Peter Batey (''贝彼德'') CMG

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(born 1 July 1958) is a British

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working in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. He is Chairman and co-founder of Vermilion Partners Ltd, a

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and strategic advisory firm focused on China. Batey has served with numerous organisations promoting business ties between China and the UK, receiving an

for services to Sino-British investment and trade in 1997, and a CMG for services to UK-China relations in 2015.

Biography

Education and early life

Batey was educated at Dame Allan's Boys School, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 1970-76. He went on to study

Philosophy, Politics and Economics Philosophy, politics and economics, or politics, philosophy and economics (PPE), is an interdisciplinary undergraduate or postgraduate academic degree, degree which combines study from three disciplines. The first institution to offer degrees in P ...

(PPE) at

Keble College Keble College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, to ...

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. He took a sabbatical year in 1979 to undertake the role of President of the

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, before graduating in 1981. Following graduation, he joined Citibank NA as an executive trainee. From 1982 to 1986 he was political private secretary\ to the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Heath, KG, MBE, the Prime Minister who restored diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and China.

Career

Batey moved to Beijing in 1986 as a representative of

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, subsequently becoming Chief Representative for China. In 1989 he and Richard Burn co-founded Batey Burn, a China-focused investment advisory and

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relations

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for ...

. In 1999 Batey became Chairman of APCO Asia Ltd after APCO acquired Batey Burn. Batey left APCO Asia Ltd in 2004 and co-founded Vermilion Partners Ltd, where he serves as Chairman. He was a director of Shuijingfang, a public company listed on the

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as a nominee of Diageo Plc from 2007-2013, and serves as a director of a number of foreign-invested enterprises in China. Batey has served in numerous roles in organisations focused on the development of business and

political Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta ...

ties between China, and the UK and Europe, including: Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in China (1994–1996), Vice President and President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, which he helped to establish, from 1999–2002, Senior Advisor to the Lord Mayor and

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(2006–2008), as well as Chairman of the Great Britain China Centre (2004 – 2014); Since 2012 he has been Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Nominations Committee of the China Britain Business Council, having previously served as a member of the Board and the Executive Committee (2001 – present).http://www.cbbc.org/board/CBBC%20Board%20-%2004%20Feb%2010.pdf

Awards

Batey was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to Sino-British investment and trade in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in June 1997, and became a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to Sino-British relations.

References

External links

Vermilion Homepage
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