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Edward KY Chen Distinguished Lecture Series 10th Anniversary Luncheon “Shifting Geopolitics Plus Rising Risks Equals Looming Financial Crisis?” By Lord Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint

02 Dec 2017

 

The Edward KY Chen Distinguished Lecture 10^th Anniversary Luncheon presented by Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Hong Kong was successfully held today. The guest speaker Lord Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, former UK Minister of State for Trade and Investment as well as former HSBC Group Chairman, delivered his keynote speech on “Shifting Geopolitics Plus Rising Risks Equals Looming Financial Crisis?”.

The luncheon attractedover 200 distinguished guests from both public and corporate sectors.Following the lecture, a Q&A session was hostedby Professor Edward KY Chen, Chairman of the Board of HKU SPACE and saw the active participation of the audience.

This event was sponsored by The Bank of East Asia Limited, Citi, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, FWD, Glorious Sun Group, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Great Eagle Holdings Limited, Hang Seng Bank, HKSTP, HSBC, The Jardine Matheson Group, KPMG, MTR Corporation Limited, Por Yen Charitable Foundation, Slaughter and May, Standard Chartered Bank, and The Wharf (Holdings) Limited.

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About Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Hong Kong
The Faculty of Business and Economics at The University of Hong Kong strives to nurture first-class business leaders and foster academic and relevant research to serve the needs of Hong Kong, China and the rest of the world in the new Asia-led economy.  As Asia’s premier international business school, FBE engages leading scholars from all corners of the globe and they instil in the students global knowledge with an Asian perspective.  The Faculty attracts top students from Hong Kong and beyond.  It admits the highest proportion of non-local undergraduate students amongst all Faculties at HKU. Three of its undergraduate programmes are ranked among the University’s top 10 programmes.

The Faculty’s full-time MBA programme has a strong Asia and China focus, and the programme has been ranked Asia’s no. 1 in the World MBA Rankings released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for eight consecutive years from 2010 to 2017.  Students can opt for an overseas exchange opportunity to supplement their campus learning in Hong Kong: a London track at London Business School, a New York track at Columbia Business School or a Hong Kong/China track at Fudan University.

The Faculty also offers an elite EMBA Global Asia programme, jointly with CBS and LBS, for globally-focused senior executives and professionals.  Its International MBA Programme, delivered in Shanghai in collaboration with Fudan University, was the first of its kind when it was launched in 1998.

FBE is fully accredited by the European Quality Improvement Systems (EQUIS).  Its accounting and business programmes are also accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

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