The Asia Growth Exchange (AGX) is a private community for directors and senior managers from international companies — mid-caps, large SMEs and MNCs — who have put Asia as a core engine in their global growth and innovation strategy.
AGX is a vendor-powered forum and a practical, execution-oriented innovation ecosystem to swap what works (and what doesn’t) on topics like AI adoption, localisation, venture building and scaling pilots across APAC. Conversations are candid and closed-door, interactive and best-practice and solution-focused, yet with zero space for hard sales pitches.
Quick origin story. The exchange community was kicked off in 2022 by James Loudon, Director, Propeller Strategies KG (Vienna), and Erik Walenza, CEO, Asia Growth Partners (Shanghai). Both saw a gap, after a couple of years of constrained travel restrictions, for senior managers looking to drive growth out of adjacencies in Asia to connect with counterparts in European HQs and vice versa — to compare notes and receive inspiration from a wide variety of practitioners of innovation. So the idea of creating a crossover forum for sectors, geographies, functions was born.
We’ve convened more than 50 small-group discussions — highly interactive roundtables, breakfasts and evening mixers in Shanghai, Singapore, Munich and Zurich, as well as virtual sessions. The idea is to create a setting where participants are comfortable to share ideas and develop new approaches together.
Our Technology Focus in 2025
We currently focus on the practical application of AI to solve concrete business challenges in areas such as digital transformation, localisation, new venture building and ecosystem development. All sessions are conducted under Chatham House rules to provide a space for candid dialogue.
Powered by Expertise, Not Sales Pitches
AGX is powered by advisory partners who contribute expertise, networks and facilitation skills — without sales pitches — ensuring the focus remains on peer learning and high-value dialogue. Their role is to guide conversations and enable a substance-based exchange of perspectives.
AGX Advisory Board + Team
James Loudon (Vienna) – Director, Propeller Strategies KG | Co-Founder, AGX
Erik Walenza (Shanghai) – CEO, Asia Growth Partners | Co-Founder, AGX
James Jin (Shanghai) - Managing Partner, Ventech China
Linda Nguyen Schindler (Singapore) – Regional Director, Ecosystem Strategy & Partnerships & Head of AI, Asia, Start2 Group
Sebastian Mueller (Singapore) – Founding Partner, Strategy and Ventures, MING Labs
Zeno Jager (Singapore) – CEO & Co-Founder, Decoda AI | Associate, AGX
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If you’d like to discuss an innovation or Asia market expansion initiative with us, please email: community@asiagrowthexchange.com
