Pier Smulders is General Manager New Zealand & Australia for the Alibaba Group. He works across all areas of the Group's activities in the region. He engages directly with incredible New Zealand and Australian companies and brands; supports Alibaba's Government partners as they work with exporters to find global success; and, last but not least, is part of the talented and committed Alibaba team in the region.

Alibaba specialises in e-commerce, retail, internet, and technology. It operates online and offline businesses, including the world's largest online and mobile commerce platform, Taobao, and the online shopping platform Tmall/Tmall Global in China and globally AliExpress, Lazada, Trendyol and Daraz. It also provides consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer, and business-to-business sales services via web portals, electronic payment services, shopping search engines and data-centric cloud computing services. Additionally, Alibaba has expanded into other business ventures, including entertainment and artificial intelligence.

Previously he was Chief Executive of Star Media (formerly the Christchurch Star Company and Mainland Press), a diversified New Zealand media group involved in regional newspapers; local and national magazines; regional television broadcasting and the production of major events.

Pier is a Dutch and New Zealand national who grew up in Asia and Europe and moved to New Zealand in 2004 after working in various roles in Asia, Europe and the USA. He was educated at Eton and holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

About 8 years working experience in Tencent international business including marketing and WeChat pay solutions. Working with global partners to deliver solutions to clients in various industries based on Tencent’s ecosystem. Aiming to help international brands make precise marketing plans to optimize ads model to enhance popularity, increase sales volume and build its own smart ecosystem.

Chang is Asian Tourism & Domestic Marketing Manager in SkyCity and has over 10 years of experience in introducing multinational brands to Chinese customers.

Chang grown up in Beijing and graduated from one of the top universities in China. Her experience included account management in a 4A agency, and brand management in an investment group in Beijing. Before Chang joint SkyCity in 2019, she also gained experience and insights from local marketing agency and media.

She works on three matters: strategy, creative, and digitalization.

Janice is the head of Prizm New Zealand. With more than 10 years of experience in digital marketing, Janice and her team has worked with numerous New Zealand and

Australian brands to formulate strategies and launch successful campaigns on social media and e-commerce platforms targeting the Chinese market.

Janice possesses the best of both worlds having immersed in Chinese culture and Māori customs since her move to New Zealand in 2011. Now, she traveled back and forth between the two countries to facilitate operation and communication between teams. Furthermore, she has gained a PhD of marketing from Shanghai Jiaotong University and worked as a visiting scholar in UoA business school. Prior to her joining PRIZM she also has work experience leading as the China business manager in a New Zealand based PR Firm, BoydPR.