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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 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.
Honorary Treasurer
- Mr Chris Fitzgibbon, formerly Deloitte, China
Committee Members - Mr Liam Byrne MP (Labour).
- Mr Martin Davidson, Chief Executive, British Council
- Professor Hugo De Burgh, Director of the China Media Centre, University of Westminster
- Mr Richard Graham MP (Conservative)
- Mr Ducan Hames MP (Liberal Democrat)
- Ms Clare Hammond, Lotus Global (Consultants) Ltd
- 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 Richard Pascoe, Director, China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham
- Mrs Madeleine Sturrock, Director of PanCathay Consulting Ltd.
- Dr Rod Wye, Chatham House
last updated 8 November 2011 |
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