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• Partner at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group
• Served as the Chief Representative of BASF in China for 27 years, where he was responsible for guiding the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiating large projects and leading the company’s government relations
• Served as President of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China three times

Kate Andersen Brower recently co-authored the New York Times bestseller We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America with Norah O’Donnell. She is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Residence, which was made into a television series produced by Shonda Rhimes for … Continued

• Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, NUS
• Founding Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
• Former President, UNSC (Jan 2001 and May 2002)
• Former Permanent Secretary (CEO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
• Honorary International Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Visiting Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

• Former White House Chief Floral Designer
• Author of the book Floral Diplomacy at the White House
• Distinguished Flower Ambassador (Royal Horticultural Society of Belgium)

• Partner at Rhodium Group and leads the firm’s China Markets Research work
• Senior Associate of the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Served as head of China research for Medley Global Advisors and a China analyst with Stone & McCarthy Research Associates

• Founder of Epic, the largest female-only angel network in the APAC region
• Started her career in Mergers & Acquisitions, she swiftly rose to become the global CFO of a leading design firm, spearheading its successful expansion from Europe to the U.S. 

• Professor at NYU’s International Relations MA program
• She is a leading voice in global risk and future trends, and one of the few women in this male-dominated field
• She serves as an advisor to the World Economic Forum on its Global Foresight Network
• Co-chair in AI Policy at think tank The Digital Economist overseeing research on tech risks and opportunity

• First USAF Female Fighter Pilot
• First USAF Female Fighter Wing Commander
• Combat Veteran

• Grief informed trauma therapist
• Writer, grief advocate, and educator
• MA, LICSW (Masters Degree in child development and Masters Degree Social Work)

• Strategic Advisor to C10 Labs, the MIT Media Lab based AI Venture Studio
• She served President George W. Bush in the White House as Special Assistant to the President and on The National Economic Council
• After 9/11 she was also assessed Terrorism Risks to the Economy and Pentagon procurement from tech startups
• Her most recent bestseller, The Infinite Leader, won the International Press Award for the Best Book on Leadership for 2021