Latest Amchamhk Podcast Episodes
Episode 51: Business Journey with Fioni Fong of Not Only Powder
AmCham Podcast - September 22, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe caught up with female founder Fioni Fong on her food tech startup business journey and her company’s aspiration toward reducing food waste. Background music by fiftysounds
Episode 50: Western and Central China as the Next Frontier for Foreign Investment
AmCham Podcast - July 27, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn June, AmCham’s China Business Committee Co-Chair, Matthew Hosford, joined a high-level delegation to Henan and Shaanxi organized by The Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in HKSAR. We sat down with him to hear his key takeaways and the business opportunities on the gro...
Episode 49: Reimaging Youth Development with a New Mindset with Jason Yip (Dec 15, 2022)
AmCham Podcast - December 15, 2022 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe young generation is the key to the future development of Hong Kong. Yet, many young people feel anxious about their future. Jason Yip, CEO of MWYO, a Hong Kong youth development think tank, shared his observation and advice to the youth: be open-minded and be patient. Background ...
Episode 48: Fast Tracking Enterprise Cloud Transformation to Fuel Digital Growth (Dec 7, 2022)
AmCham Podcast - December 07, 2022 00:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCompanies are shifting to cloud as part of a broader IT modernization journey. Yet, the complexity of designing, deploying and managing enterprise cloud can be daunting. How can companies navigate these challenges and maximize value creation? Vincent Leung from Kyndryl shared how enterp...
Episode 47: Sustainable Fashion with Jeanie Lau (Oct 6, 22)
AmCham Podcast - October 06, 2022 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingConsumers have become more conscious of sustainable fashion in recent years. As a new generation of consumers take center stage reshaping the fashion industry, companies should adapt to this new environment. Jeanie Lau, Founder and CEO of ÀLA.HAUSSE shared the motivation behind establis...
Episode 46: Former US Consul General Kurt Tong on the IPEF and Implications for International Business (June 7, 2022)
AmCham Podcast - June 07, 2022 00:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFormer US Consul General to Hong Kong & Macau, Kurt Tong, who now serves as Managing Partner, The Asia Group, discussed President Biden’s recent trip to Asia and the newly launched Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). An expert on the Indo-Pacific affairs, Kurt believes that the IPEF...
Episode 45: Break the bias by walking the talk with Rui Ma (Mar 17, 2022)
AmCham Podcast - March 17, 2022 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs we continue to bring awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) issues to the workplace, we caught up with Rui Ma, Writer & Co-Host at Tech Buzz China, on ways in which individuals and organizations can take to bridge the gender gap in tech. Rui has lived and worked in Ch...
Episode 44: AmCham's New Chair Joseph Armas on his vision for the Chamber and Hong Kong (Feb 16, 2022)
AmCham Podcast - February 16, 2022 10:14 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMr Joseph Armas, Managing Director, Otis, takes the helm as AmCham's 2022 Chairman. He shared with us some of the key priorities for the Chamber and vision for Hong Kong. Topics include his career in the US Army, AmCham's role in navigating through uncertainties, and the future of Hong ...
Episode 43: Colliers: A year of recovery, renewal and reset for the Hong Kong property market (Jan 28, 2022)
AmCham Podcast - January 28, 2022 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn Jan 18, 2022, Colliers released a timely report on the Hong Kong property market outlook for 2022. We sat down with Rosanna Tang, Head of Research, Hong Kong SAR and GBA, Colliers to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities in the Hong Kong real estate market, and the future ...
Episode 42: Santa Fe Relocation: Think like a business leader and act like a global mobility professional (Jan 5, 2022)
AmCham Podcast - January 05, 2022 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn the occasion of the 10th edition of Santa Fe Relocation’s Global Mobility Survey, we caught up with John Rason, Group Head of Consulting, Santa Fe Relocation, on the evolution of the global mobility sector in the last decade and especially since COVID-19. His piece of advice: think l...
Episode 41: Kroll’s motivation for global positioning and its outlook for doing business in the GBA (Dec 1, 21)
AmCham Podcast - November 30, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHow has COVID-19 changed the way companies conduct business? What are the implications for multinational corporations in light of recent regulatory changes in China? And what is the outlook for Greater Bay Area development? We are delighted to get insights from Patrick Wu, Vice Chairma...
Episode 40: The Hong Kong Business Journey Ep 3 (Sept 15)
AmCham Podcast - September 23, 2021 00:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the third episode of The Hong Kong Business Journey, Vivek Ramachandran, CEO of Serai, a B2B business network, discussed how digitization can help SMEs achieve supply chain transparency and sustainability. background music by musikbrause.de
Episode 39: Brookings' Cheng Li on His Book-Middle Class Shanghai: Reshaping US-China Engagement (Aug 10, 2021)
AmCham Podcast - August 10, 2021 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAmerican policy makers generally view China as a monolithic entity but often overlook the diversity and complexity of its society. In his new book, Cheng Li recommends a more nuanced approach through a prism of Shanghai middle class to reshape the US-China dialogue. Background music b...
Episode 38: The Hong Kong Business Journey Ep 2
AmCham Podcast - July 23, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAmCham Account Manager Jono Blackmore sat down with Thomas Huang, COO and Co-Founder of Happyer, a unique recruitment and talent development firm that provides deep insights into company culture and work life that are unattainable through traditional methods. In this episode of AmCham’...
