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John W. Allen  

John W. Allen is Chairman & CEO of Greater China Corporation.

Involved in Asia and China for over 30 years and participated in developing several multi $billion companies. Assisted in founding AIESEC in China and Latin America and was Chairman of the Board of AIESEC, US and of AIESEC Yale. Founding member of the Chinese Cultural Foundation and the China Investment Group, LLC.

Headed the international investment subsidiary of the Bank of Boston and was Assistant to James D. Wolfensohn (former head of the World Bank) at Schroder Bank and Trust, and subsequently became President of the International Securities Exchange Corporation.

Served as Trustee of the Soros Open Society Institute and one of three Trustees of the International Science Foundation along with George Soros and Nobel Laureate James Watson.

Director of the World Policy Institute, the International Business and Academic Council, Advisor to the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights and Womensphere and previously served as Vice Chairman of the Business Council for the United Nations.

Also Chairman of Spring Investment Corporation and Turtlesnap Ventures, Inc. Frequent speaker on China, global capital markets, emerging markets and entrepreneurial initiatives. Received his BA from Yale University and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Speech Topics

Geopolitics and the Hot Spots of the World.

An expert with key focus areas in Asia and the Middle East, Allen discusses America’s geopolitical relationships around the world and the hot spots that will cause the most concern in the coming years. He shares powerful stories with audiences about the security challenges that keep him up at night and details how they will likely play out – including the ramifications of different geopolitical actions across the globe. Colored by stories from the trenches, Allen makes our nation’s geopolitical challenges real for audiences, leaving them on the edge of their seats.

Strategic Leadership and Crisis Management.

Through powerful stories shared from the conflicts he lived and worked through, General Allen discusses the crucial elements of leadership and leading an organization in times of crisis. He shares stories about the most important aspects of leadership, including how earning trust and credibility along with honesty, integrity, and speed in communication are some of the crucial elements. Citing the need to dominate the information space by controlling the message about your organization, Allen explains the need to be faster and more truthful than your enemy (or competitor). He leads audiences through the process of making time-sensitive decisions that involve risk and explains how to manage competing priorities. With harrowing details and nail-biting suspense, Allen’s tales of leadership in crisis pull from real-world events and leave audiences on the edge of their seats.

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Leadership

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