John Adams is currently Director of two consultancies, China Financial Services and HR China Financial, and Senior Adviser for China to the UK qualifications body, CISI (Chartered Securities & Investment Institute.) He is also a member of OMFIF, (Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum), a central bank think- tank.
Adams was previously a Bank Supervisor, and Manager for China at the Bank of England (1973-1992), and then Adviser for China at West Merchant Bank, a London investment bank specializing in power sector financing (1992-1994). He was also Technical Director of the British Council’s China Financial Sector Training Scheme (1999-2004), which placed 229 Chinese bankers and insurers on work experience in London.
He has written a number of books and reports on China, including a survey on Chinese gold jewelry, another on Chinese gold-mining for the World Gold Council, a review of China’s electricity sector, as well as editing an English-Chinese Dictionary of Finance and PPP (Public Private Partnerships). He is currently engaged with providing training for PPP to officials from Jinan city and also in promoting CISI wealth management qualifications in Qingdao -China’s nominated national wealth management centre.