Mark Hedley is Deputy-Head of Investment Promotion at InvestHK, the government department responsible for attracting and retaining Foreign Direct Investment into Hong Kong. Mark has a 20-year long career in trade and FDI promotion, with a deep specialism for China and East Asian markets.
Prior to joining InvestHK, Mark worked as the Sector Director for Tech & Innovation at the China-Britain Business Council, the leading business organization helping UK companies to enter China. He has led numerous tech sector trade missions to China and has supported a wide range of clients with their China market expansion strategies.
Mark previously spent 7 years permanently based in Mainland China, delivering market intelligence and business development projects for tech scale-ups looking to enter the Chinese market. He has helped a wide spectrum of clients from across the innovation and technology, healthcare, consumer and manufacturing sectors to expand into the China market.
A fluent Mandarin speaker, Mark holds a Masters in Chinese Business and International Relations from the University of Sheffield, and an MBA from Lancaster University.