∷  During the 15 years Tom has spent in China, he was a key member of the public relations department at Nestlé (China) and headed up Ketchum Newscan’s Chinawide Food & Nutrition team, where he created innovative PR programs that helped clients enhance their reputation and advance their business objectives in the Chinese market.

∷ Tom’s wealth of marketing communications experience in China has seen him working closely with food clients such as the Norwegian Seafood Export Council, the Almond Board of California, Nestlé, McDonald's, Heinz, Hormel, Cadbury's, the US Potato Board, the US Dairy Export Council, the American Soybean Association and Rich's.

∷Once a chef, always a chef: as President of SYNERGY, Tom occasionally dons his chef hat and invites leading Chinese lifestyle magazines into his kitchen where they photograph his latest culinary creations for feature stories.