Meet our keynote speakers

  • Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles KCMG LVO

    Chair, China-Britain Business Council; Senior Adviser, HSBC Holdings plc

  • Bim Afolami MP

    Economic Secretary to the Treasury

  • H.E. Ambassador Zheng Zeguang

    Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom

  • Christopher Davies

    Deputy Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Continental Europe

  • Qing Pan

    President & CEO of Jaguar Land Rover China

  • Jinny Yan

    Managing Director, ICBC Standard Bank

  • Marco Forgione

    Marco Forgione

    Director General, The Institute of Export and International Trade

  • Gordon Orr

    Non-Executive Director of Swire Pacific, Meituan, Lenovo and EQT

  • Professor Sue Welburn

    Chair of Medical and Veterinary Molecular Epidemiology, The University of Edinburgh

  • David Roth

    CEO, The Store – WPP, Chairman BAV

  • Jane Liang

    Chief Procurement Officer, Diageo

  • Paul Taylor

    Paul Taylor

    Chief Advisor CRRC Times Semiconductor Co. Ltd

  • Mark Hedley

    Deputy Head, Investment Promotion, InvestHK

  • Yin Noe

    Head of UK & EU, YRD Automotive Alliance

  • Andrew Seaton

    Chief Executive, China-Britain Business Council

  • Eugene McKenna

    Hydrogen and Sustainable Technologies Director, Johnson Matthey

  • Kristina Koehler-Coluccia

    Head of Business Advisory, Woodburn Accountants & Advisors

  • Bill Ireland

    CEO, Logan Energy

  • Hilary Smith

    SVP, Corporate & Commercial CGA and CCO Office, GSK

  • David Game

    SVP Global Product for Medical Education, Elsevier

  • Duncan Levesley

    Director, Public Services Advisory, Grant Thornton UK LLP

  • James Grayland

    International Director, Heighten

  • Claire Urry

    Chief Commercial Officer, China-Britain Business Council

  • Lise Bertelsen

    Executive Director, Public Affairs, China-Britain Business Council

  • James Brodie

    Regional Director, Scotland, Commercial Director, Industrial, China-Britain Business Council

  • Elinor Greenhouse

    Senior Adviser, Tech and Innovation, China-Britain Business Council

  • Ben Rotheram

    Director, Service Delivery, China, China-Britain Business Council