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John Adams was previously a Bank Supervisor, and Manager for China at the Bank of England (1973-1992), and then Adviser for China at West Merchant Bank, a London investment bank specialising in power sector financing (1992-1994). He was also Technical Director of the British Council’s China Financial Sector Training Scheme (1999-2004), which placed 229 Chinese bankers and insurers on work experience in London.
He is currently Director of two consultancies, China Financial Services and HR China Financial, and Senior Adviser for China to the UK qualifications body, CISI (Chartered Securities & Investment Institute.) He is also a member of OMFIF, (Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum), a central bank think- tank.
He has written a number of books and reports on China, including a survey Chinese of gold jewellery and another on Chinese gold-mining for the World Gold Council, and a review of China’s electricity sector, as well as editing an English-Chinese Dictionary of Finance and PPP (Public Private Partnerships). He is currently engaged with providing training for PPP to officials from the City of Jinan. And also in promoting CISI wealth management qualifications in Qingdao, China’s nominated national wealth management centre.

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Ms. Yvonne Li currently serves as Vice Chair of the Human Resources Working Group. Yvonne is currently Senior BP at CDP Group Limited. In the past, she worked as National Education Manager for L’Oreal Professionnel, China, providing B2B technical training service to enable its hair beauty business across China. She also advises her industry clients on talent management strategy and practices as an enabler of business growth & excellence. Prior to her L’Oreal function, she has been an HR manager for 6 years with Bayer, covering roles in Recruitment, Training, People Development, Shared Services Center, etc. One of her accountabilities was to manage Bayer’s corporate and vocational schools where graduates with customized corporate work process training will be directly recruited as operational work force. Prior to her MNC work, Yvonne was a Learning & Development consultant for 8 years delivering leadership development programs, and a teacher with Shanghai Science & Technology University for 6 years, where was voted as a model teacher for her clear and concise teaching.