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Ioana has been based in Shanghai since 2003 where she worked for the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) from 2004 to 2022. From 2009 to 2022 she served as General Manager of the Chamber’s Shanghai Chapter and was responsible for implementation and development of European Chamber objectives, visibility, and advocacy activities on a regional level in Shanghai and neighbouring regions.

Ioana is currently an Associate Director with X-PM Transition Partners, a leading European Executive Interim and Transition Management firm with teams in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. X-PM is part of the WIL group, a network of 13 firms operating in 35 countries that deliver interim and transition solutions to clients around the world and offers a unique international “multi-sourcing” model that leverages the assets of each member firm and ensures the best assignments globally.

A German-qualified lawyer, Ioana practiced with a German law firm in Shanghai from 2003 and 2004. She also holds a PhD degree in law from Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, where she worked from 1999 to 2003 as a Senior Research Assistant focussing on the areas of Civil Law, Insurance Law, Comparative Law, International Private Law and Labour Law.

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Founder and Managing Partner of D’Andrea & Partners Legal Counsel, and Founder of DP Group.
Graduated in Law at the University of Teramo (Italy), he then subsequently obtained a Masters’ degree in Corporate Advisor at LUISS University in Rome and a Diploma in Chinese Studies at Nanjing Normal University and is a member of the Italian Bar Association.
Mr. D’Andrea arrived in China in 2005 and is fluent in Italian (mother tongue), English, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. He mainly deals with cross-border mergers and acquisitions, assistance in ODI/FDI and intellectual property rights.
He is also acting as National Vice President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.

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Nick is The Economist Intelligence Unit's Lead for Global Trade. He has a particular focus on analysis tied to the US-China trade war, but is also responsible for The EIU's views on international trade issues more generally, including in regards to international trade policy, supply chain developments and topics around digital trade and globalisation.

In addition to that role, Nick also concurrently serves on The EIU’s Asia team as an analyst for China, Taiwan and Macau, where he forecasts and writes about macro-economic and political developments in those economies, as well as specific topics including China’s foreign business environment, cross-Strait affairs and the Belt and Road Initiative. He is also a member of The EIU’s Access China team, where he conducts research on China’s 31 provinces and nearly 300 key prefectures. Until 2017, Nick previously served as lead and final editor of The EIU’s now-retired “China Hand” publication, which focused on cross-sector policy and regulatory developments within the mainland Chinese market.

Prior to joining The EIU’s Hong Kong office in early 2017, Nick conducted policy research for several years in Beijing, China as a business advisory services manager with the US-China Business Council (USCBC), a US trade association. While at USCBC, he primarily covered the policy portfolios for the information and communications technology sector. Before his time at USCBC, Nick held previous part time positions at the US Embassy in Beijing and the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City.

Nick holds a BA in Foreign Affairs and Chinese Language and Literature from the University of Virginia, as well graduate certification from the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies.

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Experience includes law (Baker McKenzie), private higher education (project director and main board member, Bond University, Australia), telecoms (group CEO of a major listed network operator Malaysia; one of founders of Starhub Singapore; launch of competitive second operator in UAE and various Asia Pac markets; regional director Asia Pac BT); digital services as regional director Asia Pac in via three company groups: broadband wireless, analytics, digital media. Developed and built policy positions in Thailand on foreign investment, engaging skilled labour, fast track regulatory reform, safe border opening, several aspects of the digital economy (privacy, security, digitalization, digital government, signatures, payments, data management, on-line governance)

Has B.A., LLB (UNSW), Masters, Stanford Graduate School of Business (Sloan Fellow), various IT and board certifications.

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Domenico Ferrari is the Chairman of the Regional Trade Committee of EuroCham Singapore.
A dual qualified (England and Italy) project finance and international trade lawyer with significant experience in frontier markets in Asia, he is currently Counsel for Trading and Shipping, Global LNG at bp, a leading international energy company.
Mr. Ferrari was a Director (2014-2019) and Vice President (2016-2019) of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.
He holds a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from LUISS University (Italy), a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the New York University (USA) and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the National University of Singapore (Singapore).

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Alicia García Herrero is the Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at French investment bank Natixis, based in Hong Kong and is an independent Board Member of AGEAS insurance group. Alicia also serves as Senior Fellow at the European think-tank BRUEGEL and as a non-resident Senior Follow at the East Asian Institute (EAI) of the National University Singapore (NUS). Alicia is also Adjunct Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Finally, Alicia is and an advisor to the Spanish government on economic affairs, a Member of the Board of the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation (CAPRI), a member of the Advisory Board of the Berlin-based Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), an advisor to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s research arm (HKIMR) and a Member of the Council of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation (FUF).
In previous years, Alicia held the following positions: Chief Economist for Emerging Markets at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Member of the Asian Research Program at the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Head of the International Economy Division of the Bank of Spain, Member of the Counsel to the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, Head of Emerging Economies at the Research Department at Banco Santander, and Economist at the International Monetary Fund. As regards her academic career, Alicia has served as visiting Professor at John Hopkins University (SAIS program), China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and Carlos III University.
Alicia holds a PhD in Economics from George Washington University and has published extensively in refereed journals and books (see her publications in ResearchGate, Google Scholar, SSRN or REPEC). Alicia is very active in international media (such as BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC  and CNN) as well as social media (LinkedIn and Twitter). As a recognition of her thought leadership, Alicia was included in the TOP Voices in Economy and Finance by LinkedIn in 2017 and #6 Top Social Media leader by Refinitiv in 2020.