Experts
Experts and Honorary Advisors
of the Silk Road Legal Cooperation Network
DILUM ABEYSEKERA
MBA (Wales), Attorney-at-Law
International legal consultant experienced in projects funded by the World Bank, UNDP and USAID.
Founder,
Silk Road Legal Cooperation Network
Founder,
LEEG-net.org - a partnership for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Paperless Trade Expert (UNNExT/ UN ESCAP)
SDG Expert (UN ESCAP SDG Helpdesk)
PROF. DR. WOLFGANG GEORG ARLT
CEO, COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (Hamburg, Germany)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt FRGS FRAS is a China expert who held the position of professor for International Tourism Management with more than 40 years of practical and academic experience in Chinese tourism.
COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute is the world’s leading independent research institute for consulting, research, information, training, and quality assessment relating to the Chinese outbound tourism market.
ESTELLE DE MARCO
Founder of Inthemis (Montpellier, France)
ICT legal and ethical issues specialist
Specialties: IT law and ethics covering the action against cybercrime, information system security, Internet actors' liability, and privacy/personal data/fundamental rights protection (including compliance with the GDPR and privacy/personal data risk analysis and impact assessment).
ANDRE CASTERMAN
Founder & Managing Director
Casterman Advisory (Belgium)
Former Managing Director, Global Head Corporate and Supply Chain Markets – SWIFT.
Mr. Casterman is engaged in a series of hand-picked technology innovations in transaction banking and capital markets. He is consulting with various clients, mainly early-stage fintechs and help them collaborate with incumbent financial institutions and software vendors. He advises on strategy, commercialisation and partnership development.
ANGELO ARISTODIMOU
Chairman, McMillan Woods
A Cyprus-based tax, accounting, audit and business advisory with over 27 years of professional experience.
PAULA BELLAMY
Managing Director & Shareholder, Oceanwide Logistics, Dubai, UAE.
OL is a global group with 12 owned USA offices, 4 owned European offices, 2 owned Far East offices and an agent network of over 120 across the globe.
ELVIRA VOLKOVA
Founder and Managing Partner,
ElMar-IP Agency (Ukraine)
Ms. Volkova specializes in the protection of intellectual property rights in Ukraine, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Her team provides consultations and services concerning all the areas of intellectual property including trademarks, patents, industrial designs and other objects.
FATIMA ELMALIK
Advocate, Member of Sudanese Bar Union, Pan African Lawyers Union.
Ms. Elmalik presently functions as the Legal Adviser at National Bank of Egypt (Khartoum).
PROF. RICHARD T. GRIFFITHS
Director 'New Silk Roads' research project at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Prof. Griffiths is a Political Economist specialised in China's Belt and Road Initiatve and European Integration. Skilled in teaaching, public speaking, online courses (MOOCS) and research. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economic History from University of Cambridge.
PROF. GENE DETROYER
Professor, International Business, Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Executive Director,
G2E Global Commerce Education, Inc
Visiting Professor, Guizhou University of Finances and Economics, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
Prof. Detroyer is advising, consulting and motivating a range of clients both in the U.S. and internationally. Additionally he teaches Leadership, Entrepreneurship and International Business at international business schools around the world.
DR. WEI SU
Founding Partner, Kuntao Law Firm (Beijing China)
Dr. Su has extensive experience in settlement of cross-border commercial disputes, especially through ADR. He is also a specialist in merger and acquisition and private equity investment. He has been accredited by China's Ministry of Justice as "Counsel of China's Foreign-related Legal Services"since 2017.
Dr. Su earned his PhD in international law from the UK, and had worked with a US and a UK firm before founding Kuntao. Dr. Su and his team pratice law in both China and California.
DR. CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL WANG
Director, Green Belt and Road Initiative Center, International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing
Over the past 14 years, Dr. Nedopil Wang has worked in sustainability and innovation in private and public sector on four continents including the World Bank's IFC in over 20 countries as economist and corporate governance specialist.
Dr. Nedopil Wang's background in Public Administration (Harvard), Economics (PhD) and Engineering (MSc) has allowed him to succeed in particularly complex industries and innovation challenges that require multi-stakeholder engagement.
MARIA MORENI
Co-President,
BELT & ROAD LOCAL COOPERATION (BRLC) Hangzhou (China)
President, Italy-China Link
Cross-cultural researcher specialized in China market , international public affairs, marketing & communication 4.0
11° WINNER in Italy of the "OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CHINA - ITALY FRIENDSHIP " AWARDS
DR. WUNMI BEWAJI
PhD (Leeds, UK) specialised in Securities and Financial Regulations Law. Dr. Bewaji was tutored at the International Institute for Legal Drafting of the University of Tulane, New Orleans USA.
Barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. A legal academic, best-selling author and Director, Center for Research in Law and Business. A former member of the Federal House of Representatives of the Nigerian National Assembly.
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