Shaun Rein

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Shaun Rein is the Founder and Managing Director of the China Market Research Group (CMR).

Before founding CMR, he was the Chief of Research for venture capital firm Inter-Asia Venture Management. He also was the Managing Director, Country Head China for e-learning software company WebCT where he also ran the company's Taiwan and South Korean operations. He also served as the Assistant Director of the Centre for East Asian Research at McGill University.

He is a columnist for BusinessWeek's Asia Insight column. He has been widely published, written about and quoted in newspapers worldwide including Forbes, the Harvard Business Review, Dow Jones' MarketWatch, TheStreet.com, Investor's Business Daily, IHT, Finance Asia, the Wall Street Journal, and Barron's. He is regularly interviewed for National Public Radio's Marketplace.

Consulting Magazine named Shaun one of the "Top 30 Consultants Worldwide Under the Age of 30". He also won an award from Harvard University for "Excellence in Teaching" and is a frequent guest lecturer at universities worldwide, including Stanford's Graduate School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania, Fashion Institute of Technology, London Business School and INSEAD. He speaks at major business conferences around the world such a JP Morgan's China Conference, Asia Society's Corporate Conference, and the China Institute's Executive Summit.

Over his decade in China, he has assisted hundreds of Fortune 500, SMEs, private equity firms and hedge funds determine how best to take advantage of the growing opportunities in China.

Shaun currently serves on JP Morgan's "Hands-on China" expert group. He previously served as the Secretary General of the Asia Society's China Board, Form Director for St. Paul's School, and sat on the Advisory Committee for Shareholder Responsibility to the Harvard Corporation.

He earned his graduate degree from Harvard University focused on China's economy and received a BA Honours from McGill University. He can be reached at shaunrein@researchcmr.com.

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