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MAURICE R. GREENBERG, Honorable Chairman
Mr. Greenberg is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American International
Group, Inc. Prior to his association with AIG, Mr. Greenberg was with the Continental
Casualty Company, which he joined in 1952.
Mr. Greenberg served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II and in the
Korean conflict, rising to the rank of captain. He is a recipient of the Bronze
Star. He received his pre-law certificate from the University of Miami and an
LL.B. from New York Law School in 1950. He was admitted to the New York Bar in
1953. He has been granted honorary degrees from the New England School of Law,
New York Law School, Bryant and Middlebury Colleges, and Brown and Pace Universities.
Mr. Greenberg is a member of The Business Roundtable; a member of the President's
Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations; vice chairman of the Center
for Strategic and International Studies; chairman of U.S.-China Business Council;
chairman of the U.S.-ASEAN Council on Business and Technology; a trustee of The
Asia Society; vice chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations; and founding
chairman of the U.S.-Philippine Business Committee.
Mr. Greenberg is chairman emeritus and serves on the Board of Governors of The
Society of The New York Hospital, and is active with a number of other civic and
charitable organizations. He is chairman of The Starr Foundation, and in that
capacity he oversees the disbursement of major financial support to academic,
medical, cultural and public policy institutions.
JUSTIN YIFU LIN
Dr. Justin Yifu Lin is Professor and Founding Director of the China Center for
Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University, Professor of Economics at Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology, and Adjunct Professor at Australian
National University. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Chicago
in 1986 and returned to China in 1987 as the Deputy Director of Rural Development
& Research Center under the State Council. Dr. Lin is currently a member of
the National Committee of China People’s Political Consultation Conference. He
is also a Senior Advisor to Beijing Municipal Government, Asian Development Bank
and the World Bank. An internationally recognized leading agricultural economist
in China and a prolific writer, Dr. Lin has published articles in many professional
journals and is the author of eight books.
FRED HU
Mr. Hu is managing director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. Before joining Goldman
Sachs in 1997, Mr. Hu was head of research at the World Economic Forum in Geneva,
Switzerland. Prior to that, Mr. Hu was a staff member at the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C., where he was engaged in macroeconomic research
and policy consultations for a number of member country governments including
China. Mr. Hu was a consultant to the World Bank in 1987 and was an associate
at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University in 1988.
Mr. Hu has been co-director and a senior fellow (non-resident) of the National
Center for Economic Research (NCER) at Tsinghua University in Beijing since 1996.
Mr. Hu has advised the Chinese government on financial reform, pension reform,
and macroeconomic policies. He also sits on the advisory board for Bank of China,
Huarong Asset Management Company, and the South China Morning Post, and is a director
of the Applied Research Council, Hong Kong SAR Government.
Mr. Hu has published extensively on China, Asia-Pacific economies, and financial
markets. His latest book (co-authored with Jonathan Anderson), The Five Great
Myths about China and the World, has been translated into and published in Chinese
by a Mainland publishing house. Mr. Hu has also taught undergraduate and graduate
courses at Harvard and Tsinghua Universities respectively. Mr. Hu is a member
of the editorial board for several academic journals including International Economic
Review, and is a columnist for Caijin, China’s leading financial and business
magazine. Mr. Hu holds an MS in engineering science from Tsinghua University,
as well as an MA and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.
YONGJIAN JIN
Mr. Jin is the Founder and President of China United Nations Association. A distinguished
career diplomat, Mr. Jin spent 12 years working at the United Nations representing
China, starting as the First Secretary and then as Counselor and subsequently
as Ambassador. During his diplomatic services, Mr. Jin played an important and
instrumental role in assisting China’s WTO negotiations while stationed in Geneva.
In 1996, Mr. Jin was elected the Under Secretary General of UN responsible for
UN summit meetings on global economic cooperation, major economic and technological
projects in Asia. Mr. Jin held that position for 5 years until his retirement
in 2001. Mr. Jin is a graduate of Beijing Foreign Language Institute. |
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