Meet the Team
William Brocklehurst
Managing Partner
SEC Newgate China
Based in Hong Kong, William is an experienced corporate affairs adviser with over 20 years of experience in strategic communications, public affairs, and geopolitical advisory.
Before joining SEC Newgate, William served as a Director at Brunswick’s Hong Kong office, and he previously worked for the consultancy Teneo and the healthcare company Bupa. Prior to working in Hong Kong, William worked for the business group CBI in the United Kingdom.
Candise Tang
Partner and Co-Head of China (Mainland)
SEC Newgate China
Candise has experience advising Hong Kong, Mainland Chinese, Japanese and multinational companies on a wide range of critical business issues, ranging from reputation management, crises, M&A transactions, litigations, proxy battles and public affairs. Prior to Newgate, she was with CBRE as Communications Manager, where she led both the internal and external communications for the real estate services and investment firm in Hong Kong and the broader Greater Bay Area.
Previously she worked for Brunswick where she supported an array of businesses in private equity, asset management, banking and TMT on their communications needs. During her time, she handled a series of high-stakes corporate reputation issues for leading family businesses and inbound transactions. She speaks native Chinese and fluent English and Japanese.
