Charles Oliver (main contact)
Mr. Oliver runs the GBDN|China Shanghai office. With over 14 years experience in Asia, 11 in China, Mr. Oliver takes responsibility in all aspects of China operations including client management, sales and marketing, HR, and sales. Mr. Oliver has managed projects for dozens of leading companies, including GE, Siemens, DuPont, BASF, J&J, Honeywell, HP, and other companies of all sizes. Mr. Oliver was a industry manager in a large US market consulting firm, and is originally from California.
Thomas Brizendine
With over 20 years experience doing business in Greater China, Mr. Brizendine brings strong experience and leadership to the GBDN|CHINA team. Fluent in Mandarin, Mr. Brizendine is involved in all aspects of business, including project management, implementation, and government-relations. He has lead projects for numerous Fortune 1000 companies, and written extensively on this market. Before starting in consulting, Mr. Brizendine ran equities research programs and did direct investment in China. Originally from Kansas.
Sui Hong Yan
A Beijing-based entrepreneur with over 20 years experience doing business in China, Ms. Sui takes charge of HR, finance, and government-relation responsibilities.
GBDN|China Analysts
GBDN|China has a team of over 25 mainland analysts. Most GBDN|China analysts have technical backgrounds, including several engineers, chemists, doctors, etc. GBDN|China does not seek “the finished product”. We seek people who have potential, strong backgrounds, and are willing to develop, according to our standards. All GBDN|China analysts must go through an internal training program based on 3 Tiers, and covering all aspects of what we do. We work with people and try to develop a positive work environment that has the best aspects of Chinese and Western Culture.