Mattie Bekink

Mattie Bekink is the China Director for the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network at The Economist Group. She is responsible for the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network’s China strategy, including program development and client engagement across China. Bekink has extensive experience in the public, private, and policy sectors. Prior to joining The Economist Group, she was the Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission in the Netherlands. She also ran an eponymous consulting business, advising businesses, universities, and non-profit organizations on China policy, strategy, public affairs, and CSR. Bekink practiced law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, has worked with the U.S.-Asia Law Initiative at New York University Law School and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program, and served in the legal department at General Motors China. She has a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.