ABOUT

About BizLinks

Founded in 2019 and based in Shanghai, BizLinks supports cross-border decisions involving Greater China. We combine commercial research with direct stakeholder engagement to assess opportunities, test assumptions and identify practical next steps. Our partners lead each assignment, supported by specialists selected for the work.

OUR TEAM

Meet Our Core Team

Hans Peng, Managing Partner, Client Strategy & Strategic Outreach

Hans Peng

Managing Partner, Client Strategy & Strategic Outreach | Shanghai

Hans leads client strategy and strategic outreach for our market entry, partnership and M&A engagements. He directed enterprise business development for Apple and led strategy and business development for Oracle in Greater China. As Vice President & General Manager, China at Perfect Corp., he was part of the core team for its 2022 NYSE listing. He has also held roles at IBM, Lenovo and Adobe.

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Kevin Han, Partner, Research & Verification

Kevin Han

Partner, Research & Verification | Taipei & Hong Kong

Kevin leads research and verification interviews, testing market, partner and target-company assumptions before clients commit. He was Director of Business Solutions for Apple Greater China and Industry Solution Manager for the transportation sector at IBM China.

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Constance Wang, Partner, Engagement Delivery & Quality

Constance Wang

Partner, Engagement Delivery & Quality | Shanghai

Constance leads engagement delivery and quality, from agreed scope to final findings, and supports our regulatory access and partnership engagements. She led service delivery at IBM for banking, healthcare and public-sector clients, worked in financial strategy and technology management at Citibank, and managed the Solutions Center at Arvato, covering solution architecture and RFP commercial design.

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AT A GLANCE

Our Capabilities

20+ advisors

Senior advisors, each with 15+ years of industry experience.

100+ engagements

Across 14 industries, grouped into six GICS sectors below.

120,000+

Professionals across industries and functions in our proprietary database, supporting the business objectives of each engagement.

PARTNERS AND ADVISORS

Senior Expertise Across Industries and Functions

Three partners and more than 20 senior advisors with deep experience across technology, healthcare, financial services, industrials and consumer goods. They have held leadership and specialist roles at technology leaders such as Apple, IBM, Oracle, Samsung, Huawei and Lenovo; healthcare companies Pfizer and AstraZeneca; financial institutions HSBC, Standard Chartered, Citibank and American Express; and global companies including Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal, Amazon, ExxonMobil and Accenture. That experience shows us how large organizations make decisions, and how to engage the people who make them. We select the advisor team by assignment, industry and geography, and agree its composition and responsibilities with the client before the engagement begins.

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Partners and advisors by industry and function
Industry \ Function

Industries follow GICS; Consumer Goods includes staples and discretionary; Cross-sector includes Communication Services, Energy and Real Estate.

Industrials · Information TechnologyBizLinks Partner

Hans Peng

Shanghai

Managing Partner, Client Strategy & Strategic Outreach

Strategy & Business Development · Sales, Channels & Marketing · Transactions, JVs & Finance · Technology & Digital

Hans leads client strategy and strategic outreach for our market entry, partnership and M&A engagements. He directed enterprise business development for Apple and led strategy and business development for Oracle in Greater China. As Vice President & General Manager, China at Perfect Corp., he was part of the core team for its 2022 NYSE listing. He has also held roles at IBM, Lenovo and Adobe.

  • Go-to-market strategy
  • Enterprise channels
  • Strategic outreach
Supports
  • M&A and Investment
  • Market Entry and Growth
  • Partnerships and Sourcing
  • Strategic Outreach
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Information TechnologyBizLinks Partner

Kevin Han

Taipei & Hong Kong

Partner, Research & Verification

Sales, Channels & Marketing · Technology & Digital

Kevin leads research and verification interviews, testing market, partner and target-company assumptions before clients commit. He was Director of Business Solutions for Apple Greater China and Industry Solution Manager for the transportation sector at IBM China.

