In this month\'s episode of Leadership Matters Steven Parker talks to with Niven Huang ¡V Head of Sustanaibility for KPMG. Dr Huang has been involved in Sustainabilty issues for over 25 years and has seen the industry grow from peripheral to now part of the mainstream conversation. He has worked with multinationals He has always believed in preserving the environment but a chance encounter lead him to want to change from a carbon user to a preserver of the environment ..read more

This month Steven Parker talks with Peter Crowhurst. Pete has lead global and local organizations through military coups, Covid lockdowns, national incidents, and always been able to make the best of it. He has worked and lived in Taiwan, Mainland China, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Singapore and across a wide range of industries from hospitality, to insurance, to real estate. His story is an great example of how just allowing yourself to say \"why not\" can lead to a fulfilling, but definitely challenging, career ..read more

In this month\'s Leadership Matters Steve Parker talks with Moon Yiu who runs a tech consultancy start up called Digitsense based out of Hong Kong. Moon shares her journey from breaking out of a traditional career path, through AI and digital innovation, to finding her voice as an authentic leader at only 30 years of age ..read more

In this month\'s Leadership Matters Steven Parker talks to Peter Kurz - "Mr. Taiwan" - a long time foreign resident of Taiwan with over 40 years in banking and finance and a genuine media personality in his own right. Peter shares his insights on working in Taiwan, when to invest in the stock market, Social Media and the necessity to hunt out accurate information, and how an aging population may be one of our best, but perhaps wasted, resources ..read more

This month Steven Parker talks to Naina Batra - the CEO of AVPN, a regional social investment network that aims to increase the flow of financial, human and intellectual capital for impact. Naina talks about creativity, growing communities and just in general how to make the world a better place! Under her direction, AVPN has grown from focusing only on venture philanthropy to supporting the entire ecosystem of social investors, from philanthropists to impact investors and corporate CSR professionals. In 2021, Naina was featured on the list of Asia\'s Most Influential by Tatler Asia and in 201 ..read more

TA Wu is the Managing Director of Springpool Glass \- Taiwan\'s largest glass recycling company and dedicated to developing sustainable and Circular Economy. Building on the foundation his Father built he has taken Springpool Glass from a recycling company to a major international luxury brand focused on circular materials. He is a graduate of Cambridge University, an Eisenhower Scholar, and life-long devotee of continuous learning. In this episode of Leadership Matters TA talks to Steven Parker about getting the vision right, building \"doing good\" into the DNA of the company, and how succes ..read more

In this episode of Leadership Matters Steven Parker talks with Steven Lynch. Steven Lynch ran the British Chamber of Commerce in China as it went through a period of enormous change; combining several chapters under one governing body. Starting as a very young manager he successfully faced the challenge of how to build authority, team cohesion, and then how to run the chamber during the Covid struggles of 2019-21. He shares his insights and solutions to these and other issues he faced during his time running this large and multifaceted organization ..read more

In Episode 26 of Leadership Matters Steve Parker talks with Benjamin Lamberg who is the CEO of Crédit Agricole CIB Taipei Branch. He is a banker who believes in more not less regulation, and who also believes that people are the heart of banking. Does that make him unusual? Perhaps. Benjamin shares his secrets to Global Banking and his believe not only that banks are responsible for their customers but that Managers are responsible for their teams. A passionate and outgoing man who freely admits that he doesn't always GET it right - but he always tries to do what IS right ..read more

In this Episode of Leadership Matters Steven Parker talks to diplomatic professional Yao Chingyu. Chingyu has been the Director-General of the Secretariat of New Taipei City Government since 2018 and is Taiwanese career diplomat having been stationed in New York for over a decade (1995-2007). Being - or despite being - a public servant for over 26 years, she has a different, innovative, and change focused approach to government. In this episodes she talks about stakeholder management, , getting alignment from different groups, and how to save the world ..read more

\'Bitcoin is subject that some of us struggle to understand. Eric Ma has been working in this field since the beginning and he breaks it down for us; what it is, how it works, and how it differs from other more traditional industries ¡V especially in managing the people and resources you need to be successful. In this episode of Leadership Matters Steven Parker talks with Eric Ma, Social Media expert, CEO of Tidex and Chief Evangelist at Deeper Network ..read more