Michael Dunne

Michael Dunne is an accomplished entrepreneur, author and a popular keynote speaker.

A native of Detroit, Dunne grew up around cars, helping Jim Dunne, his father, test scores of new cars and take spy pics of future cars near company proving grounds in Milford, Dearborn and Highland Park.

Dunne moved to Asia straight after graduation in 1990 and established Automotive Resources Asia (ARA), a car consultancy. Who could have imagined that, 20 years later, Asia would become the center of the car universe? ARA was acquired by J.D. Power in 2006 and Dunne led the J.D. Power-ARA business to record growth in China until 2010.

Today, Dunne runs Hong-Kong based Dunne & Company Limited which specializes in luxury cars, clean energy cars and retail. In 2013, Dunne is launching a new firm for Indonesia car consumers called CarKeysAja.com

Beyond creating new enterprises, Dunne also writes. In 2011, Wiley published his book: American Wheels, Chinese Roads. "AWCR" earned widespread acclaim including noteworthy reviews by the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fortune and the South China Morning Post.

Dunne is also featured as the auto columnist at the Wall Street Journal Asia's Chine Real Time where he comments on current and future trends in China's automotive market.

Dunne's 22 years on the front lines in Asia equip him with intriguing insights into what makes the car business go in Asia. He is a global keynote speaker with engagement venues ranging from Capetown to London to New York to Hong Kong. Clients include blue chip enterprises like JP Morgan, Daimler, Ford Motor Company, Littler, Society of Automotive Engineers and Fortune.