Lieve Dries is General Manager of Noppen, the leading Shanghai-based conference organizer.

She has served as business development manager, event manager with Noppen before becoming General Manager, where her responsibilities grew with dramatically development of the company. Prior to moving to China in 1999, she worked in European event management.

Lieve Dries earned her Bachelors Degree in Linguistics from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

She can speak six languages, including mastering conversational Chinese.