12 March 2017 – Strong growth for top Chinese investments in UK

Revenues at China’s top-performing businesses in Britain soar 174% on average

Chinese holdings in the UK have seen revenues soar in the past two years, deflecting concerns that the “golden era” of China investing in Britain may be drawing to a close.

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PRESENTATIONS / RESEARCH / PRESS 2022

November
12 – November – The Sixth International Forum on Belt & Road Global Governance │Environmental Sub-Forum │Keynote: 2022 China led Renewables along the BRI │Shanghai
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October
13 – October – Human Rights │Development and Belt and Road Initiative │Will Sweden and EU choose cooperation and friendship over conflict and war? │Sweden │Keynote – Regional Pacts Strengthening; 2022 Inter Region Investment Flows
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September
19-21 – September – Budapest Eurasia Forum 2022 │Hungary
20 – September – Geopolitics Panel Discussion │Panellist (Hungary) │ Samarkand SCO Summit – An Important Step Towards the 1997 Vision
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August
09 – August – Z/Yen Group – FS Club │ Bangladesh: Getting the Story Out │ Webinar
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July
07 – July – Abraham Accords Cross Border Investment Flows Since Launch │ “Trading for Peace: An Economic Look at the Abraham Accords” │ Euro-Gulf Information Centre (Rome/Israel)
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June
28 – June – Sweden (BRIX) │ Reforming the Global Governance System – specific examples across corridors/continents

10 – June – Macclesfield (UK) │ Xi’An City Beilin District (China): Proposed Partnership goals; alignment with recent CCPIT speech
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May
28 – May – London Business School │
11th LBS China Business Forum; Xi’s CCPIT 70th Anniversary speech; Global Focus on defeating the Virus + Innovation; global examples

28 – May – LBS (London) │ 11th Annual China Conference

09 – May – Bangladesh Special Edition │ Asia Investment Research
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April
11 – April – Chinese mRNA Vaccines/BRI Vaccine Partnership – with SIIS (Shanghai) │ Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce; BRI Working Group │ Asia and Africa (Hong Kong)
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March
30 – March – Russia’s Pivot To Asia: How Russia & China Anticipated A New Cold │ Asia Investment Research
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February
11 – February – BRIX (Sweden) │ Iraq-China 2021 │ Major EPC Contracts

07 – February – British Malaysia Society │ China-Malaysia Key 2021 Investment Developments │ London

01 – February – U.S-China Cooperation and Collaboration in Health Care │ Specific USA/China successful healthcare collaborations │ Washington State, USA

PRESENTATIONS / RESEARCH / PRESS 2021

December
10 – December – Greening the BRI via Technology and Innovation │ University of International Business and Economics │ UIBE (Beijing)

4 – December – BRI Vaccine Partnership Initiative │ Belt and Road Trade and Investment Forum │ China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) (Beijing)

3 – December – BRI in 2021: Key Highlights │ Fifth International Forum on Belt and Road & Global Governance │ Fudan University (Shanghai)
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November
24 – November – China’s Role in Post-Pandemic Asia – Trade, Vaccines and Infrastructure │ Henry Tillman and Ganeshan Wignaraja │ University of Oxford China Centre (Oxford)

12 – November – Greening the BRI’s Transportation │ Green Belt and Road; BRIX (Sweden)
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October
28 – October – Greening the BRI via technology by the end of this decade │ The Green Belt & Road │ Challenges and Future Prospects │ China Week, Kings College (London) │ Panelist

15 – October – Polar Silk Road │ 2020-2021 Key Operating Developments │ Workshop │ Arctic Circle Assembly (Iceland)

15 – October – Plenary Session │ The Polar Silk Road; 2019 versus 2021 │ Arctic Circle Assembly (Iceland)
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September
16 – September – Afghanistan in Search for Peace and Prosperity │ Asia Institute of Eco-Civilisation Research and Development (Pakistan) │ Panel member

