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'''Victor Lap-Lik Chu''' is a Hong Kong-based businessman and deep state actor.
  
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==Background==
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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 took his law degree at [[University College London]] (UCL)
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He was selected a [[WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1998|Global Leader for Tomorrow]] by the [[World Economic Forum]] in [[1998]].
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==Career==
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Chu is chairman and CEO of [[First Eastern Investment Group]], a leading [[Hong Kong]]-based international investment firm and a pioneer of [[private equity investments]] in China. He is a co-founder and director of Peach Aviation in [[Japan]], as well as a board member of [[Airbus SE]] and [[Nomura Holdings]].<ref name=chatham>https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/victor-chu</ref>
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Since the [[1990s]], Victor Chu has at various times been 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. <ref name=chatham/>
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Chu has also been [[WEF/Board of Trustees|Foundation Board Member (Trustee)]] of the World [[Economic Forum]] from [[2003]] to [[2015]] and co-chairs the WEF’s International Business Council. He is chairman of the [[Hong Kong-Europe Business Council]] and chairman of the [[Hong Kong-United States Business Council]].<ref name=chatham/>
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He was a member of the dean's council of [[John F. Kennedy School Government]] at Harvard University, 2004—2010.<ref>https://prabook.com/web/victor_lap-lik.chu/706064</ref>
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Victor Chu is a trustee of [[Asia House]] in [[London]] and Hong Kong, as well as a member of the advisory boards of the [[Oxford Martin School]] and the [[Atlantic Council]] of the USA.<ref name=chatham/>
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Latest revision as of 00:24, 23 April 2023

Person.png Victor Chu LinkedIn PrabookRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(financier, businessman)
Victor Chu.jpg
Born1960
Canton, Guangdong, China
Alma materKing's College (Taunton), University College London
Member ofAtlantic Council, Chatham House/Governors, WEF/Board of Trustees, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1998
Hong Kong-based businessman and deep state actor. GLT 1998, Chatham house governor, WEF Trustee, Atlantic Council..

Victor Lap-Lik Chu is a Hong Kong-based businessman and deep state actor.

Background

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 took his law degree at University College London (UCL)

He was selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1998.

Career

Chu is chairman and CEO of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading Hong Kong-based international investment firm and a pioneer of private equity investments in China. He is a co-founder and director of Peach Aviation in Japan, as well as a board member of Airbus SE and Nomura Holdings.[1]

Since the 1990s, Victor Chu has at various times been 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. [1]

Chu has also been Foundation Board Member (Trustee) of the World Economic Forum from 2003 to 2015 and co-chairs the WEF’s International Business Council. He is chairman of the Hong Kong-Europe Business Council and chairman of the Hong Kong-United States Business Council.[1]

He was a member of the dean's council of John F. Kennedy School Government at Harvard University, 2004—2010.[2]

Victor Chu is a trustee of Asia House in London and Hong Kong, as well as a member of the advisory boards of the Oxford Martin School and the Atlantic Council of the USA.[1]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/200421 January 200425 January 2004World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.
WEF/Annual Meeting/200625 January 200629 January 2006SwitzerlandBoth former US president Bill Clinton and Bill Gates pushed for public-private partnerships. Only a few of the over 2000 participants are known.
WEF/Annual Meeting/201126 January 201130 January 2011World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201225 January 201229 January 2012Switzerland2113 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201422 January 201425 January 2014World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201717 January 201720 January 2017World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/201922 January 201925 January 2019World Economic Forum
Switzerland		"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."
WEF/Annual Meeting/202021 January 202024 January 2020World Economic Forum
Switzerland		This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/202222 May 202226 May 2022World Economic Forum
Switzerland		1912 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/202316 January 202320 January 2023World Economic Forum
Switzerland		The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"
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References

  1. ↑ a b c d https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/victor-chu
  2. ↑ https://prabook.com/web/victor_lap-lik.chu/706064
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