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美國前財長保爾森在港大暢談全球經濟發展前景及中美經濟關係

2011年04月11日

 

前任美國財政部長保爾森（Henry M. Paulson, Jr.）今天（4月11日）於香港大學（港大）陸佑堂出席由港大經濟及工商管理學院與香港經濟及商業策略研究所主辦的對談會，暢談全球經濟發展前景及中美經濟關係 。對談會由利豐集團主席馮國經博士主持。

保爾森獲美國總統布殊提名出任美國第七十四任財政部長，於2006至2009年間，擔任總統的首席經濟顧問，就國内外經濟等廣泛議題提供意見。1999年至2006年他出任財長前，是大型投資銀行高盛集團的主席和行政總監。

保爾森（Henry M. Paulson, Jr.）簡歷：
Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (2006-2009)
Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs (1999 - 2006)

Henry M. Paulson, Jr. served under President George W. Bush as the 74th Secretary of the Treasury from July 2006 until January 2009. As Treasury Secretary, Paulson was the President's leading policy advisor on a broad range of domestic and international economic issues.

Before going to the Treasury Department, Paulson had a thirty-two year career at Goldman Sachs serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since the firm's initial public offering in 1999. He is also involved in a range of conservation and environmental initiatives having served as Chairman of The Peregrine Fund, Inc., Chairman of the Board of Directors for The Nature Conservancy and was Co-Chairman of its Asia/Pacific Council.

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Paulson was a member of the White House Domestic Council, serving as Staff Assistant to the President from 1972 to 1973, and as Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon from 1970 to 1972.

Paulson graduated from Dartmouth in 1968, where he majored in English, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and an All Ivy, All East football player. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1970. He and his wife, Wendy, have two grown children and three grandchildren. In February 2010, Paulson published his first book, On the Brink, detailing his experience at Treasury during the global financial crisis.

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利豐集團主席馮國經博士(左)及前任美國財政部長保爾森


保爾森（Henry M. Paulson, Jr.）暢談全球經濟發展前景及中美經濟關係