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Technology Landscape in Southeast Asia

Due to popular demand from alumni, (in alphabetical order) Stanford Club of Hong Kong and Stanford Club of Singapore are co-organizing a fresh online event to talk about Southeast Asia’s tech landscape.

The two clubs are delighted to welcome (in alphabetical order) Mark Inkster, Adrian Li and Roland Yau as speakers to share their insights on why the world is excited about the Southeast Asian tech scene.

Mark Inkster is Chief Business Officer of Beam Mobility, an e-scooter company based in Singapore and Venture Partner at Antler, a startup generator & early-stage VC.

Adrian Li is the Founder & Managing Partner at Convergence Ventures, an early stage Indonesia focused technology venture capital fund with a portfolio of 30+ businesses.

Roland Yau is the Managing Partner of CoCoon Ignite Ventures, L.P., a Hong Kong-based venture capital fund focusing on investments in early stage technologies, including Cafe X and Soundbrenner.

We hope alumni who are interested in technology, investing and the future of Southeast Asia will join us online.

Events Details
Date: Wednesday, 8 April, 2020
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Online Videoconference Link: Provided by email after RSVP, closer to event date
Cost: Free for alumni and non-alumni.
Lunch Etiquette: Lunch not included due to online nature. You are most welcomed to eat while videoconferencing in.

RSVP: Required. Please RSVP by filling in this form.

Event Contact (in alphabetical order): Ee Fann Goh for SG alums (goheefann@alumni.gsb.stanford.edu) and Andrew Kwan for HK alums (akwan@stanfordalumni.org)

About the Speakers

Mark Inkster

Mark has built digital businesses globally since the late 1990’s. As director of international operations at Yahoo!, he led the rollout of Yahoo!’s full suite of communication, media and e-commerce properties around the world and built product teams in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Mark moved to Asia in 2003 as vice president of Yahoo!’s search business unit for Asia-Pacific, based in Seoul. In late 2003, Mark joined eBay as chief product officer of eBay China, which at the time was the leading e-commerce site in China. He led the customization of eBay’s technology for China, one of the largest development projects in eBay’s history.

Mark founded a Shanghai-based travel startup, Yiqilai.com.cn, in 2006, and was also a founding member of AngelVest, the leading angel investment network in China. In 2009, Mark joined Microsoft’s online services business as managing director of Southeast Asia, leading MSN, Hotmail, Windows Live and Bing in the region, where he initiated partnerships including xinMSN, Singapore’s leading portal. He led Vistaprint’s business in Asia and global emerging markets from 2012-2013 as President of the “Most of World” business unit, and served as the Chief Digital Officer of Aegon Asia from 2014 to 2018.

Since 2018, Mark has been chief business officer of Beam Mobility and a venture partner at Antler. Mark lives in Singapore with his wife and children.

Adrian Li

 

Adrian is Founder & Managing Partner at Convergence Ventures, an early stage Indonesia focused technology venture capital fund with a portfolio of 30+ businesses. Previously, he co-founded several ventures in China and Indonesia.

Adrian’s 1st Internet venture was Idapted where as CEO & cofounder he raised 2 rounds of venture financing and led the company to be the largest live 1:1 online English test preparation service in China. Idapted was acquired by Eleutian in 2011. He then joined Rocket Internet as a Managing Director where he worked on new technology ventures in China and South East Asia. At the end of 2014 he launched Convergence Ventures.

Adrian graduated from Cambridge University with a BA and MA in Economics and was elected a Hawk in recognition of his contributions to University and National level Judo. He obtained his MBA from Stanford while studying in the dual degree MBA & Education MA program and is currently enrolled in the Tsinghua OBOR EMBA program. He is a Kauffman Fellow in Class 21. He speaks Mandarin and English fluently and is proficient in Cantonese and basic Bahasa.

