Meet our keynote speakers

  • Emma Reynolds MP

    Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, HM Treasury

  • Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles KCMG LVO

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

  • Peter Burnett OBE BBS

    Chief Executive, China-Britain Business Council

  • Wang Qi

    Chargé d'Affaires, Chinese Embassy

  • Gordon Orr

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

  • Becky Liu

    Managing Director, Head, China Macro Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd

  • Sir David Quarrey

    Group Head of Public Affairs, HSBC

  • Marina Valls

    Director, Energy Strategy, KPMG

  • Fang Wenjian

    Chairman of China Chamber of Commerce in the UK, General Manager of Bank of China London Branch

  • Trey McArver

    Co-Founder of Trivium/China

  • Yang Ming

    CEO of Westwell Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd.

  • John Dykes

    Sales Deputy Director for UK, Ming Yang Smart Energy Group Limited

  • Dr Carwyn Morris

    University Lecturer of Digital China at Leiden University, Netherlands

  • Huang Shan

    Director & Senior Fellow, Caixin Insight

  • Joe Li

    Head of China Desk, HSBC UK Commercial Banking

  • Natasha Luther-Jones

    Partner, Global Co-Chair, Energy and Natural Resources Sector and International Head, Sustainability & ESG, DLA Piper

  • Professor Xu Hongming

    Chair of Energy and Automotive Engineering and Head of the Vehicle Research Centre, University of Birmingham

  • Xiaoming Gao (Gavin)

    CEO, Penlon Limited

  • Herbert Lonsdale

    International Automotive Consultant and former Global Skills Ambassador for the Institute of the Motor Industry

  • Sarah Nolan

    Head of Global Programmes, UK’s National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA)

  • Sharon (Ling Zhi) Heng

    Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Private Eye Hospital

  • Jack Porteous

    Commercial Director, TONG Global

  • David Haigh

    Chairman and CEO, Brand Finance Plc

  • Kai-Chuan Chao  Commercial and Cultural Partnerships, East Asia Lead, The British Library

    Kai-Chuan Chao

    Commercial and Cultural Partnerships, East Asia Lead, The British Library

  • Claire Urry

    Chief Commercial Officer, China-Britain Business Council

  • Antoaneta Becker

    Director, Consumer Economy, China-Britain Business Council

  • James Brodie

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

  • Celine Tang

    Retail & E-commerce Sector Lead, China-Britain Business Council

  • Elinor Greenhouse

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