As investment banker, diplomat, lawyer, Harvard academic, and CIA spy, I have participated in China affairs for 40 years.  I founded & lead… RIDDELLTSENG, a China-focused boutique investment bank and advisory firm, celebrating more than 25 years of advising insurance & fund management ...more

As investment banker, diplomat, lawyer, Harvard academic, and CIA spy, I have participated in China affairs for 40 years.  I founded & lead… RIDDELLTSENG, a China-focused boutique investment bank and advisory firm, celebrating more than 25 years of advising insurance & fund management firms—from Fidelity’s China entry to MetLife’s China JV—, hedge funds on China and China-impacted strategy & trades, and western & Chinese firms on cross-border real estate investments. CHINADEBATE, founded in 2012, where fund management professionals encounter leading China experts in discussions & online presentations on issues that inform investments not only in China but also in the international economies and markets that feel China’s impact.  My government service includes… • CIA Case Officer in China Operations & Special Operations Group, Paramilitary Reserve Officer—at all times holding ‘Top Secret/Codeword’ clearances • U.S. Delegate to the UN • Florida Undersecretary of State for International Affairs  I am also an international lawyer, licensed to practice law in my home state of Florida since 1976, Board Certified in International Law, and former Vice Chairman of the Int'l Law Board Certification Committee.  Besides a law degree from Florida’s Stetson University and post-grad at Harvard Law School’s East Asian Legal Studies Program, I earned… • MBA, Harvard Business School • Master in International Affairs, School of Public & Int'l Affairs Columbia University At Peking University Law School, I am a former Senior Visiting Fellow & Member of the Advisory Board, Center for Real Estate Law. And, at Harvard, I am an Associate-in-Research at the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and a former… • Asia Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government • Member, Harvard China Fund Academic Committee • Academic Leader & instructor for China programs, Harvard Graduate School of Design  Life Member, Council on Foreign Relationsless