Victor Zhikai GAO is Chairman of China Energy Security Institute; Chair Professor of Soochow University; and VP of CCG. Victor Gao is also an advisor to Saudi Aramco, a member of the Beijing Energy Club, a Member of the Global Counsel of Asia Society headquartered in New York City, a member of the International Advisory Board of the Brookings Doha Energy Forum headquartered in Doha, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Energy Intelligence Group co-headquartered in London and Washington, D.C.

Victor Gao has extensive experience in government, diplomacy, securities regulation, legal, investment banking, PE, corporate management and media. Victor holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a M.A. in International Relations from the Political Science Department of Yale Graduate School, an M.A. in English from Beijing University of Foreign Studies.