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Alumni News
What do Hilton; Cartier; Jack Daniel’s
and Hershey have in common?
They represent the career path of Molly Zhou since graduating
from KMS with an MA Human Resource Management.
Since graduation Molly has held leadership positions in
multi-national companies across the industries of hospitality,
luxury goods, wine and spirits and fast moving consumer
goods in both China and the United Kingdom.
She spent nearly 7 years with InterContinental Hotels Group

(IHG) working for different brands and as Training Project
Leader on two task forces set up to support the opening of
new hotels, one of which was the largest Holiday Inn in the
world in 2006. Having established herself as a proven HR
professional, Molly then became Training Champion at the
Hilton London Olympia where she played an important role in
improving the employee satisfaction score on training.
After returning to China in 2009, Molly managed the Human
Resources function for Cartier, one of the most prestigious
watch and jewellery brands in the world and Brown-Forman,
a US-based leading wine and spirits company with iconic
brand, Jack Daniel’s whiskey. Currently, she is leading the
Organisation/Talent Development function for Hershey
China, the subsidiary of the largest chocolate manufacture
in North America.
Molly has often been invited back to Keele to share her
experience of the China/UK HR and training experience to
students who are new to UK study and life.

Molly (right) meeting with
Marie-France Johns in Shanghai

She is pictured here meeting up with Marie-France Johns,
Keele’s International Recruitment Manager at an event
in Shanghai.

‘Forever Young’ – KMS marketing
students turn back time
KMS Marketing students are helping consumers to turn back time with ‘Skinfinity’ a locally
developed health supplement designed to both reduce ageing in skin and to prolong suntans.
Developed by Keele Science Park Company, George and Partners, Skinfinity
is a new, 100% natural supplement that works by protecting the “skin from
within”. The capsules contain only natural ingredients which help to build
up a deep, long-lasting tan, whilst simultaneously protecting the skin
against UV-induced ageing. Its key constituents are powerful, naturally
occurring anti-oxidants, including lycopene and beta-carotene as well as
vitamins C and E to improve skin protection and to prolong the effect of
the supplement.
KMS Marketing students are conducting a market research project looking
at customer perceptions of tanning and the health benefits of supplements
before developing a strategic plan to help to boost sales of the product.
We’ll report back on the results in our next magazine (when we’ll all be
looking tanned and a lot younger!).