Source: JLL, peoplematters

Shanghai ------ JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated), a leading professional services firm that specializes in real-estate and investment management, recently appointed Tanvi Choksi as Head of Human Resources (HR) for the Asia Pacific region, effective on 1 January 2022. In the role, she will join the Asia Pacific Executive Board.

Ms. Choksi also joins the Global HR leadership team as the Asia Pacific representative. She succeeds Helen Snowball, who moves to a global HR role to lead the firm’s new People Solutions and Experience function. 

Source: IIDA, furnituretoday
Dec.24.2021
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Shanghai ------ International Interior Design Association (IIDA), the commercial interior design association with global reach, just announces the winners of the 2021 Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards. The annual competition seeks to recognize and honor the highest level of creativity and design excellence in interior design/interior architecture projects across the Asia Pacific region. Among the total 11 projects, 9  are from the Greater China area, mostly located in China mainland.
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The full awards info and photos could be found here.

Source: Credit Suisse, finews
Dec.20.2021, Shanghai

Credit Suisse Group today announces the appointment of governance members for multiple regions include the Asia Pacific. Francesco De Ferrari as CEO of the Wealth Management division. He will join the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group, effective January 1, 2022, reporting to Group Chief Executive Officer Thomas Gottstein. Francesco De Ferrari has also been appointed as ad interim CEO of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Christian Meissner, CEO of the Investment Bank division, has been appointed as CEO of the Americas region. In addition, Helman Sitohang and André Helfenstein have been appointed as CEOs of the APAC and Switzerland regions, respectively. Further, Mark Hannam has been named as Head of Internal Audit. Finally, Credit Suisse announces a new Board of Directors model structure to enhance the effectiveness and governance of the subsidiary Boards.

Source: thechestnutpost, singaporeled, shine
Dec.17.2021, Shanghai

Singapore and Shanghai are working to deepen cooperation in areas like financial services and digital connectivity. On Dec.16, Seven agreements have been signed at the third meeting of the Singapore-Shanghai Comprehensive Cooperation Council. 

Source: Carterra, BusinessWire
Dec.16.2021, Shanghai

Carterra, Inc. the world leader in label-free high throughput antibody screening and characterization, today announced that the company has signed an exclusive Asia-Pacific and Oceania region distribution agreement with PerkinElmer, Inc. a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world. With the agreement, PerkinElmer will market, sell, and service Carterra’s flagship LSA high-throughput surface plasmon resonance (SPR) platform and software used for accelerating the discovery of therapeutic antibodies.