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Chris Torrens is a Partner in Control Risks’ Greater China and North Asia region, based in Beijing. Chris heads up the North China geomarket and oversees the company’s growing Chinese client base, advising both state-owned and private Chinese multinational companies operating globally and visiting regional operations across Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. In these capacities he has consulted with multinational and Chinese corporations across various industries on risk and strategy issues, particularly in relation to geopolitical and regulatory risks.

Chris is a regular media commentator on geopolitical and compliance risk issues, and has been interviewed by the BBC, CGTN, CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg. His articles have appeared in the Economist, People’s Daily, Financial Times and specialist publications. Chris’s book, Doing Business in China, was published by The Economist Group in 2010.

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Zhixing Zhang is responsible for delivering and developing Control Risks’ analytical products and consulting in the areas of geopolitical, political, security and operational risks pertaining to China and Northeast Asia.

Before Control Risks, Zhixing worked as a Senior Analyst for Stratfor, a US-based geopolitical risk consultancy, where she led Stratfor’s strategic analysis and forecasting on China and South-East Asia. Her areas of focus included China’s political development and foreign policy, the Belt and Road Initiative and Asia-Pacific maritime security.

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Adam’s career has focussed on trade & investment promotion, advocacy and association management. As the European Chamber’s secretary general, he is responsible for the overall implementation of its objectives, visibility, membership and advocacy activities across its 7 chapters and 9 offices in China (Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Nanjing,
Shanghai, Shenzhen, Shenyang and Tianjin).

Adam first joined the Chamber in 2006. He served first as the senior business manager, later as Beijing general manager, and since 2013 as the secretary general.

Previously, he worked a commercial officer at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, 2000-2004 and in 2012 he worked at APCO, a consulting firm, as deputy managing director. Since 2012 he serves as a board member and a rotating chair of the EU SME Centre. From 2014-2017 and again from 2023 he serves as vice chair of the European Business Organisation Worldwide Network, a legally registered NGO that represents European advocacy organisations based in over 50 countries.

Adam holds dual British and Canadian citizenship. He holds an M.A.in International Development
from the International University of Japan, and B.A in foreign languages from the University of
Victoria.