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• 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

• Diplomat in Residence at the Asia Society Policy Institute
• Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• Former Special Assistant to President Obama
• Former National Security Staff Senior Director for Asian Affairs

• President, Paul G. Clifford & Associates, LLC
• Business strategist and historian of China
• Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• Author of the acclaimed book, “The China Paradox”

• 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

• President of Harves Investment Group
• Founder of The Wade Group
• Former Senior Vice President and Head of China Operations at Green Tech Automotive

• 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.

Aliza KNOX was named the IT Woman of the Year (Asia) in 2020, in the top 100 Women in Tech 2021 (Singapore), the AWA Singapore International Business Woman of the Year in 2015, elected to Chief Executive Women (Australia) in … Continued

• Managing Director of Allison+Partners’ Global China Practice
• Specialist in complex communications challenges from foreign business in China
• Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Wolf Group Asia (WGA)