Tim is the author of the bestseller ‘Mr China.’ He has lived, worked and travelled in China since the 1980’s and personally negotiated more than a hundred business transactions there of value over a billion dollars. He specialises in complex situations where there has been a breakdown in the relationship between Chinese and foreign business owners. He has a proven track record of resolving difficult situations in a manner that both sides can accept.

Tim is a director of Henderson Far East Income and Baillie Gifford China Growth, two of the UK’s flagship quoted investment trusts, and served on the Strategic Advisory Board of Braemar Energy Ventures, the New York-based clean energy investor.

Tim’s books have been described as critical to understanding China by the World Economic Forum and Fortune Magazine. Time Magazine called his first book, Mr China, ‘an instant classic’ and it was translated into fifteen languages.

Tim’s aim is to contribute to a better understanding of China so that Westerners can engage and maximise their effectiveness there. He is a Senior Research Associate at the Cambridge University China Forum.

The Financial Times Shanghai correspondent wrote of his later book, Chinese Rules;

‘Read Tim Clissold, the British businessman whose book Mr China is probably the best I have ever come across about China. Now he has written another: it’s about what makes China tick – for foreigners who can clearly hear it ticking but can’t quite figure out why.