Dr. Paul G. Clifford is an External Associate at the Lau China Institute, King’s College London, an Honorary Fellow at the Foreign Policy Association, and President of strategy advisory firm Paul G. Clifford & Associates.

He is the author of China’s Logistics: From Laggard to Innovator and The China Paradox, and is currently writing a book on China’s technology and industry.

Dr. Clifford first lived in China in 1973–74 as an exchange student. He later worked in China as a corporate banker with the First National Bank of Chicago, a strategy consultant with Oliver Wyman, and with Cisco Systems leading strategy for smart cities. He has advised Chinese SOEs, private firms, and multinationals across sectors including logistics, and was elected Executive Director of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing.

He has taught at universities in Mexico, the UK, and the US. He earned his Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and also studied at Peking University. He is fluent in Chinese.