Grace @ AmCham HK’s annual China conference
Grace is a tech and AI analyst and researcher. She often writes about the business and strategy of AI and technology companies with a focus on China’s internet and AI evolution. Her industry newsletter, AI Proem, has over 5,000 subscribers and 10,000 followers, primarily US and EU investors and practitioners.
She’s been published (op-eds and editorial) in Fortune, The Diplomat, Diplomat Risk Intelligence, Economist Intelligence Unit, CNBC, SCMP, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Yahoo Finance, USA Today, and many others. Her research has been quoted in Fortune, Time Magazine, BBC, Rest of World, Reuters, SCMP, and others.
She regularly speaks at industry events and appears on leading tech podcasts. Grace is also always looking to empower the next generation of talent and often gives guest lectures at Tsinghua University, Peking University, Hong Kong Baptist University, City University of Hong Kong, and the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong.
For interviews/ speaking engagements/ any form of collaboration, please email grace@proemcommunications.com or get in touch via WeChat: Shao&Co.
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Grace is also the founder of Proem Communications. As an international media consultant, she has advised clients such as Lenovo, Ant Financial, Kuaishou, PayPal, KKR, Primavera, and growth-stage consumer tech and biotech firms. Grace was integral to Alibaba Group's international corporate affairs team, helping the tech giant navigate some of its most significant crises and milestones.
She started her career as a business/ tech journalist. Having grown up between Canada and Mainland China, she has also worked and studied in Singapore and the U.S., and now calls Hong Kong home. She is an active member of the local business/ tech community. She serves as the Co-Chair of the Marketing and Communications Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. She is a former member of the Asian American Journalists Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. She is a native English and Mandarin Chinese speaker and an alumna of Columbia University, Tsinghua University, and the Alberta School of Business.
