Managing Director

BJÖRN WAHLSTRÖM is a seasoned risk management expert with over 15 years’ experience in China. Björn is a Partner and Managing Director based in Hong Kong. He has extensive experience in due diligence and corporate investigations and has personally led investigations in China as well as in Europe and the U.S. He has also been involved in investigative work in high risk countries. Björn is a certified external SAI auditor, with extensive on-the-ground experience in corporate security and manufacturing in China. Björn is also active in the field of FinTech and cross-border payment systems. Previous roles include Asia Quality Manager for Swedish multinational SCA (Shanghai), head of IP Investigations for Australian O2O Brand Protection (previous CISAA), and Hong Kong Manager for risk management firm Keylink Associates.

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Partner

ANDERS BÄCKSTRÖM has over 12 years of management- and business development experience in China, Asia and Europe. Anders is the Founder and former Managing Director of Current Consulting Group, and has served a global client base with a wide variety of business interests in Asia since 2007. Has also held several manager positions at Crem International, in Asia Pacific, China and UK, penetrating, establishing and successfully growing numerous new markets, setting up region wide sales- and distribution networks. Furthermore, Anders served two years in the Swedish Armed Forces, first as APC squad leader based at IB2 in Sweden and then international service in Kosovo, Former Yugoslavia under NATO/KFOR.

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Senior Consultant & Lead Auditor

JACKY HAN is a quality expert with over 8 years’ experience in quality management. Jacky’s focus is on auditing, quality systems, and problem solving in manufacturing. He is a BSI certified quality manager, and has extensive experience in Corporation Social Responsibility, ISO9001, and practical supply chain optimization. Previous roles include Quality Engineer for Shimano Bicycle Components and Shanghai Grandar Light Art & Technology.

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Director, CCG Resilience

Ilya has many grateful clients in multiple countries around the world.  His work has touched a wide spectrum of resilience factors, including:

• threat and vulnerability assessments
• risk management framework development
• design and implementation of technological, physical, and operational asset protection controls
• incident management

Here are just a few of his past accomplishments:

• Security redesign project lead for the UN HQ in New York City: access control, video surveillance, blast protection, information protection
• Threat and vulnerability assessment for one of the world’s top international law firms. He found critical vulnerabilities in protection of information on leased desktop computers and in financial instruments.
• Helped a sovereign wealth fund mitigate information protection vulnerabilities after several incidents
• Enabled a high net-worth family with recommendations for better protection of their reputation, lifestyle, and residence. Found shortcomings in protection of privacy, travel, and electronic security systems
• Advised a government agency on risk management for an upcoming transportation project
• Helped remove a rogue executive and resolve a 3-day plant siege for a client in the manufacturing sector
• Developed an intellectual property protection framework for a large multinational corporation
• Helped Philippine government investigate causes of a fatal explosion at a large residential complex and improve the systems of prevention and incident response

Ilya believes that resilience can be achieved by aligning organization’s culture, processes, and resources with in-depth understanding of mission-critical assets and risks facing the organization’s objectives. To learn more about Ilya, please consider the following talks and presentations:

The Rise of Resilience

A Failure to Plan (with Sean A. Ahrens) The Generalist Webcast  

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AMBER MA is a highly experienced investigator and security practitioner with over 10 years of success in client relationship management and field operations. She’s been responsible for a number of high-profile raids and seizures in mainland China and has led several international investigations. Amber is based in Shenzhen and manages all operational matters of the risk department.

Partner

THOMAS OLSSON is an experienced executive in supply chain and sourcing. He is a Partner and Member of the board for Current Consulting, as well as the co-founder of Swedish based consultancy firm PPS Consulting AB. Thomas has a long background in the construction industry, and has held several executive positions in Procurement and Change management in Europe and Asia. Previous roles include Regional Manager for ThyssenKrupp (Sweden), VP NCC Construction (Sweden), and Head of NCC Purchasing Asia (Shanghai).