Alan heads the commercial strategy and research practice for Mainland China and has 25 years of client service experience.
His recent projects have been centered around helping MNC clients navigate the recent US-China tensions successfully through creating decision options on a series of inter-related topics. This has included advice on how to increase local autonomy of China-based executives (governance), navigate geo-political tensions and explore solutions (entity structures, joint venturing, IPO plans, local manufacturing, government regulations, etc.) and the implications of China policy and macro-environments (talent programs, IP management, etc.).

Alan holds an MBA from London Business School; he is completing his doctorate on Sino-Foreign Joint Venture Formations at Cranfield University.

James Macdonald was appointed as Head of Savills Research, China in 2007. He has the overall responsibility to ensure the successful delivery of research across mainland China, advise key clients and stakeholders of the latest market trends and future business opportunities as well as expand the adoption of technology systems and develop thought leadership.

Savills China Research Department is the backbone of Savills’ operations in China. By compiling much needed knowledge and support for our agency departments, Savills Research provides the leading edge needed in China’s increasingly competitive real estate market.

On an ongoing basis, we monitor a multitude of aspects within the various sectors of the property market—office, retail, residential, investment and hospitality. By compiling premium quality data, we enable ourselves and our clients to gain useful insights into China’s market dynamics.

Doreen Wang is a globally recognized expert in branding research and consulting. As the Global Chair of Kantar BrandZ, Doreen led an international team of 1000 colleagues, successfully built BrandZ, and launch BrandZ's Most Valuable Brands in over 20 countries. Kantar BrandZ is now the world’s largest and most authoritative brand valuation platform and becomes the north star of branding investment in the financial market. Each year, nearly 000 investors and corporate executives attend BrandZ summits worldwide, including the UK Parliament, New York Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ.

For the past 20 years, Doreen provides outstanding branding research and strategic consultancy services to top global companies and fast-rising Chinese companies, including Intel, Google, Haier, Alibaba, Huawei, ABInbev MasterCard, Microsoft, etc. Doreen is now leading the Kantar Greater China
business of 900 researchers and consultants to shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Doreen traveled to 23 countries every year as the plenary speaker on prestigious forums including the UK House of Commons, Bloomberg News, NASDAQ, London Stock Exchange, Wall Street Journal, Columbia Business School, Yale, Cambridge, etc. Doreen translated the book " Grow" written by ex-P&G Global CMO Jim Stengel into Chinese and wrote the chapter “Brand Ideal in China.”

Doreen’s book “Branding in Digital Era” published in 2020 has sold over 30,000 copies and recognized by JD.com as one of the top branding books in China. Doreen was named by Campaign as ’20 Women to Watch in Greater China” in 2021 to appreciate her significant contribution to the marketing and communications industry.

Ian Driscoll is the publications and communications director at AmCham Shanghai. Previously, Ian worked as a freelance journalist and at Reuters. His writing appeared in the Financial Times, Weekend Financial Times, Euromoney publications, the BBC website, and elsewhere.

Born in Singapore, Ian has lived and worked in Beijing, Hong Kong, London, New York, Shanghai and Sydney.