Hong Kong – March 31, 2022 –The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham HK) announced today the appointment of Dr. Eden Woon as President beginning September 1, 2022. Dr. Woon is an experienced business and academic leader who also served many years in government and NGOs.
Dr. Woon has been the President of the Asian Institute of Technology, an international graduate university outside Bangkok, since 2018. From 2010 to 2017, he was Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Between 2006 and 2010, Dr. Woon was based in Shanghai, where he was Managing Director of Li & Fung Group’s China Corporate Office and Managing Director of Toys “R” Us China. He was also Vice President of Starbucks Coffee Company in China. From 1997 to 2006, Dr. Woon served as CEO of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
A U.S. citizen and fluent speaker of both Mandarin and Cantonese, Dr. Woon spent his childhood in Hong Kong and received his BA degree from the University of Iowa and his MA, MS, and PhD degrees, all in Mathematics, from the University of Washington in Seattle. He retired from the US Air Force in 1993 with the rank of Colonel.
Dr. Woon served as the Executive Director of the Washington State China Relations Council from 1994 to 1997. The WSCRC congratulates Dr. Woon on his new role.