Amelia Fincher is Head of Business Development at Mecca Brands. Amelia started her career in investment banking with Macquarie Group and then JP Morgan in Melbourne, Sydney and London, before completing an MBA in Luxury Brand Management at ESSEC Business School in Paris. Following her MBA, Amelia moved to London as Head of Strategic Planning at Mulberry and then returned to Australia as CEO of Dion Lee where she oversaw the expansion of the business both domestically and internationally. In her current role at Mecca, she is responsible for strategy and new market development, with a focus on China.

Maggie Zhou was appointed Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand in March 2016 for Alibaba Group. As one of the key veterans of the company, Maggie has witnessed major company developments as the company has expanded its businesses outside of China and as well as the progression and development of Mainland China’s e-commerce market. In her current role, as part of the company’s globalisation strategy, she is responsible for establishing a local presence for Alibaba in Australia and New Zealand to further develop infrastructure and help local merchants enter the vast China consumer market. Prior to this role, Maggie worked closely with the Australia and New Zealand business development team on Tmall Global, in charge of overall government and public affairs for the platform. She has worked closely with the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), helped the Group establish Taobao Marketplace in 2003 as one of the nine founders of the C2C platform, and was appointed a Victorian Business Ambassador by the State Government of Victoria in August 2017.