13 December 2018 – CGTN Television China – Building of the Polar Silk Road, an interview by Cheng Lei, Anchor, Global Business Report
December – FINTECH Bridge Journal – A Global Guide to FinTech Cooperation Agreements established between Governments & Financial Regulators with focus on the China-UK FinTech Bridge – Author
December – FINTECH Bridge China Conference – Panel (London)
November – China Business Briefing: Opportunities & Challenges – LSE (London) – Speaker
November – EBRD Policy – BRI 2018 Expansion – Increasing Regional Connectivity (London)
November – EBRD Policy – Successful BRI SEZs (London)
October – HCTIEC Opening Ceremony – Keynote: Chinese Tech Investments into UK 2017-2018. Westminster University (UK)
September – Beijing Review – Cover Story – A Global Network
August – 48 Group Club: BRI Pulse – Upcoming Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) – The Initial Silk Road Heads West Across Africa?
August – Launched BRI Pulse Instagram BRIPulse#data
July – ICBC/Standard Bank – LSE BRI Ideas Roundtable (London) – Panelist
July – Government of Pakistan (Islamabad, Pakistan): CPEC – Attracting international Capital; Benchmarking CPEC/Pakistan versus other BRI countries
July – State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi, Pakistan). CPEC Project Update; Operational issues – roundtable led by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Governor of State Bank, nearly 40 major Pakistan business leaders
July – Financial Times – China development banks expand links with foreign lenders
July – Thomson Reuters; BRI investor Returns – Halo Effect (London) – Panelist
June – Author; The Polar Silk Road:
for 48 Group Club (UK)
May – Selected Successful BRI Projects: UNECE Forum, United Nations (Geneva) – Panelist
April – BRI – Economic Corridors/Silk Roads – Q1 Investment Updates – “Belt and Road” China UK Investment Forum (London) – Speaker
March – BRI – Economic Corridors and Key Operational Investments: Intermodal Asia 2018 (Shanghai)
March – Economic Corridors and Key Operational Investments – Focus on Polar Silk Road; Shanghai Institute for International Studies (Shanghai)
February – Cosco Arctic Shipping; Oslo, The Polar Silk Road
January – BRI – Economic Corridors and Key Investments – focus on two new Silk Roads – China Britain Business Council and KPMG (London)