CICC Board Member
Andrea is an award-winning digital strategist and the founder of Fireworks, technology marketing company in Shanghai.
He has lived 14 years in China, whose majority he spent working with the country’s evolving digital landscape. Prior to Fireworks, he was a founding member of the APAC social media team at Ogilvy, a researcher of Chinese social media at Leiden University, and a journalist for CNN and China Daily.
A regular member of the Campaign Asia Digital A-List, he speaks at public events, business schools and management trainings globally. He is content consultant and trainer at the Alibaba Global Ecommerce Talent program among others.
Andrea was born in Prato, Italy, is an Italian-British dual-national, and is fluent in written and spoken Mandarin Chinese.
Josephine Wong is a Vice President at Permira, a global Private Equity investment firm. At Permira, Josephine’s primary focus is on driving Digital growth initiatives across Consumer portfolio companies and evaluating consumer investment opportunities.
Prior to joining Permira, Josephine founded an edu-tech start-up in Singapore/Indonesia and worked for Portfolio Team at Temasek Investment Fund, focusing on the Consumer sector in APAC, including working on range of e-commerce topics in China.
• 15+ years of experience in Digital and Marketing consulting across different sectors (Banking, Insurance, Oil & Gas, FMCG)
• International Experience in Africa, Europe and Asia leading the Digital Technology unit and serving client locally
• Specialized in Business digitalization process, Digital strategy and Customer Experience