Global strategist, expert on entrepreneurship and the transformational rise of emerging markets, foremost China and India.
Haiyan has been ranked at #25 in 2019 by Thinkers50 as one of the world’s “most influential management thinkers”. Earlier, she was listed by Thinkers50 in “On the Guru Radar” and short-listed for the “2013 Global Solutions Award” and “2011 Global Village Award”. She has also been named a “New Guru” by The Economic Times.
Haiyan co-writes a regular column for Bloomberg Businessweek and articles for Harvard Business Review online. She is the co-author of three highly acclaimed books: The Silk Road Rediscovered, Getting China and India Right (which received the 2009 Axiom Book Awards’ Silver Prize as one of the world’s two best books on globalisation/international business) and The Quest for Global Dominance (2nd Edition).
Haiyan has served as a Contributing Editor for Chief Executive magazine. Her opinion pieces have also appeared in leading international media such as The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, Financial Times, Wired, The Economic Times, China Daily, The Times of India, and South China Morning Post, as well as other outlets. She has been frequently interviewed by CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, India Today, CCTV, CGTN, CNN, China Daily, INSEAD Knowledge and other prominent business media.
A native of China, Haiyan has spoken at major conferences such as Summer Davos, The Economist, Foreign Affairs, TEDx, CNN Expansión, the Brookings Institution, the Asia Society, and the Global Peter Drucker Forum, as well as corporate forums in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
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