Retail Asia Digital Conference

Mr. Zhang has over 25 years of professional experiences across corporate and consulting. He is the lead partner for Consumer products and retail sector for Deloitte APAC firm, and a senior partner at Deloitte Consulting China Strategy and Operations Practice. He speaks frequently on the topic of future of retail, China consumer trends and digital transformation in major national and
international e-commerce and Retail conferences. He is also regularly sought for opinions by mainstream business medias such as CNBC, BBC Business and SMG Media Group on China consumer issues.

Since joining Deloitte, he has pioneered the Deloitte “Future of Retail” and “Now Consumer” series studies and collaborated closely with China’s major internet platform players like Ali, Tencent, JD and MeituanDianPing, leading the consumer and retail innovation in the China market place.

During 2015-2018, Mr. Zhang personally led the Nike China operations backbone program, assisted the client to successfully transform its operational backbone from primarily serving wholesale businesses to serving an omni-channel and integrated market place. He keeps advising the client on the on-going digital innovation matters. Prior to that Mr. Zhang has advised numerous MNC and local leading consumer clients on digital and supply chain strategy. 

<p>Quan Yao is a Research Analyst (Services &amp; Payments) at Euromonitor International focusing on industries from Consumer Finance to Digital Consumer in Southeast Asia, particularly in Singapore and Vietnam. His specialization lies in the Retailing industry, with a keen interest in E-Commerce and emerging retail business models &amp; trends regionally.</p>

<p>Over his time in the company Quan Yao has researched &amp; advised clients across his focus industries on the strategic market outlook and insights to better serve consumers’ ever-evolving needs, through data and content on Passport (Euromonitor International’s global market research database) and direct client engagements.</p>

<p>Quan Yao holds a Bachelor of Business Management degree with a Double Major in Operations Management and Analytics from the Singapore Management University.</p>

As Managing Director of Carousell Singapore, Chee Soon is responsible for managing overall business strategy as well as daily operations for Carousell Singapore. He is accountable for the overall revenue goals across verticals including Advertisements, SMBs/Merchants, Internal Self-Serve, Autos, and Property, as well as future revenue streams. Chee Soon is a seasoned business leader with over 30 years experience managing businesses of varying scale and complexity, from disruptive startups like Grab, to well established large companies, like HP and Compaq, as well as smaller organisations like Sennheiser. In the process of acquiring deep knowledge of the Asia Pacific region, he has built businesses across different geographies and managed staff across diverse cultures, in more than 20 markets in varying degrees of development.

Some of the key management positions that Chee Soon has held includes Chief Operating Officer of 701Search, Regional General Manager of Grab for Business at Grab, President & Managing Director of Sennheiser Asia, Managing Director of Compaq Singapore and Compaq Philippines, Managing Director of Lexmark ASEAN and South Asia and Managing Director of Supplies Business for Lexmark Asia Pacific.

Carousell is a classifieds marketplace that makes selling as easy as taking a photo, buying as simple as chatting. Launched in August 2012, Carousell began in Singapore and is now one of the world's largest and fastest growing marketplaces in eight markets across Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Carousell is backed by leading investors, including Telenor Group, Rakuten Ventures, Naver, and Sequoia Capital. The Carousell marketplace has a diverse range of products across a variety of categories, including cars, lifestyle, gadgets and fashion accessories. Download the app for iOS or Android, and visit www.carousell.com for more information.

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