British Business Briefing, Q3, 2017, 31st Oct, Shanghai

China-Britain Business Council is delighted to invite you to attend the 3^rd British Business Briefing of 2017 in the British Centre on Tuesday, 31 October. The British Business Briefing series runs every quarter, and is designed to update you on important policy changes, economic trends and high level visits that affect British businesses in China. As well as CBBC’s senior team and our strategic partners in both the British and Chinese governments, we will also be joined by representatives of the devolved administrations and other government bodies. This allows the Briefings to act as a channel of dialogue between businesses and governments. 

Please note that this is most suitable for D-level and above to attend.

The Briefings are predominately for CBBC members although we welcome non-members who are interested in joining.   All participants are encouraged to come prepared – please submit 1-2 questions for our speakers ahead of time when you confirm your registration. 

Event Details

Date:    Tuesday, 31^st October 2017                            

Location:   Shanghai British Centre, 17F Garden Square, 968   Beijing West Road上海英国中心, 北京西路968号嘉地中心17楼 

Time:            2:15-4:30pm, registration starts from 2pm                                                                                               Format:       Presentations and Q&A  (In English language)

Register:    Register online here or for more information contact : Anna.Zhou@cbbc.org.cn

Agenda:

14:00  Registration and Networking

14:15 Opening remarks - Tingting Yang, Regional Director, East China, China-Britain Business Council

14:20  Analysis on the 19^th Congress, and the impact on British business – Jenny Tyldesley, Consul Economic, British Consulate-General Shanghai

14.40 The Findings of CBI China Sterling Assets Report - Guy Dru Drury, Chief Representative China, CBI

14:55  Overview of China Market Access Survey - Jeff Astle, Executive Director, China-Britain Business Council

15.10  Vision of Women (VoW), Female Business Leadership Programme – Tingting Yang, Regional Director, East China, China-Britain Business Council

15.25  Reflection on Best of British, a new way of promoting British brands – Lynn Hu, Project Manager, Media 10

15:45  Update on China International Industry Fair (CIIF) and UK’s status as Country of Honour – Tony Clemson, Deputy Consul-General, British Consulate-General Shanghai

16:05  Interaction - Floor open to audience for questions or raise their business concerns and challenges

Speaker profiles:

Tingting Yang, China-Britain Business Council

Tingting is responsible for the overall success of CBBC in East China Region - enhancing CBBC’s reputation and impact, maintaining and developing stakeholder relationships and member engagement, nurturing and developing commercial opportunities, and strengthening CBBC’s outreach work in the provinces.  She sits in the Shanghai Office with an oversight of the offices in Hangzhou and Nanjing.

Prior to CBBC Tingting headed the outreach work of the British Consulate-General in Shanghai, developing working relationships with local stakeholders and has led on a number of high-profile projects in the region and nationally.

Jenny Tyldesley, British Consulate General Shanghai

Jennifer Tyldesley took up her position as Consul Economic in the British Consulate in Shanghai in September 2014, following a period of Chinese language training. She leads the UK Government’s political and economic teams in East China: Shanghai, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangsu, including high level visits.

After graduating from Oxford University in PPE, Jenny completed a master’s degree in Development Economics at the School of African and Oriental Studies. She then left London for Africa, to serve as a Health Economist in the Swaziland Ministry of Health as part of an ODI fellowship, before joining the Foreign Office in 2010. Jenny is a keen cyclist, recently spending three weeks on bike cycling from Dandong to Mohe, China’s most northern point!

Tony Clemson, British Consulate General 

Tony Clemson has been the Deputy Consul General in Shanghai since 2016.  He is responsible for strengthening UK relations with local governments, businesses and civil society across the whole of East China. 

In previous diplomatic roles Tony covered international cyber security policy in London, and political and economic issues in South Korea and New Zealand.  Before joining the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2004, Tony served as a Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy for eight years, deploying to the Atlantic, Caribbean and Middle East.

Jeff Astle, China-Britain Business Council

Jeff is based in Shanghai, but his role as CBBC Executive Director covers the whole of China. He has a wealth of business, management consultancy, research and corporate training experience, and his 20-year career includes trade and product marketing, business analysis, market analysis, international business development, and financial management.

Jeff has 15 years’ experience working in the Asia-Pacific region, with the last six years in China, in the education, media, entertainment, and sports & leisure sectors. Before Shanghai he worked in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shenzhen.

Guy Dru Drury MBE, Chief Representative, China NE SE Asia, CBI

Guy Dru Drury is the Chief Representative for the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in China, NE and SE Asia. A sinologist with 11 years¡¯ experience in China and SE Asia he specializes in supporting UK and international corporates build their business and policy networks in-country and across the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to establishing the CBI in China he worked as global business development director in London for a mid-sized professional services firm. Guy is an ultra-distance triathlete and competes in Ironman 70.3 & full Ironman distance disciplines across Asia-Pacific and Europe. He is a fluent Chinese speaker and lives in Beijing.

Lynn Hu, Best of British, Media 10

Lynn is responsible for the overall management of Best of British, which is the largest exhibition of British brands in China has opened its doors in Shanghai on the 19th October 2017. Partnering with the British consulate-General Shanghai, the Department of International Trade and the GREAT Campaign, the brand-new, four-day live event highlighting British lifestyle, innovation, and excellence at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre runs from 19-22 October 2017.