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Ms. Ying Han is Vice President of Global Technology and Cybersecurity Policy and Partnerships (TCPP) and leads JP Morgan Chase’s Asia Pacific TCPP agenda. She is responsible for advancing the firm’s positions on key technology, cybersecurity and data issues and strengthening and developing the firm’s cybersecurity relationships with government agencies, think tanks and industry partners.
Prior to joining JP Morgan Chase, Ms. Han was Policy Director at United States Information Technology Office (USITO), a trade association representing leading global technology companies in China, and led USITO’s cybersecurity and technology advocacy. In her role at USITO, she proactively advocated on China’s Cybersecurity Law and its related implementation measures and actively engaged with policy makers and key influencers to communicate industry voice and help improve policy outcome. She also guided and built USITO’s Emerging Technology Initiative conducting in-depth and forward-looking research on AI, blockchain and other emerging technologies.
Han Ying also served as a Trade Commissioner covering ICT and Digital Media sector in Embassy of Canada. In her role at the Canadian Embassy, she counseled Canadian ICT and Digital Media companies on China ICT policy and market in China, helping them develop competitive business strategy.
Han Ying holds a Master degree in Journalism from Iowa State University, as well as a B.A. in English and Telecommunication Engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT).

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Barbara is a partner based in Beijing. With almost three decades’ experience working in a senior in-house legal role at the Beijing and London offices of leading international firms, as well as providing business consultancy services at PwC, Barbara brings a wealth of knowledge to advising international and Chinese companies and financial institutions on doing business in China and globally. She focuses her practice on complex, cross-border M&As, joint ventures, strategic alliances and foreign direct investment in a wide range of industries including the high-tech, telecom, energy, infrastructure, automotive, pharma and high-end manufacturing industries. She also counsels Chinese companies on their outbound strategies and major transactions.

Barbara has a particular interest in the cyber, data, technology and FinTech sectors, with significant experience advising international companies and financial institutions on navigating China’s evolving legal regime governing data and cybersecurity. She is regularly engaged by clients to provide legal support on high-stakes data and cybersecurity-related issues including managing complex, cross-border data transfers, the digital transformation of businesses, and the deployment of emerging technologies such as AI, cloud computing and blockchain. Barbara also advises Chinese companies on global data compliance projects under the laws of other countries, such as the EU GDPR. She is recognised as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/EU) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and is an IAPP-designated writer for the Asia-Pacific region.

Barbara is widely recognised in the Chinese market as an eminent data/tech lawyer and is described as “having extensive experience in complex TMT regulatory issues” by Legal 500. She is ranked as a leading individual in corporate, M&A, TMT and FinTech by various legal directories, including Chambers, Legal 500, Asian Legal Business, IFLR1000 and WhichLawyer, and received the China Top 15 TMT Lawyer award 2020 from Asian Legal Business.

Benefiting from her in-house experience, Barbara works closely with the industry and is frequently invited to share her insights at premier international professional and industry conferences organised by the IAPP, the Asia Privacy Forum and the Economist Corporate Intelligence Network, among others. She served as the vice chair of the Cybersecurity Sub-Working Group and the Construction Working Group of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China for several years.

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Peter Ling-Vannerus is responsible for developing and managing the Bank’s Business in Northern China, as well as monitoring the political and economic development of China for SEB. He studied at INSEAD and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.