A taste of british luxury

Ed Olver is helping introduce the sport of polo to China's affluent consumers.

Being a paratrooper in Iraq and organizing the ceremonial parade for the queen's birthday in London hardly sound like two facets of the same job. But the duality was an easy fit for 33-year-old Ed Olver, who is now chief executive of a capital firm and the co-founder and director of British Polo Day.

The latter role brought him last month to Beijing, where he shepherded the fourth annual polo tournament as well as promotional events to celebrate Britain's luxury heritage with business and social leaders in China.