Julien Bernard having Mandarin Class in Hong Kong
The Real Julien Bernard 👍👍👍
Finance Mandarin is glad to work with the French asset management company. With €1.729 trillion of assets under management (AUM) at the end of 2020, one of the 10 biggest investment managers by AUM in the world. After so many months of remote video Chinese lessons, it is a pleasure to meet the real Julien in person.
The Real Julien Bernard 👍👍👍
Finance Mandarin is glad to work with the French asset management company. With €1.729 trillion of assets under management (AUM) at the end of 2020, one of the 10 biggest investment managers by AUM in the world.
Vienne Lee & Julien Bernard
Wow, you are tall! After so many months of remote video Chinese lessons, it is a pleasure to meet the real Julien in person.
Julien finally arrived in the Hong Kong office in September, and today greeting his Finance Mandarin teaching team Vienne Lee Finance Mandarin and Debbie Chen Finance Mandarin 北京金融汉语老师 face to face.
Julien has already started his Mandarin journey several months ago, when he was in Milan, Paris, and he continued learning during 3 weeks of quarantine in HK. All successfully online 1-1 Finance Mandarin coaching with our senior coach Debbie and our AI learning platform.
Finance Mandarin Top Trainer Debbie Chen & Julien Bernard
He is already making great improvements in Mandarin - you can talk to him yourself, and encourage him to practice more in Mandarin Chinese. Julien is committed to understanding the China market, and lead his team to capture the Greater China asset management market.
“Thanks for organizing the wonderful learning experience for me. “
Julien told Vienne and Debbie this morning. ❤️
We are happy to have C-level asset giants onboard.
Are you the next one?
Mark Machin, Former President & Chief Executive Officer at CPP Investment Board
Mark Machin is the Former President & Chief Executive Officer at CPP Investments.
Recognized globally as an example of sound pension plan management, CPP Investments is guided by an independent Board of Directors, operates at arm’s length from federal or provincial governments, and is managed independently from the CPP itself.
He has been learning Finance Mandarin 1-1 with Vienne Lee since 2013.
Mark Machin, Former President & Chief Executive Officer at CPP Investment Board
Dear Friends,
I just sent this message to my colleagues at CPPIB and wanted to share it with you.
Tomorrow is my last day at CPPIB. All journeys must come to an end. It has been said that it is better to travel well than to arrive. And we have traveled well.
What an incredible latest fiscal year. When I first sat in the seat as President and CEO five years ago, the assets were $278.9 billion; and it’s wonderful to have seen them grow to nearly $500 billion as of March 31. We generated returns over the last five years that none of us could have thought likely, averaging more than 11.0% per year! And you, we, have achieved this collectively. You have burnished CPPIB’s reputation as a benchmark and model for other pension funds around the world. I am so proud of each and every one of you, and I feel lucky to have worked along side you.
As I look back over the last few years, I am particularly proud of the momentum the organization has developed in a number of key areas: the use of data for investment insights; innovation and venture capital; sustainable investing; a strengthened lead in markets in Asia and Latin America; a deepened presence in Europe; a bolstered bi-coastal presence in the U.S.; greater diversity and inclusion; total fund management; installing a dedicated CIO; and, of course, improvements in all dimensions of risk management.
More important, our organization is not just about investment returns. The returns directly translate into the security and success of millions of Canadian retirements. We have been united in a common mission to serve the Canadian public; and we have delivered through your dedication, talent, and extraordinary work. That’s all the more true during the year of COVID, as we’ve been able to give comfort and confidence to Canadians at a time of intense stress and uncertainty that their pensions are safe, sound, and flourishing. You have outperformed with grace under fire. And I applaud each of you.
From tomorrow, I will be looking on with pride, and with awe, at your continued success. I have huge confidence in your future. I’d like to give a big thank you to my colleagues on the Senior Management Team, to all of you at CPPIB, to the board, and to Canada for having given me the opportunity to have worked with you all. It has been the highlight of my career. My special best wishes to John for a long and successful tenure as CEO.
