Edward Yang Hsi

Background

Hsi, Edward Yang, was born on May 30, 1957, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Peter Hwei-Yang Hsi and Priscilla Lai-Fong Lam.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Southern California, 1980. Master of Business Administration, Duke University, 1983 (Accounting Program 4.0). Juris Doctor, University of California, Davis, 1986 (Order of The Coif; Research Assistant, Professor Janet Wright; Faculty Recommendation, J.S.Dr. Program, Stanford U.). Punahou School (1972 to 1975). Iolani School (1963 to 1971).

Career

Tax intern: Coca Cola Company, Los Angeles, 1983; Lear Siegler Inc., Santa Monica, 1984. Tax law intern; Hochman, Salkin, Deroy, Beverly Hills, 1985. Associate Attorney: Lawler, Felix & Hall (Rufus V. Rhoades), Los Angeles, 1986-1987; Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, 1987-1988; Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Los Angeles, 1989; Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong, Singapore, 1989-1991. Of Counsel Attorney: Tilleke & Gibbins (Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue), Bangkok, 1992; Tilleke & Gibbins Consultants, Ltd., Indochina, 1992.

Group General Counsel; Humpuss Group Indonesia, Jakarta, Singapore, 1992-1994. President, Chief Executive Officer; Humpuss Arun Aromatics Petrochemicals, Jakarta, Arun, Aceh, Sumatra, 1994—1996.

Executive Director; Dharmala Group, Jakarta, 1997. Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer; Asean Infrastructure Holdings Ltd., since 1997. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer; Asean Energy Group Ltd., since 1998. Special Advisor to Shareholders; Gunung Sewu Group and Duta Anggada Group (Lehman Asia Litigation), Jakarta, 1997.

Founder and President; PT Taira & Hsi Capital, Hong Kong, Jakarta, 1998—2005. Founder and Principal; Grant Thornton Taira Hsi, in association with PT Grant Thornton Indonesia; Taira & Hsi, International Lawyers, in association with Kaye Scholer LLP, Jakarta, 1998—2000. Advisor, Government of Republic of Indonesia, Policy Proposal for Economic Revitalization of Aceh as an Autonomous Region within a Unitary Indonesia, 1999. Advisor to Chairman, Indonesian Parliament DPR, National Economic Revitalization Policy (based on Strategic Natural Resources and Natural Gas), Jakarta, 1998—1999. Advisor to PAN Party, Republic of Indonesia, 1998 to 2000.

Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Region; Mysmart Solutions, Century City, California, 2000—2001. Special Advisor to Chairman; Shingfa Group, Taipei, 2001—2002.

Advisor; Golkar Parliamentary Party, Republic of Indonesia, Delegation to Republic of China (Taiwan), 2002. Board Directors: DEH Asia Ltd.; VBP Ltd.; Asia Beta Capital Ltd. Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer; New Template Media Group, Los Angeles, 2003.

Chief Operating Officer; Pacific Republic Capital LLC, a Medical Ventures Group, Newport Beach, California, 2003-2004. Partner; Pacificap Group, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2006-2007. Interim Chief Executive Officer; Pacific Biodiesel, Kahului, Hawaii, 2007.

Chief Operating Officer; Kapital Asia Ltd., Singapore, London, 2007-2010. Interim CEO; Singapore Energy, Pte. Ltd., Singapore, London, 2007-2008.

Achievements

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  Listed as a reputable lawyer, financier and industrialist by Marquis Who's Who.
  
  Developed ventures in a CEO capacity in the following industry sectors: energy (oil & gas, petrochemicals and renewable energy); infrastructure (power, shipping, air and logistics); technology (internet, smartcards and medical); and media. Several ventures were nationally significant, and the first to be developed in the Asia-Pacific region.
  
  Served as an adviser to various national and state governments on national revitalization and economic development/geo-economic strategy.
  
  AFC97 / Lehman Litigation, 1998. DPR, Aceh Initiative, 1999. IBRA Restructuring, 1999-2000.
  
  PRCG / Accuray restructuring leading to funding of Project Compassion with HHDL at Stanford CCARE, 2003-2005.
  
  

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributing Editor, Rhoades and Langer, Income Taxation of Foreign Related Transactions, 5 Volumes.

