as the first batch of Chinese Lean In Communities in order to connect and support young professional women to have the confidence and know-how to achieve their goals. Later, she co-founded Lean In China as a national Lean In women network.
2014年5月，Leiya兼职创办了Lean In Shenzhen（励媖深圳）这一女性互助综合社群，一直致力于做好这个搭建资源共享、自由交流的平台，以支持女性自主定义幸福和追求事业的成功。现Lean In Shenzhen 已成为深圳最有影响力的女性个人和职业发展非盈利性平台社群之一。2016年底，Lean In SZ注册成立了深圳市女性领导力发展促进会。
Leiya organized and hosted the Young Professional Women Panel for the Queen of Belgium during her visit in China; invited Joy Chen, herself a former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, a former CEO headhunter for Fortune 500 companies and also the author of a best-seller book Do Not Marry Before Age 30, to give the keynote speech to over 600 people in Shenzhen; successfully organized She Loves Tech Greater Bay Area series events with over 500 participants, and the women technology competition covering over 14 countries and over 100 start-ups companies.
励媖深圳是励媖中国的四大执委城市之一，Leiya参与联合创办了励媖全国的网络，致力于建立完整的生态圈帮助更多的女性向前一步，为未来孵化女性人才。目前全国已有25个城市和100多所高校已经建立励媖社区，参与全国社区的人数高达10万。
When Your Career Gives You 'Lemons',
Make 'Lemonade'
Communications Specialist, Author, Journalist, Corporate Communication Director
Prof. Underwood is an American specialist in cross-cultural and corporate communications with 20+ years of experience in Greater China. Having co-authored two best-selling China business books (China CEO and China Entrepreneur), she is finishing the third book this summer. As a Sr Consultant with Sino Associates, she specialises in Crisis Management, Leadership, Intercultural Communications, Corporate Communications, and Cross-cultural Management. She holds an MBA from CEIBS and a DBA from Grenoble Ecole de Management, and is based in Shanghai.
"When your career gives you lemons, make lemonade!" This twist on the American saying is the topic Prof. Laurie Underwood will share during the Women in Business conference. Matching the theme of #BalanceForBetter, Dr. Underwood tackles the difficult but increasingly common problem of overcoming unexpected career set-backs, with the goal of turning disappointment into discovery. She will share (publicly for the first time ever) her own initially painful professional experience as one of the 'targets' of a corporate downsizing -- not once but three times -- during her own career. The topic is particularly relevant for women: Due to the high number of female employees in 'soft skills' departments (communications, marketing, and HR), more women may be 'first cut' during a business downturn. Being prepared -- mentally and emotionally -- is the secret to surviving and thriving when facing such a challenge.
"How Cancer Made Me Better,
but I Still Wouldn’t Recommend it!"
Founder and Head Coach of K2Fit, an online fitness training platform.
Growing up in Canada, Kara was surrounded by athletic and competitive boys. She played soccer alongside them, until the parents of opposing teams petitioned to get Kara off the field.
She went into the male dominated industry of Personal Training at 19 and quickly became the number one sales person in the city, then rising to Management.
Since being diagnosed with Cancer in December 2015, she went through numerous surgeries and extreme setbacks including being unable to workout (which for a fitness trainer is a huge blow), to not being able to walk without extreme pain and days being bedridden. The PRD community helped her through her battle and finally getting back to her normal self.
She realised that her calling was to help teach people how to live their healthiest lives. She changed the way of training and has helped thousands of people so far. Now, one of the most recognised trainers across China, it is her goal to help over 1,000,000 people transform their lives and live happy, healthy, and fit.
Time&Date: 13:30-17:00, Friday 31th May 2019
日期时间：2019年5月31日星期五，13:30-17:00
Venue: Hilton Shenzhen Shekou Nanhai, Shenzhen
地点：深圳；蛇口希尔顿南海酒店
Price: Member RMB 100/ Non-member RMB 200
价格：会员价100元/ 非会员价200元
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