Ben Ashwell is the editor at IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary, covering investor relations, governance, risk and compliance. Prior to this, he was the founder and editor of Executive Talent, the global quarterly magazine from the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants. Before moving to the US, Ben was the vice president and editor at Executive Grapevine, overseeing a daily news website, ten annual supplements and HR Grapevine, the UK’s leading HR and talent management magazine. In his spare time, Ben writes fiction, poetry and arts and culture reviews. Eyewear Publishing recently named him in their list of the Best New British and Irish Poets.

Philippe Healey is the H+K Greater China head of Corporate Advisory & Strategic Communications. He is currently responsible for devising and implementing strategies for clients across the Corporate Advisory department portfolio.

Philippe has extensive crisis and government & public affairs experience and knowledge managing complex bilateral and multilateral issues as well as advising companies on operating in China and globally. Some of the companies he has advised include, JD.com, Finnair, Red Bull, Coca-Cola, NCR, CES.

In addition to his client work, Philippe facilitates training seminars designed to help senior managers and communications teams better understand the risks and opportunities presented by today’s increasingly complex and digitally-driven communications landscape. He has been invited to present to senior management teams and Boards of Directors.

Prior to joining H+K, Philippe was a Senior Project Manager at a China based European consultancy for 5 years. During this time Philippe implemented and lead a number of European Commission funded projects.

Jenny graduated with Master degree in Business Administration from Gothenburg University, Sweden. She joined the Swedish Trade Council in 1997 and engaged in different scales of commercial projects and government cooperation between China and Sweden. In 1999, she founded the company Datacom in Sweden and Beijing and launched Ericsson’s two-way mobile data system and GPRS modules to Chinese telecom operators and enterprises. She was well recognized as an earlier pioneer in introducing two-way telecommunications in Greater China.

Since she joined Euroland in year 2011 in Dubai, she has been further developed Euroland’s presence in China, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia & Pacific and she has been keen to introduce the Best Practice IR solutions using innovative technologies.

Shirley has over 13 years’ experience in investor relations and corporate communications in energy, biotech and financial sectors. During her career, Shirley’s responsibilities have included ESG strategy, media relations, crisis management and financial analysis.

She currently serves as the Head of Investor Relations for ENN Energy, a leading large-cap clean energy distributor in China, which received several IR awards and top rankings in Institutional Investor’s survey. Prior to her career in investor relations, Shirley served as corporate communications specialist in a financial institution in Hong Kong. She has a BBA from HKUST.

Michelle covers China and Taiwan and is based in Hong Kong. She started her career at BNP Paribas London where she worked with a team of European economists and helped analyse European macroeconomic issues. Before joining SG, she was a Senior Economist at TS Lombard, an independent research company, and where she focused on a number of Asian economies including China and Taiwan. Michelle holds an M. Phil. in Economics from Cambridge University.

Florence Lip is the Senior Director of Investor Relations for Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987). Florence joined the Company in March 2015. Prior to that, she was with AS Watson Group and McKinsey & Company. Florence holds an MBA from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Bachelor degree from Northwestern University.

Yum China operates over 10,000 restaurants in mainland China, including KFC, Pizza Hut and Little Sheep. The Company is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Hendrik Rosenthal is Director – Group Sustainability of the CLP Group and is responsible for the Group’s sustainability-related strategy, reporting and communications. He supports the senior management in sustainability and climate change-related risk management and advises on sustainability matters of the Group’s power business in the Asia-Pacific region.

With 20 years of experience in environmental management across the public, private and NGO sectors, Hendrik previously led research and consulting projects in Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore.

He began his career in natural resource management and environmental policy, through various positions at Canadian government agencies in environment and development. After moving to Hong Kong in 2008, Hendrik promoted sustainability practices via private sector projects and through policy engagement for industry associations. Prior to joining CLP, he was a senior manager of applied sustainability in Singapore working for a multinational company.

Laurie Havelock is a journalist, writer and podcaster who has worked with IR Magazine for almost a decade. Outside of writing about investor relations, corporate governance and green finance, he also works for the i newspaper as a news editor and culture writer. Away from writing, he works on several comedy podcasts including Podshambles and Idle Fantasy and was formerly a radio DJ, and hosted a weekly show on Shoreditch Radio called What’s Your Plan B? He lives in London with Mischa, his dog.

Simon Weston is a Senior Fund Manager working for AXA Investment Managers based in Hong Kong. He has over 25 years’ experience working as an investment manager and buy-side analyst covering the Asian equity markets.

Simon started his career in London, working for Hill Samuel Asset Managers and then Old Mutual Asset Managers. In 2007 he moved to Singapore to join CLSA, where he was Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of Semeru CLSA Capital Partners, an investment management unit of the group. In 2015 he joined AXA Investment Managers.

Simon has considerable interest in the field of investor relations, and has spoken at many events on the subject, including those organised by the Taiwan Stock Exchange, Investor Relations magazine, and NIRI.

Simon has an MA from the University of Cambridge in the UK, is an Associate of the UK Society of Investment Professionals (UK equivalent of the CFA) and holds the Certificate in Investor Relations from the UK Investor Relations Society.