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David Wolf is Managing Director of Allison+Partners’ Global China Practice. Counseling American, Chinese, and European clients in the a range of industries, David specializes in managing the complex communications challenges that arise when foreign firms operate in China, and when Chinese firms go global.

In addition, David is called upon by regional and global media as an analyst and commentator on business in China, and is a regular contributor to publications like The Holmes Report, EuroBiz, Media, AdAge magazine, and WARC. David is an Editorial Advisor for the China Economic Quarterly, and serves on the advisory board of the Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business at Indiana University in the United States. He is the author of several published reports, and his first book, Making the Connection: The Peaceful Rise of China’s Telecommunications Giants, was released in April 2012.

Prior to joining Allison+Partners, David spent seven years as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wolf Group Asia (WGA), a Beijing-based strategic corporate communications advisory firm. Serving a range of clients including Discovery Networks, Motorola Mobility, Google, Foxconn, Blizzard, AOL, About.com and Irdeto, WGA won both client and industry accolades and was named Asia-Pacific Boutique Consultancy of the Year for 2011 by SABRE/Holmes Report in June 2012.

Before starting WGA, David led the Asia-Pacific Technology Practice for Burson-Marsteller. Previously, David was managing director and chief operating officer of Claydon Gescher Associates (CGA), a strategy and public affairs consultancy based in Beijing with a focus on media, entertainment and telecommunications. David has lived in China since 1995. In addition to English, he is fluent in Mandarin and Spanish.