Chairman, BritCham China

St. John has over 15 years’ experience in Beijing working with foreign companies operating across China, and Chinese companies going global. He regularly advises on government engagement, public policy issues, market access challenges and cross-border M&A and looks forward to bringing these experiences to the Exco.

Chair, The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai

Rosie Hawes is a Partner in Control Risks’ Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence practice in Greater China and North Asia. In this role, she leads a team of consultants in advising clients in areas of business intelligence, pre-transaction due diligence and reactive investigations. Rosie has more than a decade’s experience conducting comprehensive due diligence research and enquiries across all major sectors.

Prior to this role, Rosie ran the Moscow-based Russia and Central Asia Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence team, where, in addition to leading pre-transaction due diligence and business intelligence projects, she was responsible for managing fraud investigations and anti-corruption training. Before joining Control Risks, Rosie worked at the British Embassy in Moscow as deputy head of the Organised Crime Liaison Office for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Rosie is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE) and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMLS). She has a master’s degree in terrorism studies from the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St Andrews, focusing on terrorist financing and an MBA (China) from Jiaotong University. Rosie speaks native English, fluent Russian and is currently studying Mandarin.

Vice Chairman, The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai

In a career spanning 30 years, Ray has lived & worked in China for 19 of them and before Gleeds worked for ABB, Johnson Matthey and ICI. Ray was Chair of the Construction & Property Focus Group for the British Chamber Shanghai; as well as being active with the Manchester China Forum & the Chamber’s Manchester Working Group; he sits on the Advisory Board of the University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus. Ray was co-author of the inaugural Position Paper on behalf of all four British Chambers in China and was part of the London outreach delegation presenting the Paper to the UK government and other stakeholders.

Co-chair, Legal & Compliance Committee, The British Chamber of Commerce Shanghai

Alex is a corporate and technology lawyer in Linklaters’ China team. He advises on a wide range of TMT-related issues such as cybersecurity and data protection, IP licensing and digital platform establishment.

Alex’s clients cover a wide range of sectors, including TMT, automotive, consumer, healthcare and financial services. His recent experience includes advising: a multinational company on the data protection aspects of its proposed acquisition and integration of a snack retailer in China; one of world’s largest providers of cancer and cardiac care services on the data protection considerations of establishing a remote diagnosis platform in partnership with Chinese hospitals; a multinational automotive enterprise on data transfers, consumer protection and unfair contract terms in respect of its proposed electric car online remote update systems; and a large UK-based telecoms group on cybersecurity and communications interception issues in China. Alex holds an executive MBA from China Europe International Business School.

Born in Leicester, James has received a bachelor’s degree in International Business at the University of Hull, and a Master’s degree in Business Analysis and Strategic Management at the University of Manchester. He has lived and worked for the Chamber for the past 3 years, James has a vast amount of knowledge on how British FTSE 100/250 businesses operate within the China market with an oversight of their operational challenges and barriers to market access. His experience lies within the mining & infrastructure industries having previously worked for construction companies in Nigeria.