The South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong
The South African
Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong
Supported by the South African Consulate to Hong Kong and Macau SAR
Wishes to invite you to a business seminar:
Successes in doing business in China & Africa ………..
David Malcomson will be addressing the myths that fly in both directions about doing business in China, and Africa. Please join us in a conversation on what the corporate governance issues are in China and South Africa. What role do Chinese businesses have to adopt to be successful in South Africa? How can the Hong Kong business man best benefit from South Africa’s membership to BRICS.
Date: June 16 Thursday
Time: 9am – 12pm (8h30 registration)
Venue: HKTDC SME Centre. HKCEC (Instructions enclosed)
Cost: HKD200
(Please make your reservation by attached Reply Slip and payment before 11 June 2011)
By cheque: Please make cheques payable to “SAWCC of Hong Kong” and mail to SAWCC, 18th Floor, Wing Hing Commercial Building, 16 Sutherland Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
Bank transfer: SAWCC account: HSBC 400-616454-838. Please e-mail a copy of the deposit slip to president@sawcchongkong.com before June 11.
9am - Honourable Consul General Namotemba Tambo will be opening the seminar and introducing the speaker
9.15 – 10am – Dave Malcomson on Successes in doing business in China & Africa ………..
10-10.30am – Comments on BRICS – Hon Consul General on BRICS
10.30am to 11am – Q&A
11am – Tea and Networking
Do not miss this opportunity to hear Dave Malcomson on these controversial issues. Dave resides in Beijing and will be travelling to Hong Kong to speak.
About the speaker:
January 1993 – December 1994: Desk officer responsible for CIS republics and Turkey (primary responsibility for the Russian federation and Ukraine).Served on the task team for president Nelson Mandela’s inauguration in may 1994. Completed diplomatic training in 1994 (awarded the communications prize). January 1995 – January 1999: Dave served at the South African high commission in Harare, Zimbabwe. Responsible for bilateral and multilateral relations with Zimbabwe, particularly SADC matters. Dave was Chairperson of the junior diplomatic association in Zimbabwe. Passed advanced SADC course at the training institute in 1996. January 1999 – 1 June 2001: Assistant director responsible for OAU/AEC economic, social and technical Affairs. Member of the African renaissance transformation task team from march 2000 to January 2001, when joined the millennium African recovery program (MAP) technical drafting team. Member of the international relations, peace and security (IRPS) economic development cluster sub-committee. 1 June 2001 – 19 January 2004: Promoted to deputy director and seconded to the presidency and from there to the new partnership for Africa’s development (NEPAD) secretariat. Served as the manager: international liaison and coordination at the NEPAD secretariat. 19 January 2004 – 19 January 2007: Returned to the department. Promoted to director in October 2004. Responsible for Nepad, the African renaissance and international cooperation fund, program and information management. Also responsible for IRPS African renaissance sub-committee secretariat. On 22 January 2007, took up post at the South African embassy in Beijing, China as minister plenipotentiary.