Roland Yau

Roland is the Managing Partner of CoCoon Ignite Ventures, L.P., a venture capital fund focusing on investments in early stage technologies. At CoCoon Ignite Ventures, Roland has led investments in companies including Cafe X and Soundbrenner. In addition to investing, Roland is also an active advisor to his portfolio companies, large corporations, founders and other venture capital funds.

Roland graduated from New York University in 2004 with a bachelors degree in biology and graduated from the University of London in 2007 with a bachelors degree in law. Prior to establishing CoCoon Ignite Ventures, Roland was with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, an international law firm, from 2008 to 2015. At Freshfields, Roland worked on corporate financing and structuring transactions relating to fundraising, deal structuring and mergers and acquisitions.

With the health situation of COVID-19, the need for strengthening emotional well-being and resilience becomes more apparent than ever.

The Stanford Club of Hong Kong is delighted to welcome fellow alum Dr. Joanne Chan 陳頌恩博士 (Stanford BA ’02 and MA ’02, HKU PhD ’06) as our speaker for this online-only event.

As one of Hong Kong’s leading psychologists and advocates for emotional well-being, Joanne will share tips on:
1) How to manage individual stress
2) How to help children maintain emotional well-being
3) How to increase self-efficacy for prevention of COVID-19

We hope alumni who are interested in maintaining well-being for their families and communities during these times will join our event online.

Events Details

Date: Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm
Online Videoconference Link: Provided by email after RSVP, closer to event date
Cost: Free for alumni and non-alumni
Lunch Etiquette: Lunch not included due to online nature. You are most welcomed to eat while videoconferencing in.

RSVP: Required. Please RSVP by filling in this form.

Event Contact: Andrew Kwan (akwan@stanfordalumni.org)

 

About the Speaker

Dr. Joanne Chan 陳頌恩博士 is a psychologist, writer, storyteller, scriptwriter and guest host for television and radio programs. She has published over 25 books. She is passionate about sharing psychology for the promotion of health and happiness. She designs and conducts psychology programs for children.

Joanne graduated from Stanford University with her B.A. (honors) with distinction in Psychology & Chinese, and M.A. in Psychology. She obtained her Ph.D. in Psychology from The University of Hong Kong with multiple scholarships. She was awarded the Outstanding Teacher Awards four times by the Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and she was a Teaching Excellence Ambassador.

Grabbing the next Grab & GoJek: Tech Investing in Southeast Asia

With the health situation of COVID-19, many of our alumni in Hong Kong are temporarily working from home, or supporting their children’s learning from home. In this context, the Stanford Club of Hong Kong is planning a series of online-only speaker events to facilitate alumni to continue connecting, learning and engaging with one another online.

To kickoff the series, the Club is delighted to welcome Eddy Chan and John Kaaiohelo as speakers to share their insights on why the world is excited about investing in the Southeast Asian tech scene, and where the next Grab or GoJek may come from.

Eddy Chan is the founding partner of Intudo Ventures, an “Indonesia-only” venture capital firm that has raised 2 funds managing US$70M since 2017. John Kaaiohelo is the CEO and CIO of BOD Tech Ventures, whose assets include some of Myanmar’s leading tech companies in logistics, online travel, food delivery and fintech.

We hope alumni who are interested in technology, investing and the future of Southeast Asia will join us online.

Events Details
Date: Friday, 6 March, 2020
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Online Videoconference Link: Provided by email after RSVP, closer to event date
Cost: Free for alumni and non-alumni.
Lunch Etiquette: Lunch not included due to online nature. You are most welcomed to eat while videoconferencing in.

RSVP: Required. Please RSVP by filling in this form.

Event Contact: Andrew Kwan (akwan@stanfordalumni.org)

About the Speakers

Eddy Chan

Eddy Chan is a founding partner of “Indonesia-only” independent venture capital firm Intudo Ventures. He is a founder and venture investor, with expertise in founding and operating companies, venture investing, business development/partnerships, capital raising, recruiting and deal structuring.

