J. Scott Laprise

Mr. James Scott Laprise is a Founder & Analyst at Research From Beijing.
He lives in Beijing and Shanghai for the past 20 years, is a Canadian with over 10 years of experience as a Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) licensed analyst covering H Share (Hong Kong Exchange-listed China companies) Chinese companies in Healthcare, Automobiles, and Steel.
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Scott Laprise spent more than 8 years working at CLSA, bringing a unique view as one of the few in the industry working on the ground out of Beijing, where he has lived since 1998, as most analysts are based in Hong Kong.
He brings a view from the business side that comes out of his 25 years of experience in senior management roles (from sales to operations) running large healthcare companies regionally throughout Asia and China.
He has lived in Canada, USA, Mexico, France, Singapore, Shanghai and Beijing.
Speaking fluent mandarin, he has been to every single province in China, either by car or train to get the best understanding possible of every region, and their cultural and business differences.
Mr. Laprise has a degree from the University of Western Ontario, Business, University of Grenoble, McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, University of Foreign Language Studies, Shanghai, China studying Mandarin.