15 – September – Bangladesh Capital Markets: A New Frontier │ UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FDCO) (Dhaka, Bangladesh) │ Panel Member
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August
20 – August – BRIX Belt and Road│ PODCAST (Sweden)
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June
13 – July – China’s Greater Bay Area; Exploring Key Sectors for Direct Investment and M&A: (Dezshira & Associates) │ GBA; its role in the Health Silk Road – focus is on the importance of the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock markets in raising capital to accelerate growth in Chinese biotech and vaccine production.
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June
21 – June – BRIX (Sweden) │ G-7 Alternative to The Belt and Road: All That Glitters Is Not Gold! │ Our analysis of the USA’s/Trump’s first major “win” against China in a BRI project in Mozambique was discussed at some length in this article as TOTAL (France) has since declared force majoure on this ISIS overrun LNG project.

15 – June – Asian Briefing (Sri Lanka) │ AIIB & NDB 2021 Lending Reveal Closer Financial Partnering Between Beijing and Delhi │ Article in Silk Road Briefing

09 – June – 48 Group Club (London) │ China Global Impact │ Q1 2021 Announced Chinese Inbound Investments │ Article

June – Q1 2021 Announced Chinese Inbound M&A Transactions/VC/PE Private Investments │ 48 Group Club
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May
24 – May – Emerging Central and South Asian Tech Hubs: The Indonesian and Malaysian Hubs of 10 Years Ago? │ z/yen Group (London)

15 – May – 2021 London Business School China Business Forum (CBF) │ China’s Role in an Increasingly Interdependent World; Panelist (London)
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April
28 – April – The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor │ What Is in It for The World (Sweden/Pakistan)

28 – April – BRIX BRI │ Building the Health Silk Road 2020/2021 (Sweden/Pakistan)

25 – April – Boao Forum (China) │ Beijing Examiner Magazine Health Silk Road Issue displayed during the Forum

3 – April – China-Iran-Pakistan webinar (Islamabad). Participant
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March
12 – March – Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS) (Shanghai) │ Health Silk Road 2000 Launch Event. Participants included domestic and international scholars, corporates, media

12 – March – Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS) │ Health Silk Road 2020 – Components Drivers of Change; Presentation and Lecture
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February
28 – February – Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS) (Shanghai) │ Health Silk Road 2020: A Bridge to the Future of Health for All

4 – February – ASEAN Briefing │ Investment Infrastructure Projects in Indonesia Contributing to Improved Manufacturing Capability

3 – February – Silk Road Briefing │ Five MENA Belt and Road Projects Foreign Investors Should Be Aware Of
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January
20 – January – BRIX Sweden Podcast │ China-EU Investment Agreement (CIA) – BRI/Health Silk Road

PRESENTATIONS / RESEARCH / PRESS 2020

17 December – The Z/Yen Group (London), CDI (Shenzhen) – Route to Dual Circulation – UK Healthcare Component

9 December – AAS scholars (India/Asia)│ China’s BRI during the Pandemic

December – SciencesPo; HEC (Singapore) – Importance of Singapore (and France) to BRI: 2020 Significant Developments in Pandemic

November – China Data Analysis & Research Hub – CDA (Austria) – Route to Dual Circulation: EU Components

November – The Fourth International Forum on the Belt and Road Initiative and Global Governance (Shanghai) – BRI: 2020 Significant Developments

October – ERBD Executive Committee (London): 2020 BRI Developments

September – Sino-German Center at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management – “Experiences of German FDI in China”

28 July – China’s Belt & Road Initiative Changes Focus As Smaller Investments With Minority Equity Stakes Take Preference – Article in Silk Road Briefing

08 July – China Government Belt & Road Initiative Loans, Q2 2020 – Article in Silk Road Briefing

10 June – Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Committee – ‘The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – Myths Busted’

20 May – Global Times │ China-EU economic cooperation increasing amid COVID-19 – Article in Global Times (printed version & online version)

