Conor Roche

Conor Roche is BOP Consulting’s first director in China, advising international governments and businesses on China’s digital and creative sectors. He is responsible for establishing BOP’s operation in China, developing a portfolio of clients and projects that cover areas including Chinese copyright trade and reform, content and IP licensing, crowdfunding, live entertainment and cultural infrastructure. Before joining BOP, Conor was the founder of Fieldwork, a digital and creative industries consultancy based out of Hong Kong, who’s clients include West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, West Bund Development Group, Asian Art Archive, and the Hong Kong Arts Centre.

Before coming to Asia, he was the first Head of Broadcast and New Media at the Roundhouse, London. Here he built the organization’s award-winning digital media and live broadcast operation, and executed commercial partnership deals with Google/YouTube, Apple/ iTunes, Pulse Films and MySpace.

Conor was selected for the Council for the US and the Italian Young Leaders Program 2015, as well as being awarded a Nesta Fellowship, as part of the Clore Leadership Programme 2012. He holds a BSc in computer science and maths from University College Dublin, Ireland, and a MSc in Music Technology from University of Limerick, Ireland.