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Lisa Fleissner is General Manager of Asia CEO Network where she is responsible for managing the business. She brings 20 years of global experience in research, analysis and business management to Asia CEO Network, both from the academic world and in managing her own start-ups. Lisa has had long experience in academia at Columbia University, where she received her PhD, as well as working at Singapore Management University and Hong Kong University. Her business career has included 3 years as Managing Director of CSC Pacific in Hong Kong, the exclusive distribution in Asia region of the Corrective Skincare brand, and in various assignments in Paris and New York.

Among her academic credentials, Lisa holds a PhD and 2 Masters degrees from Columbia University, graduated magna cum laude from the University of the South, was the recipient of a Fulbright Full Grant for research in Germany, as well as studying for two years at the Université de Paris IV (Sorbonne) in Paris. In addition to English, Lisa is fluent in French and German and has a basic command of several other European languages.