Business Council
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