Tristan Kenderdine is Research Director at Future Risk, working on trade, industry, and agricultural policy across China, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. He has worked extensively on confidential macroeconomic commissioned research projects including as Junior Expert for the European Commission. Kenderdine was Trade and Industry Research Manager in Beijing for research and advisory China Policy for three years with work covering China’s industrial upgrading; science and technology policy; agricultural and metals commodities markets; cross‐border e‐commerce; international maritime law and polar policy; finance and fiscal policy; and agricultural finance. Kenderdine has taught postgraduate public policy at the Australian National University and Dalian Maritime University.