Shi Han - Founder and managing partner of ChinaLine, LLC, base in Beijing. Mr. Han advised leading multinationals such as Illinois Tool Works, The Marmon Group, Spectrum Brands, Eastman Kodak, and Bausch & Lomb in the areas of strategic acquisition and supply chain strategy and established some of the business structures in China that were ground-breaking at the time and supplier relationships that generated cost savings in the millions of dollars.  

He is formerly a lecturer and research fellow at Peking University 's Department of World Economy and Center of Soviet and Eastern European Studies, and a research fellow at the J. F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University . He is the author of several books on international economics and some of his research works were funded by the Ford Foundation, the US Department of Education and the Foundation for Trans-cultural Studies of Japan. As an expert on international management, Mr. Han is featured by news media such as Voice of America in Washington DC and Crain’s Chicago Business in Chicago . He speaks at national and international conferences regularly, lectures at leading universities in the US and China and was referenced in Marquis’ Who’s Who in the East.

Ralph Biedermann - Partner, based in Chicago. Dr. Biedermann has 35 years of international business experience in the industrial, consumer, defense and aerospace fields. Prior to working for Northrop, General Electric and Grumman Aerospace, he is the former President of Brunswick International, Ltd. and Vice President of Brunswick China , responsible for establishing Brunswick 's initial operation in China .

He has served as Chairman of the Washington-based Committee for Production Sharing and Vice Chairman of the U.S. Government's Industry Sector Advisory Committee for Consumer Goods. Dr. Biedermann has been a member of the Board of Advisors of Georgetown University's Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy.