Peter is a China political economy and business expert. He has been engaging with China as a senior business executive, think-tank researcher, journalist, government regulator as well as a historian.

He is a non-resident fellow of Lowy Institute for International Policy and was appointed as an advisory board member of the National Foundation of Australia-China Relations by the Australian Foreign Minister.

Previously, Peter served as group chief advisor to the former CEO of Virgin Australia as well as General Manager for strategic relations. He was on the company’s executive committee between 2016 and 2019. Prior to working in the airline industry, he was a journalist with The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Business Spectator, and The Australian. He has also worked at the Australian Treasury Department as a specialist on foreign investment and trade policy.

Peter holds an M.St from the University of Oxford.

Languages

Mandarin, German

Influential work

Private sector

• Provided strategic advice on Asia strategy for one of Australia’s leading airlines

• Led a significant catering agreement negotiation with an Asia-based supplier

• Managed key stakeholder relationship with Asian strategic investors

• Advised leading technology companies, industrial equipment makers as well as financial services firms on China

Public sector

• Advised to the Australian government on China engagement strategy

• Led the development of the government policy on critical resources and provided policy to the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and the Treasurer

Thought leadership

• Author of over 100 news analysis, reports, academic journal articles, and policy papers on Asia, with a particular focus on China-related economic, business, and foreign policy issues

• Author of Understanding China’s Belt and Road policy paper for the Lowy Institute

Where my passion for Asia started

I have a broad interest in Asia from Japanese constitution to modern Indian history, having studied Japanese economic history at university. I am a keen student of China’s modern economic development as well as the intersection between politics and business in the world’s emerging superpower. I believe the deepest insight on Asia comes from a broad grasp of economics, history, politics as well as culture.