Gao Ming has over ten years experience in communications in China, ranging from Corporate and Marketing Communications to Event Management, from Crisis and Issue Management to Media and Crisis Training, as well as Interactive Marketing, ePR and Social Media Communications.Gao Ming provides strategic consultation and manages communications programs for a wide variety of sectors such as Luxury & premium consumer, entertainment, manufacturing, finance, healthcare, travel and tourism, and government. His clients include AZ, Bayer, Bang & Olufsen, Canali, Carrier, Cartier, Citi, Credit Agricole, DBS, Diageo, Dunhill, FHH, Harley-Davidson, Emirates Airline, Forevermark, Givenchy, Hearst Magazines, Hermes, Longines, L’Oreal, Moet Hennessy, Montblanc, Michael Kors, Michelin, Novartis, Warner Bros, Parmigiani, Piaget, Roche, Schiaparelli, Singapore EDB, SG Private Banking, Tod’s, The USA Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010, Trussardi, Vacheron Constantin, Wyeth, etc.With a strong background in technology and his expertise in Interactive Marketing, ePR and Social Media Communications, Gao Ming provides clients with online communication strategies and programs to reach their target audience. Being Internet savvy, he had started blogging in 2004 and is an influential social media opinion leader.As an experienced crisis and issue management specialist, Gao Ming has successfully managed numerous crisis and issue communications projects, ranging from downsizing to market pull-out, product recall to scandal containment, and trademark dispute to litigation support.Gao Ming joined Ruder Finn in 2005 to lead the Luxury & Premium Consumer practice and then to head the Corporate practice. In 2008, he was promoted to General Manager Shanghai. Prior to Ruder Finn, Gao Ming founded and managed West Village Agency, a boutique PR firm based in Shanghai. Before moving into Public Relations, Gao Ming was involved in the media industry covering print media, television and the Internet.Specialties: Corporate & marketing communications / Media relations /Crisis and issue management /Interactive marketing /ePR /Social Media Communications /Event management /Web development /Coding /Unix/Linux