Chris 乔卓儒

Trade Business Development Manager
35 years oldOther procurement/trade positionsCome from United Kingdom Living in Beijing
Language: English
Mandarin: simple communication

Been working in London, Beijing, Nanjing for over 10 years in trade, media and finance.

Business Development Manager (Remote)
Nest Trading UK
Jan 2023 - Now(a year)

Nest trading has the nominations from major European fashion brands such as Zara, Inditex and LPP to offer the full label range to label factories in China. - Responsibilities include working with label production partners to secure orders from garment factories for required labels. - Assisting the sourcing of garments where necessary.

Business Development Manager
Focus Technology 焦点科技
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022(2 years)

Working under the Made-in-China.com and MEI Awards cross-border e-commerce platforms - Introducing and matching large global importers with suitable Chinese suppliers - Launched the 'Green Horizon' Made-in-China special campaign to identify and promote green factories and products, which achieved the highest conversion rate. - Market research on buying trends and factories in order to localise the brand and marketing of member suppliers overseas. - Building a network of overseas partnerships with third-party organisations to deepen market penetration - Negotiating for, then attending, speaking and attracting buyers according to KPIs at trade shows. - Plan and execute the first non-trade show business trip to Europe

Senior Research Analyst
The Asian Banker 亚洲银行家
Jan 2019 - Apr 2020(a year)

• Compiling ESG and Impact Rankings and reports for individuals, funds and financial institutions • Identifying and providing editorial content for wealth management and sustainable investing across asset classes • Beijing office: researching, writing and presenting a series of reports on a topic-by-topic basis • Establish and maintain a wide professional network to keep up to date with developments • Presenting at the company’s own or client’s briefings/events; speaking engagements, press interviews as well as marketing and related activities.

English Content Editor and Reporter
China.org.cn 中国网
Oct 2016 - Dec 2018(2 years)

Editing, reporting, translating and writing news reports, feature stories, and opinion articles. • Assisting in editorial decision-making, including project planning, story selection and page design. • Produce content and interviews (text, audio, video) for all china.org.cn platforms • Brief international editors on developing stories • Travel across Mainland China on research trips, to speak at, attend activities and report on regional developments

Business Development Manager
天实宜方 / Y&L Europe
Mar 2015 - Sep 2015(6 months)

London office unsuccessful start-up • Private client services for high-net worth Chinese individuals, government and businesspersons in areas of education for client’s children, tourism, training, localisation, asset management and investment in the UK and elsewhere. • Establish and maintain the companies’ political and business network to pursue our goals. Research and development. • Developed the British language website for the UK audience. • Key responsibility: Business Development – local liaison officer for clients’ needs

Co-Author
Chinese Liberal Democrats
Jun 2013 - Dec 2013(7 months)

Commissioned by the Chinese branch of the Liberal Democrat Party to examine whether UK- China Twinning Relationships are: ‘A friendly gesture or a viable channel of trade and investment for regional cities?’ • Conducted secondary and primary research with key actors including local governments, businesspeople, and wider community organisations in China linked cities. • Presented the findings of the report fringe event of the Liberal Democrat National Party Conference; to an audience of MPs, Lords, MEPs, local councillors as well as a wider audience. • The finalised report, with a foreword by the former Deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg, is published electronically via Amazon Kindle, as well as in hard copy – available in The British Library and elsewhere. ISBN 9780992960209. • Key responsibility: Provide recommendations - to inform local and national government policy on investments and strategies to engage with Chinese cities

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
, International Management and China (MSc)
Sep 2013 - Jun 2015(2 years)

• FDI, market entry, trade analysis, cross-cultural management, corporate governance • Economic reform and development, china’s federalist system, energy and food security • Research methods for management: quantitative and qualitative

University of Birmingham
, Political Science and Philosophy (BA) (Hons)
Sep 2008 - Jun 2011(3 years)

• International security, sustainable energy policies, research into causes of economic inequality.