Curricula Vitae
Employment Background:
| Jun 2006 |
Author , “A Confucian-Daoist Millennium?” |
| Jan 2005 - Present |
Regular Reviewer for The Pacific Rim Review of Books |
| Feb 2004 |
Endorsed Liberal Party candidate for the Electorate of Brisbane in the State Election |
| Jul 2002 – Present | Consultant to Powerstar Education Centre and Australia Technical College |
| Sep 1999 |
Member of Australia-China Business Council delegation. |
| Jul 1998 - Present | Participant in various private sector groups working on education and tourism exchange, rural trade e-finance, building material export and investment and development opportunities in China. |
| Apr 1997 | Co-author, "The Tyranny of Fortune, Australia's Asian Destiny" |
| Oct 1994 - Present | Founding Director, International Confucian Association, Beijing, China and participant since 1987 in many conferences in Asia concerned with traditional culture and economic development. |
| Jan 1993 - Present | Casual lecturer on Asian culture and international trade, economic and monetary developments, founding member of the Centre for East West Economic and Cultural Studies, at Bond University and participant in exchanges with Universities in Suzhou, Qufu, and Jinan and in the establishment of a Jakarta based Indonesian linkage. |
| Nov 1993 - Dec 1995 |
Commentator for London based journal, "Breaking the Mould". |
| Apr 1993 - Present |
Various employment and training responsibilities in the Queensland Department of Employment and Training and business management. Private business activities, including property management, and consultancy on international trade and investment involving Asia, Europe and the Middle East. |
| Sept 1990 - June 1991 |
Chief Executive, Business Australia Corporation. East Asian marketing consortium of Brisbane based service companies (law, stockbroking, architecture, engineering etc) |
| Aug 1989 - Aug 1990 | Director, Queensland Office of International Business, Department of the Premier, Economic and Trade Development. Responsible for initiating and coordinating systems to promote international business in the Qld. public and private sectors |
| Apr 1988 - Aug 1989 | Joint authorship of "The Confucian Renaissance", published in English, Japanese and Chinese (twice), on the historical and cultural dimensions of Asian economic development success and commercial culture. |
| Feb 1982 - Oct 1984 | High Commissioner, Kingston, Jamaica, covering 25 Caribbean States |
| Feb 1976 - Oct 1977 | Deputy Head of Mission, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Full range of political, cultural, economic, commercial and assistance duties. |
| Jan 2000 | Stockholm | Participation in Conference on Ethnic Cleansing |
| Aug2000 | Skopje | |
| Oct 2005 | Beijing<China | Participation in conferences on culture and Asian economic development |
| Aug 2005 | Beijing & Qingdao, China | |
| Aug 2005 | Beijing, China | |
| Nov 2003 | Jinan, China | |
| Aug 2002 | Luoyang, China | |
| Sep 2001 | Taipei | |
| Aug 2001 | Kunming, China | |
| Oct 2000 | Hong Kong | |
| Oct 1999 | Beijing, China | |
| Oct 1999 | Hong Kong | |
| Oct 1998 | Hong Kong | |
| Oct 1997 | Hong Kong | |
| Oct 1994 | Beijing, China | |
| Jan 1990 | Singapore | |
| Oct 1989 | Beijing, China | |
| Sep 1988 | Seoul, Korea | |
| Sep 1987 | Qufu, China | |
| 1963 - 1988 | Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade | |
| Jun 1985 - Apr 1988 | Executive Director, Australia -China Council, Canberra | |
| Jan 1985 - Jun 1985 | Director, Policy Planning Unit, Canberra | |
| Nov 1984 - Jan 1985 | Economic Organisations Branch, Canberra | |
| Responsible for co-ordination, policy development and implementation in respect of international economic institutions, including representation at international conferences (UNCTAD VI, UNIDO III, UNCLOS, ESCAP) and work on the "New International Economic Order" and North-South Dialogue. | ||
| High Commissioner, Kingston, Jamaica, covering 25 Caribbean States | ||
| Jan 1982 | Spanish Studies, Cuernavaca, Mexico | |
| Dec 1979 - Jan 1980 | Indonesian Studies, | |
| Dec 1978 - Jan 1979 | Satya Wacana University, Salatiga | |
| Aug 1978 - Dec 1981 | Economic Organisations Branch, Canberra ( As detailed above ) | |
| International Economic, Trade and Law Studies, Graduate Institute for International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland | ||
| Deputy Head of Mission, Beijing, People's Republic of China | ||
| Full range of political, cultural, economic, commercial and assistance duties. | ||
| Dec 1975 - Feb 1976 | Head, North Asia Branch, Canberra | |
| Responsible for relations with Japan, China and Korea | ||
| Sep 1974 - Dec 1975 | Chinese Studies, Hong Kong | |
| Jan 1973 - Sept 1974 | Deputy Head of Mission, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Oct 1972 - Dec 1972 | United Nations General Assembly, New York, U.S.A | |
| May 1972 - Sept 1972 | Deputy Head of Mission, Dacca, Bangladesh | |
| Mar 1971 - May 1972 | Indo-China Section, Canberra | |
| Feb 1969 - Feb 1971 | Deputy Head of Mission, Vientiane, Laos | |
| Mar 1964 - Jan 1969 | Third/Second Secretary, Tokyo, Japan | |
Qualifications:
|
1982 |
Accountancy Associate, Certified Practising Accountant, (ASA) |
|
1980 |
International Law Graduate Diploma (Australian National University) |
|
1978 |
International Trade, Economics & Law Studies (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva) |
|
1975 |
Chinese Advanced Level (British Foreign Service) |
|
1974 |
Economics Master of Science (Trinity College, Dublin) (Qualifying) |
|
1965 |
Japanese Higher Level (British Foreign Service) |
|
1962 |
English, Russian Bachelor of Arts (Melbourne University) |
|
1959 |
Economics, Accountancy Bachelor of Commerce (Melbourne University) |