He has invested in and advised startups in Indonesia, Silicon Valley and North Asia since the late 1990s, including PayPal, SpaceX, Palantir Technologies, Getaround, Branch International, SEA Ltd., Xendit, Kargo, TaniHub and BeliMobilGue, invested in venture funds including Founders Fund, founded and operated venture-backed technology companies with operations in Silicon Valley and Asia, practiced corporate/M&A/private equity/venture capital law in Silicon Valley and Asia at Morrison & Foerster LLP and represented companies as an investment banker.

Eddy holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a Global Law Scholar, and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley’s Walter A. Haas School of Business.

John Kaaiohelo

John Kaaiohelo is the CEO and Chief Investment Officer of BOD Tech Ventures, a tech holding company whose assets include Myanmar’s largest logistics company, largest online travel agency, largest food delivery platform, largest bus ticketing platform, and largest B2B fintech wallet; Cambodia’s largest bus ticketing platform; and Bangladesh’s first cloud kitchen. Prior to BOD Tech Ventures, John worked in public equities, corporate venture capital, and corporate M&A. He is currently a Social Enterprise Fellow at raISE, the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise.

John is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and earned his A.B. summa cum laude in History from Princeton University, and his A.M. in Regional Studies-East Asia from Harvard University, where he was named a Graduate Prize Fellow.

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of HK Disneyland, and learn more about how magic is made!

Hosted by Takero Sone (’16) – Assistant Producer at Disney; Kendall Elliott – Park Art Director; Isabel Caruncho – Creative Director.

Event Details

Date: Saturday, December 7th, 2019

Time: 9:30 am to 3:00 pm

Cost: HK$350/person, which includes lunch (view lunch menu here)

Deadline & RSVP: First come first served! Space is limited to the first 15 alums to confirm their slots via RSVP and payment:

RSVP and Pay Now.

Restrictions: Given the limited capacity, we can accept Stanford alums and significant others only. UNFORTUNATELY ADULTS ONLY / NO KIDS. I know I know…probably the first time you’ve ever read that in relation to Disneyland! More details below.

Contact person: Marc Hubert (’03, ’04). marc.hubert@gmail.com; +852-6398-0178. Please review the attached menu and email me with your selections. If you’re ordering the beef, please let me know how you would like your meat cooked. Please also let me know if you have any dietary restrictions.

More Details:

Attendees: college-aged adults and older. In addition to the nature of the topics discussed (Imagineering practices and principles), the sessions contain proprietary information that the Disney team wouldn’t typically share outside of the Disney organization.

Agenda:

We will begin with an introduction to Walt Disney Imagineering, covering the history, business, and legacy of the company. Following the overview, we will talk about the importance of story in Disney, and how this permeates the Hong Kong Disneyland park.

The Park Art Director will then lead a guided walk through the park to highlight its stories and characters, and how these inspire the “show” that Guests experience.
Taking the recently completed “Dreamer’s Lookout” as an example, we will look at how an idea is initially conceived and brought to completion. Dreamer’s Lookout is a new chocolate boutique in the Disney Explorers Lodge hotel, and we will get to see the “sketch to reality” by visiting the newly opened site. There will be some opportunity to see backstage/back-of-house areas.

Enjoy lunch together at World of Color restaurant in Disney Explorers Lodge
For those wanting more time at the park after lunch, discounted tickets are available. Please email me for more information, after confirming your slot via the above PayPal link.

Meeting location:
For those coming via MTR: Once you exit the MTR station at the Disneyland stop, please meet at the green gazebo that you see in front of you.

For those coming via taxi or parking: Follow directions to Hong Kong Disneyland Park. You will approach a giant green arch (impossible to miss), with “Welcome to Hong Kong Disneyland” and a Mickey Mouse figure on the top. There are two green gazebos by the arch, one to the left and one to the right. We will meet at the gazebo to the RIGHT of the arch (it is the one that is closer to the MTR station, which would also be on your righthand side).