  • Industry solutions
  • Market intelligence
  • Verification interviews
Supports
  • M&A and Investment
  • Market Entry and Growth
  • Partnerships and Sourcing
  • Regulatory Access and Continuity
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Information Technology · Industrials · FinancialsBizLinks Partner

Constance Wang

Shanghai

Partner, Engagement Delivery & Quality

Operations & Supply Chain · Technology & Digital · Strategy & Business Development

Constance leads engagement delivery and quality, from agreed scope to final findings, and supports our regulatory access and partnership engagements. She led service delivery at IBM for banking, healthcare and public-sector clients, worked in financial strategy and technology management at Citibank, and managed the Solutions Center at Arvato, covering solution architecture and RFP commercial design.

  • Service delivery
  • Quality and compliance
  • Solution design
Supports
  • M&A and Investment
  • Market Entry and Growth
  • Partnerships and Sourcing
  • Regulatory Access and Continuity
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Information Technology25+ years

Technology alliances, Greater China & APAC

General Management · Strategy & Business Development · Sales, Channels & Marketing

More than 20 years at Fortune Global 500 company Oracle as Senior Director for market development, applications business development and leadership development across Greater China and Asia Pacific, and CRM Sales Development Director for North Asia; earlier marketing and global alliance roles at Siebel Systems in Asia, Europe and the US. Expertise: global alliances, business development and regional marketing.

  • Global alliances
  • Business development
  • Regional marketing
Supports
  • Market Entry and Growth
  • Partnerships and Sourcing
Information Technology15+ years

Cloud & IT infrastructure

Sales, Channels & Marketing · Strategy & Business Development · Technology & Digital

Held roles at Fortune Global 500 companies IBM and Amazon (AWS), and at VMware: cloud and mobility solution and business development leader at IBM, Senior Solution Architect at VMware, and Business Development Manager at AWS. Expertise: cloud computing, ecosystem and alliance management, and IT solution architecture.

  • Ecosystem and alliance management
  • Cloud and IT solution architecture
Supports
  • M&A and Investment
  • Partnerships and Sourcing
Industrials · Information Technology · Real Estate · Consumer Goods20+ years

Retail technology & digital transformation

Technology & Digital · Strategy & Business Development · Operations & Supply Chain

Began at Fortune Global 500 company IBM as an e-commerce solution architect, then led IT and digital development at Dalian Wanda Group, K11 (New World Group) and Wangfujing Group, and co-founded AI retail-automation company SandStar as CTO. Expertise: retail digital transformation, AI implementation and omnichannel systems.

  • Digital transformation
  • AI implementation
  • Retail systems
Supports
  • M&A and Investment
  • Market Entry and Growth
Information Technology · Industrials20+ years

AI & innovation strategy

Technology & Digital · Strategy & Business Development

Held senior technology and innovation roles at Fortune Global 500 company Samsung and at Nokia, led innovation at MTR Corporation, and served as CEO of AI start-up Rokid. Expertise: AI adoption, innovation strategy and technology partnerships.

  • AI adoption
  • Innovation strategy
  • Technology partnerships
Supports
  • M&A and Investment
  • Partnerships and Sourcing
Industrials · Information Technology20+ years

AI commercialization & digital marketing

Strategy & Business Development · Sales, Channels & Marketing · Technology & Digital · Operations & Supply Chain

Commercial Manager for Latin America at Fortune Global 500 company Huawei, then Vice General Manager at iSoftStone, General Manager China for UK-based 4energy, and sales and data-operations leadership at software companies; now an independent consultant on AI business and digital marketing. Expertise: AI commercialization, digital marketing and overseas market development.

  • AI commercialization
  • Digital marketing
  • China market growth
  • Overseas sales
Supports
  • Market Entry and Growth
  • Partnerships and Sourcing
Health Care15+ years

Healthcare & medtech, Hong Kong, Taiwan & Macau

Strategy & Business Development · Sales, Channels & Marketing · Operations & Supply Chain · Technology & Digital

Held roles at Fortune Global 500 pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and AstraZeneca, and at GE HealthCare and Fresenius Medical Care, including Senior AI Product Manager and Lean & Transformation Project Leader for GE HealthCare Greater China and Senior Service Product Manager for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. Expertise: medical imaging, healthcare strategy, opportunity assessment and partner evaluation.

