“China: 2021, the 14th Five Year Plan"

Daniel Widdicombe in conversation with Stefan Pellech.

Daniel worked at China Construction Bank ("CCB") in London from 2009 to 2020, building the institutional client platform in the UK and Europe. He has worked on numerous ground-breaking transactions for CCB including the first London-listed RMB-denominated Dim Sum bond issued by a Chinese bank in 2012, the first London-listed RMB-denominated ETF in 2015, and the acquisition of an LME Category 1 Ring Member company, Metdist Trading, in 2016. Prior to CCB Daniel lived in China, Hong Kong and Singapore for 18 years, where he held a number of positions including Chief Financial Officer of Nasdaq-listed Chinadotcom (CHINA-US) and I-Quest Corporation, Independent Non-Executive Director of Nasdaq-listed Corgi Holdings (CRGI US), Head of Pan-Asian Equity Research at Bear Stearns, and China Investment Analyst at HSBC. Daniel graduated with a 1st Class Honours MA in Chinese and Japanese from Edinburgh University and North-West University, Xi'an, China, and has visited over 60 Chinese cities in over 30 Provinces nationwide.

Stefan is the Founder of Sinotan, a Mainland China consultancy and digital marketing agency working at the nexus of marketing, business and policy. With deep expertise on China's digital marketing landscape and political and economic ecosystem, Sinotan works with leading companies and regional governments, managing their digital strategy and developing opportunities out of China's government policies. He also co-founded Rioni Group, headquartered in Taipei, a digital marketing and design agency, working with clients accessing the Taiwanese market. Stefan was the Head of Asia Strategy and Organizational Development for KUKA, an industrial automation company. Prior to joining KUKA, Stefan worked with Intellecap in Hyderabad, India in the social entrepreneurship sector for South-and South-East Asia, completing projects for the World Bank and Rockefeller Foundation. Stefan holds an Msc. in Management from ESADE in Barcelona and a BBA in Economics and Business Administration from the American University of Paris.

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