Kristy Chen is the Associate Buying Director at Aldi China. Kristy has spent over 12 years with Aldi including 8 with Aldi Australia and 4 more recently with Aldi China across Finance, Purchasing and Buying. She is responsible for buying strategies specializing in international sourcing, pricing, special buys and promotions, and process set up.
Tony Chen is from Alibaba’s B2C Retail Business Group, which covers key business units including Tmall Global, Koala Global, Tmall Mart, Tmall Luxury and more. As Deputy Director for Foreign Affairs, Tony specializes in strategies and policies of the cross-border e-commerce retail import business.
Originally from the UK, Howard has over 45 years of experience in the hospitality industry and has worked across four continents. Since 2010, Howard has been the Managing Director of the Radisson Collection Hotel Xing Guo Shanghai and is no stranger to China, and the ups and downs that doing business brings in the ever changing landscape since he first arrived to open for an IHG hotel in 1989.
Frank is the Chair of AustCham Shanghai’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness Industry Forum assisting members in the sector with in market connections and meaningful insights for China.
Frank has over 30 years of experience in the Australia-China F&B sector and is currently Managing Director of 31 Jiu, which is responsible for representing iconic Australian brands including VB, Pure Blonde, Coopers Beers, and Bundaberg in market.