Grace Shao is a tech and AI researcher and writer. She often writes about AI, technology, and corporate governance for Fortune, The Diplomat, Diplomat Risk Intelligence, Economist Intelligence Unit, and FT Chinese. As a journalist, Shao reported for CNBC and CGTN on Asia tech and business, and her work has also been published in the SCMP, S&P Global Market Intelligence, Yahoo Finance, and USA Today.
Shao is also the founder of Proem Communications. As an international media consultant, she has advised clients such as Lenovo, Ant Financial, Kuaishou, PayPal, KKR, Primavera, and growth-stage consumer tech and biotech firms. As a moderator, she has MCed various events at Columbia University for the SPJ Speakers Series and moderated (online/offline) press conferences for large multinationals, as well as webinars and panels for private equity firms, VCs, and the APAC startup community.
Shao has lived in Canada, Mainland China, Singapore, and the US and has called Hong Kong home since 2020. She serves as the Co-Chair of the Marketing and Communications Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. She is a former member of the Asian American Journalists Association and Society of Professional Journalists.
Shao is a native English and Mandarin Chinese speaker and an alumna of Columbia University, Tsinghua University, and the Alberta School of Business. She has guest lectured at Tsinghua University and Peking University and teaches Crisis Management at the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong.
