KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF INNOVATION AND CONNECT! The French Chamber, in partnership with Agorize, is organising an Open Innovation Forum to enhance collaboration and experience-sharing between all key stakeholders in Hong Kong’s innovation ecosystem.

2. The French Chamber in partnership with Agorize Asia is organising an
Open Innovation Forum to enhance collaboration and experience-sharing
between all key stakeholders in Hong Kong’s innovation ecosystem.
A half day symposium to come and learn how to successfully manage
open innovation to improve your R&D processes and how to combine
internal and external ideas for more robust innovation.
PROGRAM
n Talks to inspire:
outcomes and stories from
major actors and change makers
n How to make Open Innovation a reality?
n Asia’s future: collaboration or disruption?

3. Anson joined KPMG in Hong Kong in 1999 and
is currently a Partner based in the Hong Kong office
heading up the Consumer & Retail Practice. He is part
of the KPMG Regional Consumer & Retail Practice
Leadership team as well as being a member of the Global
Technology Innovation Centre and the Cluster Leader
for the Technology, Media & Telecoms Practice based
in Hong Kong.
Anson BAILEY
Senior Vice President
and Head of Strategic Planning & Transformation,
Technology & Operation
Anson has been active in driving a number of thought leadership reports and executive
briefings for senior executives covering innovation and consumers in China and across Asia.
He has worked with many corporates to understand the complex markets we live in and
current levels of disruption being seen with recent reports including Global Mobile Payments,
Consumers & Convergence, Mobilizing Innovation: The Changing Landscape of Disruptive
Technologies, The Rise of the Digital Multi-tasker, Be a Smarter Start-up, MNCs in China,
Made in China 2025, China’s Connected Consumers, Global Connected Consumers,
Connecting Hong Kong – Perspectives on our future as a smart city and The Changing Face
of Commerce series.
Today, he not only mentors the next generation of go-to-market professionals at KPMG
but continues to work with a growing number of C-level executives as a trusted advisor
in providing the best in client innovation whilst acting as the Lead Partner for a number
of strategic accounts in the consumer and technology arena across the Asia Pacific region.

4. Mathieu is piloting from Hong Kong the expansion of
AGORIZE in Asia.
This 60-employee startup connects 200+ large
organizations (including Google, Tinder, L’Oreal, LVMH or
BNP Paribas) looking for talents & innovation with a
global community of 5M innovators (students - startups -
employees - IT profiles).
After running 200+ online innovation programs, Mathieu
will be sharing the best practices to ensure a successful
collaboration between the corporate world and the
innovation ecosystem.
Mathieu TOULEMONDE
CEO
Agorize started out to solve a simple problem: being THE missing link between large corporations and
innovators. We believe that building new synergies can lead to sustainable innovation and create an
IMPACT!
After helping thousands of talent from over 145 countries, our ambition is to bring our vision to Asia. And
it works! After only 18 months of activities in Hong Kong, 20 leading companies in China, Singapore and
Hong Kong (BNP Paribas, HK Science Park, Electrolux, Linkedin HK, Microsoft HK, Amazon, etc) have put
their trust in us to organize their own innovation challenge.

6. He joined the bank in 2012. Matthew is tasked with driving
the end-to-end digital transformation across the bank,
including customer journey, people and process
transformation, innovation and experimentation, and
FinTech collaboration.
Matthew has over 20 years of experience in banking, with
a focus on innovation, the application of new technologies
and process re-engineering, and has led a wide range
of major change initiatives across Hong Kong and Asia
Pacific.
Matthew holds a master’s degree in operational research.
DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia, with over 280 branches across 18 markets.
Headquartered and listed in Singapore, DBS has a growing presence in the three key Asian axes of growth:
Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
DBS is at the forefront of leveraging digital technology to shape the future of banking, and has been
named “World’s Best Digital Bank” by Euromoney. The bank has also been recognised for its leadership in
the region, having been named “Asia’s Best Bank” by several publications including The Banker, Global
Finance, IFR Asia and Euromoney since 2012.
Matthew NG
Senior Vice President
and Head of Strategic Planning & Transformation,
Technology & Operation
ACCELERATOR

7. Brandon is the Program Manager of SuperCharger,
a FinTech accelerator and ecosystem builder that
facilitates collaboration between local and international
FinTech startups with Hong Kong financial institutions.
Prior to joining SuperCharger, he was based in London
where he was a part of KPMG's Global Strategy Group,
Deloitte Strategy & Operations team, and a renewable
energy asset investment platform.
Brandon CHUNG
Program Manager
ACCELERATOR
STARTUP COLLABORATION
CORPORATE COLLABORATION

8. Programme Lead, Project Manager and Business Analyst
at Fidelity International (Hong Kong) for over 15 years,
with primary focus in investment management systems for
portfolio managers and research analysts - uses
advanced technology to bring innovative solutions to
investment professionals within the company.
Philip POON
Project Lead
STARTUP COLLABORATION
Fidelity International offers world class investment solutions and retirement expertise. As a privately owned,
independent company, investment is our only business. We are driven by the needs of our clients, not by
shareholders. Our vision is to deliver innovative client solutions for a better future.
We invest on behalf of clients in 25 countries across Asia­Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and South
America. Our clients range from central banks, sovereign wealth funds, large corporates, financial
institutions, insurers and wealth managers, to private individuals. In addition to asset management, we
offer investment administration and guidance for employer benefit schemes, advisers and individuals in
several countries.

