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 Greg was the Deputy Director of International Development for Portman Properties,
and participated in the early negotiations
as well as the development of the Portman Shanghai Centre project.
In that role, he interfaced with key government leaders including Mayors Wang Daohan, Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji. He later became the Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Centre where he was the key contact with Shanghai Centre’s Chinese partner and relevant government agencies and bureaus. In fact, Greg helped coin the name “上海商城” , which is the official Chinese name for the Shanghai Centre.
After nine years with the Portman Shanghai Centre Greg assumed the position of Vice-President, Asia Pacific for Joseph E. Seagram & Sons. In that role Greg was responsible for the marketing, sales and distribution of Seagram products throughout China. He was also responsible for developing Chinese leaders within the Seagram organization, and many of his protégés are now senior managers and leaders in the beverages industry in China.
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Greg studied Chinese at the prestigious Stanford University Language Center at National Taiwan University in 1975. He also holds a Master of International Management degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
 c.j. is the Master Trainer for
Leadership IQ
in Asia who have helped international companies achieve quantum improvements in
business performances in China and beyond.
c.j. is the 1st
and only China-based leadership, sales & experiential learning facilitator
invited to speak at the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
International Convention. He is also an Accredited Belbin Team Role
Facilitator.
He has so far consulted for and trained the staff and
managers of well-known companies such as
Schneider Electric,
VolksWagen,
Philips Lighting,
ABB and
General Electric, just to name a
few
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