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Ambassador David Adelman - New York City, New York, USA

CEO, Shwe Strategies LLC
Senior Advisor, Albright Stonebridge Group
Senior Advisor, United States Institute of Peace
Former U.S. Ambassador to Burma (Myanmar), 2012-2016; Special Envoy to Burma, 2011-2012
Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (six months acting Assistant Secretary) overseeing Asia in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2009-2011
Specialist in diplomacy and security policy with nearly 30 years of experience in Asian affairs and U.S.-Asia relations
President of the National Democratic Institute (NDI)
Coauthor of China: The Balance Sheet—What the World Needs to Know Now about the Emerging Superpower (2006), and China and the Developing World: Beijing’s Strategy for the 21^st Century (2007).

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

Founder of Sinology LLC, where he advises institutional investors and companies on China’s economy and the implications of U.S.–China relations
Served as China strategist for Matthews Asia and as Shanghai-based China macro strategist for CLSA
Served as U.S. Foreign Service Officer focused on China, including serving as Taiwan desk officer at the State Department and as head of the macroeconomics and domestic policy office at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

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

Served as the 22nd Deputy Secretary of The United States Department of State
Chairman and Co-Founder of The Asia Group
From 2009 to 2013, Kurt served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Author or editor of ten books, including most recently The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia

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”

Senior fellow for China studies in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and was formerly assistant professor at the U.S. Naval War College
Author of China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order (Yale, 2023)

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

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