Over the past twenty six years Thomas held several Finance positions in Germany, Malaysia, Singapore and China, for companies in the semiconductor (Infineon, Qimonda) and EDA (Mentor Graphics) industry.

In his current role, Thomas is Member of the Regional Management Board for Greater China Region and is functionally responsible for Accounting, Controlling, Tax, Treasury and Compliance. In addition, he has a supervisory role for Legal, Business Continuity, Procurement, Audit, Supply Chain, Manufacturing and local Joint Venture activities.

Prior to his position in Shanghai, Thomas was in charge of the Regional Controlling for Asia Pacific in Singapore where he implemented SAP4/HANA in Singapore and Munich as Business Project Lead.

He worked as Chief Financial Officer at Infineon Technologies Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Infineon’s largest
Back-End Manufacturing site, responsible for Controlling and Cost Down activities of Power and
Discrete products.

During the time in Malaysia, he was also a member of the board of directors and president of the
Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MGCC), where he was strongly involved in
implementing a vocational training program (TVET/DVT) according to German standards in Malaysia.

Before leaving Germany in 2009, he gained experience in the EDA (Electronic Design Automation)
industry at Mentor Graphics and in the Memory Semiconductor industry at Qimonda/Infineon.

Mr Mross is Deputy Managing Director and CFO of KOSTAL Asia. In addition to China, the region includes India, Korea and Japan.

He is responsible for finance, controlling, IT and purchasing, which also includes the KOSTAL Group's Asian purchasing centre.

Mr Mross has been associated with the KOSTAL Group in various regions for almost three decades, 20 of them in Asia and 12 years directly on site. After completing his studies, he began his career in HQ Controlling. After several positions in the commercial area, he joined KOSTAL Asia as CFO in 2012. Since then, he has built up KOSTAL Shanghai as RHQ and SSC and supported the establishment of several new locations and legal entities in Asia. During his time in China, KOSTAL Asia has grown to around 5200 employees with more than 12 billion RMB turnover and 15 companies. The companies are not limited to their regional market, but also have a high export share to other regions.

Mr. Huang Bin was appointed in July 2022 to lead the development of green production activities at Schaeffler Region China. Together with the team, he has achieved great success in improving the region operation’s energy efficiency, and in adopting alternative countermeasures in reducing region’s co2 e.. Mr. Huang has rich experience in improving operations in manufacturing environment. He studied logistics engineering in Tongji University and later production and operations management in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. In his former career as a consultant in Global Advanced Manufacturing Institute, he helped many international companies like BOSCH, MAHLE, SIEMENS in their successful path to excellent and sustainable operations.

Tomas has over 15 years working experience from USA and China including leading HR service providers in China (ex. FSG 上海外服) and HR Systems role at the World Bank in Washington D.C. Engaged primarily in providing B2B services including recruitment, temporary staffing and HR consulting for cross border multi-country solutions. He is experienced in cross-cultural management leading multinational teams and managing international clients.

Dr Jean-Yves Le Corre has ten years of experience in the corporate sector working in controlling and internal audit positions (Lafarge-Holcim, Areva, Heineken Group). After several years of coaching and corporate training in China and Southeast Asia, he entered academia in 2014 at the Department of Accounting & Finance of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, where he became an Associate Professor of Practice in 2019. As a researcher at the University of Strasbourg (BETA-CNRS laboratory - UMR 7522), he developed models and practice guidelines for technology-driven pedagogies and prototyping solutions to respond to the imperatives of new skills development in the controlling profession, focusing on constructivist-based instructional strategies and immersive tools to support the process of setting KPI dashboards in business organisations. He is a founding member of the online learning Huyi Community (www.huyicommunity.com) to support educators in taking a career advantage of the paradigmatic changes in the executive education sector. He is a Sloan Fellow from the London Business School (UK).

Amy Dan is the Senior Manager Business Controlling for Adhesive Industry Business Unit in Henkel. Prior this role, Amy has more than 15 years’ experience in Proctor & Gamble (FMCG industry) and Goodyear (Tire & Rubber industry). She worked as the senior finance manager and steered multiple Finance & Controlling roles, including Operation and Supply Chain Controller, Plant Controller, Business Unit Controller, Commercial controller, GBS Start-up Project Controller…in China and APAC. Amy graduated from Nankai University with holding the CIMA.

Vicky Yang is the Senior Manager Business Controlling for Adhesive Industry Business Unit in Henkel. Vicky has nearly 17 years working experience which includes auditing in Ernst & Young, accounting in General Motors and controlling in Henkel, Ingersoll-Rand and UPM. In controlling area, Vicky has worked for both SBU sales controller and plant controller. Vicky graduated from Fudan University and is a CICPA and CMA.

Ms. Paula Yu is graduated from Lanzhou University of Technology for her bachelor’s degree in international accounting and then graduated from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics for her master’s degrees.

Ms. Yu has worked in foreign enterprises for more than 20 years and has accumulated rich experience. At the same time, she has been continuously improving her business ability, always walking on the way of the integration of business and finance. Ms. Yu is also constantly learning, and have obtained the certificate of CMA, PCMA and CFM (Consultant for Financial Management).

CEO and Founder of System in Motion
• Board member of the French Chamber of Commerce
• Entrepreneur, mentor, trainer, in various non-profit
organization: French Tech, Entrepreneurs’ Organization,
Orbit Ventures,
• Master degree in Artificial Intelligence - CentraleSupelec
1993

Stefan Sexl is a BARC Fellow specializing in CPM, BI and reporting. With 30 years of industry experience with leading vendors such as MIS AG, pmOne and Tagetik, he advises vendors on marketing, sales and product strategy as well as end customers on the selection and implementation of solutions.

He has a particular focus on the market for CPM and group accounting solutions including planning, consolidation, ESG, account reconciliation and other components.

Schubert Lou is the Chief Operating Officer of Trip.com, one of the world's leading online travel agencies that provides millions of flight and hotel offerings in 200 countries and regions. He has over 20 years of broad experience in product management and digital commerce, including leading internet companies in the United States and China. Prior to joining Trip.com, Schubert was VP of product management at Meituan Dianping, where he was responsible for leading key O2O product initiatives that generated exponential growth for the company. He also held senior product management positions at eBay and Amdocs in Silicon Valley