11Dec 17, 2014
Originally from Germany, Eric studied in France at INSEAD, in the UK at Warwick University and in the US at Wharton. His corporate career took him to Asia at the age of 23 with working assignments in Taiwan, India, and Mainland China. During the last 25 years, Eric negotiated joint ventures, established a holding company, […]
12Dec 16, 2014
Mike is an app developer, having recently made the jump from an eclectic career that has included consulting, dancing, writing, and occasional gigs with startups. He and his wife have been living in Shanghai for nearly three years. Also, Mike is Canadian, and he’s pretty proud of that. No matter how limited my resources may […]
13Dec 15, 2014
Amanda is passionate about helping expats, particularly trailing spouses, figure out what the heck their new identity is now that they’ve packed up and and jumped on a plane. Not only are you now in unfamiliar surroundings, but quite often you can find yourself in unfamiliar shoes, trying to figure out how to navigate your […]
14Dec 12, 2014
Jodie grew up in New Zealand and came to Shanghai eight years ago via London. She and her husband, Joe (nicknamed ‘Fish’), and kids left a fantastic set up as expats in London to leap into the great unknown of China and are now embracing this life with all its opportunities and challenges. Tune in […]
15Dec 11, 2014
Lola studied journalism in Spain for three years and one year of marketing in Belgium. After that, she came to Beijing to do an internship in the press department of the Spanish embassy. She loved her time in Beijing so much that she wanted to stay in China. About a year and a half later […]
16Dec 10, 2014
Ron is Ally’s incredible husband and is very much the backbone of everything she does. He has been in Shanghai over 6 years and is passionate about his faith, family, food, music and fitness. Listen in as Ron walks listeners through his journey to China and shares some of the wisdom he’s gathered along the […]
17Dec 9, 2014
Philip is married and has one 28 year-old-daughter back home in Australia. He’s worked for 37 years–26 in marketing and advertising and 5 years in recruiting all in the corporate sector. The past 6 years, he has worked as an angel investor in Chinese start ups, focusing mainly on consumer technology. He has a passion […]
18Dec 8, 2014
When opportunity presented itself to trained midwife, Alison Nantz, she took a leap of faith. Alison has spent almost half of her life in Asia and actually met her husband, Josh, when they were kids growing up in Taiwan. They’ve been married and living in Shanghai for four years now. Ali works as a doula and lactation […]
19Dec 5, 2014
Lolly is from the UK she is the mother of 4 grown children. Over the past 19 years she has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Qatar, Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia and now China. Although her main career in the UK was that of a Hotel General Manager, Lolly has been privileged to work across […]
20Dec 4, 2014
Heather is a nomad at heart, who loves adventure. From the time she was a small child she dreamt of traveling the world. What she didn’t know was she’d get to see the world by living abroad. In the past 16 years she has moved 13 times between five different countries. A passionate advocate of […]