Hope to see you on Dec. 7th…at The Happiest Place on Earth!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Join fellow alumni and current students for a celebration of the Christmas season at our annual holiday dinner on Monday, December 16th, 2019. Friends and family are welcome. Please register early as this is a sold out event every year!

Event Details

Date: Monday, December 16, 2019
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Venue: Apinara, Shop 205, Level 2, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway
Price: $450 for alumni/current students, $500 for guests and all walk-ins
Event Contact: Sandy Wan (sandy.wan@simandian.com)

Alumni / current students: RSVP and pay now
Guests: RSVP and pay now

Menu (Family Style Sharing)

Pomelo Salad with Soft Shell Crab
Signature Appetizer Platter (Chicken Pandan, BBQ Pork Satay, Deep Fried Pork Neck, Nara Spring Roll Chicken Wings)
Shrimp Cake

*****

Tom Yum Kung
Or
Coconut Chicken Soup

*****

Yellow Curry Soft Shell Crab
Steamed Grey Mullet with Spicy Lime Sauce
Beef Shin Massanam Curry
Stir-fried Rice Noodles with Shrimp and Roe Pasta
Pineapple Fried Rice with Seafood
Stir-fried Morning Glory
Roti Prata

*****

Mango Sticky Rice with Coconut Milk
Thai Tea Pancake with Thai Tea Ice Cream
The Egg Custard Dumplings with Coconut Milk
*Including Thai Milk Tea or Fresh Lime Soda for each person

Note: this event has been cancelled due to personal reasons from the speaker. We hope to organize this event again in the near future when Lily is in town. 

Finding your passion – how Lily Fan went from corporate law to Broadway

The Stanford Club of Hong Kong is delighted to welcome Tony Award-winning, Broadway musical producer Lily Fan as our honorable speaker at this luncheon. The event is co-organized with the Yale Club of Hong Kong.

Lily founded Scandobean Productions in 2010 and won her first Tony Award for Best New Musical as a Co-Producer on Hadestown. Coming up in the Fall of 2019, Lily is excited to participate in the production of Sisters In Law, an adaptation of the NYTimes best selling book about the friendship between Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Lily will share her journey of career transformation, from a corporate lawyer at Shearman & Sterling and Morrison & Foerster, to becoming one of Broadway’s most successful producers.

Events Details
Date: Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
Time: 12:15 pm – 2:00 pm (registration starts at 12:00 pm)
Venue: Shanghai Fraternity Association, 1-3/F, South China Building, 1 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong
Cost: $350 (alumni) | $450 (non-alumni)

RSVP: Required

For Stanford Alumni: RSVP and pay now
For Guests of Stanford Alumni (Non-Alumni): RSVP and pay now

Event Contact: Andrew Kwan (akwan@stanfordalumni.org)

About the Speaker

Lily founded Scandobean Productions LLC in 2010 because of her belief that the entertainment sphere is the best medium to inspire thinking, educate and forge differences by changing the way people understand the world and view one another.

In the 2018-9 season, Lily won her first Tony Award for Best New Musical as a Co-Producer on Hadestown. Hadestown also received Tony’s in 7 other categories for a total of 8 awards. Lily was also represented on Broadway in Network starring Bryan Cranston (who received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play). She has also proudly supported the Broadway productions of box office smash hit The Boys in the Band (2019 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Play), To Kill A Mockingbird (2019 Tony Award winner), Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (2019 Tony Award winner), and The Waverly Gallery (2019 Tony Award winner).

Coming up in the Fall of 2019, Lily is excited to participate in the production of Sisters In Law, an adaptation of the NYTimes best selling book about the friendship between Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The show will begin performances at the Wallis Annenberg Center for The Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California.

