 BRYAN
BATSON
President & Founder
The China Business Group
- Ms. Bryan Batson is the founder and president of The China Business
Group (CBG), which helps companies achieve rapid, sustained success
in China through comprehensive advisory and investment services.
- Ms. Batson has helped U.S., Asian, and European companies in a wide
range of industries to enter the China market and establish profitable
operations. CBG's clients include companies such as Agilent Technologies,
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Parker Aerospace, Hormel Foods, TRW, Genzyme
Corporation, and Danaher Corporation.
- Ms. Batson has been involved with China since 1982. Prior to founding
CBG in 1995, she worked for other China advisory firms as well as the
U.S.-China Business Council in Washington, D.C. She also served as Chairman
of the Board of the Greater China Business Network, a private, not-for-profit
corporation that brought together leading executives and government
officials from the U.S. and China for information exchange and business
development.
- Ms. Batson has a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Vanderbilt University
and an M.A. in International Economics and China Studies from The Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
 KIMBERLY
BENSON
Vice President
Cange International
- Ms. Kimberly Benson is the Vice President of Cange International,
Inc., a San Diego-based international sales management company and international
business consultancy. Cange International's client base includes several
major U.S. and foreign manufacturers, including Viking Range Corporation,
Northland Corporation, Marvel Industries, Stival, and others. On behalf
of these client companies, Ms. Benson spearheads the successful establishment
and ongoing management of distributor relationships worldwide.
- Prior to joining Cange International in 1991, Ms. Benson served as
Senior Marketing Representative for the Export Import Bank's export
credit insurance division in their Los Angeles office, where she was
recognized as the top sales producer in the nation for the division.
Ms. Benson has lived and worked in Buenos Aires, Argentina, developing
sales in the U.S. and European markets for Consultores Economicos Financieros,
an Argentine trading and consulting company. Fluent in Spanish, she
has also assisted U.S. corporations with project feasibility analysis
and implementation of manufacturing projects, joint ventures and trade
throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Ms. Benson holds a B.A. in Psychology from Westmont College and an
M.A. in International Business Administration.
- Ms. Benson currently serves on the Executive Committee of the San
Diego World Trade Center, the Board of Directors of the California Council
for International Trade, and the California Youth Advocate Program.
She is a member of the San Diego chapter of Women in Business and the
Dean's Roundtable of the UCSD Graduate School of International Relations
and Pacific Studies. In 2002, Ms. Benson was selected by the San Diego
Business Journal to receive their coveted San Diego Women Who Mean Business
Award.
- Ms. Benson is frequently quoted in international trade-related newspaper
and magazine articles and has given more than eighty speeches on a wide
array of international trade topics, including export finance, the development
of product distribution channels for exports, distributor selection,
and management and international trade policy.
 CHARLES
BERGMAN
Director - China Services
Meridian Resources Associates
- Mr. Charles Bergman is the Director of the Asia Pacific Region at
Meridian Resources Associates.
- Mr. Bergman has been assisting companies in China for over 20 years.
He speaks Mandarin fluently, has a first-hand understanding of China
and its history, and has participated in the evolution of Chinese business
practices since China's opening in the late 70s.
- Mr. Bergman focuses on leadership, strategic partnerships, and organization
development for Western and Chinese companies in China. He consults
with management teams, and trains and coaches professionals who wish
to expand their communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
when starting or expanding their business in China.
- Mr. Bergman consults for a broad range of multinational firms in China
including AMD, Kodak, Seagate, Universal Instruments, Fluor Corporation,
and W. L. Gore & Associates. He also consults for leading Chinese
companies including Legend Computers, Beijing Founder Electronics, and
the cities of Xian and Shenzhen.
- Prior to joining Meridian Resources, Mr. Bergman served as a member
of IBM's founding team in China, beginning work there in 1983.
o Mr. Bergman has a B.A. in mathematics from Amherst College and an
M.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University. He is married to
a native of Taiwan and is currently working on a book focusing on successful
strategies for U.S. businesses in China.
 NICK
CRISS
Director
Cushman & Wakefield Mexico
- Mr. Nick Criss, Director of Industrial Services of Cushman and Wakefield
of Mexico, provides the bridge for foreign investors entering the Mexican
market.