Best regards,
Mark
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Coaching Business Mandarin for Executive Leaders
You Learn, You Earn.
I can do self-study to learn Mandarin already, what is the point of joining Finance Mandarin?
“ I don’t have a teacher that gives me immediate responses.”
*Alexander Bryan, a C-suite English speaker working in the capital market, frustrated when he first tried to study on his own.
Alex is highly motivated to learn Mandarin even before joining Finance Mandarin. He had tried studying by himself. But soon he acknowledged the drawbacks of it, he did not know whether he is doing right on the pronunciations and usages of the vocabularies. There is no one to correct his pronunciations. Besides, he can only learn a few words but they are not for business purposes!
“ I don’t have a teacher that gives me immediate responses.”
*Alexander Bryan, a C-suite English speaker working in the capital market, was frustrated when he first tried to study on his own.
Alex is highly motivated to learn Mandarin even before joining Finance Mandarin. He had tried studying by himself. But soon he acknowledged the drawbacks of it, he did not know whether he is doing right on the pronunciations and usages of the vocabularies. There is no one to correct his pronunciations. Besides, he can only learn a few words but they are not for business purposes!
The materials he accessed to was not designed for business purposes, not to mention learning the finance terms you will come across in your work. There is also no proper feedback for further explanations. There are usually no cultural aspects taught as well. While there are no interactions between teachers and students, no motivations and no comprehensive lesson plans, Alex finally made his choice:
Coming to 1 on 1 Finance Mandarin focused learning to prepare for his next business trips to Shanghai and Beijing soon.
For absolute beginners like Alex, there will be basic topics at the beginning at Finance Mandarin, and they are all customised. For Alex, we prepared some commonly used wordings in business greetings to start with, with content adjusted according to his position and company. We have been through a joyful lesson time indicated by positive feedback received afterwards!
Resources online lack personalized content for executives. With that being said, Finance Mandarin provides all of them, including but not limited to business context, cultural aspects, interactions with top trainers, motivations and customised learning path. These are also the reasons why Alex come to us.
“Speaking the language helps my business in a foreign country”
Alex considered himself innovative and open-minded. He has been working in different countries and is willing to learn new things. As suggested by his past experience working in a foreign country, he believes learning the local language helps him better communicate with colleagues and clients in the country although English is the medium of communication. Not to say in China, most universities, local companies and press are using Chinese as the major language.
“Very happy to start the work”
We are also happy to have received Alex’s positive feedback!
*Alias
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Laugh and Share | Lunch with Finance Mandarin Students
Experienced Investors as a group learn Business Chinese at Finance Mandarin.
Vienne and two loyal fans students, Ning and Mireille had a great lunch in a gorgeous modern Chinese Restaurant (Duckee) in Lee Garden Causeway Bay today, 3 June 2021.
Vienne and two loyal fans students, Ning and Mireille had a great lunch in a gorgeous modern Chinese Restaurant (Duckee) in Lee Garden Causeway Bay today, 3 June 2021.
When women sit at a table, there are always sharing. The three experienced ladies, an educator, an M&A banker and an ex-equity sales head, discussed job markets in the capital market, from sell-side to buy-side, as an appetizer.
Moving to the main course, e-commerce in China is now on the rise. The power of it can never be neglected, in particular, annual active consumers of China's largest mobile commerce platform, Taobao, reached 674 million as of June 30, 2019.
In light of that, Mireille and Vienne taught Ning how to use Taobao to buy a Mask, to witness the power of China e-commerce together.
They also joked about opening a shop on WeChat, one of the biggest China e-commerce platform.
When it comes to dessert, the beauties love it. Taking about beauty and health, living a positive lifestyle from different perspectives. And also how to prevent the sun from burning while playing golf. I believe everyone would love to hear this; we all have our own little tips.
With the soft lighting and the relaxing atmosphere, the ladies who were not supposed to eat sweet today, enjoyed their treats in laughter.