Adam Murray is a first-tour economic coned officer serving in a two-year consular position in Hong Kong. Originally from Redford, MI, and a graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School, Adam received his Bachelor's Degree in International Political Economy from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He studied Chinese at Nanjing University, and speaks both Mandarin and Cantonese. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, he worked for an adventure travel company in Beijing for three years. Adam's next assignment is to Rangoon, Burma, where he will serve as an economics officer.

Ken Duck is senior counsel with Foley & Lardner and a member of the Transactional & Securities and International Practices and the firm's Life Sciences and Automotive Industry Teams. Mr. Duck serves as chair of the China and Japan Committees for the firm's International Practice.

Mr. Duck has extensive experience counseling clients on their Asia-Pacific investment strategies with particular emphasis in support of investments in China, Japan, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and various offshore jurisdictions.

Mr. Duck frequently assists clients in establishing operations and doing business in China. He has extensive experience with establishing operations and structuring investments, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, counseling on labor law issues, licensing and sales representative agreements and protection of intellectual property in China. He also advises Chinese companies on direct investments in the United States. He has lived and worked in China for more than two years in total.

Mr. Duck also regularly advises clients on doing business in Japan and assists Japanese companies doing business in the United States and China. He has advised on mergers and acquisitions in Japan and direct investments into China by Japanese companies. He has lived and worked in Japan for more than three years in total.

In addition, Mr. Duck advises on mergers and acquisitions, private equity financing and intellectual property licensing for a wide-range of closely held and public companies in the United States.

Mr. Duck is a graduate of Fordham University of Law (J.D., 1997) and the University of Vermont (B.A., 1991). He was the notes and articles editor for the Fordham International Law Journal from 1996-1997. Prior to graduation from law school, Mr. Duck worked at the Oh-Ebashi Law Office in Osaka, Japan where he drafted and translated documents for cross-border transactions, including joint ventures in China and Japan.

Mr. Duck reads and speaks Mandarin Chinese and Japanese.

He is a member of the New York Bar, the Michigan Bar, the Japan America Society, the Japan Business Society of Detroit, the Detroit Chinese Business Association, the China Sub-Committee of the US Committee on International Business, the China Strategy Council of the Original Equipment Suppliers Association, and the International Section of the American Bar Association. He also serves as chair of the Emerging Nations Committee of the Michigan State Bar Association's International Law Section.

Mr. Duck is a frequent speaker in the US, China and Japan on the Chinese auto industry, the Chinese legal and regulatory environment, investment strategies for China, the US and Japan, and Chinese labor law.

Lucy Chen Kruse joined the International Department of Fifth Third Bank six years ago with over 20 years of experience in global corporate banking.

Lucy started her banking career at the First National Bank of Chicago (J P Morgan Chase) as an Asian Department Management Trainee after graduating from DePaul University Business School in Chicago. During her 11 years at First Chicago, she served as Relationship Manager to the major Chinese state owned companies in the U.S. Services provided include trade finance and cash management.

Lucy also worked as Global Cash Manager and Relationship Manager at Citi Bank for seven years where her focus was not only on the Asian owned businesses in the U.S, but also on the fortune 500 companies.

At Fifth Third Bank, Lucy has brought in a large amount of Chinese owned companies, from privately owned businesses to the major state owned entity. Various sophisticated banking services and products have been offered to these Chinese owned businesses to ensure their success in North America, including bond issuance, working capital financing, foreign exchange hedging, investment and cash management services.

Lucy is fluent in three Chinese dialects, Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghaiese.