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Executive Committee
The Executive Committee helps set strategy, publicise the Great Britain-China Centre's work, oversee financial management and raise funds. Members involve themselves in appropriate GBCC programmes and do vital work in raising the our profile and ensuring that we attract funding for a sustainable future. They support the GBCC's objectives and give guidance and advice to the Chairman and Director. They are also responsible for ensuring that funds raised are spent efficiently and appropriately.
Members of the Executive Committee are persons of distinction in their field with a strong interest in China. Current members include representatives from academia, the law, journalism and business as well as members of Parliament and former ambassadors and senior diplomats.
The Executive Committee meets four times a year. Committee members serve for an initial period of three years and are unpaid but may be reimbursed for expenses. Members also sit on specialist committees including the Audit Committee, Personnel Committee and Fundraising Committee.
If you are interested in finding out more please contact the Director on 020 7235-6696 or by email: contact@gbcc.org.uk.
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President
The Lord Howe of Aberavon CH, QC, Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs from 1983-89. Became President of the Centre in 1992.
Vice Presidents
Graham Greene CBE, 1997-date
Chairman of the Great Britain-China Centre, 1986-1997. Graham was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the British Museum 1996-2001.
Lady Youde OBE, 2000-date
Vice chairman of the Great Britain-China Centre 1988-2000. Lady Youde is also a Trustee of the Great Britain-China Educational Trust.
Sir David Brewer CMG 2004-date
Director and Senior Consultant to International Financial Services London. He was Lord Mayor of London 2005-2006. Sir David was Chairman of Great Britain-China Centre from October 1997-2004. |
Chairman
Peter Batey OBE is Senior Chairman of Vermilion Partners Ltd., an advisory and investment firm focused on China. He has lived in Beijing since 1986. Peter was chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in China from 1994-6. He was awarded the OBE for services to Sino-British investment and trade in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 1997. He served as President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China in 2001-2. he is also chairman of the China Index Fund, and a member of the Council of the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC). |
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Vice Chairmen
Mr Hugh Davies CMG is Senior Partner of Orient Asian Partners. Formerly, he was China Business Advisor at Old Mutual plc. He is a former Executive Director, Prudential Corporation Asia, and, as a former diplomat, was British Ambassador on the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group for Hong Kong.
Ms Lorna Ball, formerly Head of BBC World Service Asia Desk
Mr Rodney Bickerstaffe, formerly General Secretary of Unison.
Honorary Treasurer
Mr Chris Fitzgibbon, formerly Deloitte, China
Committee Members
Dr Kerry Brown, Associate Fellow, Chatham House
Ms H-J Brunker, Chopsticks Club
Mr Ben Chapman MP (Lab) Wirral South, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on China and a former Commercial Counsellor at the British Embassy, Beijing
Mr Martin Davidson, Chief Executive, British Council
Professor Hugo De Burgh, Director of the China Media Centre, University of Westminster
Mr Edward Garnier QC MP (Con) Harborough
Mr Andrew Halper, Partner, Head of China Practice, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Ms Clare Hammond, Lotus Global (Consultants) Ltd
Mr Michael Hancock CBE MP (LibDem) Portsmouth South
Mr John C Hughes, Group Political Advisor at BP plc
Sir Christopher Hum KCMG, is a former British Ambassador to China and Master of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Ms Julia Longbottom, Head, Far Eastern Group, Foreign & Commonwealth Office representative.
Mr Ian Lindsley, Director, Jefferson Communications Ltd.
Lady Mirrlees, University of Cambridge
Mr Richard Pascoe, Director, China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham
Mr Ian Stewart MP (Lab) Eccles, is on the Deregulation Select Committee, the Information Select Committee and the Government Science and Technology Task Force
Mrs Madeleine Sturrock, Director of PanCathay Consulting Ltd.
Dr Zhang Lifen, Editor-in-Chief, Chinese.FT.com |
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