We are pleased to welcome Dr. Rick Smith as a facilitator for the Asia-Pacific Jam! Dr. Rick Smith, Deputy Dean, Programmes, Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB), Singapore Management University (SMU). Rick’s research and teaching interests are focused on strategic leadership and organisational effectiveness. Rick is an advisory board member for The Young Entrepreneurs Society, Villanova University, Singapore Roller Sports Federation, and SSI Asia Pacific Limited. Rick was a founding partner of the consulting firm Accenture and previously worked with multi-national companies across Europe and the Americas.

We are pleased to welcome Professor Houmin Yan as a facilitator for the Asia-Pacific Jam! Professor Houmin Yan, Chair Professor of Management Sciences and Dean of the College of Business at the City University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining CityU, he served as Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and as Associate Director and Science Advisor for the Hong Kong R&D Center for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies. Professor Yan also worked as a tenured Associate Professor at the School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas. Professor Yan’s main research areas are stochastic models, simulations, and supply chain management.

We are pleased to welcome Professor Wensheng He as a facilitator for the Asia-Pacific Jam! Professor Wensheng He, Dean, School of Management, Lanzhou University, China. He serves as the Panel Member of International Institute of Administrative Science-IIAS, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and Executive Council Member of Chinese Public Administration Society (CPAS). Wensheng He holds a doctoral degree in public administration from Lanzhou University. He focuses on the research and teaching in the fields of government performance management, public governance evaluation, privatization, and strategic management in public sectors and leadership.