Lily was previously represented on Broadway in 2015 by the Tony-nominated dark comedy Hand To God, which transferred to the West End in 2016.  The play was nominated for 4 Tonys and an Olivier Award and is the most produced new play in the U.S. in the 2016-17 season.  Lily’s other Broadway credits include: the Tony-nominated revival of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Jesus Christ Superstar, David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish on Broadway and its first international tour, and the 2014 revival of the timeless romantic play Love Letters by A.R. Gurney.  Her Off-Broadway credits include The Other Josh Cohen (NYTimes Critics’ Pick), Here Lies Love (NYTimes Critics’ Pick), and Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating and Mating.   She has also proudly supported the productions of 10 Tony-winner The Band’s Visit, 2 Tony-winner Beautiful, Pulitzer Prize winner Sweat,  Tony-winner Indecent, Tony-winner The Mountaintop, Tony-winner Three Tall Women, Iceman Cometh, box office smash hit The Addams Family (The National and International Tour), Something Rotten (Broadway & National Tour), An American In Paris (National Tour & West End), If/Then, The Last Ship, Ann, 1984, and many more.

She is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School.   She was born in Hong Kong and speaks fluent Cantonese.  Besides producing, Lily also has a real estate business and mediates family, entertainment, and other contract disputes.  Lily was previously a lawyer at the law firms of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Morrison & Foerster LLP; specializing in white collar criminal litigation and securities class actions.

Her full biography is available at http://www.scandobean.com/about-lily .

The Stanford Club of Hong Kong, Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong, and Stanford Club of South China are delighted to welcome Dr Peter Fitzgerald, M.D, Ph.D and Ms Michal Geva as our honorable speakers at this luncheon. Dr. Fitzgerald and Ms. Geva will talk about the changing landscape of next generation healthcare.

Events Details
Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Venue: Hong Kong Room, Hong Kong Club, 1 Jackson Road, Central, Hong Kong
Cost: $500 (alumni) | $550 (non-alumni)
Hong Kong Club Host: Kendrick Kwok ’04
RSVP: Required. Please click here to RSVP and pay now.

For Stanford Alumni: RSVP and pay now
For Guests of Stanford Alumni (Non-Alumni): RSVP and pay now

Dress code & policies: https://www.thehongkongclub.hk/public/dress-code-policies.html

Contact: Sandy Wan at sandy.wan@simandian.com or Kristine Li at kristineli@alumni.stanford.edu.

About the Speakers

Dr. Peter Fitzgerald is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Triventures. He brings decades of experience as a leading interventional cardiologist, start-up founder and venture capitalist. Recognizing the emergence of Israel as a leader in healthcare innovation, he co-founded Triventures and is active in cultivating connections between Triventures portfolio companies, industry leaders and healthcare systems around the world. Peter heads the U.S. Triventures office in Menlo Park and travels to Israel monthly.

Peter currently serves as the Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Technology and Director of the Cardiovascular Core Analysis Laboratory (CCAL) at Stanford University Medical School. He is an Interventional Cardiologist and holds a PhD in Engineering. He is Professor Emeritus in both the Departments of Medicine and Engineering at Stanford. In addition, he heads the Stanford/Asia MedTech innovation program.

Peter has been principle/founder of twenty-one medical device companies and transitioned fourteen of these start-ups to large medical device companies. Prior to co- founding Triventures, Peter co-founded LVP Capital in San Francisco in 2001, which focused on medical device and biotechnology investments. He has additionally served as a Partner for BioStar Ventures and TransPacific Venture Partners.

Peter has led or participated in over 175 clinical trials, published over 550 manuscripts/chapters, lectures worldwide and is considered a worldwide thought leader on the future trends in healthcare. He has been a consultant for the FDA for the past 15 years focused on medical technology and more recently is one of the FDA’s lead advisors on its digital health strategy. He serves on several boards of directors. Peter is a special advisor to C-level multinational medtech, digital health and consumer electronics multinationals.

Michal Geva is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Triventures and brings over 20 years of experience in medtech and digital health in Israel and the U.S. She co-founded Triventures in 2009 to provide what was then missing in the ecosystem- a deep understanding of commercial integration of innovative technologies into the healthcare system. Triventures was one of the first funds in to focus on digital health in Israel and Michal was the first woman to found and manage a venture capital firm in Israel. Since founding Triventures, Michal has grown the fund into a multi-stage investment platform and industry leader.

