Loretta Lee

Ms Lee began her career in market research, working for an international advertising agency as research director. In 1972 she founded TransMarket Research Limited, in partnership with ASI of Los Angeles. It conducted consumer and industrial research throughout the area for a range of major international corporations, including Philip Morris, General Motors, Toyota, and IBM. TransMarket was one of the first research companies to conduct market studies in China after the country began to normalize its relations with the outside world.