  • Medical imaging
  • Healthcare strategy
  • Opportunity assessment
  • Partner evaluation
Supports
  • Market Entry and Growth
  • Partnerships and Sourcing
Industrials · Health Care20+ years

Healthcare strategy & transactions

General Management · Operations & Supply Chain · Strategy & Business Development · Transactions, JVs & Finance

Began as a healthcare consultant at Fortune Global 500 company Accenture, then served as Group General Manager & COO of a hospital joint-venture group in China, Vice President of business development and strategy at ParkwayHealth, UPMC and IMC, and Head of Global Programs at ResMed. Expertise: healthcare joint ventures and M&A, business development and operations.

  • Healthcare joint ventures
  • M&A
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Digital health
Supports
  • M&A and Investment
  • Regulatory Access and Continuity
Financials25+ years

Banking & cross-border finance

Operations & Supply Chain · Transactions, JVs & Finance · Sales, Channels & Marketing

Division Head at Fortune Global 500 bank HSBC and Department Head at Standard Chartered Hong Kong, later a senior executive at a Swiss bank responsible for operations, business, credit and compliance. Expertise: SME banking, wealth management, insurance and cross-border business.

  • SME banking
  • Wealth management
  • Insurance
  • Credit and compliance
  • Cross-border business
Supports
  • M&A and Investment
  • Regulatory Access and Continuity
Information Technology · Financials · Industrials · Energy20+ years

Payments & retail, Greater China

Sales, Channels & Marketing · Strategy & Business Development

Held roles at Fortune Global 500 companies Apple and American Express, and at Deloitte and Atlantic Richfield. Led Apple Retail business and Apple Pay partnerships in Greater China, and sales and business development for American Express in Greater China and Southeast Asia. Expertise: retail business development and payments partnerships.

  • Retail business development
  • Payments partnerships
Supports
  • Market Entry and Growth
  • Partnerships and Sourcing
Industrials · Communication Services · Consumer Goods20+ years

Brand & consumer strategy

Strategy & Business Development · Sales, Channels & Marketing

Partner at brand consultancy Prophet and Senior Vice President of Brand Commerce Consulting at Dentsu Isobar China, with earlier management roles at Interbrand Greater China and Test-Rite Group. Expertise: brand and retail strategy, consumer insights and digital marketing.

  • Brand and retail strategy
  • Consumer insights
  • Digital marketing
Supports
  • Market Entry and Growth
Industrials · Information Technology · Consumer Goods30+ years

Consumer goods & North Asia management

Strategy & Business Development · Sales, Channels & Marketing

Began in sales management at Fortune Global 500 consumer goods companies Procter & Gamble and L'Oréal, then served as Sales & Marketing Director of Alcatel's mobile phone division, Regional Managing Director for North Asia at GN, and Managing Partner of a management consultancy. Expertise: consumer and channel sales, and regional business management.

  • Consumer and channel sales
  • Regional business management
Supports
  • Market Entry and Growth
Consumer Goods15+ years

Retail operations & distribution

Sales, Channels & Marketing · Transactions, JVs & Finance · Strategy & Business Development · Operations & Supply Chain

Retail Operations Supervisor at IWC Schaffhausen and Sales & Business Development Director at Familidoo; built a national distribution network for an education brand and now works with Ecoand on distribution, joint ventures and financing. Expertise: retail and distribution operations, and expansion strategy.

  • Distribution networks
  • Retail and wholesale operations
  • Expansion strategy
Supports
  • Market Entry and Growth
Industrials · Consumer Goods · Financials · Communication Services30+ years

Consumer goods sourcing & supply chain

General Management · Operations & Supply Chain · Strategy & Business Development

Eleven years in management roles in garment sourcing across Asia, then senior roles in product management, business development, project management and logistics at a consumer products company; now a partner at an executive search firm. Expertise: sourcing, product management and supply chain.

