DUMPLING
Asia-Forward Strategy and Design Practice.

Jess Tang, Founder of DUMPLING, and Our Board of Advisors

Many businesses treat Asia as a big, fat market. For us, Asia is home.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

STRATEGY
Portrait, feng shui

葉煜辰 GREEN YIP

EASTERN STRATEGY ADVISOR
FORMER VP IN BEAUTY CORPORATE
BUSINESS
Portrait, advisor

麥安淇 ANKIE MAK

BUSINESS LEADER
FORMER VP AT SHOP TALK, FORMER HEAD OF BUSINESS AT WGSN
ACADEMIA / MEDIA
Jochebed Wu

胡獻皿 JOCHEBED WU

AUTHOR OF "BOOK OF CHANGES: HONG KONG STYLE" 
 
PUBLIC POLICY
Portrait, public policy

譚雋蘭 MAGGIE TAM

HEAD OF PUBLIC POLICY, META
EX-SWIRE, SCMP
FINANCE
Portrait, finance

NHI LE

FINANCE LEADER
EX-J&J, DIAGEO, PWC
BRANDING
Portrait, advisor

黎子暄 MICH LAI

BRAND STRATEGIST + SINGER
EX-WGSN, CONSTANT
RETAIL
Portrait, retail

劉滋齡 STEF LAU

HEAD OF BUSINESS, GNC / DFI
EX-KIMBERLY CLARK
CONSUMER GOODS
Portrait, consumer goods

陳增玲 NICOLE TAN

BRAND, INNOVATION AND TRANSFORMATION LEADER
EX-DIAGEO, ACCENTURE, MCCANN
CAPITAL
Portrait, capital

高思雯 SILVIA KO

CAPITAL MARKET + FUND RAISING

ART
Jestina Tang

鄧穎詩 JESTINA TANG

ASIAN ART SPECIALIST
FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT SOTHEBY'S
Jess Tang, founder of DUMPLING
PHOTO TAKEN ON FILM WITH MY FIRST DUMPLING. BY PHOTOGRAPHER @LAMMA

鄧菁允 About Jess Tang

FOUNDER + CEO

Jess Tang is the Singapore-based founder and CEO of DUMPLING, and spent more than nine years at WGSN, most recently as Head of Asia Insights in its consultancy business. Before WGSN, she co-founded a brand consultancy intangibly in Hong Kong after two years working as a designer at Landor.

Jess is Resident Futurist at a Fortune 500 hospitality group. She influenced the development of a climate-resilient chocolate line for a global confectionery company in 2025. She influenced the design and UX strategy of a best-selling premium headphone line for a Japanese brand, and built the brand strategy for a best-selling brand at Sephora. She's led and moderated workshops for corporates, including Fortune 500 companies, since 2017.

She's been featured in The Peak, The Drum, SAYA, MoneyFM 89.3 and Retail Asia, and has spoken on BBC and at All That Matters, FUTR, Future Friends and Women in Research.

She read psychology at the University of Hong Kong, communication design at Central Saint Martins, and is completing an MBA at NUS. She sits on the Course Advisory Committee at Temasek Polytechnic School of Design, and mentors at the University of Hong Kong.

RECENT APPOINTMENTS
Resident Futurist, Fortune 500 Hospitality Group
Course Advisory Committee, Temasek Polytechnic School of Design
Industry Mentor, The University of Hong Kong
Industry Mentor, Singapore American School
EDUCATION
MBA, NUS Business School 2024 – 2027
MA, Communication Design, Central Saint Martins 2011 – 2013
BSocSc, Psychology, The University of Hong Kong 2008 – 2011
TRILINGUAL