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Kirsten has 27 years design industry experience. She set up her brand design firm in London in 2003 before expanding it to Shanghai and Hong Kong in 2015. Under her leadership, JWDK has won more than 30 international awards for its brand strategy and design work, particularly in the property and place branding sector. Kirsten’s mission is to deliver effective design that has a positive social and economic impact in China.

Kirsten graduated from her International MBA with Distinction in 2019, having conducted extensive research into Placemaking and its influence upon China’s cities and urban environments. In addition to her work as CEO & Founder of JWDK, Kirsten is the Vice Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai and is the Chair of BritCham’s Creative Industries and Marketing Committee.

Prior to her time China, Kirsten’s design career spanned many nations Australia, Hong Kong, Sweden and most extensively, the UK where she was also a Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts.

Originally from Melbourne, Joanne has spent a significant part of her adult life travelling, living and working overseas. Kyoto, Beijing and Shanghai have been second homes along the way.

She has over 20 years of experience in working in Asia, starting her own major sport events business in Japan, working for the Australian Embassy in its Cultural Affairs department in Beijing in the 90s, and finally with EY in Shanghai from 2007 onwards.

She joined EY in Australia in 1999 and has held several leadership roles during this time. She is currently leading the global firm’s marketing for family businesses, previously led marketing across Asia-Pacific for high growth companies and was selected to head up the newly formed business group to Australia-New Zealand-China business group.

She launched EY’s successful Asia-Pacific Winning Women program for women entrepreneurs in 2014 aligning her interests in enabling outstanding women to go further and her passion for entrepreneurship.

Joanne lives in Shanghai with her husband, Musa, and their two children, Isabelle and Nicholas.

Hua Jing Li is the Business Manager at Horizons Corporate Advisory

At Horizons, she works with the firm’s partners and related business units to create and disseminate the latest corporate insights.

By leveraging digital media, she develops content to actively inform and engage stakeholders on the latest corporate regulations in China. The principal objective is to translate legal doctrine into clear and digestible intelligence, and aid business leaders in deciphering the next steps.

Before moving to Shanghai, she spent 4 years in National Museums Liverpool and innovated museum programs to engage new audiences.

Acting as the senior representative of University of Edinburgh in East Asia, Grace is responsible for raising the profile and advancing engagement across the region, looking after the strategic and ambitious partnership the university has with governments, private sectors, and research institutes. Grace plays a leading role in the China Strategy for the university. She also leads her team to develop diverse activities including alumni engagement, research collaboration, developing connections and opportunities for the university across East Asia.

Prior to the role, Grace worked for the British Consulate General Shanghai for over 7 years as the Senior Political officer, leading the UK Government’s Civil Society and value-based initiatives, while managing the Official Development Assistance fund in East China. Grace has been nominated as a Global Scot by the Scottish Development International, for her continuous efforts in strengthening the links between Scotland and Asia.