07 APR 2006 (FRI) | 19:00-20:00
Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong.
Speaker:
Dr Gregg Li Chairman G. Li & Company
Dr. Li began his career in governance consulting as an information engineer for the US Government in Washington, D. C. more than 25 years ago. Since then he has been associated with the East West Center in Hawaii, American Express (regional), Citibank institutional and consumer banking, Coopers & Lybrand MCS, and at the management think tank (PKKI) at the University of Hong Kong as their Chief Executive from 1997 to 2000. His current outside work has ranged from advisory work on transformation for boards. Dr. Li is the Chairman of G. Li & Company, Asia’s first governance consultancy he co-founded in 1991 with Robert Tricker; Chairman of the Academy of Management Consultancy which he founded in 2004. He has been the Chair of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) and was formerly the founding President of the Institute of Management Consulting in Hong Kong (2000 – 01) and the ICMCI Ambassador to China (2002 – 03).
He sits on the executive committee of the Business and Professional Federation, an independent think thank that created the Basic Law for Hong Kong. He is a member of the Central Policy Unit, a board advisor for PuraPharm (Chinese medicine) and Oriental City Group (Financial Services), and is a Visiting Professor on the subject of strategic change management and corporate governance at the Baptist University, Institute of Company Secretaries, Tsinghua University, University of Hong Kong, the University of Hawaii, and the Academy of Management Consultancy. Dr. Li holds degrees from Washington University, University of Hawaii, UCLA, and Warwick.
Abstract:
Based on his extensive background in consulting and governance innovation, Dr. Li will discuss the topic of governance and management within the context of the recent situations at KCRC. With the help of his assistants, Dr. Li has prepared for us a time-series case study on KCRC and will help students explore the intricacies and nuances of corporate governance, particularly how we define and appreciate effective and superficial governance of public bodies and NGOs.
Organizers:Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning, HKU (MATPP)
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