October Fellows Luncheon with James MacGregor

*This event is only open to our 2025-2026 Fellows 

The World Affairs Council Fellows Program offers a unique professional development opportunity to a small group of greater Seattle's business and community leaders. The Fellows convene monthly for breakfast discussions with carefully selected high-caliber international experts who offer unparalleled insight into current global issues, in addition to meeting throughout the year for additional Council events and dedicated networking opportunities.

About Our Speaker

James McGregor is chairman of APCO’s greater China region and author of two highly regarded books: “No Ancient Wisdom, No Followers: The Challenges of Chinese Authoritarian Capitalism” and “One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China.” He also wrote the noted APCO monograph China’s Drive for Indigenous Innovation—A Web of Industrial Policies.
Prior to joining APCO, Jim was the founder and CEO of a China-focused consulting and research firm for hedge funds, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and chief executive of Dow Jones & Company in China. Jim is also a former chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China and has long served as a leader of AmCham’s U.S. government relations function.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the International Council of Asia Society, the advisory board of the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub and a board member of the U.S.-China Education Trust.
Jim is a professional speaker, regular television and radio commentator and a contributor of essays and opinion articles for a variety of publications. He lived in China for three decades and now based in the U.S. He splits his time between Minnesota, Washington D.C., the Bay Area, Shanghai, Beijing and elsewhere.