Anson joined KPMG in Hong Kong in 1999 and is currently a Partner based in
the Hong Kong office heading up the Consumer & Retail Practice in the Asia
Pacific region. Today, he is part of the KPMG Global Consumer & Retail
Leadership team.
Anson has been active in driving a number of thought leadership reports and
executive briefings for senior executives covering innovation and consumers in
China and across the Asia Pacific region. He has worked with many corporates
to understand the complex markets we live in and current levels of disruption
being seen with various thought leadership reports including Global Mobile
Payments, Consumers & Convergence, Mobilizing Innovation: The Changing
Landscape of Disruptive Technologies, The Rise of the Digital Multi-tasker, Be a
Smarter Start-up, MNCs in China, Made in China 2025, China’s Connected
Consumers, Global Connected Consumers, Connecting Hong Kong –
Perspectives on our future as a smart city, Connected Cities – insights across
the ASPAC region, Retail Recharged, The Future of Seamless Commerce in
Asia Pacific and The Changing Face of Commerce series.
Today, he works with a growing number of C-level executives as a trusted
advisor in looking at the customer and providing the best in client innovation
whilst acting as the Lead Partner for a number of strategic accounts in both the
consumer and tech arena across the Asia Pacific region.
He strongly believes in supporting local communities with various outreach
programs and nurturing the next generation of young leaders. Anson is a
frequent speaker at conferences and events around the globe and has
completed his Executive Masters in Innovation & Technology with the Poly
University as well as the MIT Executive Leadership & Innovation Program.
Before transitioning to academia and advisory roles, Lapman was a Financial Services Partner at Deloitte and a Structured Finance Specialist at Rabobank.

Philippe Chan is the GM of YouGov Hong Kong & China and a member of
ESOMAR. An experienced FMCG and retail expert, prior to joining YouGov he was
with a number of international agencies providing strategic advice to leading
multinational and local companies across the APAC region during the past twenty
years.
Currently with YouGov, Philippe has provided strategic advice to many corporates
across the banking & insurance, retail, FMCG and the media and music recording
industry in the region. Together with YouGov’s evolving consumer insights model
through the application of AI solutions, not only will clients receive real time
information, it will also allow them to act intelligently to support their business
decisions.

Ling brings significant experience advising global fund managers on US income tax compliance and planning for private investment funds across a variety of strategies, including private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, credit funds, fund of funds, investment partnership
management companies and general partner entities. Ling also works extensively with multinational companies on cross-border structuring and tax compliance matters.
Ling has over 23 years of experience in the asset management industry, including 2 years with a New York-based asset manager with 23BAUM, 2 years with a fund admin and more than 19 years with public accounting firm’s asset management group.

Ines joined HSBC in August 2023, focusing on economic thematic research for the pan-Asia region. Prior to HSBC, Ines conducted economic research on China at a global investment bank. She has also worked as an economist covering Asian economies at a brokerage house in Hong Kong. Ines holds an MA in Development Economics and a BA in International Development from McGill University in Canada.