...lar local way. “Whilst we want to be profitable, we’re also trying to figure out how we could be a community of like-minded people who help develop the region,” Aki says. Khai San, who is also the company’s CEO, thinks the way in which her and Aki’s skills complement the other’s has been an important factor in enabling Sprint Milestone’s growth. But the connections made through the KH network have also played a key role....
...mises to keep in touch. This year, ten years after they graduated in the same KH EMBA cohort, Wai Tang and Ricky Lau have gone into business with the launch of Crane Capital. Wai has taken on the role of Managing Partner and CEO, and Ricky that of Managing Partner, in a company that invests and develops real estate businesses in Asia’s leading cities, exclusively for a US pension fund. “Crane Capital is basically the Asia arm of their real...
...from Alibaba, I was from PCCW,” Daniel recalls. “We didn’t have much overlap at that time.” Opportunities arose, however, when Kenny made a 2012 career move to a private equity fund, Vision Knight Capital (VKC). Set up by ex-CEO of Alibaba, David Wei, VKC focuses on internet and digital investments. “I introduced my boss to Daniel’s boss, Richard Li,” Man says. “Daniel and I liaised with each other and made the introduction, and the two guys had...
...es, and the building of relationships away from the pressure of closing the deal. Tim Hewitt, Director, Sales and Commercial Affairs at Colt Technology Services Asia and a member of the EMBA Class of 2016, first met NiQ Lai, CEO of Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited (HKBN) when Lai made a presentation to Tim’s cohort. Lai had graduated from the program back in 2009. Earlier this year, their companies agreed a joint venture in which HKBN will...
CEO, Co-Founder, Global Logistic Properties (GLP) The Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program takes pride in Ming Mei’s achievements and recognizes his leadership by presenting him with a Distinguished Alumni Award. M ei obtained a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Indiana University School of Business in 1996. M ei holds the record of the youngest student in KH history ever, impressing the admissions committee with his maturity at the age of 28....
CEO, Arcelik The Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program is proud to recognize Hakan Bulgurlu amongst its alumni and celebrate his extraordinary professional achievements and his dedication to sustainability by presenting him with a Distinguished Alumni Award. Bulgurlu was born in Oslo, Norway and lives in Istanbul, Turkey. Not only native in Turkish and English, but he also speaks Norwegian, German and French. He graduated from the University of...
The relationship between NiQ and Colt’s CEO and its senior management has not just been transactional, it’s been ongoing, Hewitt adds. “So there’s a great sort of synergy there between the culture we’re trying to engender in our company, and the business we’re trying to become, and the sort of business HKBN already is.” Lai describes the process more as a mutually beneficial collaboration. “It was a two-way exchange of cultural best practices,...
...from Alibaba, I was from PCCW,” Daniel recalls. “We didn’t have much overlap at that time.” Opportunities arose, however, when Kenny made a 2012 career move to a private equity fund, Vision Knight Capital (VKC). Set up by ex-CEO of Alibaba, David Wei, VKC focuses on internet and digital investments. “I introduced my boss to Daniel’s boss, Richard Li,” Man says. “Daniel and I liaised with each other and made the introduction, and the two guys had...
...nation of experience and gut feeling. But having the range of tools the EMBA provides to analyse and assess introduces an extra intellectual element and narrows the odds on success.” “I can now see the possibility of being a CEO which, previously, I never thought could happen,” Lee says. “Thanks to the EMBA, I am changing, looking at everything that goes into running a business – not just the finance side. The program is academically...
“After serving 7 years as a CEO, I desire to join a global EMBA program to recalibrate myself and blaze a new trail to change the world. I choose Kellogg-HKUST EMBA partly because it’s a consistently top-ranked global program, but more so because it has the world’s largest EMBA networks of high-impact, low-ego leaders across 7 campuses with the power to drive change and shape the fast-changing future of global businesses.”
