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• 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.

• Distinguished Fellow 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

• 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

• 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)

• Founder of The Horan Group
• Expert in cross cultural and women leaders
• Author of I Wish I’d Known That Earlier in My Career: The Power of Positive Workplace Politics and How Asian Women Lead: Lessons for Global Corporations

• Randy spent 28 years with the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations, most recently serving as the Chief CIA representative in China
• Randy previously spent more than a decade as Managing Partner for Asia of the Mintz Group, managing the Group’s activities across Asia

• Served commander Carrier Strike Group 8 embarked aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and as commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and U.S 10th Fleet
• Served in joint positions as director of operations for NATO’s Joint Force Command Lisbon; as chief of staff for Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO; director of operations, J3, for U.S. Cyber Command; and as director of operations, J3, for the Joint Staff

• Served as the principal deputy national security advisor in the second Trump administration from January to May 2025
• Served as Deputy Special Representative for North Korea
• Prior to his North Korea work, Alex led the State Department’s efforts to craft and implement the Free & Open Indo-Pacific Strategy as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional & Security Affairs in the State Department’s East Asia bureau
• Prior to his time at the State Department, Alex was the Foreign Policy Advisor & General Counsel to Senator Tom Cotton (R- Ark.)

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

• Co-Founder and CEO of ADDO AI
• Futurist and Artificial Intelligence Expert
• Chairman of 21C GIRLS, a charity that delivers free coding classes to girls in Singapore
• Co-Author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization
• Served on the Singapore Ministry of Education’s ASPIRE Steering Committee that developed a blueprint for transforming the national higher education system towards innovative industries