Kern Kwong, PhD
Chairman, Asia-Pacific
 Pasadena and Hong Kong Offices

Dr. Kwok Keung “Kern” Kwong is the Chairman Asia Pacific of Janas Associates. Kern has extensive experience as a Consultant, Investment Banker and Business School Professor. Educated in Hong Kong and the United States, he applies his vast network of contacts in China and Hong Kong to support client initiatives.

Kern consults extensively in the United States and in Asian Pacific countries. He has consulted on projects for Saudi Aramco, Southern California Edison, Goldlion Holdings (U.S.A) and other domestic and international firms. He has worked on Merger & Acquisition and Corporate Finance assignments for technology companies, distributors and manufacturers in China and Hong Kong.

Kern has held executive positions in several firms in the United States. He managed apparel firms focusing on high-end casual clothing, and men’s and women’s apparel.

Kern conceived, designed and implemented the California State University Los Angeles program that provided Executive Management Training programs for National, Provincial and Municipal Governments from the Peoples Republic of China. Attendees were principally middle management employees of State Owned Enterprises (SOE’s). He directed the training of several thousand delegates who have traveled from China to California for more than 15-years to participate in business education courses.

Kern maintains extensive contacts with his former trainee/students from Asia. Kern maintains a broad network to identify and support client initiatives in China. He serves United States based clients who need access to China. He has also provided training to delegates from other Asian countries, including Korea, Vietnam and Japan.

Kern holds an M.B.A. in International Business and a Ph.D. in Operations Management and Strategic Management. He has taught Operations and Production Management, Small Business Management, International Business, and Strategic Management for more than twenty years. Kern is a tenured professor in the School of Business and Economics at California State University, Los Angeles.

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Kern is effective in the preparation and execution of international business joint-ventures, merger & acquisitions, corporate financing, and technology transfers among entities from the United States, Hong Kong and Mainland China.

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