Dr. Harley Seyedin President, AmCham South China
Dr. Harley Seyedin President, AmCham South China Welcome Remarks Special Advisor, President George H. W. Bush China-U.S. Relations Foundation Winner of 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award, Awarded by the Committee of Nobel Laureates in Peace and Economics Among less than 20 individuals to be awarded the Thomas Jefferson Initiated “Peace Through Commerce Medal” by the U.S. Government since its inception in 1790 and the only person in history to have been awarded both the Oslo Business for Peace Award and the Peace Through Commerce Medal. Among 228 individuals from around the world to have been nominated and subsequently shortlisted in March 2016 by the Nobel Committee for consideration for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. President, the American Chamber of Commerce in South China President, Allelon Energy Partners Visiting Scholar, Jinan University, PRC In August 2018, Dr. Harley Seyedin was appointed as the Special Advisor to Chairman at President George H. W. Bush China-U.S. Relations Foundation. On March 28, 2017, Dr. Harley Seyedin and Elon Musk won the 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award. The selection was made by an independent committee of Nobel Prize winners in Peace and Economics in closed-door meetings. The Committee chose the recipients from a pool of nominees from over 40 countries put forward by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Each Year, the Business for Peace Award is presented at the end of a two-day celebration entitled “Business for Peace Summit” in May in Oslo, Norway. The ceremony takes place in Oslo City Hall, the same location as that of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. In addition to a Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner, hosted by HRH Crown Prince Haakon and HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit, the Summit also hosts the Business for Peace Roundtable. Some of the confirmed speakers are Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Adam Grant (Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania), Brett Wigdortz (Teach First), George Serafeim (Harvard), Martin Sandbu (Financial Times) and William MacAskill (Oxford). Dr. Harley Seyedin was among 228 individuals from around the world to have been nominated and subsequently shortlisted in March 2016 by the Nobel Committee for consideration for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. Other individuals considered include Pope Francis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Columbian President Juan Manuel Santos who was ultimately awarded the prize on October 7, 2016. Dr. Harley Seyedin is the most recent recipient of the "Peace through Commerce Medal" originally initiated by Thomas Jefferson in 1790 when he was the first Secretary of State of the United States. Harley is among less than 20 individuals to receive this Medal in the 228 years since its inception. This Medal is the highest honor awarded to an individual by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
WONG Wa Sun Thomas Partner at CW CPA
WONG Wa Sun Thomas Partner at CW CPA Mr. Thomas Wong is one of the two co-founding partners of CW CPA, an international mid-sized professional accounting and advisory firm based in Hong Kong with also offices in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai of Mainland China as well as having a business desk in Barcelona, London and Bogotá. He looks after many areas of CW CPA, particularly the business development and strategies of the firm. Developing overseas markets, especially Latin America and Spain, is always at the top of his agenda. In line with his devotion to the promotion of trade with Mainland China and Hong Kong and with the dynamism of the economic and diplomatic relations between China and Latin America, Thomas established a Latin American and Spanish business advisory unit back in 2006, which has now fully developed into the Latin Department in his firm exclusively serving the Spanish and Portuguese- speaking clients—a service model which still remains to be unique among accounting firms in Hong Kong. With the increasing demand of professional advisory services from overseas, particularly from Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, Thomas and his team receive many delegations each year. In collaboration with the Latin and Spanish Consulates, chambers as well as trade and investment promotion agencies in Hong Kong and Mainland China, they often organize events to promote Hong Kong and Mainland China. Thomas and his team also regularly travel to Latin America, Spain and Portugal with the aim of continually gaining insight into the needs of these markets and seeking for new business opportunities. Thomas serves as an Investment Promotion Ambassador of InvestHK, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Apart from his active involvement in promoting Hong Kong to overseas enterprises and also as an International Advisor of Guangzhou Municipal Board for International Investment, Thomas also leads his team to assist overseas enterprises to establish their physical presence in China, particularly the Greater Bay Area so as to capture the tremendous trade and investment opportunities there.
Victor Herrera Business Advisor at CW CPA
Victor Herrera Business Advisor at CW CPA AmCham is pleased to invite Victor Herrera from CW CPA, to host a webinar about the financial assistance provided by various cities in the PRC under the COVID-19 outbreak. Victor is a qualified accountant in Mexico. He speaks fluent Spanish as well as English and can communicate at an intermediate level in Chinese. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and an MBA degree with a focus on China business from Chongqing University.