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Former US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson speaks at HKU on “Global Economic Outlook and China US Economic Relations”

11 Apr 2011

Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury Mr. Henry M. Paulson, Jr. gave a talk on global economic outlook and China US economic relations today (April 11) at Loke Yew Hall of the University of Hong Kong (HKU). The talk was moderated by Dr. Victor K. Fung, Chairman of Li & Fung Group and Vice Chairman of China-United States Exchange Foundation.

Mr Paulson was Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009. Before joining the Treasury Department, he was Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs from 1999 to 2006.

The event was organized by the HKU Faculty of Business and Economics and the Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy.

Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
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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Dr. Victor K. Fung, Chairman of Li & Fung Group and Vice Chairman of China-United States Exchange Foundation (left) and former Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury Mr. Henry M. Paulson, Jr.


Henry M. Paulson, Jr. talks about global economic outlook and China US economic relations