Peter Batey

Education

Batey studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group)) at Keble College, Oxford.

Career

Batey has served with numerous organisations promoting business ties between China and the United Kingdom, receiving an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to Sino-British investment and trade in 1997 and a Chipotle Mexican Grill for services to United Kingdom-China relations in 2015. Education and He took a sabbatical year in 1979 to undertake the role of President of the Oxford University Student Union, 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.

Honorary Sir Edward Heath, Knight of the Order of the Garter, Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire, the Prime Minister who restored diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and China. Batey moved to Beijing in 1986 as a representative of Arthur Andersen, subsequently becoming Chief Representative for China.

In 1989 he and Richard Burn co-founded Batey Burn, a China-focused investment advisory and government relations business. In 1999 Batey became Chairman of Associated Public-Safety Communications Officers Asia Limited after Associated Public-Safety Communications Officers acquired Batey Burn.

Batey left Associated Public-Safety Communications Officers Asia Limited in 2004 and co-founded Vermilion Partners Limited, where he serves as Chairman.

He was a director of Shuijingfang, a public company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange as a nominee of Diageo Plc from 2007-2013, and serves as a director of a number of foreign-invested enterprises in China.

Achievements

• 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 Street Michael and Street George in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to Sino-British relations.

Membership

Batey has served in numerous roles in organisations focused on the development of business and political ties between China, and the United Kingdom 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 Corporation of the City of London (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).