Bio

Nereida Flannery has 20 years of M&A, consulting, investment banking and operational experience in China working with prominent multinational clients as well as leading Chinese firms across a broad range of industries. She is based in Beijing, China. Nereida previously co-founded The Balloch Group (TBG) in 2001, a leading investment advisory firm in China with Howard Balloch, the former Canadian Ambassador to China. At TBG, she headed business development activities and was particularly engaged with the firm’s M&A mandates in the natural resources sector. She led the team that advised Hong Kong-listed Zijin Mining on several of its major overseas acquisitions and originated or managed several other transactions including Sinopec’s acquisition of a 40% interest in a Canadian oil sands project in 2005 along with CIBC. Nereida has advised Chinese sector leaders such as Sinochem, Minmetals and other mining and oil and gas firms in China, helping them identify overseas acquisition targets and sourcing foreign strategic partners for their projects overseas. Prior to founding TBG, she was Shanghai General Manager and Vice President for International Business Development at Alibaba.com, Asia’s largest B2B online marketplace. Before that Nereida served as Country Manager of the Canada China Business Council in China (CCBC), where she worked closely with Canadian member companies to design, execute and monitor their China entry strategies.