Asia Society Australia and Deloitte are proud to present a briefing with Jason Yatsen-Li, an entrepreneur, corporate advisor and opinion-leader. The briefing is a part of the Asia Society Australia's Executive Briefing program.

From China's actions in the South China Sea, climate change stance, stock market gyrations, a revolution in cross-border ecommerce and the massive One Belt One Road strategy, what sort of superpower will China be and what are the implications for Australia and Australian business?

Jason Yatsen Li argues that China may be understood by 5 main personalities that underpin the often contradictory way it interacts with the world; through its foreign policy, economic policy and its approach to its borders and neighbours.

Date: 6 November 2015
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Deloitte, 225 George St, Sydney 2000 NSW

This event is open to members of Asia Society Australia and invited guests only. RSVP is essential, space is limited. For more information please contact [email protected].

About our speaker:

Jason is currently Chairman of Vantage Group Asia, a commercial group with offices in Sydney, Beijing and Shanghai and interests in mining & resources, technology and financial services businesses in Asia. He is also a Director of China Policy, a Beijing-based China research and policy firm. Jason is currently a Director of the George Institute for Global Health and a Governing Member of the Smith Family. Jason was immediate past Vice Chair of the Australia-China Chamber of Commerce in Beijing and formerly Youth Chair of the NSW Ethnic Communities Council, as well as cultural spokesperson for NSW Tourism during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. He was also a Director of the Sydney Institute, the National Centre for Volunteering and the New South Wales Government’s Sydney Metropolitan Strategy Group.

From 1996 – 1998, Jason worked for the United Nations in the Netherlands and in 1998, returned to Australia to lead a number of political campaigns including the campaign for Australia to become a Republic during the 1999 Republic Referendum. Jason was awarded the 2002 Eisenhower Fellowship with which he travelled to the USA to study the intersection of corporate, political and community interests. In 2008, he was part of the Australian Prime Minister’s 2020 Summit on the future of Australia and in 2009, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.  Jason is currently a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council for China.

Jason speaks fluent Mandarin, Cantonese, German and Dutch. He started his career as an M&A lawyer in Australia. After founding and selling a start-up focused on professional services in 2002, he joined Insurance Australia Group to lead the company’s activities in sustainability and climate change resulting in IAG being awarded the Sustainable Company of the Year Award by Ethical Investor Magazine in 2004. In 2004, he was appointed IAG’s Head of China Strategy and moved to China as Head of Sales & Marketing for IAG’s China operations in 2005. His work on road safety in China won the China PR Association Silver Medal for Best Campaign and the Economic Observer Award for Most Creative Campaign in 2005.

Asia Society Australia’s Executive Briefings are a curated series of meetings presented by diplomats, business leaders and subject matter experts from Asia and Australia. Designed to offer a deep dive into the critical issues of the day, to an audience of senior executives from the business, political, educational and cultural institutions that make up the Asia Society network.

The event is proudly hosted by Deloitte.