Executive Committee

Chairman | Country Director, Rolls-Royce, China Julian MacCormac is Country Director for Rolls-Royce, China. Julian first came to China in 1993 and has spent much of the past twenty-five years living in or working on China. Julian joined Rolls-Royce in 2016, serving as Director for Business Development for Rolls-Royce’s civil nuclear business in China. Prior to joining Rolls-Royce Julian spent ten years in the UK Civil-Service. He worked on research, science and innovation policy, with a particular focus the commercialisation of publicly-funded research. Julian spent four years as Commercial Counsellor at the British Embassy in Beijing and led UK-China trade and investment work on infrastructure and energy. Julian currently serves as Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce in China. He has a degree in Chinese and Management. He is a recipient of the prestigious Frank Knox Fellowship and received his Master’s degree in East Asian Studies from Harvard University. In 1997 he received the Lotus Prize, awarded to exemplary Foreign Experts working in China.  

Vice-Chair| Julian Fisher, Senior Partner, Venture Education As co-chair of the Education Forum I have developed community, information and advocacy by instigating social and learning events, a weekly newsletter for members and writing the BEMA report for the DIT. I will support the Executive Committee in three key areas: firstly, on-going support for the thousands of British SMEs who hope to flourish in China; secondly, supporting the Britcham young professional’s network; finally, as Brexit nears, with the drive, expertise and resources to lead research and report writing giving the chamber a strong voice in ongoing trade talks and continued business growth between the UK and China.

Vice-Chair | Managing Director, The Economist Group Greater China Dr. Qian Liu is an influential economist and business executive. She understands well both China and the West, and has shown exceptional ability to bridge the two in the age of China rising and new globalisation. As Managing Director of The Economist Group in Greater China, Dr. Liu showed excellent leadership in expanding business with innovation. She previously headed The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Economics Unit and China Research, and chaired internal review with The European Securities and Market Authority. As an economist, Dr. Liu has deep knowledge of Chinese economy, publishes in highly regarded academic journals and business, and is frequently interviewed by BBC, CNBC, NPR, etc. Dr. Liu is also a prominent advocate for gender equality, and introduces cutting edge global economic research on gender, and promotes intelligent public debates reaching millions of people. Dr. Liu earned her PhD in Economics from Uppsala University, Sweden, and was previously a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley, and received executive training from Stanford University. She was awarded Outstanding Woman by Caixin in 2016, recognised as Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum in 2019 and elected as Youth Council Member of Future Forum in 2020.

Treasurer | Managing Partner, LehmanBrown International Accountants  Russell has been  an active member of the Chamber since 2002, and I have been part of the evolution of the Chamber since then, including serving on EXCO for 8 years from 2006 to 2014 in the capacity of Treasurer, Vice Chair and Chair between 2012 and 2014. It is critical for the Chamber during these current troubled times to have a good team to steer it through the various storms it may face. The financial management of the Chamber is a key part of this, not just in terms of its accounts, but its navigation through the turbulent waters, planning and knowing how to sail through them. Russell is a Fellow of ICAEW and CIMA. He has experience in helping many membership organisations in China, and am also very familiar with the Chamber’s operations. Therefore, I believe that I can make a contribution to EXCO, the Chamber, and ultimately to you its members. I am delighted that I have this opportunity to be running for Treasurer and I hope you will support my nomination, and welcome me back to EXCO.

At-Large | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Ninette relocated to China in 2009 from Brussels and since then she has had the opportunity to assist multinationals, including several British and Chinese companies, on competition law related matters in China and the Asia-Pacific region. She has also had the privilege of supporting European businesses in the past serving on the Executive Committee of the European Chamber of Commerce in China. As the United Kingdom transitions into a post-Brexit era, the British Chamber can be expected to play a pivotal role in supporting the interests of British business in China. It would be a privilege to bring my experience to bear at the British Chamber. Ninette aims to draw on her  20 years of legal experience advising multinationals to support British business in China.

At-Large | Partner, Deal Advisory, KPMG During her 17 years at KPMG, Daisy has accumulated considerable experience in mergers and acquisitions. She gained invaluable experience in Britain while on secondment to KPMG Global Chairmen’s Office based in London. Daisy comes to the position with the powerful network, resources and leadership support that KPMG can provide.

At-large | Head of School, Harrow International School Beijing  

At-large | CEO,  The Bespoke Travel Company  

General Counsel  Michael is the Managing Partner of Reed Smith LLP’s Beijing Office. He has broad experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate, corporate finance and financing work in Hong Kong and in Mainland China. His equity capital markets experience extends to acting for both investment banks and issuers in relation to H-share, red-chip and A+H share transactions. He was lead partner as Hong Kong counsel on the world's first simultaneous A+H share offering, the IPO of ICBC, the largest IPO in the world at the time of issue. In M&A, he has extensive experience in acting for purchasers and investee companies in regional and PRC M&A transactions, including private equity and strategic investments.