Speakers Profiles

2010 Confirmed Speakers: (as of 11 March 2010) 

  • Ms. Christine BADER, Advisor, the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights
  • Mr. Anson BAILEY, Principal, Business Development, KPMG
  • Mr. Willie BEUTH, Founder, 3p Institute for Sustainable Management
  • Mr. Christophe BONGARS, Founder and CEO, SustainAsia Ltd.
  • Mr. Philip CHAMBERLAIN, Head of Sustainable Business Development, C&A Buying
  • Ms. Shirley CHAN, MD, YGM Trading 
  • Mr. Tim CHIU, MD, Core Solution
  • Mr. Marc COMPAGNON, Executive Director, Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd.
  • Mr. Craig DANA, SVP, Ann Taylor Stores Corp; MD, Ann Taylor Sourcing Far East Ltd.
  • Mr. Marco De LORENZO, Industry Principal Consumer Products, SAP Asia Pte Ltd.
  • Mr. Devangshu DUTTA, Chief Executive, Third Eyesight 
  • Dr. John R. EASTON, Ecology Solutions Manager, DyStar UK Ltd.
  • Mr. Stefan ELWISCHGER, Director Innovation & Application Management, CRYSTALLIZED™- Swarovski Elements
  • Mr. Tobias FISCHER, Regional Environmental Manager, Hennes & Mauritz
  • Mr. Bill FOUDY, Head of Material Sourcing Operations, Apparel Sourcing Management, adidas Sourcing Ltd.
  • Ms. Janet E. FOX, SVP, Director of Sourcing, JCPenney Purchasing Corp. Inc.; Chairman, United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel
  • Dr. Michael T. FRALIX, Ph.D., President and CEO, ²
  • Mr. George GOLDMAN, VP & MD, Hong Kong/South China, APL Co. Pte Ltd.
  • Mr. Edward GRIBBIN, President, Alvalnsight, Alvanon, Inc.
  • Mr. Myengkeun HA, Executive Vice-Chairman, Korea Federation of Textile Industries (KOFOTI)
  • Mr. Stuart HARBINSON, Senior Trade Policy Advisor, Winston & Strawn LLP
  • Mr. Joachim HENSCH, President, International Association of Clothing Designers and Executives (IACED); Head of Pattern Design Department, Hugo Boss AG
  • Ms. Karen HO, Business Engagement Leader, Climate, WWF Hong Kong
  • Mr. Md. Fazlul HOQUE, President, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BKMEA); Chairman & MD, Knit Square Group and Plummy Fashions Ltd.
  • Mr. Rick HORWITCH, VP, Solutions Business Development & Marketing, Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services
  • Mr. Douglas Tong HSU, Chairman & CEO, Far Eastern Group
  • Mr. Peter KAMINSKY, VP, Asia Operations, The Children's Place
  • Mr. Andreas A. KIM, MD, Greater China, Lectra
  • Mrs. Rita LAU Ng Wai-lan, JP, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, the Hong Kong SAR Government
  • Mr. Roger LEE, Director of Sales, TAL Apparel Ltd.
  • Mr. Andre LEROY, Chairman, Apparel & Footwear Committee, The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong; Marketing Director, Modern Testing Services (Global) Ltd.
  • Mr. Willy LIN, Chairman, Textile Council of Hong Kong; MD, Milo’s Knitwear (Int’l) Ltd.
  • Mr. Peter LIU, MD, AsiaNet Consultants Ltd.
  • Mr. Andrew LO, CEO, Crystal Group
  • Mr. Marco De LORENZO, Director, Consumer & Trading Industries, Industry Business Solutions, Asia Pacific and Japan, SAP Asia
  • Mr. Jürgen J. MAAS, Senior Advisor, Foreign Trade Association, Belgium (FTA)
  • Mr. Joseph J. MARTYAK, Legal Counsel to Commissioner Nord, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • Mr. Robert MCKEE, Industry Strategy Director, Fashion, Lawson Software, Inc.
  • Prof. Dr. Helmut MERKEL, Managing Shareholder, EurAsia Global Concept Ltd.
  • Mr. Henri MURA, Executive Chairman, VIPTEHUI Group
  • Mr. Thomas NELSON, VP, VF Corporation – Global Product Procurement; MD, VF Asia
  • Mr. Roger NELSON,. MD, Concepts 2 Results Ltd.; Lecturer, University of Hong Kong
  • Ms. Nancy A. NORD, Commissioner, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • Ms. Susan OLIVIER, Director of Industry Market Development, Retail, Footwear and Apparel, ENOVIA, Dassault Systemes
  • Dr. Peter PFNEISEL, President, The European Apparel and Textile Confederation (EURATEX); Authorised Signatory, Eybl Austria GmbH
  • Mr. Jeremy PREPSCIUS, MD Asia, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
  • Mr. Ashok RAJANI, Chairman, Export Promotion, Apparel Export Promotion Council, India; Founder & Chairman, Midas Touch Exports (P) Ltd.
  • Dr. Jochen M. SCHAEFER, Legal Counsel, World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI); Attorney-at-Law, Law Office Dr. Schaefer & Partner
  • Mr. Hans-Werner SCHERER, CEO, KG EOS Holding; Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Mr. Andrew B. SCHROTH, Managing Partner, Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP (Hong Kong)
  • Mr. Joseph STERNBERG, Editorial Page Writer, Editor of the Business Asia Column, The Wall Street Journal Asia
  • Mr. Stanley SZETO, Chairman & CEO, Lever Style Inc.
  • Mr. Edgar TUNG, CEO, Zymmetry Group
  • Mr. Jason WANG, COO, Alvanon, Inc.
  • Mr. Ken WATSON, MD, Industry Forum Services Ltd.
  • Ms. Sue WELCH, CEO, TradeStone Software
  • Mr. Simon WESTON, Marketing Director, Fountain Set Ltd.
  • Mr. Andy WILLIAMS, Regional Partner for Business Performance Services, KPMG Asia Pacific
  • Mr. Don WRIGHT, Director of Standards, Lexmark International; Board of Governors, IEEE Standards Association
  • Mr. Andrew Y. WU, LVMH Group Director, China
  • Mr. Jonson YUE, RFID Director, Business Development, Avery Dennison

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