Marco Förster
Marco advises multinational companies and institutions on investment, market entry, supply chain diversification and stakeholder engagement. His early advisory work in China included mandates for the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Delegation of the European Union to China. He then spent more than eight years at a leading pan-Asian advisory firm, most recently as Executive Director, guiding SMEs and Fortune 500 companies alike into China and ASEAN.
Marco previously chaired the SME Forum of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China and served on the B20 Trade and Investment Task Force during India’s 2023 G20 Presidency. Today he is Hanoi Representative of the Swiss-Viet Economic Forum, a Vietnam Council Member of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
He is an Associate Lecturer at The Business School, RMIT Vietnam, and a guest lecturer at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). A Hinrich Foundation Scholar, he holds a master’s in Global Trade from RMIT University and a bachelor’s in Economics from Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics.
Areas of focus
- Market entry and expansion strategy
- Investment and supply chain diversification
- Government and stakeholder engagement
- Business delegations and executive briefings
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