- With sixteen years of corporate real estate experience in Mexico serving
international clients in every corner of Mexico, Mr. Criss combines
an intimate knowledge of Mexican market "know who" with a
real understanding of corporate real estate requirements and process.
He serves as the primary point of contact for foreign clients and the
coordinator for the diverse services offered by Cushman and Wakefield.
He is the single point of accountability for a seamless investment product.
- Mr. Criss has served many clients in Mexico including International
Rectifier, Gillette, Nortel, Frito Lay, Cooper Industries, Sony, Samsung,
Asahi, GTE, Monroe, Tenneco, Whirlpool, Fortune Brands, Molex, NCR,
Lucas Varity, Tenneco, Sylvania, TRW, Collins & Aikman, and Chevron.
- Mr. Criss holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and
two advanced degrees in Business and Public Administration. He served
in the U.S. Navy as a fighter pilot, retiring as a Captain in 1987.
- Mr. Criss has been extremely active in the development of the real
estate markets of Mexico and is a featured speaker with the ULI, ICSC,
IDRC, IIR and the Conference Board. He has been widely quoted on Mexican
real estate in Commercial Property News, The Wall Street Journal, Shopping
Centers Today, and others. He is currently an international affiliate
of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) and an Officer
of the Industrial Development Research Council (IDRC) in Mexico.
 JEFFREY
DAVIDOW
Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
President
Institute of the Americas
- Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow assumed the presidency of the Institute
of the Americas on June 1, 2003. Upon completion of 34 years in the
State Department, he retired as America's highest ranking diplomat,
one of only three people to hold the personal rank of Career Ambassador
at that time.
- During his Foreign Service career, Amb. Davidow focused much of his
efforts on improving relations with Latin America. He served in increasingly
senior positions in the U.S. embassies in Guatemala, Chile, and Venezuela,
and then later returned to Venezuela as ambassador from l993-1996. From
1996 to 1998, he was the State Department's chief policy maker for the
hemisphere, serving in the position of Assistant Secretary of State.
He then served as ambassador to Mexico from 1998 to 2002. Initially
appointed to that position by President Clinton, he was asked to remain
in his post for an additional 18 months by President Bush.
- After leaving Mexico in September 2002, he became a Visiting Fellow
at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and the David Rockefeller
Center for Latin American Studies. There he worked extensively with
undergraduate and graduate students and wrote a book on U.S.-Mexican
relations. El Oso y El Puercoespin: The United States and Mexico was
published in Mexico by Casa Editorial Grijalbo and in English (The U.S.
and Mexico: The Bear and the Porcupine) by Markus Weiner Publishers.
 DR.
DENISE DRESSER
Professor
Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
- Denise Dresser is a professor of political science at the Instituto
Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and Director
of the "North American Futures" Project at the Pacific Council
on International Policy.
- Dresser has been a visiting research fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican
Studies, University of California, San Diego, and a Senior Visiting
Fellow at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington D.C. She also taught
at the University of California-Berkeley and Georgetown University.
- She is the author of Neopopulist Solutions to Neoliberal Problems:
Mexico's National Solidarity Program and of numerous articles on Mexican
politics and U.S.-Mexico relations. She writes a political column for
the Mexican newspaper Reforma and for the news weekly Proceso.
- She was the host of the political talk show "Entre Versiones"
on Mexican television and does a weekly radio commentary on U.S,-Mexico
Relations for W Radio in Mexico City. She has also written on Mexican
affairs and U.S.-Mexico relations for the editorial pages of the Los
Angeles Times, The New York Times, and La Opinion.
- A former Fulbright scholar, Dr. Dresser is a member of the Research
Council of the Forum for Democratic Studies, the National Endowment
for Democracy, the World Academy of Arts and Science and the editorial
board of the Latin American Research Review.
- Dr. Dresser holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University.
 PAUL
FLASK
Executive Chairman & Founder
GlobeOne Sourcing & Fulfillment Services
- Mr. Paul Flask is the Executive Chairman and a founder of
GlobeOne Sourcing & Fulfillment Services, Inc., a company that will
turn key for clients in Asia, beginning in China, product sourcing and
packaging, consolidation, inventory maintenance and financing, and delivery
services as required by its clients.
