Date & Time

Saturday 24th April
12:30pm

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Complimentary. Please note that places for this event are limited and therefore we encourage you to register as soon as possible.

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Complimentary. Please register via the ‘Register here’ button. The link to the event will be sent to the email address provided on the registration form a couple of days before the event.

Guests

You’ll be given a link to the event. You should not share this link, but members of your household are welcome to join the call (these guests will be with you on camera, using the same device/Zoom account).

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General information

For further information or if you have any enquiries, please contact the Development Office on 01223 338700 or at development@joh.cam.ac.uk.

Johnian Society Virtual Talk: Interview with Tamsin Heath (2002)

The current restrictions on social gatherings make it harder than usual for Johnians to meet in person. To address this, the Johnian Society is hosting a series of virtual talks with alumni via Zoom. You may participate in the event for as long or short a time as you like, staying just for the interview or also engaging in friendly conversation with fellow alumni.

Tamsin Heath (2002) is the Acting British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao. She assumed the role in December 2020, following the retirement of Andrew Heyn, and the new Consul General is expected to arrive in summer 2021.

Tamsin will talk about her time at St John’s College and her career. Peter Scott (2002), Committee member of the Johnian Society, will conduct the interview, which will be followed by a Q&A. Grab a drink and join us for this great opportunity to catch up with the Johnian community!

Please note that the talk will be held under the Chatham House Rule: participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker, nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.

Programme:
12.15–12.30pm (BST): Online check-in opens.
12.30pm (BST): Event is live.
12.30–12.35pm (BST): Welcome message from Peter Scott (2002), Committee member of the Johnian Society.
12.35–12.55pm (BST): Interview with Tamsin Heath (2002).
12.55pm onwards (BST): Q&A and networking.

Invited speaker:

Tamsin Heath (2002)

Tamsin Heath is currently the Acting British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao. She assumed the role in December 2020, following the retirement of Andrew Heyn. The new Consul General is expected to arrive in summer 2021. She arrived in Hong Kong in August 2019 as Deputy Consul General. Tamsin joined the Diplomatic Service in 2005 as a diplomatic service economist working on economic issues, and as the economist in the Iraq Policy Unit in 2006–2007. Her first posting was as 2nd Secretary Economic and Trade Policy in Beijing, working on the UK/China Economic and Financial Dialogue, as well as on intellectual property issues. After Beijing she worked as First Secretary Economic, Energy & Climate Change at the British Embassy in Riyadh, and then as Head of Yemen policy in London, where she acted briefly as Chargé d’Affaires in Sana’a in 2013. Between 2013 and 2015 Tamsin was Private Secretary to the FCO Permanent Under Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service. She moved to Hong Kong from The Hague after three years working for the Dutch Development Bank FMO, as Senior Strategy Advisor and Head of Public Affairs. Before joining the FCO, Tamsin worked for the Chief Economist of the Royal Bank of Scotland group and at HM Treasury. She studied Economics at the University of Cambridge. Tamsin is married with two children, Emily and Thomas.

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