Qianli Ma (Charles) – Online Resume

Qianli Ma (Charles)
Email
[email protected]Phone
+351929070789Location
Dr.-Klaus-Dieter-Wolff-Straße 5, 95448 Bayreuth, Germany

Profile

Current member of the third cohort of the Erasmus Mundus EIMAS programme, with linguistics /business studies academic in training and years of investment bank working experiences across Sub-Sahara Africa. Current research with EIMAS explores how foreign direct investment from donor countries/organizations like the EU and China to Africa has influenced the growing number of local SMEs in Africa and their success formulas. 

Education

09/2022 – present

European Interdisciplinary Master Africa Studies, Universidade do Porto; Universität Bayreuth; Universidade Bordeaux Montaigne

European Interdisciplinary Master African Studies (EIMAS)                                   Website: https://www.eimas.eu/en/index.html                                                                        A global perspective on African actors in an Erasmus Mundus framework

Porto, Bayreuth and Bordeaux, Portugal, Germany and France

09/2011 – 12/2012

Master of Management, The University of Edinburgh

Address: Old College, South Bridge, EH8 9YL Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
https://www.ed.ac.uk

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Field(s) of study: Business, administration and law : Management and administration

Final grade : B+ – Level in EQF: EQF level 7

Type of credits: ECTS – Number of credits: 90

Thesis: Which Strategy Wins Out? A Calori Cross-Sector Intl Configuration Study on World’s Top Companies

09/2007 – 07/2011

Bachelor of English/Chinese Translation, Guangxi Normal University

Address: Wangcheng Road, Diecai District, Guilin city, 541004 Guilin (China) https://english.gxnu.edu.cn/
Field(s) of study: Arts and humanities

Guilin, China

Final grade : B+ – Level in EQF: EQF level 6

Type of credits: ECTS – Number of credits: 270

03/2016 – 12/2016

Strategic client engagement, University of Cape Town

Address: Rondebosch, Cape Town https://www.uct.ac.za, 7700 Cape Town (South Africa) Field(s) of study: Business, administration and law : Management and administration

Cape Town, South Africa

Work Experience

11/2020 – 08/2022

Principle Head of China/Africa Corridor, Standard Chartered Bank Plc

•International Business & Multinationals | Managing the €8Million revenue generating business across local African corporates and Chinese multi-national corporates business in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, offering clients financing solutions with focus on sustainable financing and long term loans with European export credit agencies to support their bespoke projects as well as their short-mid term tailored working capital requirement for operation & local procurements/supplies
•Knowledge & Experience of regional business | Comprehensive understanding and exposure across 3 East Africa countries e.g. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, from macro-economic, tax, central bank regulation, doing business perspective

Nairobi, Kenya

•Leadership | Heading a team of 6 people across the three markets and offer end-to-end support to meet the ever-changing clients’ requirement, smoothen internal credit risk assessment and meeting the various dynamic compliance requirements

•Bespoke solutions | Working closely with public sector and corporate finance team to deliver the $1billion zero interest Covid-19 related loan of the bank to support the supply chain of vaccine/manufacturer to assist the combat of the pandemic

10/2018 – 10/2020

Head of China/Africa Business, Standard Bank SARL

•International Business & Multinationals | Grew revenues over 5 times in various markets in the region, particularly in lusophone countries e.g. Mozambique and Angola. Experienced in Chinese and multinational corporate C-Suite deal negotiations and communication, execution, leveraging various banking instruments to assist MNE clients in regional expansion & business developments
•Sectorial Expertise | Specialized in Power & Infrastructure, Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Telecommunication & Media

Maputo, Mozambique

•Knowledge & Experience of regional business | Specialized in local taxation and banking regulation in South & Central Africa markets(particularly Zambia, Moçambique, South Africa, Malawi), long standing relationship with local government, corporate, deep understanding of regional macro-economic, culture, political and business, investment environment

•Credit & Risk | Assisting client with pre-credit documentation, in-house originating and completing finance transactions across sectors in different countries in liaison with the back-office credit teams, e.g. Trade facilities, S/M/L Term loans etc.

•Advisory | Providing multi-national clients with easy solution to pool funds overseas and re-deploy to African subsidiaries

•Lead | Efficiently managing a 7-member-Chinese portfolio deal team, proactively liaison between customer and back office.

04/2015 – 09/2018

Senior Relationship Manager New Business, Stanbic Bank Plc

•International Business & Multinationals | Grew revenues over 5 times in Zambia, also overseeing new business in DR Congo, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Experienced in Chinese and multinational corporate C-Suite deal negotiations and communication, execution, leveraging various banking instruments to assist MNE clients in regional expansion & business developments
•Sectorial Expertise | Specialized in Power & Infrastructure, Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Telecommunication & Media

Lusaka, Zambia

•Credit & Risk | Assisting client with pre-credit documentation, in-house originating and completing finance transactions across sectors in different countries in liaison with the back-office credit teams, e.g. Trade facilities, S/M/L Term loans etc.

•Advisory | Providing multi-national clients with easy solution to pool funds overseas and re-deploy to African subsidiaries

•Lead | Efficiently managing a 5-member-Chinese portfolio deal team, proactively liaison between customer and back office.

01/2014 – 03/2015

Region Marketing Development Manager, China Energy Engineering Corporation

•Clients & Communication | Well-established network with MNE construction companies such as China State Grid, China Energy, Power China, China Railways, CGN Power and financial institution e.g. ICBC, CDB, EXIM. Maintain good relationship with local African power and infrastructure, utility employers.
•Business Acumen and Execution | Quick and accurate identification of achievable opportunities and follow through.

Guangzhou, China

01/2013 – 12/2013

Graduate management trainee, General Motor Financial

•Sales: Accomplished 140% improvement of car financing products sales and management of 65 dealership relationships
•Marketing: Realized 3% penetration rate improvement in Southwest China compare with 2012 (Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou)

Shanghai, China

•Collection & Compliance: Achieved 0.01% of bad debt collection rate in 2013

Languages

English
Cantonese Chinese
Spanish
Mandarin Chinese
Portuguese (European)
German

Publications

03/03/2020

Global Oligopoly. A Key Idea for Business and Society (Chapter 6), Routledge (2020) [2020], Routledge

The era of globalisation brought waves of consolidation in business ownership alongside Leviathon-like state actors. Digital disruption too can leave market power in a relatively small number of hands. In organisational and economic terms, global oligopoly is now a fundamental idea for business and society, which this book explores and analyses.
This book focuses on global oligopolies, starting with an analysis of global concentration and profits in all sectors, before moving on to illuminate the geographical spread and global strategic orientation choices and performance outcomes of global oligopoly. Contemporary cooperation modes, such as cross-border M&As and strategic alliances, niche and Emerging Market champion strategies are also analysed in detail to move the reader towards understanding likely future directions for the field.

Presenting empirical data on strategies and performance outcomes, the book covers a range of industries to provide practical, research-based guidance for more effective global business strategies and policy perspectives.