Past Notable Speakers

Politicians | Public Sector | IGO

  • Former Chinese Ambassador to the UK

    Ambassador Xiaoming LIU

    Former Chinese Ambassador to the UK

  • HE The Hon Dr Kevin RUDD AC

    26th Australian Prime Minister;

    Current Australian Ambassador to the United States

  • Dr Natalie LICHTENSTEIN

    General Counsel, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

  • Ambassador Dominic Barton

    Former Canadian Ambassador to China;

    Chairman of Rio Tinto;

    Former Global Managing Director of MCKINSEY & Company

  • Prof Sir Brian HOSKINS

    Former Founding Director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment 

  • Jianjun TU

    Distinguished Fellow at the Energy Research Institute, Peking University

  • Changhua WU

    Greater China Director, the Climate Group

Academia | Economics | Finance

  • Prof Eric MASKIN

    Professor of Economics at the Harvard University;

    Nobel Prize Winner in Economics

  • 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

  • Prof Weiying ZHANG

    Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Market and Network, Peking University

  • Prof Keyu JIN

    Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science;

    World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

  • Prof Zhiwu CHEN

    Professor of Finance at the University of Hong Kong

  • Prof David Daokui LI

    Founding Director of Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University

  • Prof Xiaonian XU

    Professor of Economics and Finance, China Europe International Business School

  • Yuanzheng CAO

    Chairman, BOC International Holdings Limited

Academia | Humanities

  • Prof GΓΆran MALMQVIST

    Former Jury Member of the Nobel Prize for Literature;

    Professor of Sinology at the Stockholm University

  • Prof Weifang HE

    Professor of Law at Peking University

  • Prof Christopher HUGHES

    Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science

  • Prof James MILLWARD

    Professor of Inter-Societal History at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

  • Prof William CALLAHAN

    Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science

  • Dr Matthew ERIE

    Associate Professor of Modern Chinese Studies at the University of Oxford

  • Dr David DOLLAR

    American Economist and China Scholar;

    Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center

Business

  • Stephen PERRY

    Chairman of the 48 Group Club

  • Lord O'NEILL of Gatley

    Former Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management;

    Former Chair of Chatham House Council

  • Sir Douglas FLINT CBE

    Former Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings

  • Xiaoping XU

    Co-Founder of New Oriental Group;

    Founder, ZhenFund

  • Ambassador Dominic BARTON

    Chairman of Rio Tinto;

    Former Global Managing Director of MCKINSEY & Company;

    Former Canadian Ambassador to China

  • Diana ROBINSON

    Head of Investments & Advice for the United Kingdom, Ireland & Channel Islands, J. P. Morgan Private Bank EMEA

  • Joe KAESER GCME

    Former CEO of Siemens;

    Supervisory Board Chairman, Siemens Energy

  • Gordon ORR

    Non-Executive Director of Swire Pacific, Lenovo, Meituan, Fidelity China Special Situations Investment Trust and EQT AB

  • Julian FISHER

    Chair of British Chamber of Commerce in China;

    Founder of Venture Education

  • Aman WANG

    Board Member of the 48 Group Club;

    Managing Director and Partner of Boston Consulting Group