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In a Human Resources career spanning 32 years, Mike spent the formative years of his career with Unilever in South Africa, privileged to live and work through the tumultuous years of political and social change. It was within the context of these experiences that he came to appreciate the true value of diversity, and the power of recognizing potential in people. Coaching and developing the best in people became a natural way of being.
Mike spent the next 15 years of his career working in the UK, in senior level HR roles for Unilever, Müller Dairy and Tetra Pak, where his work took him across Europe, largely engaged in transformational change management. He has been in Shanghai, China since 2015, with his most recent role as Executive Vice President HR for Jaguar Land Rover.
At Morgan Philips Talent Consulting, Mike’s principal focus is in Executive Coaching – helping successful leaders achieve positive, lasting change in their behavior, both for themselves and their teams. Additionally, he provides consulting support to organizations undergoing significant change, primarily in the area of talent assessment and development.
Mike is passionate about identifying and realizing potential in people and enjoys seeing people grow and blossom, achieving more than they ever believed possible. Trust, integrity and respect are the foundations of his approach.

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With an international background in Europe and South America, and over 15 years living in China, Rosanna Terminio is a consultant, contributor and lecturer specializing in innovation and strategy for the organization, as well as human resources strategist. She works since 2006 for AsecorpChina of which she became owner in 2011 together with a Chinese colleague. Through their offices in Shanghai and Jiaxing (Zhejiang), they support European manufacturing companies doing business in China. As an independent researcher, she published an academic paper titled: “The impact of RAAI (Robotic, Automation and Artificial Intelligence) from the employee perspective. A scoping review”, the paper was presented at: 3rd Catalan Congress of Economy and Business, Barcelona (Spain) in 2018. She also contributed to the book “The work we need. People for Industry 4.0”, published in Italy in October 2018. She is now working at her PhD research about technology driven change and employee’s identity at Catalunya Open University (UOC) and recently completed an exchange semester at Xi’An Jiaotog-Liverpool University, Taicang campus in the Department of Robotics. Rosanna is certified as an Executive Coach (ICC) and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator. She gives lectures about Doing Business in China and HR Management in different Management Schools and Universities in Europe and China and participates, with pro-bono consulting, to several CSR activities.

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Ms. Jorge specializes in tax advising and planning for large multinational business groups and high net-worth individuals with international interests. She has extensive experience advising on indirect taxation, Spanish corporate income tax consolidation regime, transfer pricing and permanent establishments. Her practice also includes dealing with tax audit procedures and negotiations with the Spanish tax authorities. She has actively participated in several national and international restructuring processes. Since 2017, she is based in Shanghai, advising on inbound and outbound investment in China.

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Steve Majer was appointed Vice President, Human Resources, Ford China in February of 2019 to support the elevation of China as a distinct business unit with direct reporting to our global headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. In this position, he leads all facets of human resources for Ford China employees and operations based primarily in Shanghai and Nanjing. He has played a lead role in the restructuring and redesign of the overall China business and the associated cultural transformation.

Majer most recently served as Director, Human Resources Business Operations, Asia Pacific based in Shanghai from May 2017 to January 2019. Prior to moving to China, Majer was Vice President, Human Resources, Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited from January of 2014 to April 2017. In this position, he led human resources for Canadian manufacturing facilities, parts distribution centers, branch offices in Edmonton and Montreal as well as the Canadian Headquarters in Oakville.

Majer moved to Canada from Ford in the U.S. where he last held the position of Human Resources Manager for Ford’s Dearborn manufacturing operations on the historic Rouge Site. He has been with Ford since 1997, when he began his career as a Labour Relations Representative at the Windsor Engine Plant in Canada. Majer has since held numerous positions in internationally and brings with him diverse HR leadership experience.

Majer values relationships and knows the importance of a fit operating model and high caliber talent in delivering business results. His extensive background with Ford has equipped him with experience and knowledge that has deepened his understanding of our consumer markets and all aspects of our business.

In addition, Majer has been a member of the Board of Directors for Bridging Communities Inc. in southwest Detroit, an organization focused on helping to improve the quality of life for the elders of Southwest Detroit through collaboration and innovative programming. Majer was also a member of the Center for Labour-Management Relations at Ryerson University.

Majer completed his undergraduate studies with a Bachelor of Arts (Hon.) in Political Science at the University of Guelph. In addition, he received a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Political Science from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Industrial Relations (MIR) degree from Queen’s University.

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Ms. Yvonne Li currently serves as Vice Chair of the Human Resources Working Group. Yvonne is currently Senior BP at CDP Group Limited. In the past, she worked as National Education Manager for L’Oreal Professionnel, China, providing B2B technical training service to enable its hair beauty business across China. She also advises her industry clients on talent management strategy and practices as an enabler of business growth & excellence. Prior to her L’Oreal function, she has been an HR manager for 6 years with Bayer, covering roles in Recruitment, Training, People Development, Shared Services Center, etc. One of her accountabilities was to manage Bayer’s corporate and vocational schools where graduates with customized corporate work process training will be directly recruited as operational work force. Prior to her MNC work, Yvonne was a Learning & Development consultant for 8 years delivering leadership development programs, and a teacher with Shanghai Science & Technology University for 6 years, where was voted as a model teacher for her clear and concise teaching.