AOL Time Warner Names Hugh Stephens Senior Vice President for International Relations and Strategic Policy, Asia Pacific.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001 AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL) announced today the appointment of Hugh Stephens as the company's senior vice president for international relations and strategic policy, Asia Pacific, effective immediately. Reporting to Robert M. Kimmitt Robert M. Kimmitt (born December 19, 1947) is the current Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Treasury. He was nominated by President Bush on June 29, 2005. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on July 29, 2005, and he was sworn into office on August 16, , AOL Time Warner's executive vice president for global and strategic policy, Mr. Stephens, 57, will be based in Hong Kong and serve as head of AOL Time Warner's Asia Pacific policy operation, overseeing the company's policy offices and personnel in Hong Kong and other major Asia Pacific cities. In making the announcement, Mr. Kimmitt said: "Since joining our company earlier this year, Hugh has done an outstanding job of leading our public policy operations and initiatives throughout the Asia Pacific region. He is a skilled and experienced diplomat who has successfully shaped and advocated for our public policy priorities in this important region. I am pleased to be naming him to this new position, and I look forward to his continuing contributions to AOL Time Warner." Mr. Stephens said: "AOL Time Warner is at the forefront of many exciting and important issues that will contribute significantly to the development and growth of the Asia Pacific region. I'm looking forward to continuing to work with Bob Kimmitt and the entire AOL Time Warner public policy team in this new capacity on all of the key policy issues facing business today in the Asia Pacific region." Mr. Stephens joined AOL Time Warner in January 2001 as vice president, public policy (Asia Pacific), establishing the company's first public policy office for the Asia Pacific region, based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining AOL Time Warner, Mr. Stephens served for 27 years in the Canadian Foreign Service, his last position being assistant deputy minister responsible for communications, culture and policy planning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT DFAIT Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada) ) in Ottawa. During his career, he served in a variety of positions abroad and in Ottawa, including as head of mission of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei The Canadian Trade Office in Taipei (CTOT) is Canada's representation in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Canada and the People's Republic of China (PRC) signed a joint communiqué marking the establishment of diplomatic relations on October 13, 1970. (1995-98), as the senior political officer (counselor) at the Canadian Embassies in Seoul, Korea and Islamabad, Pakistan, and earlier in positions in Beijing, Hong Kong and Beirut. In Ottawa, he was director-general for strategic planning and resource management at DFAIT and served as a senior advisor to the Trade Negotiations Office, which led the Canada-USA FTA FTA abbr. Future Teachers of America negotiation, among other assignments. Mr. Stephens speaks French and Chinese. He was educated at the University of British Columbia Locations Vancouver The Vancouver campus is located at Point Grey, a twenty-minute drive from downtown Vancouver. It is near several beaches and has views of the North Shore mountains. The 7. , University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, and Duke University. He has a certificate in Mandarin from the Chinese University of Hong Kong The motto of the university is "博文約禮" in Chinese, meaning "to broaden one's intellectual horizon and keep within the bounds of propriety". . AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL) is the world's first Internet-powered media and communications company, whose industry-leading businesses include interactive services, cable systems, publishing, music, networks and filmed entertainment. |
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