Partners

Prof Alan Barrell DBA FRSA Universities of Cambridge, Bedfordshire and Essex, UK, Xiamen University, China and Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Finland; and Holder of The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion. Professor Barrell graduated in biology, worked in the National Health Service as a haematologist before spending 20 years in the health care industry, and was CEO of Baxter UK for six years.

Subsequently he was CEO of two Cambridge based hi-tech printing companies, and for four years, Managing Partner of the Cambridge Gateway Fund. He is a founder shareholder of the investor and research organisation, The Library House Ltd, and managing director of China Time (UK) Ltd - focusing on linking up opportunities between the two continents. He is appointed Investment Attorney by the Municipality of Xiamen and International Advisor to Youth Business China, has set up manufacturing operations in Guangdong Province, and visits China regularly on teaching and business missions. He has chaired and is a sought-after speaker at various school conferences, including the Senior Schools Enterprise Conference in recent years.

Joint projects completed

Conduct Seminars: Drawing professionals from diverse fields based not only in the Cambridge area but also as far as London, including company CEOs, business professors and school headteachers, the seminar jointly conducted by Prof Alan Barrell and Wei Wang on China and the World at the Library House on 20 June 2008, has been well received. "It was a very enjoyble and stimulating event," commented Prof Terry Mughan at the Ashcroft International Business School.

Write an eBook: On 28 February 2008, Prof Alan Barrell and Dr Wei Wang's eBook entitled Love is Blind, Greed is Insatiable: The Classic Case of a China Business Venture was published by 2W Publishing Ltd. It is ideal for China-related courses at business schools around the world.

Dr Peter Chang is CEO of Care Property Group of companies. Born in Dalian, China, He is a citizen of Singapore. He received his BEng from the Harbin Institute of Technology, China and PhD from Loughborough University, UK. Dr Chang began his career in 1989 as a technical specialist for International Computers Ltd in the UK and NEC Co. in Singapore and Japan. In 1997, he co-founded Asia Power Corporation Ltd, a company specializing in owning and operating power plants and power technology companies in China. He was the President and CEO of Asia Power between 1997 and 2004, during which he led the company into its successful IPO on the main board of the Singapore Stock Exchange in 1999.

Since 2004, he has focused on his interest in property development, which he began in 1993, and has become a most active property developer in China with projects in Beijing, Jiangsu and Liaoning. He serves as a director of a number of companies in China, Singapore and other countries. He is the Honorary Chairman of the Singapore Hua Yuan Association comprising of mainly new immigrants from China, and a member of the international Young Presidents’ Organization.

Joint projects completed

Write a journal article: Our managing director Wei Wang and Dr Peter Chang, CEO of CARE Property Group of Companies, have joined forces and produced an article entitled "Entrepreneurship and Strategy in China: Why 'Porter's Five Forces' May Not Be", which has been published in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship. This brand new journal is published by Emerald, the world's leading publisher of management research, with the first issue to be released in January 2009. 

Provide advisory service: During November 2006-August 2007, Wei and Peter undertook joint work to prepare an advisory report for NWPC Group regarding its strategic moves into China. Wei subsequently held discussions with its senior executive team in Los Angeles.