13 May – India Becomes Transportation Highway Center of China’s Belt and Road Initiative – Article in India Briefing

12 May – China’s Latest Outbound Investment Target… And The Winner Is: India – Article in Silk Road Briefing

April – FS Club Sheriff of City of London Corp – BRI Q1 CMEC. CLEC, ILSTC; Myth Busters – London

March – Tsinghua University – Q1 2020 BRI Progress, Moller Institute – Cambridge

February – OBOR Think Tank – 2020 BRI Themes – Cambridge

13 January – CGTN World Business – China’s New Investment Law – Interview with Henry Tillman

January – BRI 2019 Growth – 2020+ Themes – Tsinghua University Beijing, China

January – BRI Pulse – AIIB Innovation

January – HKTDC Research’s Belt & Road web page – Oman and Polar Silk Road research (with SIIS)

PRESENTATIONS / RESEARCH / PRESS 2019

December – Selling China’s Global Development Footprint – the Case for Oman – FH Technikum Wien (University of Applied Sciences) Vienna, Austria

November – 2019 Port Developments – PPP projects for Ports. UNECE. The People First Approach, (Amman, Jordan)

November – Next Phase BRI Chinese Challenges – Chinese Corporate Lectures, Moller Institute (Cambridge University)

November – The New Amber Road; Three Seas – Intermodal Europe (Hamburg)

October – Gulf/Asian Equity Investments/Pledges into BRI (2018-2019) – China-North Africa Towards a Strategic Partnership: Panelist – Chatham House/Grandview Associates (Beijing)

October – Emerging BRI Tech Hubs‎: Keynote Schwartzman Scholars – Tsinghua University (Beijing)

October – 2019 BRI Developments: Keynote – Third Annual International Forum on Belt and Road – Fudan University (Shanghai)

October – Polar Silk Road 2019 Developments: Keynote – Shanghai Institute of International Studies (Shanghai)

October – Paving the Polar Silk Road: Keynote Speaker, 7th Annual Arctic Circle Assembly (Reykjavik, Iceland)

October – East Asian Economic Economic Integration – Panel Leader and Presenter, 7th Annual Arctic Circle Assembly (Reykjavik, Iceland)

September – Regional Tech Hubs in Emerging Markets – Cap Connect Emerging & Frontier Markets Forum (London)

September – BRI Developments/BRI Tech Hub Investments – 4th Annual Belt and Road Summit (Hong Kong)

August – BRI 2019 Developments to China Development Bank at ICBC/Standard (London)

July – UNECE materials: City Brain Asian Usage since 2016 Potential SCO Future Use – Belt and Road Forum for Regional Cooperation and Development, Minsk (Belarus)

June – The Future of the BRI; co-presenter with Stephen Perry, Chairman 48 Group Club; Judge Business School (Cambridge)

June – Trade-War; China Inbound, OMFIF (London)

June – UK Parliament, Department of International Trade Committee meeting on BRI – Expert Witness (London)

May – Greater Bay Area Launch and Southeast Asia Tech Growth – Private Client Lecture (Hong Kong)

May – Emerging Tech Hubs – BRI in the Cloud – Fudan University (Shanghai)

May – Polar Silk Road – East Asian Economic integration – Increased European Connectivity. Arctic Circle China ‎Forum (Shanghai)

May – BRI 2018-2019 Developments – Increasing Connectivity – Arctic Circle Forum (Shanghai)

May – Evaluating Selected BRI Projects Using Financial Returns and UNECE SGD Criteria – United Nations 4th Annual PPP Forum (Geneva)

March – Digital Silk Road – Emerging BRI Tech Hubs: BRI 2.0 – LSE Emerging Markets Forum, London – Presenter

March – BRI Panel – LSE Emerging Markets Forum, London – Panelist

March – BRI 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 – in only 5 minutes – PWC international development conference 2019, London – Presenter and Panelist

