Markus Herrmann is co-founder and Managing Director of China Macro Group (CMG), a European research and consulting firm specialising in the analysis of Chinese politics and market developments as well as geopolitics with offices in Zurich, Munich and Beijing. Previously, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Bayer in Zurich, Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 2017, he helped to establish the Asia Programme Group at foraus as a co-leader and joined the board of foraus from 2020 until 2023.