Global Chamber® was pleased to speak with Merle Hinrich, Founder and Chairman of Hinrich Foundation on the mutually interesting topic of trade around the world. Merle has dedicated his career... 60 years!... on promoting trade, and the Hinrich Foundation based in Singapore works everyday to advance the systems that make trade easier and more accessible for traders worldwide.
Watch the discussion on youtube HERE.
Listen to the discussion on our podcast HERE.
We included the topic of sustainable global trade and shared the Hinrich Foundation Sustainable Trade Index, which has been commissioned to the Economist Intelligence Unit to produce.
Mr. Hinrich spoke about the importance of FDI, it’s recent decline, its consequences, and what needs to be done to reverse the trend.
The program was a live globinar conversation between Singapore and the US.
The globinar included a discussion of the beginning of his career journey, a scholarship to what became the Thunderbird School of Global Management nearby Phoenix, Arizona. Today Thunderbird is a long-time sponsor and collaborator for Global Chamber®, and we so we appreciate the role that Thunderbird has played in the life of Mr. Hinrich, the Hinrich Foundation and in Global Chamber®, too!
We addressed the following and much more! Enjoy!
- What progress with trade has been made and is being made today?
- What does the future of trade look like? What is being done today to improve it?
- What is the Hinrich Foundation doing about it?
Keynote Speaker Biography
Merle A. Hinrich - Founder and Chairman at Hinrich Foundation. Merle A. Hinrich has dedicated his 60-year career to promoting global trade, as the Founder and Executive Chairman of Global Sources, and as the Chairman of the Hinrich Foundation. His work is driven by the belief that sustainable and mutually beneficial global trade can bring stability in international relations and growth.
In 1965, Mr. Hinrich obtained a Graduate degree in International Trade at Thunderbird School of Global Management. In 1996, the University of Nebraska awarded Mr. Hinrich an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. In 2010, the Thunderbird School of Global Management awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of International Law. In 2015, Hong Kong Baptist University awarded him an Honorary University Fellowship. In 2018, he received the Beta Gamma Sigma Entrepreneurial Achievement Award.
Moderator: Doug Bruhnke - Founder/CEO of Global Chamber®. Doug is a global business entrepreneur dedicated to helping members of Global Chamber® successfully reach new markets across 525 metros - everywhere! He is a two-time expat with Dupont in Tokyo and Singapore with 34 years of export, import, investment and trade experience in nearly all countries and segments. Doug is regional advisor for U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and a member of Arizona District Export Council. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Utah and an EMBA from Michigan State University, and is co-inventor on 5 patents. Doug was born in Mt. Kisco, New York and now is based in Scottsdale, Arizona and Palo Alto, California. Hear the Global Chamber® story here.
Originally published at https://www.globalchamber.org/blog/2021/07/10/global-chamber/one-on-one-with-merle-hinrich-founder-and-chairman-of-hinrich-foundation/