- Mr. Flask is also the CEO of Challenge Holdings Inc., a private equity
investment company that he founded in 1987.
- Mr. Flask has over forty years of international business experience.
He first went to China in 1982 to negotiate offshore natural gas utilization
projects and promote the sale of engineering services. Later, as a senior
executive of The Signal Companies in La Jolla, he made several trips
to China to promote the sale of the companies' products. His own company
has invested in an auto engine manufacturing plant in Mexico and a U.S.
hand and power tool manufacturer with a large engineering and procurement
staff in Shanghai that sourced from approximately forty Chinese manufacturers.
- Mr. Flask is a Director of Knight Industries, LLC, in Northfield,
Illinois, the largest U.S. manufacturer of fiber board that is exploring
a floor tile manufacturing venture in China.
- Following his retirement from AlliedSignal, Mr. Flask was Managing
Director of Korn/Ferry International Inc. in Chicago from where he assisted
the firm to establish and improve executive recruitment services in
Eastern Europe, Russia, and China.
- Mr. Flask has a law degree from Georgetown and a liberal arts degree
from John Carroll.
 DR.
GEORGE KOO
Director - Chinese Services Group
Deloitte & Touche
- Dr. George Koo is the Director of Chinese Services Group at Deloitte
& Touche. For the last 20 years, Dr. Koo has been helping technology
companies form strategic alliances with local entities in Asia, as well
as helping Asian companies find partners in the U.S. He advises clients
on strategic issues preparatory to establishing a local presence and
assists in cross-cultural communications and negotiations.
- Dr. Koo had been a board member of Aeolus Thomson Co. Ltd., a Sino-American
joint venture he helped formed in 1985 and now an advisor to newly formed
Dongfeng Fuji Thomson, a rare Sino-Japanese-American JV. He also serves
as advisory board member of WI Harper Group, a venture fund that focuses
on Asia. Prior to founding International Strategic Alliances and Bear
Stearns China Trade Advisors, he was Vice President and co-director
of Chase Pacific Trade Advisors of Chase Manhattan Bank.
- Dr. Koo received his S.B. and S.M. degrees in chemical engineering
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sc.D. from Stevens Institute
of Technology and a MBA. from Santa Clara University. His technical
expertise is in polymer material science. He is a former Chairman of
Asian American Multi-technology Association and has been chairman of
several past conferences on Asian financing and alliances sponsored
by the AAMA and held in Silicon Valley.
- Dr. Koo is a frequent speaker in various public forums on how American
business can succeed in Asia. He writes for Pacific News Service on
issues relating to Asia. Since 1997, he has been a member of the Committee
of 100, a national organization of prominent Chinese Americans, served
as the chairman of their national conference held in May 2002 in San
Jose and is currently a vice chairman of the organization.
 JOSE
LARROQUE
Partner
Baker & McKenzie
- Jose M. Larroque is a Partner at Baker & McKenzie Abogados, S.C.
in Tijuana, Mexico.
- His areas of practice include real estate; hotels, resorts & tourism;
construction; mergers & acquisitions; corporate restructuring.
- He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Attorneys.
- Mr. Larroque earned a JD degree from the University Iberoamericana
in 1983 and an LLM from Columbia University in 1989.
 Allan
Marson
Partner
Baker & McKenzie, LLP
- Mr. Allan Marson is a member of Baker & McKenzie’s China
Practice Group and heads the China Desk at Baker & McKenzie’s
Palo Alto office. He served as a foreign legal adviser in Taipei, Taiwan,
from 1986 to 1991, resident lawyer in Baker & McKenzie’s Beijing
office from 1994 to 1999, and member of the Asia Desk of Baker &
McKenzie’s New York office in 1993 and 2000.
- Mr. Marson’s practice focuses on direct investment in and cross-border
transactions with the People’s Republic of China, including structuring
and organization of foreign invested enterprises, technology transfers,
software licensing, tax, distribution agreements, foreign exchange,
employment issues, and acquisitions of Chinese and foreign-invested
enterprises. Mr. Marson is a regular presenter at conferences
on investment, licensing and tax in China.
