Club Origins

On December 6, 2007 the first organizational meeting of ICD was held. This expat group knew there was a need for improved social and business networking opportunities in the area. The time had come to finally make these connections!

The greater Dalian metropolitan area is an important and growing business center in northern China. It is essential to the companies and their foreign employees to have business networking opportunities in the area. In addition, they also felt it was important to put something back into their community by helping others in the local community.

The objective of The ICD is to provide a social and business network to enrich the living experience for expatriates and their families living in and around Dalian.

Management Committee

Raymond J. Bragg, Chairman Emeritus
Born and educated in New Zealand, Raymond has worked as a hotelier over the last 20 years. Raymond has spent the last 7 years as General Manager with Shangri-la International in Myanmar and Dalian. Raymond is currently working in Cebu, Philippines. Raymond has served on various boards and committees ranging from schools boards, social clubs and Chambers of Commerce. Raymond was Chairman of the Marketing Committee for Tourism in Myanmar. Raymond's wife Susan is from Singapore and they have a 12 year old daughter.

Harald Prytz, Chairman
Originally from Oslo, Norway, Harald has lived in Dalian since 2004 with his wife and daughter. Harald is the Resident Manager at the Swissotel Dalian and enjoys family and kids activities in Dalian.

Armin Natter, Vice Chairman
Originally from Germany, Armin has been living in China since 1995. He has worked in Guangdong and Shanghai previous to coming to Dalian in 2005. He is the Managing Director of Liebherr Hydr. Excavator Manufacturing. Married and with two sons, Armin has a long-term focus of residing in Dalian.

Frederic Choux, Treasurer
Coming from France to Dalian with his French wife Barbara, Frederic has enjoyed life in Dalian for more than 3 years. Frederic is a French Wines importer and distributor here and to other major cities in China, but chose to be established in Dalian.

Hank Chang, Government Affairs
Hank Chang transferred to Dalian with his wife Sunny Wang in September of 2007 from Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA). Hank is the Director of Site Administration and Technology Training for Intel Dalian. They have 2 grown daughters who are living in US. Hank and Sunny will stay here until the new factory has begun manufacturing operations.

Adam Livermore, Legal Affairs & Audit
Originally from London, England, Adam has been living in China for four years. He has spent the last year and a half in Dalian. Adam is Regional Manager at Dezan Shira & Associates, a consultancy helping foreign invested companies with their projects all around China.

Rita Jolly, Club Secretary
Rita Jolly and her husband Praveen are originally from the Midwest US. They have been 'on the road' since 1994 as their first stop was Hong Kong and later Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In 2004 they lived in Shanghai until moving to Dalian a year and a half ago. They have two grown children residing in the US.

Jennifer Prescott, Membership
Jennifer Prescott first arrived in Yantai, China in October 2003 with her husband Paul on an invitation by Yantai Raffles. Jennifer immediately began the quest to create a restaurant group. After three years of research and development, the first restaurant, The Riviera was opened in Dalian on the 26th of January 2007. Paul and Jennifer have two sons, Hunter and Ehnen (also living in Dalian) who bring with them valuable experience that will help in the future development of the restaurant group. The family, either in part or whole, has been in Asia for over 30 years.

Brian Berneking, Regional Representative - Jinshitan
Hailing from the farm in Kansas, Brian Berneking has been in Dalian for the past 19 months. Brian is the Founding Director of Dalian American International School, a Pre-K to Grade 10 school for expatriate children, located near the Development Area in the Golden Pebble Beach Resort. This is his third international school posting during his 20 years in education.

Kim Lim, Public Relations
Kim is a Chinese Australian currently living and working in Dalian for the Dalian Software Park as a Senior Project Manager. As a Senior Project Manager, Kim's role is to promote Dalian as a Regional Outsourcing Center and a location for international investment to international companies.

Alex Bowman, Information Technology
Originally from London, England, Alex came to Dalian in late 2005. He is currently studying Chinese at the Northeast University of Finance and Economics.

Hunter M. Prescott, Events Coordinator
A native Australian, raised in S.E.Asia, Hunter has been involved with the broadcast Video Production industry in three countries for over ten years. Hunter brings to Dalian a wealth of experience from multi-camera productions, live studio television production and corporate message style video to Dalian.

Jacinta Mora-George, Community Social Activities
Jacinta Mora-George is known to most people as Cindy and is a native of the beautiful cosmopolitan Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago. Cindy arrived in Dalian a little over two years ago with her husband and son.

Mike Threatt, Business Networking Activities

A Louisiana native, Mike has been working in Asia for more than 13 years and made Dalian his home base in 1996. In 2004 he began as vice GM of DLUHR and is mainly concerned with the development of employment opportunities for westerners.

Anna Lee G.L., Charity
Anna is from Singapore and has been in Dalian for the pass 18 months. Anna currently teaches at the Maple Leaf Preschool in Dalian.

Open Roles include:
- Regional Representative – Kaifaqu
- Regional Representative – Lushun