Ms. Iris Wang has nearly 20 years of extensive experience in corporate strategy and strategic consulting. She has served leading companies across the fast-moving consumer goods, medical devices, and retail-related industries, covering areas such as growth strategy, business transformation and performance management, channel and brand strategy, mergers & acquisitions, and post-merger integration.
She led the corporate strategy team working with PepsiCo business leaders in APAC and China to develop the strategic vision and priorities for the next 5–10 years, and has driven key strategic initiatives in both APAC and China, from planning and transformation to execution.
She has co-authored China’s Future of Consumption in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, and contributed to the China Shopper Report series in partnership with Kantar.
Against the backdrop of geopolitical shifts and increasing market fragmentation, Chinese companies are moving from “product export” to “capital export” in their globalization journey. However, post-merger challenges—brand integration, cultural alignment, and supply chain restructuring—remain significant hurdles. Compared to global giants like Nestlé, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Mondelēz, who have honed their “capital + operations” dual-engine capabilities through a century of M&A, how can companies avoid the trap of peaking at acquisition? How can they turn acquisitions into sustainable growth engines instead of financial burdens?
This dialogue will focus on:
• The difference in M&A logic between Chinese and Western companies
• The "soft barriers" to successful integration
• Unpacking the hidden methodology of cultural compatibility and talent retention
• New rules in a shifting geopolitical landscape
• The possibilities for a uniquely Chinese answer