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Jason has an Arts/Law degree with first class honours from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Law from New York University Law School, where he was Australia’s Hauser Global Fellow for 2000
and Convocation Speaker for the graduating class of 2000.
From 1996 – 1998, Jason worked for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in The Hague, the Netherlands. Jason worked with Sir Ninian Stephen on a number of
pioneering cases in international law on genocide and war crimes.
In 1997, Jason returned to Australia to establish a new political party to combat the racist politics of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation that had just achieved great electoral success in Australia. In 1997, Jason was also elected to the Australian Constitutional Convention and was instrumental to drafting and brokering support for the model of republican government that was put to Australian voters in the 1999 national Republic Referendum.
Jason was Deputy Chair of the Australian Republican Movement, Youth Chair of the NSW Ethnic Communities Council, Chair of the Community Aid Abroad International Youth Parliament and cultural spokesperson for NSW Tourism during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Jason is presently a board member of the Sydney Institute, the National Centre for Volunteering and the New South Wales Government’s Sydney Metropolitan Strategy Group, as well as a Governor of the Smith Family. Most recently.Jason joined the Board of Directors of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, as well as the George Institute for International Health.
2002 Eisenhower Fellowship
Jason was awarded the 2002 Eisenhower Fellowship with which he travelled to the USA to study the intersection of corporate, political and community interests. Jason speaks fluent Mandarin, Cantonese, German and Dutch.
Jason started his professional career as a commercial lawyer with Corrs Chambers Westgarth in their M&A practice group. He joined Insurance Australia Group in 2002 as Head of Sustainable Development. In that role, he led the company’s initiatives on climate change, disaster research and policy, community riskreduction with a focus on product development and driving internal cultural transformation. IAG won the Ethical Corporation Award for Sustainable Company of the Year in 2003.
In 2003, Jason was appointed Head of China Strategy for Insurance Australia Group. He moved to Beijing with his family in July 2004 in the role of General Manager – Sales & Marketing, for IAG’s operations in China. In 2006.Jason led a major campaign to improve road-safety in China that won the China International PR Association Silver medal for Best Campaign and the Economic Observer Award for most Creative Campaign.
Most recently, Jason established Yatsen Associates, a China market-entry and corporate advisory firm that assists companies enter the China market.
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