Margot LingGeneral Manager & Senior Executive Coach, Turningpoint Asia

Margot is a senior executive coach, cross-cultural communication consultant and media entrepreneur working with
business leaders, tech and creative founders, multinational teams and civil servants, specializing in the areas of strategic
intercultural communication and entrepreneurship with clients across Greater China, US and Europe.

As a Growth Mindset and Authentic Communication evangelist, Margot adopts strengths-based model of bringing about
change and growth. Margot also created her A.G.I.L.E. performance coaching model – Appreciate, Goal-setting, Integrate,
Leverage and Evolve – to facilitate development for clients, from mindset shift, strategy, micro behavioral change to
achieving long-term success in this dynamic and interconnected digital era.

In her previous corporate roles, Margot excelled as the regional business development leader for Fortune 500 digital and
media companies. Her achievements include leading notable cross-border strategic partnerships for renowned companies
such as Twitter, Dolby, and Fox in the Greater China region.

Margot holds MA Communication from Cal State U, Fullerton, Postgrad Diploma in Integrated Marketing Communications
from HKU SPACE, and BSSc Communication from Hong Kong Baptist University. She is also an Accredited Team
Management Profile (TMP) Practitioner and Certified Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Facilitator. She acquired Associate
Certified Coach (PCC) credential from International Coaching Federation (ICF), as well as Certified Professional Coach
(CPC) from International Coach Academy. Margot is also a frequent speaker in public institutions and universities in Hong
Kong. She speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Margot’s motto – “Learning starts with the mindset. Success starts with an action”