 DR.
BARRY NAUGHTON
Professor
Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies (IR/PS)
- Dr. Barry Naughton is an authority on the Chinese economy, with an
emphasis on issues relating to industry, trade, finance, and China's
transition to a market economy.
- Dr. Naughton's recent research focuses on regional economic growth
in the People's Republic of China and the relationship between foreign
trade and investment and regional growth. He is also completing a general
textbook on the Chinese economy.
- Dr. Naughton's recently completed projects have focused on Chinese
trade and technology, in particular, the relationship between the development
of the electronics industry in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and the
growth of trade and investment among those economies.
- Dr. Naughton's book, Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform,
1978-1993,which was published in 1995, is a comprehensive study of China's
development from a planned to a market economy that traces the distinctive
strategy of transition followed by China, as well as China's superior
growth performance. It received the Ohira Memorial Prize in 1996.
- Dr. Naughton is the author of numerous articles on the Chinese economy
and is editor or co-editor of three other books: Reforming Asian Socialism:
The Growth of Market Institutions, Urban Spaces in Contemporary China,
and The China Circle: Economics and Technology in the PRC, Taiwan, and
Hong Kong.
- Dr. Naughton joined IR/PS in 1988 and was named to the Sokwanlok Chair
in Chinese International Affairs in 1998.
 DR.
SUSAN SHIRK
Professor
Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies (IR/PS)
- Dr. Susan Shirk is a political scientist whose research focuses on
Chinese politics and economics, Chinese foreign policy, U.S.-China relations
and U.S. policies toward Asia.
- From July 1997 to July 2000, Dr. Shirk served as deputy assistant
secretary for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in the Bureau of East Asian
and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
- From 1991-97, Dr. Shirk was the director of the University of California's
system-wide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), based
at UC San Diego, during which time she founded the Northeast Asia Cooperation
Dialogue, a track-two security forum. At present she is a research director
for security studies at IGCC.
- Dr. Shirk is the author of How China Opened Its Door: The Political
Success of the PRC's Foreign Trade, and Investment Reforms and The Political
Logic of Economic Reform in China, and editor of Power and Prosperity:
Economic and Security Linkages in the Asia Pacific.
- Dr. Shirk's previous publications include The Challenge of China and
Japan and Competitive Comrades: Career Incentives and Student Strategies
in China. She has also written numerous scholarly articles on Chinese
politics and foreign policy.
- Dr. Shirk has served on the Defense Policy Board, the board of governors
of the East-West Center in Hawaii, the boards of the U.S.-Japan Foundation
and the National Committee for U.S.-China Relations, the editorial board
of the American Political Science Review, and is a member of the Council
on Foreign Relations.
 DR.
RICHARD SINKIN
Partner & Founder
InterAmerican Group
- Dr. Richard Sinkin is the founder and Partner of InterAmerican Group
(IAG), a diversified consulting, management, and investment firm headquartered
in San Diego, California, with an office in Mexico City. Founded in
1987, the company specializes in structuring and implementing investment
and sales activities in Latin America. IAG principals have managed the
direct investment of over $500 million in Latin America, including the
start-up of 26 manufacturing operations in Mexico that now occupy over
2 million square feet and employ over 3,000 direct workers. IAG also
provides in-depth market research for companies seeking to sell products
and services in Latin America.
- Prior to forming IAG, Dr. Sinkin was the Vice President of the Institute
of the Americas in La Jolla, California, one of the nation's leading
centers of private and public sector collaboration on Latin American
business issues.
- During the 1980s, Dr. Sinkin was a director of Texas Bank in San Antonio,
Texas, where he assisted in the development of the bank's international
financial operations in the Mexican capital markets.
- From 1981 to 1986, he was the Executive Director of the Latin American
Studies Association, the world's largest organization of Latin American
specialists. In 1979, he was appointed Senior Policy Analyst at the
U.S. Department of State, Agency for International Development, where
he directed an international development program with an annual budget
of $100 million.
