“During this period of immense change, this Public Policy role has never been more important. This role will seek to contribute to the debate on issues of high on the agenda of governments, regulators ...”

Just happened to know a big firm is hiring a public policy leader in Hong Kong. This is encouraging news — NOT because I have any intent to change my job but I’m pleased to see more and more corporates can understand the value of “public policy” work, which to be honest is not very easy to describe.

I still remember when I first got into my policy career and I went to a forum, a stranger looked at my business card and asked me: “Head of Policy? What do you do? Sell insurance?”

Given how fast and how dramatic the world has developed in recent years, I guess now more and more people do understand the importance of the policy profession.

I always consider public policy job as a de facto “ambassador” role, or like a “business diplomat”, to keep the world closer together, and to get more parties to understand each other. I do hope so.