9. Bianca is the co-founder and COO of Clare.AI.
Through building industry-specific conversational digital
assistant that understands 10+ Asian languages across
multiple platforms, Clare.AI empower enterprises to
engage their customers in a natural and reliable way
at-scale.
She had also co-founded Dotkids, a startup aiming to
create a children friendly space online by applying
for .kids domain name.
Bianca HO
Co-founder and COO
CORPORATE COLLABORATION

10. Elsa is a qualified Actuary and specialize in Insurance and
Bancassurance in Asia countries with over 20 years
experiences.
She joined Cardif Asia since since 2010, focus on
distribution and marketing projects. Following company
strategy to accelerate transformation, developing digital
services and innovative products and working with
startups are the focus in recent few years.
Previous innovation/startups experiences include
organising Innovative Jam Workshop, Fintech Seminars
and Startup Panels, Regional Startup Challenge, and
develop Cardif Asia Startup Committee etc.
Elsa joined as part of Fintech Association HK founding
member, and a member of Insurtech Committee of
FTAHK.
BNP Paribas is a global leading provider of banking and financial services. It is present in 74 countries
with nearly 192,000 employees. It has more than 30 millions individual customers and nearly 1 million
professionals, small business and corporate clients.
BNP Paribas Cardif, the insurance part of BNP Paribas, is one of the main growth drivers of the Group.
BNP Paribas Cardif plays an essential role in the lives of the people it insures, providing them with savings
and protection solutions that let them realize their goals while protecting themselves from unforeseen
events. It also plays a major role in providing financing for the economy.
Elsa LEE-REID
Regional Head of Business Execution Management,
Cardif Asia
OPEN INNOVATION CHALLENGE
STARTUP COLLABORATION

11. Stephane has assisted different companies to implement
actionable Business Intelligence for 20 years in Luxury
Retail, Home Appliance Retail and in Transportation
industries. He is now delivering value and innovation with
his Research and Technology team for Thales Group in
Hong Kong, and they are using this Big Data thingy that
some talk about.
Married with two kids. Book lover that like to keep in
touch with his tech side. Traveler discovering different
cultures that also like to stay at home playing board
games with friends. Stephane can’t be described so easily
in few words but he will be happy to discuss with you so
you can know more about him, and him about you.
Thales is a leading multi­domestic electronics and systems group, addressing Defence and Security,
Aerospace and Ground Transport markets worldwide. State­of­the­art technologies combined to the
expertise of 64,000 employees in 56 countries make Thales a key player in assuring security of people,
assets, infrastructures, cities and nations. Technological innovation is a recurring theme in all Thales
businesses. Thales maintains its leading technology with focused investment of close to 20% of its annual
revenue in R&D.
Committed to the long­term in Hong Kong and in Asia, Thales enjoys a presence since 1986 and 340 staff,
including 290 in transportation systems and 50 in information technology security. A large proportion of them
are specialized engineers, which reflects the high level of competences required to deliver against complex
multidisciplinary projects. This concentration of capability, products, and services means effective solutions
can be delivered to our customers in Hong Kong, Mainland China and throughout the region.
To know more about us : www.thalesgroup.com
Stephane DUGUET
Head of Research & Technology
PARTNERSHIP WITH
UNIVERSITIES

12. Dr. Law assumed responsibilities for the University’s
intellectual property management, patent portfolio
development, patent licensing, academic-industrial
collaboration, technology commercialization and
technology based entrepreneurship, startup incubation
and funding schemes.
Dr LAW
Director of Technology Transfer Center
Chief Executive Officer of HKUST R&D Corporation
Limited at the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (HKUST)
PARTNERSHIP WITH
CORPORATES
Dr. Law began his career as the Technology Manager for a start-up company specializing in
the commercialization of nanomaterials in British Columbia Canada in 2001. He has since
acquired solid experience in industrial research and development programs that cover
various technical fields in nanotechnology, advanced materials and clean technologies. He
has been involved in managing both internal technology development programs as well as
collaborative technical programs with industry including multi-national corporations such as
Motorola and BASF, universities as well as various Canadian government departments. His
expertise includes program development and management, academic-industrial
collaborations, as well as IP strategy development. He joined HKUST in 2010 as
Development Manager in Technology Transfer Center, with primary responsibility in the area
of market development and commercialization of advanced materials, nanotechnology,
energy and green technology, environmental engineering, chemical processing and related
areas.
Dr. Law received a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Simon Fraser University in British
Columbia Canada.

