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PRESS RELEASE - April 6th 2010
HILLARY INSTITUTE NAMES 2010 HILLARY LAUREATE
PRESS ARTICLE - 7 Apr 2010 - Peggy Liu follow-up
PRESS ARTICLE - 6 Apr 2010 - Peggy Liu Announced
The Institute’s international board, the Hillary Summit has named China’s Peggy Liu as their 2010 Hillary Laureate for exceptional Leadership in Climate Change Solutions at Easter.
Ms Liu is the Institute’s second international annual Laureate, following Jeremy Leggett in 2009, renowned author and Chair of Solar Century, the UK’s leading solar provider(*).
Based in Shanghai with offices in Beijing and Washington DC, Peggy is Chairperson of JUCCCE (Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy), China’s leading Non-Profit dedicated to changing the way China creates and uses energy. JUCCCE has a 10-year mandate to visibly accelerate the practical application of green technologies.
“….because the future of the world’s sustainability lies in the greening of China. We believe that due to climate change timelines and China’s development timelines, the next 5-8 years are a crucial window where we must achieve dramatic and systemic change in human behaviour towards a more sustainable balance between society and nature. That’s why each of our programs is designed to be a game-changer and have a visible milestone within three years”.
Internationally recognized for their work, JUCCCE collaborates across borders and sectors to showcase readily deployable energy smart solutions for China. It helps these solutions scale across China by leveraging government channels to reach key energy decision makers-- mayors, industry executives and consumers.
Honored as a Time Magazine Hero of the Environment (2008) and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2009). Peggy was an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative (2008) on Energy & Climate Change. Most recently she was COO of Mustang Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund in Shanghai. Peggy, an active alumna of MIT, organized the MIT Forum on the Future of Energy in China 2007 from which JUCCCE was formed. In the 1990's she was on the cover of "Red Herring Hits" as an Internet pioneer in Silicon Valley. She was also a McKinsey & Co. management consultant.
Peggy is Chinese-American and resides in Shanghai. She has a B.S. from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She has been in non-profit leadership positions for most of her life and has a passion for making the world a better place.
“This is a bold and exciting decision by our governors from a global watch-list of 50 exceptional mid-career nominee’s world-wide” says Executive Director Mark Prain.
“The Institute is looking forward to working with Peggy both in her home country and in the US, and bringing her down to New Zealand to lead our 2010 Annual Symposium in the Spring.”
(*)one of the three annual Hillary Laureates 2009, 2010 and 2011 will be awarded the USD100,000 Hillary Step in 2012.
December 15th 2009.
The Institute’s international event ENERGY SECURITY MEETS CLIMATE CHANGE, in partnership with the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA), was a great success @ NZ House in London, immediately pre COP15, on Nov 30th. Celebrating 2009 Hillary Laureate Jeremy Leggett, the debate was enjoined by Shadow Energy Minister Charles Hendry, Tom Murley of HG Capital and Michael Lewis of Eon, and an invited audience of 100 business leaders, central govt. and NGO participants.
The evening was begun with a warm welcome and reflections on Sir Edmund Hillary and the Institute’s Leadership mission by NZ High Commissioner Derek Leask, chaired by Simon Walker (BVCA CEO and Hillary governor), with closing reflections after a vigorous debate by Institute ED Mark Prain.
For program go to….London Symposium 2009.
20 April 2009: 
The Hillary Institute of International Leadership today announced its 2009 Hillary Laureate, Jeremy Leggett, award-winning social entrepreneur, author, Executive Chairman of leadingEuropean solar energy company Solarcentury and a founding director of the world’s first private equity fund for renewables, run by Bank Sarasin (Switzerland).
“Jeremy emerged from a rigorous, global nomination process looking at mid-career leaders in our current 2008-2012 focus area, climate change solutions” said the Institute’s international board (Hillary Summit) Convenor, David Caygill.
‘Our governors are delighted to honour someone of Jeremy’s clearly exceptional leadership calibre as our first annual Laureate”.
Leggett led the Institute’s second annual symposium held in Christchurch, New Zealand on World Environment Day, June 5th (see blog). He will lead the equivalent international event in his home-city of London later this year.
Click here to read Jeremy's biography or see www.jeremyleggett.net for Jeremy's "Triple Crunch log" (energy crunch plus the climate - and financial crises) regularly updated.
Video - 2nd Hillary Institute Seminar - The Triple Crunch