John Luke
[FYI request #9826 email]
29 March 2019
Dear John,
RE: OIA 2018-19-18 CHINA TRADE COMMISSIONERS
Thank you for your request of 11 March 2019 regarding an Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) request, seeking:
•
The name of Trade Commissioners of Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong
Kong from the past 10 years, and their bio or CV
The information you have requested is enclosed. However, the biographies and CVs of
former Trade Commissioners has been withheld on the following grounds:
• Section 9(2)(a) of the Act – as releasing this information would compromise the
privacy of natural persons.
Profiles of current Trade Commissioners are available at
https://www.nzte.govt.nz/about/our-
people/trade-commissioners The response to your question is given below.
Location
Trade Commissioner
Start date
End date
Beijing
Alan Young
2/03/2009
3/03/2014
Beijing
Liam Corkery
3/02/2014
23/12/2018
Beijing
Andrew White
9/01/2019
Current
Guangzhou
Alan Young
3/04/2006
28/02/2009
Guangzhou
Patrick English
17/02/2009
11/01/2013
Guangzhou
John Cochrane
31/10/2011
6/02/2017
Guangzhou (secondment) Fiona Acheson
2/03/2017
1/09/2017
Guangzhou (secondment) Richard Dunsheath
28/08/2017
28/02/2018
Guangzhou (secondment) Steve Jones
28/02/2018
13/07/2018
Guangzhou
Richard Dunsheath
1/03/2018
Current
Hong Kong
Sharon-May McCrostie
14/01/2008
27/02/2012
Hong Kong
Kevin Parish
10/02/2012
6/03/2015
Hong Kong (secondment) Jane Liu
10/03/2015
14/07/2015
Hong Kong
Rachael McGuckian
28/07/2015
Current
Shanghai
Jeff Shepherd
8/11/2007
15/09/2011
Shanghai
Michael Arand
18/04/2011
31/10/2014
Shanghai (secondment)
Alan Young
26/01/2015
26/06/2015
Shanghai (secondment)
Terry Allen
27/07/2015
29/01/2016
Shanghai
Damon Paling
4/01/2016
Current
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Melissa Trochon
Director – Ministerial