13. HOW TO MAKE
OPEN INNOVATION
A REALITY?

14. Anita is leading the global strategy for SAP Next-Gen,
a purpose driven innovation community empowered by
SAP Leonardo aimed at driving exponential innovation
with purpose tied to the UN 17 Global Goals.
Her passion lies in engaging with the academic and
startup and Tech community where she encourages
female students to innovate on topics including Machine
Learning, Blockchain and AI.
.
SAP is a market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and industries
run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device –
SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more
effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable more than 350,000
business and public sector customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably.
With more than 130 million cloud users, SAP has the largest cloud portfolio of over 30 solutions for all
lines­of­business (LOB) as well as business suites. Globally, 76% of the world’s transaction revenue
touches an SAP system and SAP customers include 87% of the Forbes Global 2000 companies.
Anita VARSHNEY
Global Strategy & Transformation Lead

15. Marine has 8 years of experience in strategic marketing,
digital, social media and innovation.
After 6 years spent for AXA insurance in France
managing the digitalisation of the brand and digital
partnership, Marine moved to Hong Kong to create and
lead the innovation team for AXA.
She joined Decathlon in June 2017 to handle the same
functions for Hong Kong and globally on specific
innovation topics.
Decathlon is a global sport goods company launched in 1976 in France and operating now in 40 countries
with 90 000 employees.
It opened in Hong Kong on August 2nd 2017 with 2 stores (causeway bay and Mong Kok) and online store.
Our ambition is to make sport accessible to the many.
Marine BORIS
Innovation Leader

16. FUTURE

17. Dr. Charm held key management and consulting positions
in leading multinational and Chinese enterprises in in
Greater China and Asia Pacific in the past 30 years. It
includes IBM, Oracle, HSBC and Kingdee.
Areas of Expertise:
u Strategy : Business Models, Digital Innovation,
Start-ups Growth, China and Asia Strategy
u Technology : FinTech, AI, Big Data, IoT
u Industry : Innovation & Technology, Financial
Services, Manufacturing 4.0, Wholesales & Retail
30 Years of Working Experience:
u Chief Public Mission Officer, Hong Kong Cyberport
u Managing Partner of Big Data Elite Asia
u Associate Partner, Greater China, IBM Global
Business Services
u Regional Head, Business Intelligence Competency
Centre, Asia Pacific, HSBC
u General Manager, Asia Pacific, Kingdee International
Software Group
u General Manager, Business Intelligence, Greater
China, Oracle Corporation
u Adjunct Professors in Leading Universities
Dr. Tao CHARM
Chief Public Officer

18. Focused on blockchain, Bonnie leads 500 Startups'
operations from HK.
Formerly head of strategic planning for the Zuellig Group,
holding company of Zuellig Pharma and EBOS
(NZE:EBO), Bonnie is passionate about finding disruptive
technologies that can change the traditional business
models.
Prior to Zuellig, Bonnie is an enterprise software veteran
having worked with IBM, AT&T, HP, Deloitte etc. She is a
chartered CFA and holds a double major B.A. in
Engineering & Economics from Dartmouth College.
500 Startups is one of the most active seed investors globally with over 1800+ portfolio companies and
an early investor in blockchain projects including Lightyear (Stellar), Omise (Omisego), Unikrn etc..
Bonnie CHEUNG
Partner

19. Gram is CTO at WHub, the largest Startup Platform
in Hong Kong.
He has over 17 years of experience in various IT
specialities, including Architecture, Information Security,
Development and Penetration Testing.
His career experience ranges in various client and
backend systems including Personal Health Record
Systems, Equity Derivatives and eCommerce.
Gram MILOSEVIC
Alchemist and CTO

20. Marco has a background in international relations
(London School of Economics) & business analytics
(The Economist Intelligence Unit).
He matured experience in entrepreneurship and start-ups
across key markets in East and South-East Asia.
He is currently Strategy Advisor to the CEO of the Hive,
an established co-working space with offices in
Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore and Vietnam.
Marco PELLEREY
Strategy Advisor to CEO
the Hive Worldwide

21. Jan runs the world's largest entrepreneur community
(Startup Grind) in China and APAC.
He works with some of the brightest and most passionate
startup community builders in around 75 cities in APAC.
He is currently based in Shenzhen and works effortlessly
to help build a bridge between China and the rest of the
world.
Jan SMEJKAL
China & APAC Community Director

22. The French Chamber is today one of the largest European chambers in
Hong Kong and one of the largest French Chambers in Asia-Pacific.
With over 1/3 of members being non-French nationals, the French
Chamber takes pride in its diverse membership base.
The French Chamber is divided into 2 main departments.
The Members Services department helps members to develop their
visibility and network through events, committees and publications.
The Business Services department includes company set up &
domiciliation services, office rental, recruitment, visa application,
translation, business missions and market studies, helping French
companies to establish and expand in Hong Kong.
KEY FIGURES
n 1st European Chamber in Hong Kong
n 5th largest French Chamber in the world
n 30 full time staff
n 20 dynamic committees
n 500+ SMEs met and advised per year
n 1,000+ members representing 750+
companies
n 100 events per year