KEDGE Alumni Conference & Cocktail in London

KEDGE Alumni and it's well established London branch are inviting you to a very special event. For the first time in London, Kedge Alumni will host a two parts evening. You will have the chance to take part in a very interesting conference chaired by Laurent Estachy, Marc Mourre and Xavier Rolet, followed by a networking cocktail with the presence of José Milano (CEO of Kedge BS) and Christophe Mouysset (Kedge BS’s Director of Corporate Relations).

Laurent ESTACHY International Finance & Geo-economy professor at KEDGE BS	Marc MOURRE (ESC 1977) Managing Director, Head of Global Markets Commodities at Natixis	Xavier R. ROLET (ESC 1981) Chief Executive Officer at CQS Management Ltd

The Belt and Road Initiative, BRI, announced in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, is at the core of China’s foreign policy strategy. Beijing champions the project as a means to spur development, goodwill and economic integration between China and its neighbours in the west: most notably Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

However the project has proved controversial and several countries expressed suspicion about China’s true geopolitical intentions : the U.S. and Japan remain skeptical about its stated aims and even more worried about unspoken ones, especially those hinting at military expansion. The BRI is therefore viewed within the new US Administration as part of a Grand Strategy aiming at replacing America as the Global Superpower…The trade conflict starting in 2018 should be analysed in this context.

Therefore, the presentation will deal with what looks more and more like a new « Cold War ». Indeed a number of actions taken by the US government in 2018 aimed at checking China’s mounting economic and financial power. For the United States it is, in short, to contain the rise of China...

Conference Programme :

7.00 pm - Registration and welcome drink
7.15 pm: Brief introduction by Gregoire Ponsoye - London Branch Alumni organiser
7.20 pm: Conference opening by José Milano, CEO Kedge Business School
7.30 pm: Conference by Laurent Estachy, Marc Mourre & Xavier Rolet
09.00 pm to 10.00 pm: Cocktail and networking with speakers

We look forward to seeing you all for this special event ! :)