February – BRI Links to Arctic Railway: Centre for High North Logistics: Sor Varanger Utlikling, Kirkenes, Norway

February – Polar Silk Road – Far Eastern Convergence, The Kirkenes Conference, Kirkenes, Norway

January – World Scientific – The Polar Silk Road China’s New Frontier of International Cooperation. Co-authored with Shanghai Institute of International Studies and the China-Nordic Arctic Research Center

PRESENTATIONS / RESEARCH / PRESS 2018

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)

SPECIAL STUDIES 2017

East Africa Investment / Growth Capital

CPEC – Early Harvest Due Diligence

China into UAE

PRESENTATIONS / RESEARCH / PRESS 2017

December – China Daily: Asia Weekly: Sailing Ahead

December – China Daily: Belt and Road Initiative provides boost for logistics deals

December – “China goes on logistics buying spree to support ‘new Silk Road’”

November – Interview with Vietnam Press: Effects of BRI on Vietnam attracting external investment

November – BRI – Eurasia Rail, Ports and Logistics Updates: Intermodal Europe 2017 (Amsterdam)

November – The New Silk Road: The Kazakh Experience; London, 5th panelist (added by CSFI)

October – Funding the Belt and Road Initiative: The University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh)

October – CPEC Early Harvest Update/Investing in Pakistan; UK House of Commons (London)

September – Chinese investment into Liberia: UK House of Commons (London)

July – Beijing puts predators on a tighter leash“, The Sunday Times. Uses Grisons Peak data to analyse Chinese investments into the UK both before and after BREXIT vote, which shows activity/quarter increased not decreased.

May – ‎Belt and Road Initiative – High Growth Since Launch – Focus on ASEAN countries: GOSS Research Institute (Hong Kong)

May – Belt and Road Initiative – High Growth Since Launch: Focus on Shipping/Ports Clarksons Platou (London)

March – BRI – European Rail and Logistics: Intermodal Asia 2017 (Shanghai)

March – Financial Times Podcast: China Restrictions on overseas investment already biting

January – One Belt One Road: European Directors Training‎, Cambridge University

PRESS ARTICLES 2018

21 March 2018 Grisons Peak CEO Henry Tillman Gives a Talk at SIIS
5 January 2018 – HNA Walks Away From Late-Stage Value Partners Deal Talks

PRESS ARTICLES 2017

Belt and Road Initiative provides boost for logistics deals in 2017
31 October 2017 How will China’s ambitious new Silk Road impact climate change?
13 October 2017 中国自身负债累累，如何能有一万亿美元建设“一带一路”？ Grisons Peak首席执行官蒂尔曼给出了答案。
4 October 2017 China’s lending tumbles as Belt and Road gets a refresh
16 September 2017 Paths diverge for Chinese firms chasing overseas assets
7 July 2017 – China’s overseas acquisitions recover from doldrums
4 April 2017 – China outbound M&A picks up in March after subdued months
30 March 2017 – Goldman, Lazard China Dealmakers Decamp for Upstart Funds
12 March 2017 – Strong growth for top Chinese investments in UK

PRESS ARTICLES 2016

7 November 2016 China’s M&A deals in UK hit record in mid-2016
24 October 2016 Nearly $40bn in Chinese acquisitions pushed back by west Premium
13 October 2016 China rethinks developing world largesse as deals sour
CHINA LOANS: Old flame
9 August 2016 CCTV Interview at Maritime Silk Road Conference
August 2016 – FDI Intelligence Unit of the Financial Times
6 July 2016 – AIIB and NDB dominate China’s outbound investment
9 May, 2016 – Financial Times – James Kynge How the Silk Road plans will be financed
May/June 2016 – If you build it, will they come?
1 April 2016 – China’s ambitions for Asia show through in ‘Silk Road’ lending
20 January 2016 – One Belt One Road sends Chinese outbound lending to 7-year high