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Jeff is a leading expert on the digital and AI strategies of the leading US and China / Asia companies. He does:
- Consulting and advisory – including workshops.
- Keynotes at conferences and company events.
Jeff is one of the most followed analysts in Asia (+2.9M followers on LinkedIn). He was also the #1 LinkedIn Top Voice for Finance globally (2017) and a Top Voice for China (2016, 2017, 2018). He is frequently cited as a global influencer by companies such as Huawei and Alibaba. He has been seen on Bloomberg, CGTN, CBS News, ABC and other programs.
He is managing partner at TechMoat Consulting, a boutique consultancy that helps clients improve their growth through rapid customer innovation plus powerful digital moats.
He is also the host of the Tech Strategy Podcast, a best-selling author, and a sometimes Peking University, CEIBS, and Sasin business professor.
Jeff does workshops and keynote speeches at companies, boards, and conferences around the world. Topics for writing / speaking include:
- Lessons From the Digital Leaders of China / Asia – including Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Meituan and others.
- What’s Coming Next in E-Commerce and Retail – with lessons from Alibaba, JD, Pinduoduo, Xiaohongshu and others.
- Winning in Digital Transformation of Healthcare – with lessons from PingAn, Fosun, and Cigna.
- Winning in Digital Transformation of Financial Services – with lessons from Ant Financial and others.
Jeff was previously the Head of Direct Investments for Middle East North Africa and Asia Pacific for Prince Alwaleed, nicknamed by Time magazine the “Arabian Warren Buffett”.
His latest books are Moats and Marathons, the One Hour China Book and the One Hour China Consumer Book.
Jeff received an MBA from Columbia Business School, an MD from the Stanford University School of Medicine, a BA in Physics from Pomona College and a Fulbright Scholarship in Biophysics from the Karolinska Institute for Biomedical Science in Stockholm, Sweden.
Jeff lives in Asia and the US. He is a huge fan of Starbucks and anything Marvel (pre-phase 4). An ex-Burger King employee, he claims he can make a 100 hamburgers in an hour.
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Work
Jeff is a consultant with +20 years of experience across the US, China/Asia and the Middle East. He has developed projects in real estate, hotels, banks / financial services, insurance, healthcare, consumer products, retail, technology, petrochemicals, and energy / infrastructure.
His writing and speaking are on digital and AI competition and the strategies of the leading tech companies. His podcast and subscription newsletter (Tech Strategy) covers the strategies of leading tech companies. He is managing partner at TechMoat Consulting, a boutique consultancy that helps clients with AI and digital strategy and transformation.
Previously, Jeff was Head of Direct Investments for Middle East North Africa and Asia Pacific for Prince Alwaleed, nicknamed the “Prince of deals” and the “Arabian Warren Buffett”
- Prince Alwaleed is arguably the world’s first private global investor and his distinctions include: the world’s 4th richest person (2004, Forbes), the largest foreign investor in the USA, the largest shareholder of the world’s largest bank (Citigroup, 2007), the world’s second largest media owner and the leading Middle Eastern business person (Arabian Business).
- Between 2000 and 2009, Jeff was one of the core investment / advisory staff at Prince Alwaleed’s Riyadh headquarters (Kingdom Holding Company).
Prior, Jeff was CEO of Kingdom Hospital in Riyadh. And prior to that, a management consultant (Senior Associate) at Booz-Allen & Hamilton in New York City where he focused on financial services and healthcare. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association and the American Medical Association Foundation.
Teaching
Jeff is a former Professor at the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai and at Sasin School of Management in Bangkok, where he taught digital strategy and transformation. He is also a past Fellow in Finance at the Cambridge University Judge School of Business.
Books
Moats and Marathons: How to Build Competitive Advantages in Digital Businesses is five part series with frameworks for competitive strength in digital.
The One Hour China Book: Two Peking University Professors Explain All of China Business in Six Short Stories (2017) is a “speed read” on China’s economic trends. It was co-authored by Jonathan Woetzel of McKinsey & Company and has been on the Amazon China bestseller list for over +4 years.
The One Hour China Consumer Book: Five Short Stories That Explain the Brutal Fight for One Billion Consumers (2015) is follow-up speed read on Chinese consumers. It was co-authored with Jonathan Woetzel and was an Amazon bestseller.
What Would Ben Graham Do Now: A New Value Investing Playbook for a Global Age (FT Press, 2011) focused on investment strategies for the increasing collision of the West and the emerging markets. It was a best-seller on Amazon (#1 in Business & Investing), USA TODAY Money (#3) and Inc. Magazine (#2).