Fireside chat with Scott Price, President, UPS International

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Established in 1973, The American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmCham Singapore) is the premier business association for international businesses seeking to establish or expand their presence in Southeast Asia.

As the largest and most active chamber in the region, it serves as a cornerstone for over 600 companies and over 6,000 members. For 50 years, AmCham Singapore has a commitment to advocacy, business insights, and connections while being a powerful voice for the business community. With its diverse membership base, it is dedicated to supporting businesses to strive for excellence in this dynamic and thriving region.

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During this session, Scott will speak on COVID-19 and the Future of International Trade.

Scott oversees UPS's operations in more than 220 countries and territories outside of the United States. Previously, Scott served as UPS's Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer. He was responsible for strategic planning, Global Business Services and the company's Advanced Technology Group, as well as driving and facilitating transformational change to ensure that UPS stays at the forefront of innovation and markets to ensure continued and sustainable growth.

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Speakers

Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei

(Moderator) Chief Executive Officer at The American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore

Scott Price

President at UPS International

Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Singapore — the largest and the most active international business association in Singapore and Southeast Asia, with over 6,000 members representing over 550 companies. Hsien is also Adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, member of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Advisory Board, member of the Singapore Institute of Directors MNC Committee, co-lead of the WorkWell Leaders SME Action Sub-Group, and on the organizing committee of the Precision Public Health Asia Conference.

Prior to AmCham, Hsien was Vice President, Medical and Scientific Affairs, Medtronic Asia Pacific, where she was responsible for the Medtronic Innovation Centers in Japan and Korea, training and education, and the company’s health systems transformation strategy in the region. Hsien has extensive experience in scientific affairs, corporate and healthcare communications, advertising, public relations and government affairs.

Hsien has lived and worked in the US, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, UK, and is now based in Singapore. She holds a BA (with honors) in Human Biology from Stanford University and a PhD in Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health where she was the recipient of a US National Institutes of Health Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology Training Grant. Her doctoral thesis explored the genetic epidemiology of end-stage renal disease and type 2 diabetes. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship at National Taiwan University Hospital in the Department of Internal Medicine.

Scott Price serves as President of UPS International. In this role, Scott oversees the company's business operations in more than 220 countries and territories outside of the United States.

Previously, Scott served as UPS’s Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer. He was responsible for strategic planning, Global Business Services and the company’s Advanced Technology Group, as well as driving and facilitating transformational change. These efforts include identifying and executing opportunities for profitable growth within existing business units and in new markets and product segments through the identification of resources that may be redirected to the highest strategic benefit and greatest shareholder value.

Before joining UPS, Scott served as Executive Vice President of Global Leverage for Walmart International. He led Global Sourcing, International Technology, International Logistics, Fresh Manufacturing and key strategic leverage initiatives for the company’s international segment. During his tenure with Walmart, he also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Walmart Asia.

Prior to his time with Walmart, Scott served as CEO of DHL Express Europe. While at DHL he held a number of key leadership positions including CEO of DHL Express Asia-Pacific and President of DHL Express Japan, DHL's largest market in the Asia-Pacific region.

Previous to joining DHL, Scott spent a decade with The Coca-Cola Co. During that period, he assumed various roles of increasing responsibility, including country leadership positions in Japan and as a director and region manager in China.

Scott served as chairman of the National Center for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the only U.S. business association focused exclusively on facilitating American private sector input to the APEC process and APEC’s 21 member countries. He was also one of three ABAC (APEC Business Advisory Council) members appointed by the White House in December 2016. He was previously a member of the U.S. India Business Council and served on the board of trustees for the University Of Virginia Darden School Of Business.

A Montana native, Scott earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. He also holds a master of business administration degree and a master’s degree in Asian studies from the University of Virginia.

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Fireside chat with Scott Price, President, UPS International

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Scott Price

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