▪ Founder and CEO, Gao Feng Advisory Company

▪ Founding Governor of the Hong Kong Institution for International Finance 

▪ Adjunct Professor, School of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong

▪ One of the pioneers in China’s management consulting industry: built and ran the Greater China operations of two leading international management consulting firms (BCG and Booz) for a period of 20 years

▪ Australia’s In The Black business magazine calls him, “The Father of Management Consulting in China”

▪ Consulted to hundreds of companies, investors, start-ups, and public-sector organizations (both headquartered in and outside of China) on all critical aspects of business in China and China for the world

▪ Consulted to Chinese local governments on development strategies, state-owned enterprise reform and Chinese companies going overseas, as well as to the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank

▪ Author of several hundred articles and six books including both award-winning The China Strategy (2010) and China’s Disruptors (2015), as well as the newly published 《变局思维》 (Strategic Thinking in the Era of Mega Changes) (2022).

▪ Holds a SM and a SB in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a PhD and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley

▪ Nearly 30 years of experience in strategy consulting and executive search in Greater China

▪ Extensive experience focusing on the telecommunications, digital and high tech industries

▪ Previously held several leadership roles at Booz Allen & Hamilton, IBM Corporation, AT&T, Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), Hong Kong Telecom and PCCW, and eBay China

▪ Over 30 years of industry and management consulting experience in Silicon Valley and China, in Regional General Manager and CEO roles at various multinational and Chinese companies 

▪ Expertise in surgical robots, medical devices, biotechnology, semiconductor and process equipment, GPS, optical and laser positioning equipment, machine control, fleet management and asset tracking, laser diodes and TFT-LCD

▪ Rich experience in go-to-market strategies and business plan development, with projects in areas such as surgical robotics, edible vaccine development and artificial cornea manufacturing

▪ Over 35 years of experience, including 15 years as an automotive executive. 16 years of experience in China and Asia

▪ Founder and CEO of Automobility Limited, a strategy and investment advisory firm helping its clients to create the future of mobility

▪ Consulted numerous multinational and local Chinese firms in the formulation and implementation of their global market and product strategies

▪ Chair of the Automotive Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai

▪ Ex-Regional head of Chrysler in North East Asia

▪ Ex-Senior Advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton/Booz & Company

▪ 25 years of experience in advising companies on strategic business and culture transformation to operate successfully in global markets

▪ Consultant on over 100 strategy, transformation and digital innovation projects in the USA, Latin America, Europe, and Greater Asia, including executive recruiting of CEOs, Board and high-performance teams in both incumbent and digital scale up roles

▪ President of Future Lab X, a strategy, innovation and leadership consultancy

▪ Co-Founder of Formula Air Grand Prix, a company developing solutions in personal mobility air vehicles

▪ Previously held industry and consulting roles at Booz & Company, BASF JV Brazil, Deutsche Telekom, Heidrick & Struggles, and Reckitt Benckiser