ISES HK Officials
ISESHK President - Sam Shei - Showbiz Creation Ltd
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Sam founded his event management & production company Showbiz Production in 1988, and was one of the pioneers in producing corporate events in Hong Kong& mainland China. He has won a lot of kudos, awards and accolades from his multi-national clients for working on their projects. In 1996, Showbiz was the solely appointed event production house for the harbour front landmark Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) on all non-exhibition events. Apart from his event production business, Sam is taking up a new challenge in designing & running the theatre as a tourist attraction in China.
Robert Williams Jr., - Asia Media Search
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Robert Williams is an Executive Recruiter with over 10 years of specialty recruitment experience in the Media & Event industry for Asia.
Originally from the US, Robert has been in Hong Kong for 13 years and has made it his home. Prior to helping clients find the right talent and candidates find the right career opportunity, Robert was in conference sales in Hong Kong. His in-depth knowledge of the Events industry led him to established his own firm, "Asia Media Search". The aim of Asia Media Search is to bring companies and talent together to create a successful symbiotic relationship so both can grow. His hands-on approach is very welcome in a field that can all to often impersonalize and commoditize the recruitment process. Robert works with a wide variety of companies from SMEs to Multi National Corporations.
Besides volunteering his time for ISES Robert is also the Editor-in-Chief of a monthly English Buddhist magazine, "Harmony".
Robert Rogers CSEP - Events Management and Production
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Robert Rogers is a special event designer and producer. He is a Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP), one of 250 worldwide and the only one in Asia. He creates memorable events for both the corporate and private world. Besides his core business Robert regularly lectures and shares his secrets and experience with other event professionals in schools and conferences around the world. Robert has lectured at some of the largest event conferences worldwide including TSE (The Special Event) and Events Asia as well as for students of Institute for Tourism Studies, Macau and The Gordon Institute Geelong Australia.
Robert has lived and worked in Asia for over 20 years. He has a background in theatre and a penchant for performance. Robert’s originality and dedication to creating professional events has helped create long term relationships with a wide variety A-List of companies. Robert also creates special events and life celebrations for an AA-List of Asian society including weddings, anniversaries and birthday events….Robert says, “Corporate events are great, I love the challenge of merging goals and brands into a live interactive environment, but I love doing social events… They create an opportunity to make memories that last a lifetime. After a great life celebration photos go on people’s mantelpiece and they cherish those moments forever”.
Faresh Jowharsha - Events Asia
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Faresh Jowharsha has some 7 years experience working on events in Hong Kong and the UK under a number of distinguished events and production companies. He has managed an array of events ranging from Corporate Events, Fashion Shows and Golf Tournaments, to Cabaret Shows and West End Productions for a number of reputable clienteles. And it did not stop there. Faresh also helped raise awareness and funding for charitable organisations in both the UK and Hong Kong and looks to increase his support towards the community even further with a number of charitable and community events planned for the future. He continues to work extensively with schools such as The Canadian International School of Hong Kong to help raise money to construct a new state of the art Performing Arts Centre to be opened early 2008 for the school and the local community.
Darren Kerrr - Factor 168
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In demand as a much sought after business communication professional, Darren has been actively engaged as a Creative Director, Executive Producer and Experiential Marketer in the creative design and delivery of innovative and engaging live communication programs, strategic marketing, brand experiences, & B2B/B2C events for a broad range of clients.
Darren Kerr has produced events throughout Australia as well as staging quality events in Auckland, Bangkok, Siem Reep, Macau, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bali, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Fiji, and Hong Kong. He has also consulted on and contributed to the creative direction of events held in London, Paris, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Orlando.
Beatrice Cessac - Andes Art Co. LTD.
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French born, Béatrice came to Hong Kong 24 years ago with the sincere desire to share Latin American music with Hong Kong. She now specializes in bringing authentic cultural performances to Hong Kong from around the world. She extensively travels to source artist from Mexico, France, Cuba, Ukraine in order to bring quality authentic entertainment from around the world.
Beatrice greatly enjoys her daily business of organizing entertainment for her many clients in Hong Kong and to be able to learn and to share the diverse cultural entertainment from around the world. A very important part of her company development has been her work with Ocean Park over the last 17 years. Andes Art Company Limited has grown with Ocean Park to bring different entertainment during different carnivals, catering to clients' particular needs. In addition to her daily entertainment with the Park, her company she also provides multicultural dance and circus performances.