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• Partner, Reed Smith LLP
• 15^th U.S. Ambassador to Singapore
• Part-Time Professor of International Relations at New York University

• Former Georgia State Senator

• Over 35 years as U.S. Senator (D-MT) (1978-2013)
• 7 years as Chairman, Senate Finance Committee (2007-2014)
• U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (2014-2017)
• Three decades of experience in the US Senate serving on the committees of Finance, Taxation, Deficit Reduction, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Environment and Public Works
• A seasoned voice on issues important to your business and audiences around the globe

Ben Harburg is a Managing Partner at MSA Capital, a global investment firm with over $2 billion in assets under management. Mr. Harburg also leads MSA Novo, the emerging markets focused franchise of MSA. Ben has significant investment and operations … Continued

• Served nearly 6 years in the White House National Security Council (2009-2015) as President Obama’s top advisor on Asia
• Longest serving Asia advisor to President Obama and a key architect of Obama’s China policy   
• Served in Treasury Department as Policy Advisor to U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue led by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
• Served as Senior Asia Analyst at the RAND Corporation for 7 years
• Georgetown University Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies

• Founder and Chairman, BDA China, a leading investment consulting firm.
• Author of “Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built”
• Founder, investor and leading advisor on China’s dynamic technology and consumer sectors.
• Recipient of the 2016 Book of the Year award by The Economist for ‘Alibaba‘

● Chief Macro Investment Strategist, Private Capital Limited
● Global economist based in Hong Kong or 25+ years
● Chief Regional Economist: Smith New Court Far East Ltd., SG Warburg Far East Ltd., ABN-AMRO Ltd.
● Iconoclastic predictor of national and global trends

• Senior Fellow, Asia Society
• An expert on U.S.-China relations, Chinese political risk, North Korea, international affairs, and Asian politics
• On-air contributor, CBS-N, international affairs analyst, PRI’s The World

• President and Chief Executive Officer of Barbara Franklin Enterprises
• An expert in corporate governance, auditing, and financial reporting practices
• The 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce for President George H.W. Bush

• 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.