CCFS AGM and Speaker Event

January 11th, 2020  |  Published in CCFSO by admin

Huawei’s Road of Globalization – Overseas Business Development

After being put on the Entity List by the U.S. Department of Commerce for 9 months, Huawei will likely hit USD 120 billion revenue in 2019 – maintaining the 20% increase.

Senior Director Chenghao Du (Windy) from Huawei Canada will tell his story – 8 years in Huawei Europe – from a business point of view.  How did the globalisation (Westernization) happen in Huawei and the company’s point of view, of Canada’s position under the trend.

Chenghao Du (Windy) holds a B.A. in Telecommunication Engineering and an M.A. in International Trade.  After graduation in 2005 he joined Fiberhome Networks, a state-owned telecommunications equipment manufacturer in China.   Five years later he joined Huawei where he worked in sales at Huawei UK and Huawei Germany.  After eight years in Europe, Windy moved to Huawei Canada as VP Sales.  He is now a Senior Director, Public Affairs, and currently focuses on government affairs.

He will be joined in the Q&A period by the following two colleagues:

Chris Pereira is a Senior Director of Public Affairs at Huawei Canada.  He is an experienced strategy and communications professional from Canada with 15 years of experience in China.  Fully bilingual (written/spoken) Chinese and English, Chris recently put on a parka and travelled through the Canadian Arctic to document how Huawei is helping to connect Canada’s Far North.  Check it out here.  In his professional career, Chris has worked with hundreds of companies, and dozens of Fortune 500 enterprises, serving as a constructive bridge between Canada and China.  He holds an M.B.A. from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and is a passionate badminton player and chess player.

Morgan Elliott is Vice-President of Government Affairs at Huawei Canada.  He brings more than 20 years of experience in providing public and government affairs leadership to corporations, elected officials and senior civil servants.

After more than a decade of working with senior Cabinet Ministers in the Canadian government and prior to joining Huawei, Morgan held executive roles at major media and telecommunications companies such as BlackBerry, Shaw Communications, and Cisco Systems.

He is a Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and previously served on a number of Boards including the Canada-China Business Council, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), and the Information & Technology Association of Canada.

Morgan holds an M.B.A. from Queens University, an M.A. Public Administration from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, and a B.A. (Hon.) in Political Science from the University of Windsor.

 

Thursday, February 20, 2020. AGM at 7:00 p.m. Speaker at 7:30 p.m.

Christ Church Cathedral
414 Sparks Street, Ottawa  (between Bay St. and Bronson Ave)
Free parking on site off Sparks St., handicapped access

Refreshments and conversation following the presentation and Q&A

All are welcome.  Pre-registration is not required.  Entry is free for CCFS members and $10 for non-CCFS members. Tickets and membership are available at the door.

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