Born in Hong Kong, Andre Fu graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2000 and founded AFSO in the same year. Notable commissions include the Upper House Hotel in Hong Kong, the Fullerton Bay Hotel in Singapore, Piacere Italian restaurant and Nadaman Japanese restaurant at Shangri-la Tokyo. Subsequent projects have ranged from the Agnes b La Loggia flagship store in Hong Kong to the private residence of international actress Michelle Yeoh.

John Hitchcox is considered one of the most influential property developers in Europe and is credited with pioneering loft living in London when he co-founded the Manhattan Loft Corporation. He now heads Yoo, a global property branding, design, and investment company. In 1998, he joined forces with Philippe Starck to establish Yoo and ‘Yoo inspired by Starck’; in 2006, Jade Jagger joined Hiitchcox’s team as creative director of ‘Jade Jagger for Yoo’ and Dutch designer Marcel Wanders joined to form Wanders&Yoo in 2008. Last year, he entered a creative partnership with British interior designer Kelly Hoppen for ‘Kelly Hoppen for Yoo’.

Steve Leung Designers was established in 1997. The company works on a wide spectrum of design projects, ranging from hotels and restaurants to show flats and club houses. Since 1999, Leung has won the Best Interior Designers Worldwide award at the Andrew Martin International Awards nine times. The company has been credited with more than 80 design and corporate awards, including the IIDA Annual Interior Design Competition, Gold Key Awards, Hospitality Awards and Asia-Pacific Interior Design Awards.

Glenn Pushelberg is co-founder of North American interior design firm Yabu Pushelberg along with partner George Yabu. With offices in New York City and Toronto, the firm lists clients such as Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, W Hotels, Thompson Hotels, Park Hyatt International, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Peninsula Hotels, St Regis Hotels, Jean-Georges Von Richten, Louis Vuitton, Bergdorf Goodman, Tiffany & Co, Carolina Herrera, David Yurman, and Lane Crawford. The firm is currently working on the new Langham Place Pazhou, scheduled to open in 2013.