The City of London Corporation has appointed Sherry Madera, Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Director General at the British Embassy in Beijing, as the City’s Special Adviser for Asia. Her work will further enhance the City’s comprehensive and sustainable engagement with its Asian partners. She will focus her work to China but will also have reach in India and Singapore.
Sherry will come to the City from the Department for International Trade based in China for the past two and a half years and is responsible for shaping policy and promoting trade and investment between the UK and China. Prior to working for the UK Government, Sherry was an investment banker and entrepreneur who held a portfolio of Executive and Non-Executive positions.
The main responsibility of this role is to:
- To take a leading role in policy, trade and investment engagement with Asia, and particularly China, in support of the Lord Mayor and Policy Chairman.
- Engage with senior officials and regulators in Asia to influence policies and developing long-term relationships for the City. This will include participation in the financial services dialogues between the UK and China, as well as India and Singapore;
- Maximise the City’s impact and achieving the right level of engagement in Asia on behalf of the UK’s financial and professional services industry;
- Share with the UK Government and industries, Asia’s policy and priorities in the areas of financial and related professional services, and work in partnership with the government to identify opportunities in these areas for the benefit of the wider UK economy;
- Act as one of the City’s spokespeople on Asia related issues.
Sherry will lead the Corporation’s three Asian offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Mumbai to promote the interests of UK-based financial services in this region. She will officially take up the post from late January 2017.