This is part of the #1HourWith series.
Speak to Esther about...
- Public Relations & Event Management
- Brand Building & Marketing
- Women Entrepreneurship
- The industry of Beauty & Luxury
- Sports Management & Education
- Advise me on [a topic you choose]
- Brainstorm with me on [a topic you choose]
The virtual call will be held in the next 1-2 months and lasts around 30-60 minutes depending on your questions.
About Esther
Esther Ma founded Prestique Limited (#prestiqueltd) in 1995 and is currently serving as its Chief Executive Officer. Prestique is a boutique lifestyle public relations and events management company with clients including beauty brands, luxury products, architects and designers, hospitality and sports entities, educational institutions and NGOs. Prior to founding Prestique, Esther worked for Procter & Gamble (HK) Limited as SKII Brand Manager and received the Regional SKII Brand-Building Award. In 2016, Esther co-founded Harvest Sky Enterprises Limited (#harvest _sky) to nurture and support elite and aspiring athletes via opportunities in education, empowerment, events, endorsements and endowments.
Prestique has been awarded a "Caring Company" for 10 consecutive years and celebrates the 10th Anniversary of its CSR initiative "Children Charities Carnival" this year. Esther's personal awards include AmCham/SCMP Entrepreneur of the Year, APEC's Woman Entrepreneur Delegate (HK), China's Top 100 Woman Entrepreneurs, Jessica 10 Most Successful Women Award, and SCMP Woman of Our Time. Esther is the nominee of Women of Hope Award (Power and Influence) by Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Foundation and named Ferrari International Fabulous Four Woman Entrepreneur. Esther is the also honorary judge for Tatler Hong Kong's Gen-T 2018 Awardees.
Esther sits on the boards of Wu Zhi Qiao Charitable Foundation, Columbia Business School Lang Entrepreneurship Centre, Chinese University Morningside College, Teach4HK and Women Helping Women Hong Kong. Esther is a Trustee of Indian Mountain School, a junior boarding school and The Kent School, a private high school both in Connecticut, U.S.A.
Esther has authored five books - "Conducting Your Job Search in Hong Kong" (1992), "The A to Z of PR" (2005), "HarvEst of the 7 Human Vines" (2014) , "Live and Love Life under the Hong Kong Basic Law" (2017) and "Asia's 15 Over 50 - What's Her Next 50?" (2019). She received her BA degree from UC Berkeley and MBA degree from Columbia Business School.
(See Esther's LinkedIn)
✨Reviews
"Esther is an expert in marketing. She gave us a lot of advice from an entrepreneurial perspective. I have an idea of what we are going to do in the ESG project. (Marketing strategy). We learned a lot and will definitely apply these ideas to our project." — Billy Ho, Mar 2023
Terms and Conditions
No Spam or Solicitation
To be respectful to everyone attending, no solicitation of business, internship or employment request, commercial or promotional material is allowed.
Session Scheduling Policy
After application approval, you'll receive an email connecting you with your mentor. Schedule a session promptly and keep Time Auction team in the loop. If we don't hear from you within a week, it leads to:- Application cancellation
- 1st strike: 1-month suspension
- 2nd strike: 3-month suspension
- 3rd strike: Banned
No-Show Policy
For all scheduled mentoring sessions, we have a "one strike" ban policy for no-show bookings without informing the other party. Cancelling within 24 hours is also counted as no-show.- 1st strike: 1-month suspension
- 2nd strike: 3-month suspension
- 3rd strike: Banned
Requirements
10 volunteer hours must be completed during 01 Jun 2022 to 31 Aug 2023.
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