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Dick
Spring is a businessman and former senior Irish politician. He was
first elected as a Labour Party TD in 1981 and retained his seat until
2002. He became Party Leader in 1982, and held this position until
1997. He served as Minister for the Environment (1982–1983), Minister
for Energy (1983–1987) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1993–Nov.
1994, Dec. 1994–1997). He also served as Tánaiste (Deputy Leader)
during those three governments. He
played Gaelic football and hurling for Kerry in the seventies. He then
won rugby union caps for Ireland (1979) and Munster, and lined out for
London Irish in England. He has a well known interest in golf &
welcomed US President Clinton, amongst others, to play with him in his
club, the famed Ballybunion Golf Club. Based in Tralee, Spring is
Executive Vice Chairman of FEXCO, the financial services firm which is
headquartered in Killorglin, County Kerry.
Pádraig Walsh Pádraig Walsh is a partner in the corporate team of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert’s Hong Kong office. He qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 1998 and in Hong Kong in 2000. He specialises in corporate and commercial transactional and advisory matters, including banking and trade finance, HKSE, HKMA and SFC regulatory matters, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, manufacturing, distribution and other commercial agreements and employment related issues. He has co-authored the chapter on "Foreign Investment in E-commerce in China" in the 2003 Comparative Law Yearbook of Comparative International Business, published by Kluwer Law International, and the China chapter in "International Acquisition Finance" published this year by Oxford University Press, in conjunction with the International Bar Association, and is a frequent speaker and writer on a wide range of topics including regulatory issues in the financial services industry, banking and finance in Hong Kong and China, and corporate mergers and acquisitions.
Mícheál Collins Director, Collins Kumarasinghe Associates (Singapore, Sri Lanka) President, European Chamber of Commerce, Singapore MBA (INSEAD), MSc (Physics) Mícheál graduated with an MBA from top global business school INSEAD, specializing in Entrepreneurship, Business Development and Finance. Prior to setting up Collins Kumarasinghe Associates - a multi-disciplinary professional services firm delivering Internet and Digital Media consulting and education training and preparation, Micheal worked in the UK, Ireland, Spain and the US as a senior consultant for various multi-nationals, including IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, iXL (Scient) and Corel Corp. He also served as Executive Director of the Irish Business Association in Singapore and is the President of the European Chamber of Commerce, Singapore (2010/2011). Mícheál holds a Master of Science in Theoretical Physics and a First Class Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics and Mathematics from University College Cork, Ireland.
Since September 2009 based in my hometown of Dublin with the Department of Foreign Affairs, having worked on Asia-related issues since 1997, working first in the Irish Embassies in Tokyo (1997 to 2000) & Seoul (2000-2002) before returning back to Dublin as Deputy Director (Asia-Pacific) in the Bilateral Economic Relations Division in the Department of Foreign Affairs (2002-2004). |
