Our speaker, Alice Wang, portfolio manager & luxury industry specialist at Quaero Capital, and a specialist of Chinese political thought and Yale graduate, with an in-depth knowledge of Chinese history, will contextualize the French influence on China. Alice is also a frequent commentator on broader investment trends in China and across Asia and she has been published widely across the global financial media.

Our friend and member, Arnaud Favry, Senior Director of Public & Governmental Affairs at bioMérieux will moderate this discussion. He holds a degree in Chinese Language and Civilization from l’Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales - INALCO - where he also studied at Peking University, a degree in Political Sciences & Asian Studies from Sciences Po and is an M.B.A. graduate of Harvard Business School.

These two Asia 21 Next Generation Fellows will discuss theories around why Wang Qishan asked all party members to read Tocqueville's L'Ancien Regime, how current Chinese economic policies might reflect some of the learnings from the book, and the current malaise around the future of the luxury market for Chinese consumers.

Speakers

Alice Wang

Alice Wang joined Quaero Capital LLP in London as portfolio manager in June 2020. She manages the QCF (Lux) – Bamboo and the QCF (Lux) – China. She is a frequent commentator on broader investment trends in China and across Asia and she has been published widely across the global financial media.

Previously, she worked for Lloyd George Management (HK) Limited, where she was already responsible for the portfolio of the Bamboo Fund. She began her career as a China specialist, and her responsibility eventually included South Korea, Taiwan and Philippines, with a particular focus on technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors. She is co-author of a multi-year case study on Haier Electronics for London School of Economics. In her early career, Alice worked as a brand strategist in New York for major global consumer brands, such as United Airlines, Google, and LVMH, and helped lead Groupon’s expansion to China in a joint venture with Tencent in 2011.

She is a CFA charterholder and she graduated from Yale University with a BA in Humanities focusing on Chinese Intellectual History. Alice Wang was born in China and is a native Mandarin speaker.

Arnaud Favry

Senior Director, Public & Governmental Affairs, bioMérieux

Arnaud started his career as a political advisor in the cabinet of the French Minister of Health & Sports (2008-2010), then of the Minister of Social Affairs (2010-2011). 

In 2011, he joined Institut Mérieux, in charge of the family holding’s institutional and public relations in China, based in Beijing. In 2017, he joined bioMérieux as Asia Pacific Strategic Initiatives Manager based in Singapore. In 2019, he took over the commercial development of the company in Indonesia. 

Since September 2020, Arnaud is based in Lyon, in charge of the Patient Value Strategy as well as of the Public & Governmental Affairs of the company. Since 2011, he helps with the development of Mérieux Equity Partners in Asia, the investment fund of Institut Mérieux. 

Arnaud is also the co-founder of the Marco Polo Institute, a think tank active in Beijing & Shanghai from 2012 to 2016, aiming at identifying innovative public policies and corporate practices in China. 

Arnaud graduated from Harvard Business School (MBA, 2016) and Sciences Po Paris(Bachelor, 2008; Master in Public Affairs, 2010). He also holds a bachelor degree in Chinese language and civilization from the National Institute of Oriental Studies in Paris (INALCO).