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About the authors

• Alicia García-Herrero

  Alicia García Herrero is a Senior fellow at Bruegel.

  She is the Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at French investment bank Natixis, based in Hong Kong and is an independent Board Member of AGEAS insurance group. Alicia also serves as a non-resident Senior fellow at the East Asian Institute (EAI) of the National University Singapore (NUS). Alicia is also Adjunct Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Finally, Alicia is a Member of the Council of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation (FUF), a Member of the Board of the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation (CAPRI), a member of the Council of Advisors on Economic Affairs to the Spanish Government, a member of the Advisory Board of the Berlin-based Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) and an advisor to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s research arm (HKIMR).

  In previous years, Alicia held the following positions: Chief Economist for Emerging Markets at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Member of the Asian Research Program at the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Head of the International Economy Division of the Bank of Spain, Member of the Counsel to the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, Head of Emerging Economies at the Research Department at Banco Santander, and Economist at the International Monetary Fund. As regards her academic career, Alicia has served as visiting Professor at John Hopkins University (SAIS program), China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and Carlos III University. 

  Alicia holds a PhD in Economics from George Washington University and has published extensively in refereed journals and books (see her publications in , , or ). Alicia is very active in international media (such as BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC  and CNN) as well as social media ( and ). As a recognition of her thought leadership, Alicia was included in the in 2017 and .

• Michal Krystyanczuk

  Michal is an experienced Data Scientist whose goal is to enable the use of Artificial Intelligence to make an impact on society.

  Michal has been regularly acting as a consultant on multiple AI-related projects for companies from different sectors: pharmaceuticals, marketing, and finance. He is specialized in Deep Learning and Big Data techniques for various AI tasks such as natural language processing, pattern recognition, recommender systems, credit scoring, or hedging strategies optimization. He managed numerous semantic data projects for global brands such as Mulberry, BNP Paribas, Groupe SEB, Publicis, or Abbott.

  Personally, Michal is an enthusiast of Cognitive Computing and Information Retrieval from unstructured data (text, image, and video).

• Robin Schindowski

  Robin is a Research analyst at Bruegel. His work focuses on the Chinese economy and its interactions with the international economic architecture. In particular, he is involved in the project "Dealing with a resurging China" under the Horizon Europe Fund.

  He studied Contemporary Chinese Studies (BA) at the University of Tübingen - including a semester at Peking University and a semester at Fudan University in Shanghai. He holds a master's degree in Economics from La Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Paris-Saclay, with the second year fully funded as a scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service. He wrote his master's thesis on the impact of patronage networks in the Chinese government on economic outcomes. Between his bachelor's and master's degrees, he worked as an industry consultant at Deloitte Consulting in Germany, where he conducted projects in the field of supply chain management with a regional focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

  Robin is a native German speaker, fluent in English, and full working knowledge of French and Mandarin. 

• Théo Storella

  Théo Storella is a Research Assistant at Bruegel specialising in China's political economy. In particular, Théo works on the project 'Dealing with a resurging China' under the Horizon Europe Fund. 

  He holds a bachelor's degree in East-Asian Studies from Wesleyan University, and two master's degrees from the London School of Economics and Fudan University in Public Policy. His latest master's dissertation investigated Chinese healthcare initiatives in Africa under the Belt & Road Initiative, using mixed methods to document and explain Chinese foreign policy. 

  Having lived and worked in China for several years, Théo is dedicated to better understanding one of the world's most important emerging markets. 

  Théo speaks English and French bilingually, as well as fluent Mandarin and conversational Spanish. 

• Jianwei Xu

  Jianwei Xu is non-resident fellow at Bruegel. He is a senior economist at Natixis, Asia Pacific. He worked as a professor at Beijing Normal University. He was also a guest researcher at China Academy of Social Science and a youth member of the China Finance Forum 40.

  His research mainly focuses on international economics and labor economics. He is particularly interested in topics related to the Chinese economy. He has published many papers in academic journals and also writes policy articles for the media.

  He received his Ph.D. in economics from China Economic Research Center, Peking University in 2011. He was also a visiting student in Stern Business School, New York University, from 2009 to 2010.