Four new Governors joined the AmCham Board of Governors in January. The new Governors add a wide range of experience across sports business, retail, finance and consulting.
AmCham HK Chairman David Butts welcomed the new Governors. “As Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong for the second year, I am very excited to have these four exceptional business leaders joining our Board of Governors.”
In alphabetical order, the new AmCham governors are Wayne Chang, managing director of National Basketball Association (NBA) Asia, the world’s largest sports league; Stacey Chow, partner, Brunswick Group, a global advisory firm; Kam Shing Kwang, chief executive officer, Hong Kong and chair, North Asia, J.P. Morgan Chase, the storied American investment bank; and Scott Price, group chief executive of Dairy Farms International Retail Group, a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson and a classic Hong Kong firm with a 10,000-strong retail network across China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
Introducing AmCham’s new Governors
Wayne Chang is responsible for the growth of the NBA’s business and basketball development efforts across the Asia-Pacific region. He moved to Hong Kong to assume the regional role after 10 years in Shanghai with NBA China, where he was first chief financial officer and then chief commercial officer overseeing global partnerships. Before the NBA, he spent 18 years at General Electric across the US and China. An honors graduate of Indiana University, his hobbies include basketball and tennis.
Chang joins the AmCham board at a time when Hong Kong is exploring an expansion of its traditional prominence in the sports industry to develop elite athletes and major events at the new Kai Tak Sports Park. He says: “I am honored to join the AmCham Board of Governors alongside such a great group of business leaders. In my time in Hong Kong, I’ve witnessed firsthand the city’s growing appetite for sport, supported by a thriving infrastructure and culture. I look forward to working alongside the Board and AmCham members to help shape the Chamber’s future direction and to help Hong Kong become a world-class hub for sports, entertainment, and international business.”
Stacey Chow is a Partner at Global Advisory Firm Brunswick Group. She advises major Asian and global multinationals on leadership transformation and reputation strategies in order to build long-term sustainability, resilience and competitiveness.
Stacey has over 20 years of experience in stakeholder engagement, trade and investment promotion, and public-private partnerships, spanning the government, international organization and corporate arenas. Prior to the Brunswick Group, she has worked the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the US Trade and Development Agency. She was previously selected as a 2012–2015 Global Leadership Fellow by the World Economic Forum and selected as a “Woman to Watch” by The Women’s Foundation and 30% Club Hong Kong Chapter. She holds degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
She says: “I am honored to be on the AmCham Board and look forward to partnering with the board and the AmCham team to further serve our membership community. Having spent most of my career promoting public-private partnerships between the US and the Asia Pacific region, I have long admired the value that AmCham brings to businesses. During my tenure on the board, I hope to contribute to efforts that elevate AmCham’s position in Hong Kong.”
Kam Shing Kwang has over 30 years of experience in financial services, including private banking, asset management and investment banking. Since joining J.P. Morgan in 1998, she has held leadership positions including vice chair of investment banking for Greater China, CEO of J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Asia, and CEO of J.P. Morgan Hong Kong. She has been honored as one of Asia’s leading female private bankers by Global Investor Magazine, among the top 12 most influential female bankers in Asia by Finews.asia, and as the most influential female leader in Asia by The Digital Banker. She holds an honors degree in accountancy from the National University of Singapore/Nanyang Technological University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Kwang says: “I’m honored and excited to be joining the AmCham Board. I look forward to contributing to the Board’s vision and mission, as well as working with a group of incredibly remarkable partners.”
Scott Price has led DFI Retail Group’s business since August 2023. He brings over 30 years of experience in the global retail, logistics and consumer packaging sectors. He previously was executive vice-president, UPS international, overseeing all 220 markets outside the US, managed Walmart’s global sourcing and strategy from the US and its Asia business from Hong Kong, and was CEO for Asia and later Europe for DHL Express. He began his career with Coca Cola in Japan where he continued through various leadership positions in Asia. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina and earned both an MBA and a master’s degree in Asian Studies from the University of Virginia.
He says: “Hong Kong has held particular significance for me over the course of my career, and this role is an opportunity to contribute to its future as a competitive international business hub. I hope to bring to the board a practical operator’s perspective from leading businesses in retail, logistics and consumer goods, and experience in transformation, technology and sustainability.”
“Most importantly, I see this as a chance to listen to members, work with fellow Board colleagues, and support AmCham being a constructive, credible voice with stakeholders, while representing DFI Retail Group as a long-term partner to this city.”