Alumni World Tour : Singapore (#5) The future of the Belt & Road Initiative and the role of Singapore

We explore the importance of Singapore (and France) to the BRI: 2020 Significant Developments in Pandemic with Singapore’s first joint venture with China prior to the launch of the BRI, we investigated how China has had to alter it BRI plans in infrastructure, ports, digital and health silk roads as the result of the pandemic and we will move from Singapore to France to state all important relationship with China in the early to mid 20th Century. What is this project, its prospects and the problems arising from BRI?

Speakers

• Henry Tillman: spent a decade in New York with major investment banks, mostly advising on US organisations on M&A and capital raising. Currently based in London, Mr. Tillman previously served (2011-2015) as a Non Executive Director of Wells Fargo Securities (Europe). In 2016, Mr Tillman represented the 48 Group (UK) at the launch of the Maritime Silk Route in Xiamen. He is the CEO and Chairman of Grisons Peak, a London-based, Asia-focused merchant bank. 

• Emmanuel Véron: has a doctorate in geography (University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) and is a specialist in contemporary China. He taught geography and geopolitics of China at INALCO from 2014 to 2018, then at the French Naval Academy, international relations, geopolitics and institutions. He is an associate professor-researcher at UMR IFRAE and at the French Naval Academy. Today he is General Delegate of the Endowment Fund (FDBDA) specializing in Asia and maritime areas. The action of the FDBDA is divided into three actions: Research and analysis; awards and distinctions and construction projects. He teaches geopolitics, mainly on China and Asia at various universities and schools. He advises companies and institutions on contemporary issues related to Chinese power.

Moderator

Laurence Onfroy, Le Petit Journal Singapour

Partners

• Le Petit Journal (Singapore)
• Singapore Chapter, Sciences Po Alumni
• Singapore Chapter, HEC Alumni
• Cercle Asie de Sciences Po Alumni
• French Grandes Écoles Singapore Alumni
• FDBDA

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