Mr. Ming Cheng Chien was born in Shanghai in 1955. He received his undergraduate and graduate educations in chemical engineering in the U.S.A.

He started his professional career in the U.S.A. in 1986 as a process engineer and subsequently held various technical and managerial positions with increasing responsibilities. In 2002, with Basell, he was expatriated to Milan, Italy as General Manager - Licensing and New Ventures - Asia Pacific, taking responsibilities for quite a number of technology licensing and joint venture projects in the region.
In 2008, Mr. Chien joined LANXESS as Managing Director of LANXESS Buna GmbH in Marl, Germany for the business of synthetic rubber EPDM. After the acquisition of DSM’s Elastomers, B.V. in May 2011. In February 2013, Mr. Chien was relocated back to Shanghai, taking over the responsibility as CEO of LANXESS Greater China for this increasingly important market of the global business.

In August 2018, Mr. Chien was appointed President Asia-Pacific Region of LANXESS to lead the newly established APAC regional structure covering Greater China, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the ASEAN countries.

Alicia is holding a full research position as Associate Professor of Business Ethics at the department of philosophy at Southeast University in Nanjing, China. Her research focuses on Chinese philosophy and its application in organisations in the context of values, ethics and innovation. In addition to her research she also has practical working experience gained at Chinese as well as foreign companies in China. Alicia is cooperating with a number of educational and business institutions to promote a better understanding of Chinese culture and thinking, such as ESMT Berlin, the Austrian Center at Fudan University, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Frankfurt (IHK Frankfurt), or the German Chamber of Commerce in China (AHK Beijing; AHK Shanghai).

Dr. Lu Jian Zhong, as one of the pioneers in the field of CSR and Sustainability, has rich, systematic and forward-looking theoretical system and practical experience in this field. Dr. Lu actively advocated the idea of sustainability, led many CSR managers, philanthropists and initiatives to innovate, and made outstanding contributions to the promotion of public welfare and CSR development. Dr. Lu is the founder of CSR Thought Lab, a Board member of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Deputy Director-General of China Corporate Social Responsibility Think Tank, Expert of the Think Tank of China Federation of Industry & Economy, Expert of the Southern Weekly CSR Research Center, Member of the Shenzhen Manufacturing Strategy Advisory Board ; former Co-chair of American Chamber (Shanghai) BCSR Committee, Guest Professor at Nankai University.

吕建中博士是可持续商务战略和企业社会责任（CSR）的先行者和思想引领者，在该领域有丰富、系统和前瞻性理论体系及实践经验。他积极倡导可持续发展思想，带领一大批CSR经理人和公益人不断创新，为推动公益和CSR发展做出了杰出贡献。他是CSR思想实验方法论的创立者，全球报告倡议组织董事会成员、中国CSR智库副理事长、中国工经联工业企业社会责任智库专家、《南方周末》CSR研究中心专家，中国CSR百人论坛发起人、深圳智造战略咨询委员会委员、上海外商投资协会监事长、中国匠心企业家组委会常务副理事长；曾任美国商会（上海）可持续负责任商务委员会联席主席。担任天津南开大学客座教授、子牙学宫理事。

Brigitte Wolff is the President of EIM Executive Interim Management China, providing companies with experts for all kinds of functions and industries for permanent and interim positions, and has been working more than 18 years in China. During this period, she was a Partner at Booz&Company China (now PwC Strategy& China), MD and Partner of Management Engineers Business Consulting China and founder of Abacus Corporation Business Consulting China.

Since 2008 she is also a board member at the German Chamber of Commerce | Shanghai and its charity activities, such as the More than a Market initiative, working with German companies’ social engagement in China. Since 2017 she serves as a board member of the European Chamber of Commerce China in Shanghai. Prior to that she held management positions in Germany at Oliver Wyman and Constantia Packaging as well as Steinbeis Packaging.

She holds a German Engineer Diploma (Diplom-Ingenieur) from Technical University of Munich (TUM).