Views

"We are humbled to be able to share in the quest to foster global understanding, compassion, goodwill and peace for all of mankind", 70th Year HHDL Presentation 1940-2010

Membership

Co-Founder and Board Member, Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance, Kahului, Hawaii, since 2006. Member and Founding Council, World Peace and Diplomacy Forum, Cambridge, England, since 2003. Member: American Bar Association; State Bar California; University California Alumni Association; Duke Alumni Association; Punahou School Alumni Association; American Chamber of Commerce-Hong Kong; Hong Kong Association; Indonesian Business Society; Hong Kong Stanley Residents' Association, Tuen Ng Dragon Boat Races Festival (Co-Chairman, AT&T and Baker & McKenzie entry); Safari Club International; Order of Coif; Alpha Mu Alpha; Phi Delta Phi.

Personality

Physical Characteristics: Punahou School: Letterman; Football (4 Years; JV Co-Captain), Wrestling (2 Years), Track and Field.

Iolani School: Letterman, Varsity Crew

Interests

• Anthropology, World History, Chinese History, Asian Art, World Music (Shakuhachi, Dombra/Tovshuur/Morin Khuur, Percussion).

• Philosophers & Thinkers

  Laozi, Kong Fuzi

• Politicians

  Modern China, Modern Taiwan Leaders. Original ASEAN Leaders.

• Artists

  Hakuin Ekaku, Otagaki Rengetsu, Yamaoka Tesshu.

Connections

Married Denise Chur-Yee Tso, August 3, 1985. 2 children, Edward Yang Hsi II, Clarissa Sian Li-Hwa Hsi.

Father:

Peter Hwei-Yang Hsi

Born, Beiping, Republic of China, 1929.

Education: National Chiao Tung U. (Shanghai Jiao Tong U.); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Mother:

Priscilla Lai-Fong Lam

Born, Saigon, French Indochine, 1927.

Education: Lingnan U. (Canton, Guangdong); Susquehanna U. (Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Spouse:

Denise Chur-Yee Tso

Born, San Francisco, California.

Education: University of Southern California, A.B. Journalism; Loyola Marymount U (post-graduate MBA studies).

Grandparents:

Tonjou Lun Hsi and Shih-Yung Duan

Paternal Grandparents: Tonjou Lun Hsi and Shih-Yung Duan

Tonjou Lun Hsi (Teddy): Born, Nanking, Qing China, 1895; Recipient, Boxer Indemnity Scholarship (Tsinghua U, Columbia U/John Hopkins U, Harvard U, A.B., 1920, A.M., 1921); Intern, US Federal Reserve, 1922; Advisor, Chinese Delegation, Enthronement Ceremony, 14th Dalai Lama, Lhasa, Tibet, 1939-40.

Shih-Yung Duan (Jean): Born, Tientsin, Qing China, 1904; Fourth daughter of Chinese Premier Duan Qirui (Qing China, 1881 - 1911: General, Grand Marshall, New Army; Governor General, Hupeh Province, Honan Province; Republic of China, 1912 - 1926: Minister of War; Premier; Chief Executive) and Lady Zhang (Yuan-Zhang Clan, Xiangcheng, Henan, Qing China).

Maternal Grandparents: Lam Giong Nhuan and Tan Yu, (Both: Born, Huaxian, Guangdong, Qing China; Domicile, French Indochine, Hong Kong).

Lam Giong Nhuan, Head, Macao Organization, French Indochine.

Father/Mother-In-Law:

Woon-Shee Tso and Virginia Leung

Woon-Shee Tso (Thompson): Born, Nanking, Republic of China, 1912; Education, Whampoa Military Academy, Class 6, 1926; Service, Northern Expedition Campaign, 1926-27.

Virginia Leung: Born, Soochow, Republic of China, 1921.

Great-grandfather:

Premier Duan Qirui

First Formal Wife, Lady Wu; Second Formal Wife, Lady Zhang (Step Daughter of Chinese Statesman, Grand Councillor, President, Yuan Shi Kai); Several Concubines.

References

• Arun, North Sumatra, Indonesia
• Arun LNG / Sustainable Energy
• Lee Kwan Yew; From Third World To First World .
• Percy Horace Braund Kent; Passing Of The Manchus
• Patrick Shan; Yuan Shikai, A Reappraisal
• Ernest Young; Presidency of Yuan Shih-k'ai
• Stephen Mackinnon; Power And Politics In Late Imperial China
• Lucien Bodard; Quicksand War, Prelude To Vietnam
• R.E. Elson; Suharto: A Political Biography
• Peace Negotiation Discussions; Viceroy Li Hung-Chang and Count Ito Hirobumi, Shimonoseki, Japan, 1895
• J.O.P. Bland; Li Hung Chang
• Towards The Republic - 2003 Chinese Historical Drama
• Joseph Stiglitz; Globalization And Its Discontents
• Chalmers Johnson; Blowback
• Stanley Spector; Li Hung-Chang and the Huai Army: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Chinese Regionalism