Prior to launching Triventures, Michal served for many years in the healthcare start-up ecosystem and held multiple executive positions with GI View, Advanced Stent Technologies (acquired by Boston Scientific), ByPass, TriReme Medical (IPO) and others. Michal ran several business departments from operations to regulatory and marketing and helped scale and steer the companies towards successful exits.

In 2017, Michal was recognized as one of the 50 most influential women in Israel by Globes, Israel’s leading financial journal and in 2011 she was recognized as one of the 40 most promising leaders in Israel by The Marker, Israel’s leading business journal.

With a hands-on approach, Michal is involved in all the fund’s major decisions, leads investments and serves as an active board member in the majority of the portfolio companies.

Michal holds a B.A from The College of Management Academic Studies.

Join us for a BIG summer gathering for the local Stanford community! This year, we are combining our annual Frosh Send-Off with a warm welcome of 25 additional Stanford undergraduates here for the Bing Overseas Studies Program.

Come meet the incoming Class of 2023 students and BOSP students from around the world. Give them our warm welcome and whatever assistance we can as a community. Mingle with other alumni. Participate in breakout sessions to share life and career advice. Learn from students’ innovative minds and reminisce about life on the Farm.

This event is organized by the Stanford Club of Hong Kong and exclusive to members of the Stanford community. Frosh sendoff is usually a popular event, and this year, BOSP students will make the event even more popular, so do sign up early!

Events Details

Date: Thursday, August 29, 2019

Time: 7:00pm – 9:30pm

Venue: CoCoon (https://www.hkcocoon.com/), 3/F, Citicorp Centre, 18 Whitfield Road, Causeway Bay / Tin Hau, Hong Kong

Dress code: Casual

Cost: $200 (includes dinner) for Stanford alumni and parents. FREE for incoming frosh and their parents, incoming graduate students, and current students of Stanford.

RSVP for alumni and parents: Required. Please click here to RSVP and pay now.

Free RSVP for incoming and current students: please RSVP via this form (unless you have already RSVP-ed via one of the event contacts below).

Contact: Marc Hubert marc.hubert@gmail.com , Sandy Wan at sandy.wan@simandian.com , or Andrew Kwan akwan@stanfordalumni.org

About the Event

Learn more about Frosh Sendoffs around the world and the Bing Overseas Studies Program.

A Midsummer Night’s Drinks 

What? Come out to connect with your fellow alumni and to meet new friends from Berkeley, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Penn, and Yale!

We would love to see more new faces, so join in to unwind on thirsty Friday!

Where? MUDITA, 24-30 Ice House Street, Central

When? Friday August 9th, 2019, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

How? Cash bar (HH menu). No RSVP required; Just show up!

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Questions? Wally Cheung at CheungWK@stanfordalumni.org
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Thank you to many of you for joining the club’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday May 21 at CoCoon.

At the AGM, alumni attendees voted yes for the executive committee and general committee members for 2019/20 listed here. In addition, attendees voted to approve amendments to the club’s Articles of Association.

The amended and currently-in-effect Articles of Association provides an updated, robust governance framework for the club. The project scope was defined as a review and update of the club’s Articles of Association to reflect present day practice and ensure compliance with Hong Kong law. We would like to offer our sincere thank you to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, who helped the club in this matter on a pro bono basis.

In addition, we would like to thank the following alumni for leading efforts to amend the Articles: in alphabetical order by last name, Edith Ngan Chan, Anthony Chang, Christina Hu Ho, Edith Law Kong, and Theodore Ma.

Thank you and we look forward to continue serving the Stanford alumni community in Hong Kong.

May we express our gratitude again to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius for their pro bono assistance. Thank you also to Ms. Leontine Chuang from PILnet who assisted on the early stages of the amendments and kindly referred the club to Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.