Arthur Kwok Email & Phone Number

Hong Kong

With solid experience in color management throughout the entire imaging supply chain, Arthur aims to continue promoting the CGS color management software of the ideal combination of exceptional performance and ease of use that is so well known in the market

Hong Kong

Color expert involved in all color management projects for such fields as photography, creative DTP, commercial inkjet printing, offset printing and packaging, etc.

Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

Course formulation and teaching of such courses as Color Management, Complete Color Control in Photography, Prepress and Printing Quality Control

Hong Kong

As the Regional Key Account Manager, a member of the Global Key Account Team, Arthur served the world's biggest fast fashion retailer. Range of services included providing timely information on market and national regulations, laboratory testing services in a fast, accurate and cost-effective way, consultancy work on product developments, etc. All such lines as soft line, hard line, electrical and electronics, cosmetics and personal care were within the scope.

Hong Kong

Maxibit is renowned for her Swedish-made high quality portable exhibition systems and full spectrum event management services. Arthur increased the company's profitability by 5% points for 3 consecutive years, by identifying & avoiding hidden costs, and coordinating closely with creative and operation teams. Clients were always satisfied because they could fully concentrate on interacting with their guests and visitors, while delegating to Maxibit the realization of a flawless event setup at the background.Arthur can sharply comprehend client's vague concept and translate into an object that can be fabricated to meet the specific function at the allowed cost and lead-time.Therefore Arthur was always achieving such targets as enhancing profitability, meeting deadlines, doing things right the first time.

Asia Region

Starting 2001, Arthur was GCR and AP Regional Sales Director at GretagMacbeth (acquired by head-on competitor XRite in 2006), a manufacturer of precision color measurement devices and color management softwares for creative design, photography, prepress, inks and digital/analogue printing. It was a full spectrum job responsible for, but not limited to, sales & marketing, channel management, positioning & pricing, new product launches, and manufacturing, etc. Building practically from scratch in 2001, Arthur successfully brought GretagMacbeth to the attention of the trade, making it the preferred brand and establishing i1 as the icon for color management. Arthur also became a well-known color management expert in the region.Arthur multiplied his efforts by strategically recruiting channel partners for differentiated market segments, transferring the necessary knowledge and technologies to these channels, giving them sustained business and technical support & training, and managed their conflicts fair and square.Arthur doubled as key account manager. In Asia he led the Applications Team in completing the global projects initiated by US counterparts with Client's Top Management. An intensive degree of customer service was conducted to multiple tier (internal and external) parties at the Client companies, who finally materialized the projects into practice and had their color processes promoted to the next level.After acquisition by XRite's in 2006, Arthur assumed role of Director of Market Development for GCR and AP, responsible for- improvement of XRite innovation rate: to achieve high sales volume of newly launched products- bringing XRite business further upstream in the imaging chain: photo imaging products- building up OEM-like co-operations and bundling: integration of pressroom inline automatic quality control solutions into China-made ink consoles; bundling a second-tier measurement to a local Chinese RIP.

Hong Kong

Arthur assumed this managerial post that bore full responsibility for Kodak Professional Division’s P & L, sales and marketing activities, expenses control, staff motivation and development plans, recruitment and more. He led the team in overcoming the challenge of analogue to digital migration, raising the revenue contribution of digital solutions from 0% to 25%. As a regular star performer, he was chosen by top management to attend a GAR Executive Management Development Forum conducted in Singapore in 2000 by INSEAD.Kodak Professional Division served commercial and portraiture photographers, photojournalists, camera stores, mini-labs, professional labs, portrait photo output labs, and imaging requirements of the HK Government Arthur was the person in Asia to sell the first ever color management solution, a package from Kodak as a founding member of ICC. This package, though powerful, was limited to RGB workflows and only applicable for professional photofinishing laboratories utilizing sensitized materials.

Hong Kong

Arthur joined as Graduate Management Trainee. Was rotated around Materials Management, Manufacturing, R&D, China Sales and finally became a Materials Management Specialist.There was global and regional exposure to internal staff located all over the world. As all correspondence was made via phone calls and emails, effective communication skills across cultures, time-zones and priorities were essential to the everyday work.As soon as joining Dow, he took up a process improvement assignment. In 3 months he studied and analyzed in detail 400 completed order files of Materials Management and tabulated the time spent on each single procedure from order entry to money collection. Findings and recommendations shaped the structure and design of the computerized workflow introduced 6 months after.

Greater Asia Region Executive Management Development Forum

A 14-day intensive course on leadership and business strategy for selected Kodak managers: debates, brain storming, role plays.

Leadership Training For Managers

A half year weekly course for middle managers to further polish leadership skills: team discussions, presentations, exercises, real-life.

B. Sc, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Singing Club, Photography Society (Annual International Photo Salon Committee Member) Department of Chemistry.

F1 - F7, Secondary School, Science

Activities and Societies: Prefect, Bridge Club, 10th Anniversary Open Day Committee Member, Painting Club Science Group, School Basket.