Has over 12 year’s experience in the Chinese market building networks that include government organizations, educational institutions, trade associations, and industry partners. He has planned, facilitated and deployed foreign direct investment and trade programs by co-creating an economic exchange model that generated millions of dollars in trade for the Canadian economy. The model helped create synergies between Canadian municipal FDI efforts and international businesses to generate targeted opportunities within the Chinese market. This included numerous trade missions focused on the development of R&D projects, attracting Foreign Direct Investment, and establishing international strategic partnerships between Chinese and Canadian industry partners.