Ahmed Bin Sulayem

Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
DMCC

Ahmed Bin Sulayem is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DMCC and has driven its growth from a start-up of 28 member companies in 2003 to the world’s leading free zone in 2023 with 24,000+ member companies from 180 countries, employing over 80,000 people.

Tasked with enhancing commodity trade flows through Dubai, DMCC has introduced to the market a number of value-added products and services under Mr Bin Sulayem’s leadership. In 2023, DMCC has been named the ‘Global Free Zone of the Year’ by The Financial Times fDi Magazine, for a record ninth consecutive year.

Mr Bin Sulayem oversaw the exponential growth of the DMCC Free Zone master development in Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), a 200-hectare business and residential community in Dubai of over 100,000 people living and working across 87 towers. Mr Bin Sulayem also oversees the development of DMCC’s latest real estate project; the much-anticipated Uptown Dubai district.

Mr Bin Sulayem currently serves as the Chairman of the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) and the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX).

The Kimberley Process officially appointed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the first and only Arab country to Chair the Kimberley Process in November 2015. Shortly after, the UAE Ministry of Economy officially appointed Mr Bin Sulayem as the UAE’s Chair of the Kimberley Process for 2016.

H.E. Mariam Alshamsi

Consul General of the United Arab Emirates in Guangzhou

Hao Zihan

Director of China International Business,
Huawei Cloud UAE

Dorothy Sum

International tax and Transaction Services, Greater China
EY

Dorothy started her career with Erst & Young and has more than 15 years of experience in business and tax consulting. During which, she has worked irErnst & Young Hong Kong, Taiwan and Shenzhen offices.

Dorothy has extensive experience in providing tax consultation services to multi-national companies in regard of their launching of new business unit,investment holding structure, operational model eficiency, cross-boarder restructuring, and merger and acquisition transactions.She has assisted on Chinese enterprises' overseas investment structure projects and also provided tax planning advices on their global operating modelscovering more than 100 jurisdictions, including clients from different industries such as consumer products manufacturing and retalling,telecommunication, media, technology, software, e-commerce, infrastructure and public service.

She is excellent in mobilizing most apropriate resources in the Ernst & Young network in the globe and forming the best team in providing exceptionalservices to multi-national clients throughout the whole life cycle of their business

Crystal He

Dubai Chamber International Office Shanghai Representative in Shenzhen
He Qian is currently the representative of the Shenzhen office of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, responsible for the chamber's work in the South China region. Ms. He Qian previously served as a translator in the Consulate General's office of the Malaysian Consulate in Guangzhou, and later joined an American multinational electronic component independent distributor, where she was in charge of the company's marketing activities in the Greater China region. Before joining the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, He Qian was the representative of the Foreign Investment and Trade Promotion Agency of Brussels, Belgium in Shenzhen, responsible for the Brussels government's investment attraction and trade promotion affairs in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Over nearly a decade, Ms. He Qian has held positions in government agencies in Asia and Europe, and has received foreign delegations led by ministers or above on multiple occasions. With a background in working for foreign enterprises, Ms. He has provided effective advice to companies from the perspective of business expansion and market marketing, helping to enhance their international capabilities. The companies she has served and successful cases come from a variety of industries, including but not limited to high-tech, fintech, medical devices, retail, gaming, and more.

Yu Zida

President,
Central Alumni Association of Huazhong Univercsty of Science and Technology, Shenzhen

Zida Yu, Bachelor and Master from the School of Energy and Power Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Doctor of Management from Xi'an Jiaotong University. He is a Professor-level Senior Engineer.

He served as the Vice President, Senior Vice President, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and President of the Digital and Personal Products Group at Haier Group. He is a nationally recognized outstanding young expert in China, enjoys government allowances from the State Council, and has won the National Science and Technology Progress Award on multiple occasions.

He is a national leading talent in Shenzhen. He is also the President of the Shenzhen Alumni Association of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Cheng Dingding

Professor of International Relationship,
Jinan University

Quan Xinghui

Co-founder,
LAiPIC
Cofounder, Laihua, a company registered in DMCC Laihua, leveraging its 18 million animation data assets, has independently developed the Skinsoul animation model, integrating seven core technological capabilities to create controllable AI video generation and visual AI intelligence. It is committed to helping global enterprises have the ability to generate videos and to help global consumer electronic products have visual interaction capabilities, achieving the next generation of interaction methods with AI.

Yu Haichun

Dean,
Shenzhen Institute of the University of International Business and Economics

Sun Zaichen

Director and founder,
Yinghe Group

Joseph Gao

Executive - Business Setup DMCC Corporate Sales