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  • Correspondent, Beijing Bureau of The Economist
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  • 63rd Superintendent of the US Naval Academy, the nation’s premier leadershipdevelopment institution
  • Over 4000 flight hours and command- level leadership at the Squadron, Air Wing, and three higher- level organizations culminating with command of the US FOURTH Fleet.
  • Having commanded six times in the military, he has tremendous applied-leadership experience at the highest levels of military and government as well as specialization in strategy and policy development and international affairs.
  • Ashore, he had over a decade of service in the Pentagon on multiple tours of duty with the Navy Staff as well as the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During these tours he specialized in strategy and policy development, international affairs, as well as personnel management.
Alec Ash
  • Journalist based in Beijing
  • Author of Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China
  • Co-editor of While We’re Here, an anthology of stories from China
  • Founder and editor of the Anthill, a ‘writers’ colony’ of stories from China
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  • Navy SEAL combat veteran
  • Successful entrepreneur and expert in leadership and organizational management
  • Undergraduate degrees in Finance & Economics, MBA, degrees in English & History from Oxford University
  • TV personality
  • Philanthropist
David Wolf
  • Managing Director of Allison+Partners’ Global China Practice
  • Specialist in complex communications challenges from foreign business in China
  • Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Wolf Group Asia (WGA)

 

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  • Corporate Entrepreneur
  • Futurist of Work
  • Future Boards
Ian Johnson
  • A free-lance correspondent based in Beijing and Berlin, accredited in China for The New York Times
  • Writer for New York Review of Books, which is widely recognized as an influential magazine of ideas, The New Yorker, National Geographic
  • An expert in China issues (especially politics, stability, prospects for reform), Islam in Europe, non-fiction writing and problems in journalism
  • 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner for International Reporting (China coverage)
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  • Author of China Goes West: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese Companies Going Global (Palgrave Macmillan)
  • An expert on global branding, and how Chinese companies are reshaping international business
  • Managing Director at Frontier Strategy Group
  • Member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations
Laura Dowling
  • Former White House Chief Floral Designer
  • Author of the book Floral Diplomacy at the White House
  • Distinguished Flower Ambassador (Royal Horticultural Society of Belgium)
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  • The first Chinese woman to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents and to ski to both the North Pole and the South Pole.
  • Expert and Coach on Mental Strength training, Setting Right Goals, Sustainable Motivations, Building a Passionate Team.

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