Swire Group
Robinson started his career at the Swire Group in Hong Kong. He then worked at Cathay Pacific, an airline partially owned by the Swire Group. In 1985, he joined W. I. Carr as their researcher on Korean Stock Exchange companies, working in Seoul, then moved on to Bangkok, Thailand, still working for Carr, to report on companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. In 1991, he became Carr’s Director of Research in Hong Kong and China.