Jamie Allen

Mr. Jamie Allen is Founding Secretary General at Asian Corporate Governance Association Ltd.
Mr. Allen is responsible for overall management of the Association, as well as directing ACGA's research, advocacy and educational work in 11 Asian markets.
Mr. Allen is a published author and has more than 27 years experience as a writer, editor and analyst covering the economies of Greater China and East Asia from Hong Kong.
Prior to the establishment of ACGA in mid-1999, he ran his own consulting firm and carried out customised economic research on mainly finance-related topics, including corporate governance, for multinational clients in Asia.
From 1992-95 he worked for the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) as editor of Business Asia, a regional management newsletter, and was a contributor to The Economist magazine from 1994-96.
He began his journalistic career in the late 1980s as a reporter for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.
Over 2001 to 2007, he was a member of the Public Shareholders Group, a committee formed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to advise it on shareholder rights and corporate governance matters in Hong Kong.
From May 2006 to June 2010, he served on the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK).
The Listing Committee is the body responsible for approving all new listings on the SEHK, deciding changes to the listing rules, and undertaking review and disciplinary hearings.
In July 2013, he was appointed to the Financial Reporting Review Panel of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in Hong Kong for a period of three years.
In October, he also joined the Operations Oversight Committee of the FRC.
Mr. Allen is a graduate of the Australian National University, Canberra, where he received a BA (Honours) in political science and Chinese language.