Michael Duck is Executive Vice President – Commercial Development of Informa Markets and Informa Plc. He joined the business in 1994 in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Trade Fair Group, and has worked in various leadership roles, focused on building up the company’s presence in the Asia region, especially in China and India, and expanding events into the Middle East and Africa. He founded and chaired the Asia, Middle East and Africa and also the Sustainability chapter for UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry), before also spending 10 years overseeing the Cruise and Beauty verticals in the United States. Most recently, Michael has overseen Sinoexpo in China, and the Informa Markets Leather, Food, Beauty and Maritime portfolios in Asia. In his role, he is working across the global Informa Markets business, which spans 30+ international markets, acting as a main point of contact for building relationships and a pipeline of growth activity particularly in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and beyond, through M&A and the internationalisation of products and brands. He also supports the wider Informa Group divisions, with commercial activity in Asia. Michael was the President of UFI 2022-2023 and had been Treasurer for 20 years, and he has also been an Executive Committee member of the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Industry Association (HKECIA) for over twenty-five years and was Chairman from 1998-2000. He is a committed Rotarian for the past thirty years serving the Rotary Club of Hong Kong, Michael has been involved in CSR for a long time.