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Keynote SpeakerMax Johnson

Investor, Entrepreneur and China Business Expert, Founder of MJ Capital, Specialist on UK–China Relations and Global Markets

Max Johnson is the younger half-brother of Boris Johnson. He has spent the past 15 years in Asia. After graduating in 2009 from Tsinghua University, Beijing, with an MBA (becoming the first British citizen to do so), Johnson spent five years in China working as the business development manager for... Read more

Biography

Max Johnson is the younger half-brother of Boris Johnson. He has spent the past 15 years in Asia. After graduating in 2009 from Tsinghua University, Beijing, with an MBA (becoming the first British citizen to do so), Johnson spent five years in China working as the business development manager for a British metals trader. He then spent four years at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong as an investment banker, working on a wide range of transactions across many industries (2013-2016) before establishing his own independent advisory business, MJ Capital.

Johnson was vice chair of the British Chamber of Commerce in China, is a Leading Light for the British Council China, and is a founding member of China Britain Business Council’s China Committee. He was educated at Eton College (1998-2003), has a bachelor’s with honors in Russian with Polish from Christ Church College, University of Oxford (2003-2007); an MBA from Tsinghua University in Beijing (2007-2009), and a certificate in management from MIT (2007-2009). He holds a black belt in Taekwondo.

Popular Talks by Max Johnson

  • Doing Business in China
  • UK–China Relations and Global Trade
  • Investment and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
  • Cross-Cultural Leadership and Communication
  • The Future of Global Markets
  • Building Resilient Businesses in Times of Change