Glean
Educators & Practitioners

A collective for learning & transformation.

Glean brings together educators, practitioners, and coaches from diverse disciplines to support organisations and individuals through change — combining strategy, innovation, leadership development, wellbeing, and practical application.

Gigi Cheung
Lead Educator

Gigi Cheung.

Lead Educator & Transformation Strategist

Gigi brings 25+ years of cross-sector leadership across hospitality, retail, cultural destinations, and global service organisations — combining academic insight with real-world experience to help leaders build clarity, confidence, and capability.

Leadership DevelopmentTransformationStrategic StorytellingInnovationCustomer ExperienceWellbeing
25+
Years of cross-sector leadership
Across hospitality, retail, cultural destinations, and global service organisations.
Human
Practical, human-centred approach
Designed for real people, real pressure, and real work.
Impact
From insight to impact
Supporting leaders to apply learning, not just understand it.

Led by real leadership experience.

Lead Educator
Glean — Lead Educator & Transformation Strategist
Designing bespoke leadership learning and executive coaching for organisations navigating change, innovation, and growth.
Hospitality
Plaza Premium Group
Former Global Marketing Director — leading brand, CX, and partnerships across 30+ countries in a global airport hospitality network.
Culture & Retail
K11 Group · K11 MUSEA · 11 SKIES · MoMA
Former General Manager — cross-sector partnership activation with over 400 brands and luxury maison collaborations for flagship cultural-retail developments.
FMCG & Sport
P&G · Kao · Mannings · Adidas · Puma
Category, housebrand, and loyalty leadership across major FMCG principals, and trade marketing and distribution strategy for global sports brands across HK & Macau.
Academia
Adjunct Associate Professor, Mentor & Speaker
HKU Business School · HKUST Business School · CUHK.
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Gigi's end-to-end strategic expertise and rare professional synergy were truly invaluable — transforming a shared vision into a flagship that set a benchmark for MoMA's global expansion.

Robin Sayella
Global Head of Business Development, MoMA
In their words

Working with Gigi.

She brought clarity, focus, and strong leadership that restored momentum during COVID — her creativity, commercial awareness, and leadership left a lasting impact on the project's success.

Gustavo Roman
Commercial Head for Global Franchisees, KidZania

Thank you for being an awesome lecturer and innovator! You have been so inspiring — I am so glad I picked this class. It has truly been such a valuable experience.

Winnie
HKU Student

Gigi did well as chair and brought strong presence to the event. She summarised the sessions clearly and kept a lively tone, while her credibility as an industry leader added weight throughout.

Campaign Connect
Event Partner

Working under your leadership and mentorship has been an invaluable experience that I truly treasure. Your unwavering belief in my abilities made the workplace feel like family.

Adrian
Intern

Great teaching! Very engaging and inspiring — you resemble a strong, successful woman, and that is incredibly motivating for young undergraduate women.

HKU Student
Leadership programme

Everything you teach me — on work or on life — is so good. You have been my role model since day 1. Thank you for always being so supportive to me and others.

Shirley
Intern
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