BCCT joint luncheon "Shifting the Global Balance of Power" with Sir Anthony Galsworthy
2010-07-15
When: Thursday 15 July 2010, 12:00–14:00
Where: Grand Formosa Regent Taipei, 4F, VIP Room 7
Cost: Members NT$1,300/ non-members NT$1,900
Includes: Lunch & free-flowing juice and wine
The British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei is honoured to co-host this joint luncheon, featuring Sir Anthony Galsworthy, titled “Shifting the Global Balance of Power”.
One key underlying theme that is shaping the world economy: the shift in the balance of economic and financial power from the West to the East. This has been widely addressed following the financial crisis, and some have even argued that a shift in the balance of political power may also arrive soon, especially with China’s influence growing rapidly in many international occasions. How real is this, and how might it affect Taiwan? Sir Anthony will try to suggest some tentative answers.
About the speaker
About Sir Anthony Galsworthy
Sir Anthony Galsworthy is currently an Advisor to international English Bank ‘Standard Chartered’, and British Petroleum. He was the British Ambassador to China from 1997 to 2002. Prior to that, he had his career, both in the framework of major British trusts, and in British diplomacy. Sir Anthony Galsworthy graduated from Ed St Paul’s School, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. MA (Cantab), Classics.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1966-2002, retired early 2002
- Far Eastern Department, FCO 1966-7
- Language student Hong Kong 1967-9
- Third, later second secretary, Beijing, 1969-72
- FCO, Rhodesia Political Dept 1972-4.
- FCO, Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1974-77
- First Secretary (economic), Rome 1977-81First Secretary, later Counsellor, Beijing 1981-84
- FCO, head Hong Kong Dept, 1984-86
- Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Sir Geoffrey Howe), 1986-88
- Sabbatical year at Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 1988-89
- Senior British Representative, Joint Liaison Group, Hong Kong 1989-93
- Cabinet Office, head of Assessments Staff, JIC, 1993-95
- FCO, Deputy Undersecretary, 1995-97
- Ambassador to Peoples Republic of China, 1997-2002
- Adviser on Chinese Affairs to Standard Chartered Bank, 2002
- Director Bekaert SA 2004
- Member of Council, Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, 2002
- Member of Council, British Trust for Ornithology, 2002
- Director, Earthwatch (Europe), 2002
- Speaks Chinese, French, Italian
- Lifelong interest in wildlife generally, particularly birds and insects
Sir Anthony worked on Hong Kong moths since early 90s. Scientific Associate, Natural History Museum from 2001, and working regularly there, specializing in Eupitheciine moths (Geometridae, Larentiinae), and in particular working on a revision of the genus Eupithecia in China. He has published numerous papers and described about 50 new species and earned H H Bloomer award for Biology from Linnaean Society 2002 and Honorary Professor, Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
