Speaker’s profile
Akina Ho
Board Member of Hong Kong Proptech Association
Head of Digital Transformation & Innovation
The Great Eagle Holdings
With 20 years of experience in innovative technology, consulting, finance, hospitality and global sales operations management experience starting from the Silicon Valley to worldwide. Akina is leading a new department at Great Eagle to execute digital transformation at the group level and also across all subsidiaries globally. She is also part of the Investment Committee that evaluates start-ups in cutting-edge technology and disruptive business model across different industries.
She was one of the Executive that helped a startup in Hong Kong to become one of the Unicorn in 2017 with investors from FoxConn and Softbank. She is a respected guest speaker, panel specialist and guest professor with notable media appearances on Bloomberg and Fox International. She is a recipient of many awards for great leadership, digital transformation & innovation, social innovation and proptech. She is regularly invited as a speaker and panelist at technology and digital transformation conferences covering big data, security, digital marketing, HR, IoT, Customer Experience, and others.
Akina holds an GEMBA from USC and a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA.
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