Episode 37: The Hong Kong Business Journey Ep 1
AmCham Podcast - July 06, 2021 00:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAmCham President Tara Joseph sat down with Ben Simpfendorfer, Founder & CEO of Silk Road Associates, a geospatial analytics firm that provides unique insight to multinational companies on how and where to expand their business in the APAC region. In this inaugural AmCham’s SME podcast s...
Episode 36: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve in a Volatile World?
AmCham Podcast - March 04, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingControl Risks, a consultancy company that specializes in global risks analysis, has recently rolled out the 2021 edition of the Risk Map. Steve Wilford, Partner for Asia Pacific, global risk analysis at the firm, shared his key takeaways and advice on how companies should respond.
Episode 35: AmCham's New Chairwoman's Innaugural Address
AmCham Podcast - January 28, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn Jan 22, 2021, Jessica Bartlett, AmCham’s third female chairwoman, delivered her inaugural address. She laid out her key priorities for AmCham and offered her vision on the role of the international business community in shaping Hong Kong’s future.
A New Vision for Hong Kong?
AmCham Podcast - December 03, 2020 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOn Nov 25, 2020, Hong Kong Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, delivered her fourth policy address, which aims to set out a new vision for Hong Kong. Will there be blue sky after the storm or a break in the clouds? Alicia Garcia Herrero, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis, shared her k...
Presidential Leadership in Turbulent Times
AmCham Podcast - November 05, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating2020 is arguably the most tumultuous year in modern US history. What lessons we can glean from past crises? What kind of presidential leadership we need during turbulent times and how to move forward? Margaret O’Mara, history professor at the University of Washington and author of The C...
Hong Kong's Next Golden Era?
AmCham Podcast - July 09, 2020 07:57 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDuring the 1990s, Hong Kong was once considered ‘the goose that lays the golden egg.’ Since the rise of China, Hong Kong’s economic influence seems to have waned. Facing a triple whammy of Covid-19, social movement as well as an escalated US-China tension, can Hong Kong navigate through ...
China’s Economy in Post COVID-19 and Beyond
AmCham Podcast - May 19, 2020 00:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHow is the Chinese economy recovering from COVID-19? Can it bounce back more quickly compared with countries that are still in lockdown? We caught up with Michael Pettis, Professor of Management Practice, Guanghua School of Management at Peking University on the state of the Chinese econ...
COVID-19 and Implications for US-China Relations
AmCham Podcast - April 09, 2020 00:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThere has been a structural change between the Dragon and the Eagle. The COVID-19 global pandemic has recently added new complications to the world’s most important bilateral relationship. AmCham’s Margaret Loo caught up with Robert Daly, the Director of the Institute on China and the Un...
Brookings' David Wessel on the Economic Impact of COVID-19
AmCham Podcast - March 27, 2020 00:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs the COVID-19 situation is drastically escalating in the US, the world’s largest economy is in free fall. The US government has employed both fiscal and monetary policy tools in unprecedented ways to save the economy. AmCham’s Margaret Loo spoke with David Wessel, Director of the Hutch...
Lessons From China’s Rise and the Implications For Japan and US
AmCham Podcast - March 09, 2020 00:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAmCham’s Margaret Loo sat down with Professor Ezra Vogel, one of the most respective scholar on East Asia, to discuss the trilateral US-China-Japan relationships and the Greater Bay Area.
The State of the US Presidential Race
AmCham Podcast - March 06, 2020 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTwo democratic frontrunners have prevailed after a consequential Super Tuesday. Who will be the likely Democratic presidential nominee to take on Donald Trump, the incumbent president, this November? We spoke with Steve Okun, who served in the Clinton administration from 1994-1999 on the...
Business impact of COVID-19 on American companies in China
AmCham Podcast - February 28, 2020 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAmCham spoke with Owen Haacke, Chief Representative at the Shanghai office of the US-China Business Council, on the business impact of COVD-19 on American business on the ground and implications for US-China trade relations.
Deloitte China Chief Economist on China’s Economic Outlook in the New Decade
AmCham Podcast - February 27, 2020 00:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDeloitte China Chief Economist Sitao Xu recently came to AmCham. AmCham Board Member Ben Simpfendorfer caught up with him to discuss China’s economic outlook and its reform in the new decade.
US-China Trade Deal: A sustainable, smart competition between Eagle and Dragon (October 24, 2019)
AmCham Podcast - October 25, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAmCham’s Margaret Loo sat down with Craig Allen, President of the US-China Business Council, to discuss the pending US-China trade deal, the subsequent trade negotiations and the implications for businesses.
Jordan Berke talks future of retail at 2019 China Conference
AmCham Podcast - September 27, 2019 00:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating"We believe that China is approximately five years ahead of any other major retail market in terms of its modernization and its innovation." Tomorrow Retail Consulting's Jordan Berke shares with us the three drivers that are pushing forward China's advancement in the retail industry, and...
Goldman's Matsui shows 'womenomics' taking hold
AmCham Podcast - September 24, 2019 00:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKathy Matsui, the Goldman banker who coined the phrase, says attitudes towards gender and work have profoundly shifted as policy, demographics and the boom in responsible investing add weight to the business case for diversity and equality.
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