Past Notable Speakers
Politicians | Public Sector | IGO
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Ambassador Xiaoming LIU
Former Chinese Ambassador to the UK
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HE The Hon Dr Kevin RUDD AC
26th Australian Prime Minister;
Current Australian Ambassador to the United States
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Dr Natalie LICHTENSTEIN
General Counsel, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
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Ambassador Dominic Barton
Former Canadian Ambassador to China;
Chairman of Rio Tinto;
Former Global Managing Director of MCKINSEY & Company
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Prof Sir Brian HOSKINS
Former Founding Director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment
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Jianjun TU
Distinguished Fellow at the Energy Research Institute, Peking University
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Changhua WU
Greater China Director, the Climate Group
Academia | Economics | Finance
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Prof Eric MASKIN
Professor of Economics at the Harvard University;
Nobel Prize Winner in Economics
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Prof Danny QUAH
Professor in Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore;
Former Head of the Economics Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science
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Prof Weiying ZHANG
Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Market and Network, Peking University
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Prof Keyu JIN
Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science;
World Economic Forum Young Global Leader
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Prof Zhiwu CHEN
Professor of Finance at the University of Hong Kong
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Prof David Daokui LI
Founding Director of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University
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Prof Xiaonian XU
Professor of Economics and Finance, China Europe International Business School
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Yuanzheng CAO
Chairman, BOC International Holdings Limited
Academia | Humanities
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Prof GΓΆran MALMQVIST
Former Jury Member of the Nobel Prize for Literature;
Professor of Sinology at the Stockholm University
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Prof Weifang HE
Professor of Law at Peking University
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Prof Christopher HUGHES
Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science
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Prof James MILLWARD
Professor of Inter-Societal History at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
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Prof William CALLAHAN
Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science
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Dr Matthew ERIE
Associate Professor of Modern Chinese Studies at the University of Oxford
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Dr David DOLLAR
American Economist and China Scholar;
Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center
Business
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Stephen PERRY
Chairman of the 48 Group Club
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Lord O'NEILL of Gatley
Former Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management;
Former Chair of Chatham House Council
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Sir Douglas FLINT CBE
Former Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings
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Xiaoping XU
Co-Founder of New Oriental Group;
Founder, ZhenFund
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Ambassador Dominic BARTON
Chairman of Rio Tinto;
Former Global Managing Director of MCKINSEY & Company;
Former Canadian Ambassador to China
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Diana ROBINSON
Head of Investments & Advice for the United Kingdom, Ireland & Channel Islands, J. P. Morgan Private Bank EMEA
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Joe KAESER GCME
Former CEO of Siemens;
Supervisory Board Chairman, Siemens Energy
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Gordon ORR
Non-Executive Director of Swire Pacific, Lenovo, Meituan, Fidelity China Special Situations Investment Trust and EQT AB
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Julian FISHER
Chair of British Chamber of Commerce in China;
Founder of Venture Education
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Aman WANG
Board Member of the 48 Group Club;
Managing Director and Partner of Boston Consulting Group