Organized by the Alumni and Corporate Affairs Office of the Faculty of Business Administration, the Global Leader Series was held at InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong on 19 March. Mr. John Rice (photo), vice-chairman of General Electric (GE), talked on ‘Global Growth: Opportunities and Challenges in China’. Guests of honour included Mr. Lam Woon-kwong, Convenor of the Executive Council; Mr. Stephen Young, the US Consul General; Mr. Simon Galpin, Director-General of InvestHK; Sir C.K. Chow, chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, and Mr. Michael Wong, director and group principal adviser of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited.

Mr. Rice discussed GE’s global growth strategy with a focus on China, where the company has been doing business for over a hundred years. He also shared his views on the outlook of 21st century global leaders, ‘These people are inclusive, adaptable and comfortable outside their home countries. They value differences.’