Hugh Stephens Email & Phone Number

Mr. Stephens has more than 35 years of government and business experience in the Asia region. He is currently senior advisor for Asia Pacific to Time Warner, based in Victoria, BC, Canada. Before returning to Canada in December 2009, he was based at the company’s regional headquarters in Hong Kong for almost a decade where he managed the company’s public policy program in the Asia Pacific region as Senior Vice President. . Mr. Stephens has extensive experience in dealing with media and IT industry issues in China, India, SE Asia, Korea/Japan and elsewhere in Asia.Mr. Stephens has been an active leader in a number of regional business organizations. He currently serves on the Executive Committees of the US National Center for APEC and the US-Korea Business Council as was a member of the Board of Directors of the US-ASEAN Business Council for a number of years. He is a past Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Vice Chair of the Quality Brands Protection Committee, a coalition of more than 180 multinational companies engaged in strengthening IPR protection in China. He recently completed two terms as a Governor of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia. During his almost 30 year career with the Canadian Government prior to joining Time Warner in 2001, Mr. Stephens held the positions of Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy and Communications in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Ottawa (DFAIT), Director-General of Strategic Planning and Resource Management for DFAIT, Head of Mission of the Canadian Trade Office and Canadian Representative in Taiwan, and Counsellor and Charge d’affaires of the Canadian Embassies in Seoul and Islamabad, among a number other overseas and headquarters assignments, including service at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing.

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  Senior Advisor, Public Policy (Asia Pacific And Canada)

  Time Warner Inc.

  Apr 2009 - Present

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