Brian Wesley Walker, BSc, MSFS(Hons)
Houston +1-832-495-8748
walkerbw@georgetown.edu

International Business Development Executive

International executive with nearly two decades of expatriate experience in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Singapore in product marketing and business development.  Recognized for thought leadership, strategic planning, marketing, product and project implementation along with multilingual abilities.   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 AllianceBernstein Hong Kong Limited, Institutional Investment Management, Hong Kong
Vice-President/Director of Business Development and Consultant Relations        2010 to 2012

• Business Planning and Tracking
• Strategy and execution for the institutional market           
• Product development 
• Consultant Relations developing and leveraging relationships with asset consultants
• Obtained top ratings for AB Asia products
• Worked closely with global asset consultants for mutual clients
• Assisted global asset consultants on their Asia business development
• China Onshore Market Research and Strategic Planning
• Spent 12 months working with external researchers and consultants analyzing potential possibilities for an AB expansion into the onshore asset management market.

 Kawasaki Motors Corporation, Gas Turbines Division, Houston, TX                   2008 – 2009
Manager, Business Administration / Special Assistant to the President

• Advised president on reorganization, processes, marketing and sales to improve division performance in the U.S, Canada and Latin America.

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Houston TX                                                      2006 – 2008
Risk Management Manager

• Managed international and project insurance and contractual liabilities

American International Group (Chartis), Hong Kong and Tokyo                          2002 – 2006
Regional Manager, Transactional Insurance/Special Projects, SEA/GC (2004 – 2006)

• Assisted in Managing Financial Lines Division covering 50 staff members in eight territories through strategic planning and implementation which resulted in meeting or exceeding the division’s planned production for every quarter.
• Managed M&A product marketing for Asia (ex-Japan/Korea) which provided solutions for international merger and acquisition projects of clients.
• Created IPO liability products for China, Hong Kong, and Singapore with US$3million in premiums during the first 12 months.

Gateway Computer Corp., Tokyo                                                                             1998 – 1999
Product Manager, Corporate Product Marketing

• Created the Corporate Desktop Products for the Japanese market with US$20million revenue in the first 12 months.
• Designed and implemented first small form factor corporate desktop for Gateway Computers.

 
Compaq Computer Corp., Tokyo, Houston                                                       1994 – 1998
Product Analyst, Japan Corporate Desktop Marketing Division (1996 – 1998)
Created and introduced products for the Japanese market (Yearly Gross Revenue: US$500million+)

Senior Systems Engineer, Japan Development Division (1994 – 1996)

EDUCATION

M.S. in Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.                 2001
Studied International Relations, Political Economics, Finance, Trade, Globalization, and Security.

• Received Dean’s Academic Recognition
• Graduate Student Intern, EOP, Office of U.S. Trade Representative, Office of Japan

 B.S. Computer Science/Asian Studies, Baylor University, Waco, TX                           1994
Studied Computer Science/Engineering and Asian Languages, Culture, History and Anthropology

 Advanced Mandarin (non-degree), Tianjin Normal University, PRC                 1990 

LANGUAGES

• Chinese (Mandarin) – fluent reading (simplified characters), fluent speaking and listening
• Chinese (Cantonese) – good reading (traditional characters), basic speaking and listening.
• Japanese – near native reading, speaking, and listening.
• Spanish – conversational
• Korean – conversational