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Long term expertise in international tax consulting with specific focus on East Asia and emerging markets, providing clients with due diligence, tax and advisory services.
PhD Researcher at Shanghai University, he has been Adjunct Associate Professor at XJTLU and has taught taxation at Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong, Tongji University and Hult Business School.

Tax Advisor and CPA specialized in international taxation at IBFD Kuala Lumpur, Post-graduate degree from UIBE Beijing.

He is based in Shanghai, where he focuses on business and tax law, assisting foreign investments in China and East Asia. He is an auditor and an advisor for several corporate groups and he is partner and Head of Tax of the consulting firm RSA, specializing in Asia and emerging countries.

Lorenzo has covered roles in the governance of institutions, multi-national companies and non-profit organizations including roles as directors and supervisor in Asia for groups like Giorgio Armani, Trussardi, Max Mara, Biesse, Parmalat and others.
Lorenzo Riccardi has published extensively on business and tax law and foreign investments in Asia, being a columnist, scientific committee member of several journals and author of publications in different languages.

During his career he has been recognized as:

Member American Institute of CPAs (International Associate) - USA
Member Australia CPA - Australia
Member CNDCEC, Association of CPAs - Italy
Member National Association of Auditors, Registro Revisori dei Conti - Italy
Member Hong Kong Institute of CPAs (International Affiliate) - Hong Kong, SAR China

Vice Secretary - Committee on Emerging Economies, Shanghai Society of World Economy
Treasurer China-Italy Chamber of Commerce
Board Director China-Italy Chamber of Commerce
Board Director Italy Vietnam Chamber of Commerce
Chair SPWG China-Italy Chamber of Commerce
Secretary General Italian Scholar Association in China
Member Thai-Italian Chamber of Commerce
China Representative, Unimpresa
Chairman of Vespa Club China
Economic Attaché Consulate of Vietnam in Italy
Member of Research Center on Contemporary China (CSCC)

Business Grand Tour wants to recapture the concept of the historical Grand Tour, with a modern and economic perspective.

In our 21th century, countries and people are getting more connected and economies are developing thanks to the globalization. New technologies and the development of the means of transport made easier the communication and movements among countries.

In this context, Business Grand Tour aims to discover countries from an economic point of view, with a focus on their strengths, opportunities and specific features and analyzing how they are dealing in an increasingly globalized world.

Business Grand Tour wants to recapture the concept of the historical Grand Tour, with a modern and economic perspective.

In our 21th century, countries and people are getting more connected and economies are developing thanks to the globalization. New technologies and the development of the means of transport made easier the communication and movements among countries.

In this context, Business Grand Tour aims to discover countries from an economic point of view, with a focus on their strengths, opportunities and specific features and analyzing how they are dealing in an increasingly globalized world.

Business Grand Tour wants to recapture the concept of the historical Grand Tour, with a modern and economic perspective.

In our 21th century, countries and people are getting more connected and economies are developing thanks to the globalization. New technologies and the development of the means of transport made easier the communication and movements among countries.

In this context, Business Grand Tour aims to discover countries from an economic point of view, with a focus on their strengths, opportunities and specific features and analyzing how they are dealing in an increasingly globalized world.

Sources: World Bank, International Monetary Fund,

EY, RsA Asia

Sources: World Bank, International Monetary Fund,

EY, RsA Asia

Sources: World Bank, International Monetary Fund,

EY, RsA Asia

Lorenzo Riccardi

A single unified currency system for the African Union?

The African Union is considered to adopt a single unified currency system within 2021; most probably linked to Chinese yuan. Nigeria, the top GDP and most populated nation of Africa, adopted the yuan as a commercial reserve currency. The African country made a currency exchange worth USD 2.5 billion in yuan in 2018 to facilitate trade with Beijing. In 2018 fourteen African countries and seventeen central banks gathered in Zimbabwe to adopt the yuan as a currency reserve.

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