As part of the Executive Briefing program, Australia’s Ambassador to China, H.E. Ms Frances Adamson, will brief Asia Society Australia members about the state of the Australia-China economic and strategic partnership and what the future holds for the relationship, following the conclusion of the free trade agreement and deepening of government ties.

Date: 2 June 2015
Time: 6:30-9:00pm
Venue: King & Wood Mallesons, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney

This event is open to Asia Society Australia members and invited guests only. For more information please contact [email protected].

About our speaker:

H.E. Ms Adamson arrived in Beijing on 8 August 2011, and presented her Credentials to the President of the People’s Republic of China, HE Mr Hu Jintao, on 16 August 2011.

Ms Adamson served in the Australian Consulate-General in Hong Kong in the late 1980s during the early years of China’s reform and opening, and first visited mainland China in 1987. She was seconded as Representative to the Australian Commerce and Industry Office in Taipei from 2001 to 2005.

She has twice served in the Australian High Commission in London, as Deputy High Commissioner from 2005-2008 and Political Counsellor from 1993 to 1997. She was Chief of Staff to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and then the Minister for Defence from 2009 to 2010.

Ms Adamson is an honorary patron of the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, patron of the Australia-China Alumni Association, a member of the Advisory Board of the Australian National University’s Australian Centre on China in the World, an ex-officio member of the Leadership Council of the Australia-China Youth Dialogue, and a director of China Matters Ltd, a not-for-profit organisation established to raise awareness in Australia of the changes in China’s society, economy and polity.

Asia Society Australia’s Executive Briefings are a curated series of meetings presented by diplomats, business leaders and subject matter experts from Asia and Australia. Designed to offer a deep dive into the critical issues of the day, to an audience of senior executives from the business, political, educational and cultural institutions that make up the Asia Society network.

The boardroom dinner briefing is generously sponsored by corporate member, King & Wood Mallesons.