Benjamin Kinnas
Ben is past chair of Shanghai American Chamber of Commerce’s financial services committee. He led bank-working groups that authored the commercial banking portion of the Chamber’s white paper since 2005 and led the Chamber’s “Shanghai IFC 2020” project in cooperation with the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C, a document that provided a road map for Shanghai to meet its realization of becoming an international financial center by the year 2020. He has been an active advocate in Washington, DC for programs and policies that enhance the United States’ export competitiveness and active in educating lawmakers and other policy makers and opinion leaders on the role of American businesses in China. Ben continues as an active observer of the Shanghai Bankers Association. In Hilton Head, Ben is a active member of the World Affairs Council, a member of the Palmetto Dunes POA board, and is an active member of the American Legion. Ben has a double undergraduate major from University of Maryland, a master of Public Policy degree from Northwestern University, and spent two additional years at Sophia University. |