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William Lin

William Lin

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-A seasoned relations facilitator with solid experience and extensive connections with government agencies and business communities in Mainland China, Hong Kong and ASEAN.

- Excellent multilingual communication skills in Mandarin, English, Cantonese and South Fujian dialect.

-Open minded and fast learner.

-A couching team leader and proactive team player.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Chinese Business Segment

Siam City Cement Group
01.2020 - Current
  • Report to Group CEO and oversee the Group’s Chinese business growth in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and
  • Bangladesh; orchestrate the connection buildings with target Chinese clients and relevant stakeholders, such as governments, business chambers and complementary service providers, and map out multi-level engagement plans;
  • Monitor closely on China’s latest policies on Belt and Road Initiative, outbound investment and carbon emission, as well as Chinese competitors’ latest movement in SCCC’s markets, and provide updated intelligence for the Executive Committee on finetuning overall corporate business strategy;
  • Liaise with the largest Chinese contractors on mega infrastructure projects, and coordinate with various business lines in achieving new order value of over 600m baht since joining the company;
  • Provide cultural guidance to both top managements and sales teams on Chinese business etiquettes and relationship maintenance tactics.

Strategic Relations Marketing Director

AECOM Asia Company Limited
02.2017 - 01.2020
  • Kept track on latest policy on national regional development strategies such as the Jing-Jin-Ji Integration, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau
  • Greater Bay Area, and Yangtze River Delta Integration, and established connections with key government department/state-owned companies to pursue major infrastructure projects such as new town planning, transportation hub optimization, and river restoration;
  • Collaborated with Hong Kong Trade Development Council, China’s
  • State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and
  • Ministry of Commerce among others, to promote AECOM’s leading engineering expertise and strengths in supporting Chinese enterprises in infrastructure developments among the Belt and Road markets, such as the Colombo Pd ort City in Sri Lanka, and Kuala Lumpur–Singapore high-speed rail, and Thailand EEC master planning.

China Affairs Director

The American Chamber of Commerce
11.2011 - 01.2017
  • Spearheaded the consistent China agenda to serve a wide range of member companies in market entry and business relationship fostering in the Chinese Mainland market by leveraging expertise of Board of
  • Governors and Committee Chairs of the Chamber; and ensured continuous perfect implementation through communication and engagement programs such as policy dialogue, delegation visit, networking and seminars;
  • Planned and executed the annual Beijing Doorknock for updates of
  • China’s economic policies and advocacy of members’ interest, through meetings with senior officials of 10+ ministries such as Ministry of
  • Commerce, National Development and Reform Commission,
  • People’s Bank of China, China Securities Regulatory Commission,
  • Ministry of Finance, State-owned Assets Supervision and
  • Administration Commission, Development Research Center of the
  • State Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and China Council for the
  • Promotion of International Trade;
  • Built up solid connections between the Chamber and government agencies and business communities in over 30 provinces and major cities in Mainland China;
  • Took lead in organizing the Chamber's annual China Conference, involved 200+ top executives from leading international and Chinese
  • MNCs to speak throughout five years, and hit new records of participants and fiscal surplus for AmCham event history;
  • Initiated the Chamber‘s popular "Benchmark Chinese Company Study
  • Mission Series", and led members in eye-opening visits to various industry leaders such as BYD, Tencent, Huawei, DJI, Xiaomi, Vanke,
  • Alibaba, SOHO China, Southern Power Grid, SF Express, COFCO, and Gree;
  • Designed the Chamber’s popular CEO Roundtable Series to engage senior executives in meeting with peers for sharing APAC business strategy or senior government officials for policy updates around the region;

China Council
07.2001 - 05.2010
  • For the Promotion of International Trade, Various Roles
  • Served as various roles within different departments in CCPIT across
  • Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong to work closely with enterprises, business chambers, and government trade agencies across Mainland
  • China, Hong Kong and overseas countries, to facilitate international trade and investments.

Education

MBA -

Kong University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Management - undefined

Central University of Finance & Economics

Timeline

Head of Chinese Business Segment

Siam City Cement Group
01.2020 - Current

Strategic Relations Marketing Director

AECOM Asia Company Limited
02.2017 - 01.2020

China Affairs Director

The American Chamber of Commerce
11.2011 - 01.2017

China Council
07.2001 - 05.2010

MBA -

Kong University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Management - undefined

Central University of Finance & Economics

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