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March 9, 2010
No appreciation of the Yuan anytime soon
Wishful thinking has led many analysts to call for an appreciation of China's currency, the Renminbi or Yuan. Shaun Rein goes against that trend and says that an appreciation soon would hurt the recovering export industry too much and might cost up to 5 million jobs, he tells Bloomberg.
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Gibson, Rowan
Global business strategist and bestselling author

Travels from: Dusseldorf, Germany

Rowan Gibson is a global business strategist, a bestselling author and an expert on radical innovation. The media have labeled him "a guru among the gurus". His last book Rethinking The Future (Nicholas Brealey Publishing) is an international best-seller, published in 23 language editions. In it, he argues that linear thinking is useless in a non-linear world – a world where conventional business models, processes and paradigms are increasingly being rendered obsolete. His powerful ‘rethinking' message has moved many organizations to make important, farreaching changes in order to take charge of their own futures.

Rowan Gibson is a popular speaker with an upbeat presentation style. His big-picture insights, compelling observations and fresh business thinking have impressed a wide range of audiences across Europe, the USA and Asia. Rowan mixes insight, inspiration and information in a way that always leaves an audience feeling energized.

Over the years, Rowan has spoken to a long list of organizations, including ABN AMRO Bank, Ahold, CAP Gemini Ernst & Young, Carlson Wagonlit, Cognis, Concours Group, Deloitte Consulting, ESOMAR, EURO RSCG, ESA (European Space Agency), Generali Group, Heineken, IBM, Investec, Mercuri International, Metro Group, Microsoft, Mövenpick, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Rexam, Sara Lee, Siemens, Sonae Group, Steelcase, Symbol technologies, Teradata, and UPM-Kymmene. He has also shared the stage with a host of well-known speakers like Neil Armstrong, Ken Blanchard, Deepak Chopra, Bill Clinton, Jim Collins, Newt Gingrich, Guy Kawasaki, Bertrand Piccard, Jonas Ridderstråle, Alvin Toffler, and Fons Trompenaars.

Rowan's books, articles, interviews and columns have been read around the globe and he has been interviewed on television and radio, as well as in the international press. He has also appeared in several business documentaries.

Some of Rowan's books, including Innovation to the Core and Rethinking the Future, will be available in simplified Chinese in 2009.

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