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Chen Xingdong, was born in 1960. He graduated from Peking University with a Bachelors and a Masters Degree in Economics in 1983 and 1985 respectively. He studied macroeconomics at Oxford University as a visiting postgraduate from 1986-1988.

Early in his career, Chen worked for the World Bank in both Beijing and Washington DC, and was the economist and section chief of the Economic Reform Commission of the PRC’s State Council, participating in a series of China’s opening-up and reform policy formulation and implementation. Since leaving the public sector Chen has worked in the investment banking industry for more than 25 years. Since 1998, he has worked as the Managing Director, Chief China Economist, Chief Representative of BNP Paribas Equities Beijing Rep Office, head of GM Macroeconomic Research, head of GM Research and a member of the GM Research Executive Committee.

Mr Chen was recognised as the Chief Economist of the Year (2016) by China Financial Value Ranking; the best China Economist by Asiamoney (2001), and as the cover-page figure by the PBOC magazine of China Finance (Feb 2017). He frequently gives presentations to conferences, forums and seminars on thematic topics and is a guest professor at the School of Economics of Peking University, and at the School of Financial Study of the China Political and Legal University.

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Zhu Ning is appointed as Senior Partner and Head of China at Brunswick Group. He was Oceanwide Chair Professor of Finance, Deputy Dean, National Institute of Financial Research, Tsinghua University, Co-director of the DBA/EMBA/EE programs and a Professor of Finance at Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), a faculty fellow at the Yale University International Center for Finance, and a Special-Term Professor of Finance at University of California, Davis and at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.

Professor Zhu is an expert on behavioral finance, investments, corporate finance, and the Asian financial markets. He has published numerous articles in leading journals in the finance, economics, management and legal fields, including Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Legal Studies, etc. Professor Zhu has also written or co-authored several books, including most recently "China's Guaranteed Bubble".

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Andrew Polk is the Co-founder and Head of Economic Research at Trivium China, a Beijing-based strategic advisory firm.

Before founding Trivium, Polk was the China Director at Medley Global Advisors, where he advised asset managers and hedge funds on developments in China's economy and financial markets.

Previously, Polk was the Resident China Economist at The Conference Board's China Center, where he conducted economic analysis on the Chinese economy for corporate clients.

Polk is the co-author of The Long, Soft Fall in Chinese Growth and maintains a deep network of professional contacts in the official, academic, and business communities in China – built over a decade of living in China and working on China issues.

Other research positions he has held include stints at the Institute of International Finance and the U.S. Treasury; he holds an MA in economics and international relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS.