About

Jack leads the Acadia team with an extensive background in international accounting and taxation and a keen understanding of practical issues that arise while doing business in China. Jack has experience working in China on virtually all kinds of business operations including setting up a legal structure, market entry, human resource strategy, taxation, accounting, import/export regulations, sourcing, and cross boarder fund flows.

Having assisted over 300 foreign companies with their China expansion projects Jack’s career has risen alongside the unending increase of foreign investment in China. He and his team have been a trusted partner to Sino-foreign Joint Ventures, manufacturing plants from setup to maturity, Fast Moving Consumer Good brands, and restaurant chains. Recently as China has increasingly opened more commercial, industrial, and financial sectors to foreign investment, Jack has proved an invaluable asset to tech and health care companies, banks, and asset management companies entering China.

Jack Wu is a US certified Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He received his MBA from East Tennessee State University in 2008 and has worked in the US in the Financial consulting industry. Jack started his career in 2005 as a finance manager for the hospitality consulting firm Total Scope in Atlanta, Georgia. He moved to Hong Kong in 2008 and joined Dutch corporate service provider Orangefield Group. Once in China, Jack was tasked with starting the firm’s first office in Shanghai. When technology and services platform Vistra acquired Orangefield in 2015, Jack became an Executive Director at Vistra. He headed its International Expansion Service division until January 2020.

Jack is a frequent speaker in foreign chambers of commerce, he has given speeches globally including in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore, Mainland China and Hong Kong.

His client portfolio includes the American Textile Company, GoDaddy, Burger King, OceanSpray, DreamWorks, BRF, Telus, Ivey Business School, and Mentice Healthcare.

Jenny Chen leads HR and payroll services at Acadia Advisory Group. Her team provides a wide range of HR and payroll services including compensation & benefits, people strategy & performance, and learning & development, using technology as an enabler.

Jenny has solid knowledge and experience in PRC Labor Laws and Individual Income Tax Laws. She has over 10 years of experience in providing HR advisory and people strategy to both international businesses in China and domestic corporations. Her areas of expertise include HR policies design, talent retention, employee relationship, labor dispute, labor arbitration, individual tax planning, performance management, global mobility, Chinese work visas.

Prior to joining Acadia, Jenny was a senior manager at Vistra, leading HR and payroll services team. She has served clients across various industries, including manufacturing, medical & healthcare, food & beverage, education, technology, and e-commerce.

Jenny also has deep insights and practical experience in share services center set up and operations and HR software development and implementation.

Jenny holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Shanghai International Studies University.

Frankie leads the Acadia team in Hong Kong with over 24 years of extensive experience in the financial industry. He specialized in providing accounting, taxation, company incorporation and secretarial and consultancy services in Hong Kong.

Before joining Acadia, Frankie was the Executive Director of Vistra Group, a leading international corporate and consultancy services provider. He was responsible for travelling around different cities in mainland China to manage the channel business for the group, meeting with clients and provide possible corporate service solutions based on their situation and needs. He also possessed solid knowledge and experience in Hong Kong Corporate tax and Individual income tax while he was worked for the Ernst & Young, a well-known international accounting firm as well as the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department in the past.

Frankie is a Hong Kong Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He obtained his bachelor’s degree in accountancy from Hong Kong in 1999. He is currently a member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”). He is also a Chartered Tax Advisor in Hong Kong and a fellow member of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong. He is currently being appointed as the independent non-executive Director of a Hong Kong company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He acts as the chairman of the company’s audit committee and the member of remuneration committee and nomination committee for the company.