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We have invited three business leaders from HSBC, Aberdeen Standard Investments and our Better Business Awards Social Enterprise Winner of the year, to come share their best and worst professional decisions.
• Michelle Maa – GM of Aberdeen Standard Investments
• Zach Fraser – COO of HSBC
• TA Wu – Found of W Glass Project
This will be an interactive workshop where the three speakers will present certain scenarios and the attendees will have to discuss what choices they would make if faced with a similar situation.
This is a great opportunity to interact with and learn from our business leaders as well as network with like-minded young professionals. Light snacks and drinks included!
Agenda
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10
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TA Wu Sharing
TA Wu19
30
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19
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Zach Fraser Sharing
Zach Fraser19
50
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Michelle Maa Sharing
Michelle Maa20
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21
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TA Wu Sharing
Speakers
TA Wu
Founder of W Glass ProjectWinner of the inaugural British Chamber Award for Social Enterprise and Working for his family glass business TA Wu founded the W Glass Project recycling and reusing glass products. The experience of a start up Social Enterprise has made him into and expert on the circular economy from the perspective of an actual practitioner.
Ting-An Wu has a graduate degree from the University of Cambridge and an undergraduate degree from National Cheng Kung University. His career started at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation as the transnational corporation’s analyst in investment decisions and resources planning.
With a tremendously profound interest in recycling, glass material, and arts, TA specializes in innovative research and development of glass material as well as optimal design of factories. He owns several patents of material development in the US. His ultimate goal is to forge and sustain a unique industry for a green circular economy.
TA won in 2016 the Super MVP of 100 MVP Managers hosted by one of Taiwan’s largest magazine Business Weekly and joined in the Weekly’s first entrepreneur club. He was also selected as Taiwan Generation T -- the most potential young entrepreneur by Taiwan Tatler. He was invited by TEDxHsinchu 2016 to speak on how recycled glass had been bringing value to the industry and society.
TA kept pursuing further learning to enhance his professional capabilities by taking the online course in big data of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the course of Lean Innovation in RWTH Aachen of Germany.
Spring Pool Glass Industrial Corporation specializes in glass collecting and recycling, with its headquarters located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is currently the most renowned glass recycling company in the country with three offices already, producing over a hundred thousand tons of recycled glass each year. The company’s management philosophy is to pursue sustainability in green innovation, and it has proven itself to be effective with its win of the 2015 Golden Root Award.
Zach Fraser Sharing
Speakers
Zach Fraser
Chief Operating Officer at HSBCZach has been with the HSBC Group for over 22 years. Starting his career in Sydney, Australia, Zach has been posted in Hong Kong, Singapore (twice), South Korea and the Philippines before arriving in Taiwan in July, 2017.
Michelle Maa Sharing
Speakers
Michelle Maa
General Manager at Aberdeen Standard Investments Taiwan LimitedMichelle joined Aberdeen Asset Management in 2012, as Head of Distribution. She moved to country head role since 2015.
Before AAM/ASI, she took various senior leadership roles of Wealth Management for UBS, HSBC, and Standard Chartered Bank, ranging from product, sales, marketing, and strategies. She also worked for Citibank in product development and market research.
Speakers
Zach Fraser
Chief Operating Officer at HSBC
Zach has been with the HSBC Group for over 22 years. Starting his career in Sydney, Australia, Zach has been posted in Hong Kong, Singapore (twice), South Korea and the Philippines before arriving in Taiwan in July, 2017.
Michelle Maa
General Manager at Aberdeen Standard Investments Taiwan Limited
Michelle joined Aberdeen Asset Management in 2012, as Head of Distribution. She moved to country head role since 2015.
Before AAM/ASI, she took various senior leadership roles of Wealth Management for UBS, HSBC, and Standard Chartered Bank, ranging from product, sales, marketing, and strategies. She also worked for Citibank in product development and market research.
TA Wu
Founder of W Glass Project
Winner of the inaugural British Chamber Award for Social Enterprise and Working for his family glass business TA Wu founded the W Glass Project recycling and reusing glass products. The experience of a start up Social Enterprise has made him into and expert on the circular economy from the perspective of an actual practitioner.
Ting-An Wu has a graduate degree from the University of Cambridge and an undergraduate degree from National Cheng Kung University. His career started at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation as the transnational corporation’s analyst in investment decisions and resources planning.
With a tremendously profound interest in recycling, glass material, and arts, TA specializes in innovative research and development of glass material as well as optimal design of factories. He owns several patents of material development in the US. His ultimate goal is to forge and sustain a unique industry for a green circular economy.
TA won in 2016 the Super MVP of 100 MVP Managers hosted by one of Taiwan’s largest magazine Business Weekly and joined in the Weekly’s first entrepreneur club. He was also selected as Taiwan Generation T -- the most potential young entrepreneur by Taiwan Tatler. He was invited by TEDxHsinchu 2016 to speak on how recycled glass had been bringing value to the industry and society.
TA kept pursuing further learning to enhance his professional capabilities by taking the online course in big data of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the course of Lean Innovation in RWTH Aachen of Germany.
Spring Pool Glass Industrial Corporation specializes in glass collecting and recycling, with its headquarters located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is currently the most renowned glass recycling company in the country with three offices already, producing over a hundred thousand tons of recycled glass each year. The company’s management philosophy is to pursue sustainability in green innovation, and it has proven itself to be effective with its win of the 2015 Golden Root Award.
