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Cleveland Clinic Ideas for Tomorrow: Victor Chu, chairman, First Eastern Investment Group

Greater Cleveland Partnership Investor-level members are invited to the Cleveland Clinic Ideas for Tomorrow program on Thur., March 3 with speaker Victor L.L. Chu, chairman, First Eastern Investment Group. Mr. Chu’s remarks will include a discussion of First Eastern Investment Group and investing in China and Hong Kong.

The program starts at 5 p.m., followed by a VIP reception at 6 p.m.

About the speaker:

Victor Chu was born in Canton, China, and came to Hong Kong at the age of four. He received his early education in Hong Kong and England and received his law degree from University College, London.

Mr. Chu is chairman of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading Hong Kong-based direct investment firm and a pioneer of private equity investments in China. He is also chairman of First Eastern Investment Bank Limited in Dubai and Evolution Securities China Limited in London. He is a main board member of Zurich Insurance.

Mr. Chu has served as director and council member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel, Advisory Committee Member of the Securities and Futures Commission, and part-time member of Hong Kong Government’s Central Policy Unit. He is currently a Foundation Board Member of the World Economic Forum and co-chairs the Forum’s International Business Council. He is also chairman of the Paris-based ICC Commission on Financial Services and Insurance.

Mr. Chu is admitted to practice law in England and Hong Kong. Since 1982 he has practiced in the field of corporate, commercial and securities laws, with special emphasis on China and regional investment transactions. He served as Deputy Secretary-General of the International Bar Association (IBA) from 1995 to 2000.

He also has served on the Governing Council of University College London and the Foreign Affairs University of China. He is a trustee of Asia House and the International Business Leaders’ Forum, as well as a member of the Mayor of London’s International Business Advisory Council. Mr. Chu’s other civic associations include service on the boards or advisory councils of the International Crisis Group, Chatham House, Harvard Kennedy School, East Asia Institute of Cambridge University, the Oxford Martin School and the Atlantic Council of the USA.

 

Date

3/3/2011 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Location InterContinental Hotel, Bank of America Conference Center 9801 Carnegie Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106 Registration

GCP Investor-level members should RSVP by calling the Investor hotline at (216) 592-2370 or e-mail us at vip@gcpartnership.com. You will receive information about VIP parking, on-site check-in and the VIP reception.