  • Sourcing
  • Product management
  • Logistics
Supports
  • Partnerships and Sourcing
Information Technology · Consumer Goods · Health Care20+ years

IT, retail & medical devices leadership

Strategy & Business Development

General Manager, Managing Director and CEO roles at IT, retail and medical device companies in China, and adviser to a chairman. Expertise: market assessment and general management in fast-growing sectors.

  • Market assessment in IT, retail and medical devices
Supports
  • Market Entry and Growth
Industrials · Consumer Goods · Information Technology20+ years

Business models & corporate strategy

Strategy & Business Development · Sales, Channels & Marketing · Technology & Digital

Key Account Manager at Fortune Global 500 company Huawei in Italy and R&D Project Manager at Shanghai Bell Alcatel, later Program Manager and Senior Consultant at CEIBS and General Manager of a Shanghai management consultancy. Expertise: business model diagnosis, competitor benchmarking and corporate strategy.

  • Business model diagnosis
  • Competitor benchmarking
  • Corporate strategy
Supports
  • Market Entry and Growth
Industrials · Energy30+ years

Industrial products & joint ventures

General Management · Transactions, JVs & Finance · Operations & Supply Chain · Sales, Channels & Marketing

Twelve years at Mobil (now part of Fortune Global 500 company ExxonMobil) in management, operations, planning and joint-venture set-up, then General Manager of a recruitment and training company, establishing joint ventures and offices in three Chinese cities. Expertise: industrial, oil and chemical markets, and joint-venture operations.

  • Industrial, oil and chemical markets
  • Joint-venture establishment
  • Operations
Supports
  • M&A and Investment
  • Regulatory Access and Continuity
Industrials · Information Technology · Financials · Real Estate15+ years

Senior executive networks, technology & new energy

General Management

Associate Partner for technology in Asia Pacific at Page Executive and consultant for financial services and real estate at PageGroup, placing senior executives in technology, AI, IoT and new energy. Expertise: senior executive networks and leadership mapping.

  • Senior executive networks in technology, AI, IoT and new energy
Supports
  • Strategic Outreach
Industrials · Cross-sector35+ years

Senior executive networks, Asia Pacific

General Management

Founder and Managing Director of a Hong Kong executive search firm, first Asia Director of the global recruitment network NPAworldwide, and a long-serving member of the human resources committee of a foreign chamber of commerce in Hong Kong. Expertise: senior executive networks across Asia Pacific.

  • Senior executive networks across Asia Pacific
Supports
  • Strategic Outreach
Industrials · Real Estate25+ years

Logistics & property organizations

General Management

Twelve years each leading human resources and talent acquisition in logistics and in property development; now a partner at an executive search firm. Expertise: organization and leadership assessment in logistics and property.

  • Organization and leadership assessment in logistics and property
Supports
  • M&A and Investment
Industrials · Consumer Goods · Financials · Information Technology25+ years

Consumer, industrial & financial markets

General Management · Strategy & Business Development

More than 25 years at a Hong Kong executive search firm, providing executive search, database support and market intelligence across consumer, industrial, financial and IT sectors. Expertise: market intelligence and executive mapping.

  • Market intelligence
  • Executive mapping
Supports
  • Strategic Outreach
Industrials · Health Care15+ years

Industrial & medical sectors

General Management

Rose from researcher to manager at an executive search firm in Shanghai, placing chief executives and senior finance, HR, plant operations and sales leaders in industrial and medical companies. Expertise: leadership mapping.

  • Leadership mapping for plant operations, finance and sales
Supports
  • Partnerships and Sourcing
Industrials · Financials · Real Estate15+ years

Manufacturing, sales & professional services

General Management

Executive search and research in Shanghai, recently placing mid-to-senior leaders in sales, manufacturing and professional services; earlier roles in life insurance and overseas real estate. Expertise: mid-to-senior executive mapping.

  • Mid-to-senior executive mapping
Supports
  • Strategic Outreach

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