Former Danish Consul General in Shanghai, serving in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission, private enterprises, and Danish educational institutions, former director of Copenhagen Business Confucius Classroom, Niels Brock International. Fields of research include Danish-China trade and investment, outward investment by Chinese companies. Major publications include China in the 1980s, “To Point At the Moon-- (Only to See Your Own Finger),” From a Strong Past to a Dynamic Present. Danes and Danish Companies in the Greater Shanghai Region 1846 to 2008.