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Patrick Horgan of Rolls-Royce: Powering into the Future

May 30, 2018 By Mei Xinlei

Few in the expat business community can rival Patrick Horgan’s depth and range of experience in the Chinese market. Since first coming to China as a volunteer in 1989, Horgan’s career has spanned business, diplomacy and cultural relations. Since 2011, he has been Regional Director of Northeast Asia for Rolls-Royce. As he tells CKGSB Knowledge, he believes China’s development ambitions make this an exciting time to be at the British manufacturing giant. China now has about 2,800 aircraft while in the US the number is 7,000 and there is a massive opportunity for international air framers and engine providers.

Filed Under: Airline Industry, All Articles, C-Suite Interview, Conversations, Globalization Tagged With: Rolls Royce

Ferrari in China: Turbo Brand

May 14, 2014 By Suzanne Edwards

In the face of luxury push-back from China’s government and hyper competition for luxury car consumers, how is Ferrari tuning its China message? 2013 was not luxury’s finest year in China. The government shamed any and all ostentatious displays of wealth and decadence, and Chinese con­sumers are now backing off the luxury buying frenzy that […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, Best Practice, Branding, C-Suite Interview, Consumers, Conversations, ExpertSpeak, Know China, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketing Tagged With: Automobiles, China Strategy, Chinese Car Market, Chinese Market, Consumers, Edwin Fenech, Ferrari, Formula 1, Manufacturing, Rolls Royce, Slider

Rolls-Royce in China: Riding on China’s Growth

April 10, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan and Major Tian

Patrick Horgan, Regional Director, North-East Asia, on how Rolls-Royce diversified in China. Unknown to many, China’s engage­ment with Rolls-Royce, the iconic British multinational company, goes back nearly a century. In 1919 the first air­mail service between Beijing and Tianjin was powered by Rolls-Royce engines on a Handley Page aircraft. In 1963, Rolls-Royce sold Dart engines […]

Filed Under: Airline Industry, All Articles, Best Practice, C-Suite Interview, Connections, Conversations, Know China, Multinationals in China, Strategy, Supply Chain, Videos Tagged With: Air China, Airlines, Aviation, China Eastern Airlines, Competition, Made in China, Private Airlines, Rolls Royce, Slider

CKGSB Magazine March 2014: The Digital Takeover – Internet Finance versus Traditional Banks

April 1, 2014 By CKGSB Knowledge

You are invited to download the March 2014 issue of CKGSB Magazine. You’ll enjoy articles and interviews like: COVER STORY The Money Matrix: As Chinese consumers show an increasing preference for easy-to-use internet finance, what will happen to traditional banks? SNAPSHOT: China’s Crushing Debt: How serious is China’s local debt problem? A look at the ticking time bomb. […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Airline Industry, All Articles, Automobile Industry, Best Practice, Chinese Economy, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Environment, Finance, Infographics, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Internet Finance, Know China, Technology Tagged With: Agriculture, Air Quality, Automobiles, Bitcoins, Cosmetics, Debt, Ferrari, Jonah Berger, Local Debt, Media, Phoenix Media, Rolls Royce, Smog

Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild on Reinventing Capitalism

June 25, 2013 By Neelima Mahajan

Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, CEO of E.L. Rothschild and Co-Chair of the Henry Jackson Initiative for Inclusive Capitalism, believes that capitalism is not a lost cause. It only needs long-term thinking and a more human face Can capitalism be fixed? Ever since the financial crisis, scholars and academics have been pondering over this vexing question. […]

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