- From 1969 to 1986 Dr. Sinkin was a professor of Latin American history
at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published a book on 19th-century
Mexican political development and more than a dozen articles on Mexican
politics and economics.
- Dr. Sinkin is an elected member of the Council on Foreign Relations
in New York, the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles,
and the San Diego Dialogue in San Diego. He received a B.A., M.A., and
Ph.D. from the University of Michigan
 RICARDO
VIDAL
President
Clevite de Mexico
- Mr. Vidal is president of Clevite de Mexico, a Mexican corporation
dedicated to producing engine bearings for gasoline and diesel applications.
Clevite de Mexico is located in Mexico and services export markets to
20 different countries worldwide.
- Mr. Vidal has been a professor with tenure at the Engineering School
at UNAM (National University of Mexico) for 35 years. He has also taught
for 10 years at the Business School at UNAM. Currently, he is also teaching
in the Business School of the UIA ( Iberoamerican University).
- Mr. Vidal is a board member and serves on the executive committees
of different Mexican corporations: John Deere, Moresa, KS Mexicana,
Electronica Precision, FAPARTEL, Guillermo Murguia, Industrias Tecnos,
VAC Inject Diesel, Herramientas Trupper, Vistar, Torres Marmex and Clevite
de Mexico.
- Mr. Vidal is also a member of the Board of Directors and Technical
Committee of INA (National Autoparts Industry), Consejo Coordinador
Automotriz (Coordinated Board of the Automotive Sector) and CANACINTRA
(National Chamber of Manufacturing Industry).
- He was involved in the negotiations of NAFTA. He is presently in charge
of the automotive sector for the negotiations of free trade agreements
between Mexico and most of the Central and South American countries.
- Mr. Vidal received his Mechanical - Electrical Engineer and MBA from
UNAM (National University of Mexico)
 DR.
CHRISTOPHER WOODRUFF
Director, Center for U.S. Mexican Studies
Professor
Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies
- Dr. Christopher Woodruff is Director of the Center for US Mexican
Studies at UCSD and an associate professor of economics at the Graduate
School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD.
- His research focuses on the challenges faced by small and medium sized
enterprises operating in developing countries, including underdeveloped
financial markets and inadequate legal systems. His research spans a
broad area that includes Mexico, Vietname, and Eastern Europe.
- He is currently working as a consultant to the Mexican government
on a project analyzing the impact of recent reforms in laws governing
the country's financial institutions. He research has influenced the
policy of the World Bank, the Interamerican Development Bank, and the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he has also
served as a consultant.
 ANDREW
ZHU
International Tax Senior Advisor
Deloitte & Touche
- Mr. Andrew Zhu is the International Tax Senior Manager of the Chinese
Services Group at Deloitte & Touche. He has more than 14 years of
experience in the U.S. and China tax practices. Since joining Deloitte
& Touche in June 1999, he has worked in the Detroit and San Jose
offices. He has been actively involved in a variety of outbound and
inbound projects serving multinational clients such as General Motors,
Sears, John Hancock, and GMAC as well as many high-tech companies such
as Cisco, Commerce One and Shanghai Hua Hong.
- Mr. Zhu has extensive experience on global tax planning and structuring.
He also provides cross-border business and tax consulting services on
Chinese business and tax issues such as entry strategy, tax incentives,
transfer pricing, expatriates, foreign exchange control rules and cross-border
mergers & acquisitions.
- Prior to joining Deloitte, Mr. Zhu had 7 years of experience working
with the Chinese State Administration of Taxation (national office).
During his tenure with the Chinese "IRS", he had senior responsibilities
included drafting two of 18 current Chinese tax laws and other policies.
He also acted as the Chinese government representative regarding foreign
investment in China.
- Mr. Zhu is an Eli Broad Scholar and received his MBA with honors with
concentrations in finance and accounting from Michigan State University.
He received his B.A. in Economics from the People's University in China.
- Mr. Zhu is a CPA both in China and the United States. He has published
more than 20 articles and (co-authored) 3 books on Chinese taxation
both in English and Chinese and is a frequent speaker regarding Chinese
business and tax issues at various conferences. He is also involved
in numerous activities in the local Chinese business communities and
serves as a board member of numerous business associations.
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