Carma Elliot was a career British diplomat for 23 years between 1987-2010, working in a wide variety of roles including trade and investment and protocol. Her final three postings were as Consul-General in Jeddah, Chongqing and finally Shanghai. 2014 marked the 30th anniversary of Carma first coming to China, as a student at Fudan University Shanghai. Carma then went on to become Executive Director at China’s largest international NGO, the Half the Sky Foundation (2010-2013), before joining the British Council in April 2013 and taking up her post as Director China in August 2013.

Aurelia is the Director for Member Operations and Business Development at AmCham China. In this capacity she supervises the Chamber’s forum and committee activities, organizes signature events, and manages the Chamber’s sponsorship and business development initiatives. Prior to AmCham, Aurelia was Communications Manager at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy. Aurelia has recently started supporting fundraising and proposal writing for Educating Girls of Rural China (EGRC), a non-profit registered in Canada that provides scholarships for underprivileged women in Western China.

Wang Liwei advises the Chinese Government on issues relating to non-profit work and sits on the board of the Ministry of Commerce, the All China Industry and Commerce Federation and the State Owned Enterprise Chamber of Commerce. Wang is also an advisor at Tsinghua University CSR Centre Beijing. In recognition for his work in establishing charitable vocational schools in Shandong, Wang was made the honorary vice-mayor for education in Guanxian County in the province. Wang has been instrumental in running the Rural Teacher Training programme in Beijing. Wang is a global speaker on the development of civil society in China and his contribution was most recently recognised via a BMW Foundation Award at the Munich Economic Summit and by his appointment as the China Ambassador to "Advisors in Philanthropy" in Chicago. More than any other individual, Wang has been instrumental in gaining acceptance by the Chinese Government of the establishment of a third sector in China.

Kiran Patel is currently the Marketing & Communications Director of LehmanBrown International Accountants, a China focused accounting, taxation and business advisory firm, combining years of international expertise with practical China experience and knowledge. Kiran is proactive in the British Chamber of Commerce in China, sitting on the Exco and co-chairing the Marcoms Forum. He is an active member in the business community. He is also known for being an active organiser of the annual British Charity Ball, one of Beijing’s largest foreign business community fundraising events.

At DLA Piper Clare's role involves acting as a liaison between international boards, creating global strategy documents and enabling cross-selling of clients between offices. As a Pro-Bono Counsel for the firm she has advised Charitable Business Trusts and many global NGOs such as the Clinton Foundation and Mercy Corps on their operations in China. As the Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce in China, Clare works closely with the British Embassy to facilitate the Sino-UK business relationship. She also sits on the Board of the China-Britain Business Council as Vice-Chair in London. Clare is the Chair of China Development Foundation.

Anke Schrader leads research on Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability at The Conference Board’s China Center, a nonpartisan think tank that conducts economic and business management research. Schrader is the author of numerous publications, including the widely recognized report Corporate Philanthropy in China: A Practitioner's Guide for Foreign Donors. In 2013, she was selected as a research partner to the Indiana University Initiative on Philanthropy in China. Schrader is also serving as vice chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in China’s Business Sustainability Committee.