Emerging Asia provides commercial due diligence, market strategy and risk advisory services. Adil is responsible for the overall strategy of the firm, and for overseeing global client relationships. Based in Shanghai, Adil leads projects related to the Greater China region for start-ups and Fortune 100 companies from multiple industries.

My name is American McGee. I'm a 37 year old American from Dallas, TX. I've been in Shanghai 3.5 years, by way of Hong Kong where I lived 2 years. My career in video games began 17 years ago at id Software where I worked as a designer, programmer and developer until moving to Electronic Arts as a creative director.

Benjamin founded Swot Design Group Malaysia in February 1995 and its sister company Swot Design Group Shanghai in 2008. Swot is an integrated design group comprising: • Swot Design Group – Corporate and management services • Swot Interior Design – for luxury retail stores and hospitality

Birgir Stefansson is a 31 years old Icelandic citizen who has been living in Shanghai, China, for 6 years. Birgir has a Bachelor’s degree in Business, and his hobbies include horse riding, and traveling. Birgir started his company Million Nation Ltd. 5 years ago. Million Nation Ltd. is based in Hong Kong, and has 2 major divisions. The first division sells food and non-food products to supermarkets and stores in Europe, USA, and South Africa. The second division sells steel pipes and scrap steel to customers around the world.

A few months ago a Chinese professor of mine at Southern California told me that in 1992 I told her that I would build a factory in China. Visionary or just plain crazy everyone including my professor said the latter. I’m an American age 38 from Southern California and have been living, working and developing in Kunshan, China since 1997. Arriving in China with little more than a passport I am happily married, 11 years now and have two wonderful children a son and daughter ages 9 and 6.

Asianera is a company which specializes in fine hand-painted bone china porcelain with a unique contemporary Asian design aesthetic. Asianera is committed to building a solid reputation on high-quality porcelain and innovative design in the country where porcelain was originally invented thousands of years ago. Asianera's fine china is sold globally to exclusive stores, and five-star hotels and restaurants.

PopCap is a leading global developer and publisher of casual games. James joined PopCap Games in 2005 when it acquired Sprout Games, the game studio he co-founded in 2003. He moved to Shanghai in 2008 to establish PopCap’s first office in Asia. Sprout

My name is James H Jen. I was born in Taiwan but moved to the US when I was four and grew up on the east coast in NJ. After college in Maryland, I spent 6 years in Seattle with Microsoft designing and building consumer software, games, and gaming platforms. I came to China 5 years ago and helped Ubisoft product the first Xbox Live game (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter), and the first Next Gen game (Splinter Cell Double Agent). Afterwards I built a 4 ½ million dollar interactive entertainment business for a Software Services company called Augmentum.

Born in Australia with Chinese heritage, Jules moved to China in 1999 to study at the Beijing Culture and Language University. Prior to setting up Space Developments and URBN hotels & resorts (China’s first carbon neutral hotel), Jules was a founding partner in an international multi-award winning media company, mailman ltd. He has held several roles, which led him to broker more than 1000 media deals with local and international clients across various industries. In his down time, Jules is a keen snowboarder.

Cinjul specializes in the design and manufacturing of fashion accessories for retail chain stores and private labels in European and the USA. Julia was born in Shanghai, educated in the UK and China and has lived in India and Saudi Arabia, and has travelled to more than 40 countries. In her spare time, Julia has a keen interest in multi-cultural activities and enjoys music, cooking, yoga and tango.

My name is Luke Nolan and I am a 29 year old from Ireland and Portugal. I have lived in the UK, Belgium and Italy but so far the most exciting and dynamic home I have found is in China. Have been living in Shanghai for the last five years. I own and operate two businesses. Pine River, launched in 2007, is based out of Shanghai and offers real estate investment brokerage and advisory services to Chinese developers and international investors. www.pineriverasia.com China House Students, which I launched earlier this year is a student accommodation concept aimed at Chinese students living abroad. We will own and operate properties and our first property will be in London, UK. Outside of business I enjoy endurance sports such as ultra-marathon running and triathlon as well as golf for the more relaxed days.

Marc de Boos-Smith is an Australian entrepreneurial real estate and marketing entrepreneur. Noticing the market potential 7 years ago, he moved to China to co-found Time Properties Capital, a niche investment fund recognized as one of the first enterprises specializing in foreign investment in Shanghai’s art-deco era properties.

Radiance Digital Entertainment is a game studio that focuses on production of high quality online game titles. Monte is a 23-year veteran in the US video game industry and has participated in the production of John Madden Football, Test Drive Off Road series, Street Fighter series, Looney Tunes Racing, Hello Kitty Cubi-land and other titles.

Scott developed and now runs Space International. Space International has worked on many projects throughout China and have recently opened their flagship URBN Hotel- Shanghai's first boutique hotel which is China's only carbon neutral hotel. The hotel has attracted global interest from media and other hotel groups.

Over the past 18 years, Steve has built an impressive range of experience across all aspects of the hospitality, food and beverage industry. Throughout this time, Steve has built a global reputation for his innovative food concepts and business acumen. Becoming a highly respected industry leader and sought after consultant.

My name is Tak Chuen Paul Mak. I was born in Hong Kong and am 32 years old. I have lived in Hong Kong, Britain and America, and have been living in Shanghai since 2002. I am married and have a son of 3 year old.

My name is Todd Gill. I am a 35 year old from Sydney, Australia. I am an Industrial Designer, with a passion for design-focused businesses. I am director and co-founder of Container (www.containermade.com), designers and suppliers of custom packaging for the beauty and fashion industries. I have 15 staff, and offices in Sydney and Shanghai, with my third office opening in New York in 2010. I have been living and working in Shanghai for 6 years.