Chairman and Founder
Integrated Insights
Christopher Thomas (“Chris”) works with partners and clients across Silicon Valley, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Europe at the intersection of semiconductors, strategy, finance, and government policy.
Chris is the founder of Integrated Insights, an advisory firm serving the Boards and CEOs of global companies. He serves as Board Advisor at both the TMRW Foundation and the Atlantic Council China Hub, and as delegation lead for the US-China Track II Dialogues on the Digital Economy.
Chris spent ten years at McKinsey & Company, where he was Managing Partner for both the Asia Semiconductor Practice and the Digital Strategy service line.
Prior to McKinsey, Chris spent a decade at Intel Corporation. He was the President of Intel China, the largest semiconductor business in China. Chris also held multiple executive roles at Intel’s Silicon Valley headquarters, including General Manager of the Optical Products Group and Chief of Staff to the Chief Sales & Marketing Officer.
Chris began his career as a private equity investor at The Blackstone Group in New York City.
In 2021, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China recognized Chris as a national-level foreign expert in science and technology. Other previous roles include non-resident Senior Fellow in Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies at the Brookings Institution; Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University; and Board Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at Velodyne, the inventor of LiDAR.
Chris received an MBA from Stanford Business School, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar; a Master of Arts in Political Science from Stanford University; and a Bachelor of Science in Economics, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School.
AI, Policy, Capital and Investments: Random Musing on the Industry's Future
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