PRESS RELEASE
May 2026
TPA strengthens its global coaching presence with new appointments across Asia
The Preston Associates (TPA) is delighted to announce the appointment of three new Executive Coaches – Mark Chow, Rina Ho and Lucy Lei – further strengthening its international footprint across Asia.
Based in key markets across the region, Mark, Rina and Lucy bring extensive experience and diverse industry backgrounds, enhancing TPA’s expertise and depth of insight. Their appointments position TPA to meet the growing demand for executive coaching in Asia and to support clients navigating increasingly complex and fast-evolving business environments.
With their combined expertise, TPA is well placed to deliver impactful outcomes for senior leaders, helping to drive performance, strengthen leadership effectiveness, and support sustainable success.
Mark Chow
Mark is a seasoned Executive Coach and strategic thinking partner to senior leaders, bringing over 35 years of experience across global organisations including McKinsey, Cisco, and Cargill. Having built and led teams from start-up to industry leadership across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, he combines analytical rigour, commercial judgment, and a strong focus on individual growth. Mark works with executives seeking both to solve complex business challenges and to develop as integrated leaders, offering a trusted and thought-provoking partnership grounded in deep listening, incisive questioning, and practical frameworks.
Previously, Mark held senior leadership roles spanning strategy, corporate development, and regional business growth. At McKinsey, he served clients across FMCG, healthcare, industrial, and technology sectors, becoming an Associate Principal. At Cisco, he led customer partnerships in China, business development in North Asia, and regional strategic marketing. With Cargill, he led strategy and M&A for APAC, overseeing a portfolio of more than 20 businesses, while also serving as a board member and Chairman of regional digital investments.
Rina Ho
Rina is a seasoned Executive Coach and commercially grounded thinking partner with over 25 years of leadership experience across Asia Pacific, spanning global consumer brands such as Adidas, Reebok, and Sony. Combining deep strategic business acumen with a warm yet appropriately challenging coaching style, she supports senior leaders and teams to unlock performance, build trust, and lead with clarity and authenticity. Rina creates a reflective yet practical space where clients can step back, identify patterns, and make tangible shifts that drive both business impact and personal growth.
Previously Vice President at Adidas, Rina led the company’s largest business unit across Asia Pacific and Greater China, driving go-to-market strategy and execution across omni channels to deliver growth in market share, revenue, and brand equity. Her earlier career spans business strategy, marketing, product creation, merchandising, and retail operations, giving her a strong understanding of complex, multicultural matrix organisations. Known as a positive catalyst, she is passionate about developing high-performing teams and fostering collaboration, bringing a strong focus on trust, accountability, and consumer-centric decision-making. Based in Singapore, Rina works fluently across cultures and levels, supporting leaders to navigate complexity and deliver sustainable impact.
Lucy Lei
Lucy is a seasoned Executive Coach with over 30 years of international leadership experience, bringing deep insight into the challenges and opportunities facing senior leaders today. Combining a results-driven yet holistic approach with extensive P&L leadership across corporate and consulting environments, she partners with leaders to maximise their potential, build high-performing cultures, and lead human-centred change. Lucy is valued as a trusted and intuitive thinking partner, helping clients unlock both individual and collective impact through practical, meaningful shifts.
Previously, Lucy held senior leadership roles across Asia and Europe, including leadership positions at Kuehne+Nagel, where she led aerospace logistics and hospitality divisions across APAC and North Asia, and at Oxford Strategic Management, where she served as General Manager, leading international consulting teams and leadership programmes. Her broader career spans aviation logistics, hospitality, supply chain, and consumer goods, where she built and scaled multimillion-dollar businesses, led transformations, and operated across complex, multicultural environments. Having lived and worked across China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and Europe, she brings a strong global perspective and the ability to navigate cultural complexity with ease. Based in Shanghai, Lucy coaches in English and Chinese, is fluent in French, and supports leaders and teams across regions to deliver sustainable growth and impact.
Tom Preston, CEO and founder of TPA, commented: “It is my absolute pleasure to welcome Mark Chow, Rina Ho and Lucy Lei to The Preston Associates (TPA). Mark and Rina are based in Singapore while Lucy calls Shanghai home. These are exceptional additions to the TPA team of Executive Coaches in Asia. Between them they have decades of leadership and commercial experience across Asia and other parts of the world. They are also exceptional coaches with an abundance of wisdom, practicality, and humanity. I know that they will add tremendous value to our clients in the region and beyond.”
Mark Chow commented: “The intense performance pressures across the Asia-Pacific region demand exceptional leadership. I believe TPA is uniquely positioned to support its clients in rising to these challenges, and I look forward to contributing to that success.”
Rina Ho commented: “I’m honoured to join TPA’s exceptional group of coaches through such a rigorous process. I look forward to bringing my Asia-based commercial and leadership experience into my coaching, partnering with senior leaders to co-create new perspectives and drive meaningful impact.”
Lucy Lei commented: “I am truly excited to bring my China and broader Asia perspective, combined with a deep understanding of Western culture, to the TPA global community. From my very first interaction – whether in person or online – I felt part of this remarkable firm. We share a common passion: to serve by empowering senior leaders to navigate complexity with wisdom and courage. We are united by values of trust, humility, and transformative impact. I feel both honoured and grateful to be part of the global TPA team, contributing to a vision that transcends borders.”
Note to Editors:
TPA is a leading Executive Coaching firm that develops senior leaders, teams and organisations internationally. Since 2003 the company has hand-picked its coaches based on their own senior business track records, their diverse backgrounds and a shared set of values. As a result they provide some of the most experienced and highly-qualified Executive Coaching consultants for clients in the UK and across the world.
The company has offices in London, Berlin, Paris, New York, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. They offer coaching in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Cantonese and Mandarin.
TPA has four key Executive Coaching offers:
• Individual Executive Coaching
• Board, Team and Group Coaching
• Organisational Development
• Organisational Insights Reviews
With specialisms in:
• Board & Senior Executive Mentoring
• Dynamic Growth Hub
• Family Business Coaching
• Elite Business Performance
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Business
• Resilience & Crisis Coaching
• Transition Coaching Expertise
The TPA philosophy: To be great Thinking Partners with our clients.
For further information, please contact:
Larisa Alexandrina at The Preston Associates:
[email protected] / 020 7373 5663
