Qualifications
PhD (University of Illinois)
Mark Michelson is Chairman of the Asia CEO Forum for IMA Asia, which helps leaders of multinational companies in Asia Pacific to monitor and assess political, economic and commercial developments across the region -- and to integrate key insights into their operational and strategic business plans.
He also is Senior Counselor and member of the International Advisory Council at APCO Worldwide, which provides public affairs and strategic communications services in Asia-Pacific and globally, and established APCO’s first Asia office in 1997.
From 2004 through 2008, Dr. Michelson was Associate Director-General for Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Government department that assists overseas and Mainland Chinese companies to set up and expand their businesses in Hong Kong.
Dr Michelson has spent over 35 years in the Asia/ Pacific region, mainly based in Hong Kong but also Japan. He has served as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Kong Country Club, and has been a member of three Hong Kong Government advisory committees. He currently chairs the Hong Kong Coalition for Services Industries Executive Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
He has taught in the HKUST LAPP program and is an adjunct associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
