Nereida Flannery
President, Kea Consulting
Based in Beijing, China, Nereida Flannery has 17 years of mergers and acquisition, consulting and operational experience in China, woking with prominent multinational clients as well as leading Chinese firms across a broad range of industries with a special focus in natural resources.
In 2001, Nereida co-founded the Balloch Group (TBG), 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, Nereida 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.
Recently, Nereida founded the non-profit organization Business for Better Society, which is registered in Hong Kong, and is designed to assist Chinese firms, that have invested in companies or properties overseas, find the right social projects to donate funds to in the regions they are invested in. Through her Hong Kong registered company, Kea Consulting, Nereida also continues to advise Chinese firms, looking to acquire assets overseas. In addition, she offers government relations services to foreign firms looking for support in China as well as helping those that are looking for financing in China.
Nereida has a Political Science degree from Queen's University in Canada and speaks Mandarin, Chinese, French and Greek.
