Kristian Kender is a partner in China Media Mana gement. Kristian has lived and worked in Beijing for m ore than 20 years and speaks fluent Mandarin. A grad uate of both The Ohio State University and the Beijing Language Institute, Kristian has been involved in the Chinese media industry since 1996 when he started h is career at Claydon Gescher Associates, a China me dia focused law firm and consultancy. Kristian joined CMM-I in 2003 as the head of its consulting practice which creates partnerships between international an d Chinese media entities. He was instrumental in build ing the China business for many of CMM-I consulting clients such as MGM, Sesame Workshop, National G eographic Films, ITV, All3Media and many more. Start ing in 2021 Kristian will be a Fellow at the Distinguish ed Careerslnstitute at Stanford University in Palo Al to, CA.