With entrepreneurship running in her blood, Caroline has always been seeking the next big innovative challenge. As a young Canadian lawyer fresh out of McGill Law School, Caroline took the leap and moved to Asia in 1998. She has spent her life becoming an expert in Asian law with the goal to demystify Asia to SMEs and PE firms from the Western part of the world and contribute to their expansion in Asia. It wasn’t long before she became the go-to source for people and SMEs and PE firms who want to understand how to grow the Asian market and navigate the Asian legal landscape successfully.

Today, Caroline has an established reputation in the international business community as an entrepreneur of five start-ups over the last two decades. She is an expert advisor on M&A cross-border transactions, commercial law, technology transfer and intellectual property matters, and has been the managing director of HJM Asia Law for the past 16 years.

Understanding the role of not just mentorship, but sponsors in achieving entrepreneurial success, Caroline set up her own non-profit organisation in 2016. The Young E3 Entrepreneur Fund inspires and supports a new generation of young entrepreneurs between 16 and 25 years old, by connecting them with industry experts and sponsors who can help them build a strong foundation for business success. She raises funds to finance these projects through her runs and many other initiatives.

Viewing growth and knowledge sharing as two parts of the same equation, Caroline is a regular speaker at international conferences and has been a visiting professor at Université Laval (Canada), Bocconi University, and the Sorbonne Assas Law School. She has authored the practical book, Doing Business in China, published in French and English, and has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Bloomberg, the Straits Times, the Business Times, Les Affaires, and La Presse.

She remains an active member of the international business community, sitting on multiple boards of listed and private companies including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (President), South Africa Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, China Working Group of the International Bar Association, and is the appointed legal advisor of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.