SHIRLEY ZE YU

Professor Shirley Ze Yu is a leading voice on China’s political economy, Director of China-Africa Initiative at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, the LSE, and a Senior Practitioner Fellow with the Ash Center of Harvard Kennedy School. She is an MBA professor at the IE Business School and an Honorary Distinguished Foreign Faculty Professor at the National Defence University Pakistan. 

She is a member of the Davos Expert Network on China, 5G, and geo-economics. Shirley Yu is a frequent commentator and contributor to BBC News, Bloomberg, CNN, Al Jazeera, PBS Frontline, SP Global, Channel News Asia on China.

Shirley has served a diversified portfolio of global senior corporate executive and board governance roles.