The Business Council (BC) is a members-driven working group that meets quarterly to address the most pressing issues and opportunities facing the global business community. It acts as an “ideas incubator” to explore potential topics for programming and advises Asia Society on how to both expand and enhance cutting-edge programming that is both timely and relevant. 

Current Representatives

Mark Barnes
Partner-in-charge, International
KPMG

Kristen Borowiec
Director | International Government Affairs, Global Legal, Compliance and Regulatory
American International Group, Inc. (AIG)

Frank J. Brown
Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer, GA
General Atlantic

Lea Felluss
Manager, Global Public Affairs
PMI

John Fell
Managing Director, Regional Head, Financial and Strategic Investors Group, Americas
Standard Chartered Bank

Jon Fox
Global Head of Business Developing and Investor Relations
Värde Partners

Gerard Francis
Global Head of Enterprise Solutions
Bloomberg LP

Aileen Furlong
Managing Director, Specialty Sales
United Airlines

Apoorva Gandhi
Vice President, Multicultural Affairs and Business Councils
Marriott International

Mika Hayama
Director, PR &Branding, The Americas
ANA

Kay Ikawa
Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Sales
United Airlines

Sapna Jain
Vice President Operations & Engineering Automation
AT&T Business

Dustin Ling
Director, Citi Global Public Sector, Banking, Capital Markets & Advisory (BCMA)
Citi

Xuejun Mao
Deputy General Manager
China Merchants Bank — New York

Noritsuga Odaira
Executive Director Institutional Corporate Marketing
Morgan Stanley

Michael Park
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company

Sharon Pierce
Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Sales – East
United Airlines

Nathan Stein
Executive Director, Human Resources and Global COO, Diversity and Inclusion
Morgan Stanley

Jeff Wong
Global Chief Innovation Officer
EY

Yuqiang Xiao
Chairman, U.S. Management Committee, General Manager, New York Branch
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC)

Linda Zhang
National Channel Leader — International Corridors
KPMG