Lindita Xhaferi-Salihu has been with the UN Climate Change since 2010, involved in coordinating projects promoting multi-stakeholder engagement in climate action. Currently she manages relationships with a few sectors as part of the UN Climate Change work to catalyze climate ambition and action. She also leads engagement with the fashion sector. Lindita has a degree in Information Science, Electrical Engineering and a postgraduate degree in International Relations.

Giovanni Musillo joined Goxip in 2021 as General Manager of Hong Kong and APAC.

His responsibility encompasses the main aspects of the company Marketing, Partnerships, Sales, Product and Finance.

His profile is well recognized in the digital ecosystem as prior to Goxip he served as General Manager of Rocket Internet-backed Zalora Greater China for 5 years.

Prior to Goxip, he led the opening of the Hong Kong on-the-ground operations of the Sequoia-backed martech company Insider.

Giovanni holds a Master Degree in Building Engineering and graduated with honours summa cum laude.

Paul joined HSBC in 1992, and has held a number of senior management positions in Commercial Banking, covering a wide range of portfolio from SMEs to Large Corporates. Paul is currently Managing Director, Head of Sales and Client Coverage, Business Banking, Commercial Banking, focusing on the formulation and execution of strategies for Business Banking. Prior to his current role, Paul held various positions including Head of Investment and Insurance, and Director Large Corporate in Hong Kong, as well as Country Head of Business Banking in Singapore.

Paul holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Hong Kong, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London, and a Master’s Degree in Finance from the City University of Hong Kong. Paul is also a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountant.

Karin Malmstrom joined Cotton Council International (CCI) as its Director for China and Hong Kong in April 2006 and in January 2015 added Northeast Asia to her responsibilities. She heads up CCI’s trade servicing programs, supply chain marketing activities, consumer promotions and government affairs in the region, as well as manages CCI’s offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Osaka, Seoul and Taipei.

Karin, an accomplished Sinologist with over 30 years of China-related experience joined CCI from Malmstrom Associates Orient, a business and marketing and communication consultancy. Fluent and literate in Mandarin Chinese, Karin has worked in a variety of fields in China including the auto, steel and travel industries, metals and minerals trading, technology transfers, education, journalism and communications. Immediately prior to establishing Malmstrom Associates Orient, she was Director of Corporate Communications for DaimlerChrysler China, based in Beijing.

Karin graduated cum laude in Asian Studies and Geography from Middlebury College, USA. She continued in executive education at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and at St. Gallens Management Center, both located in Switzerland.