Age: 70

Career:

Joined US Foreign Service in 1975

US embassy and consulate in Zaire (1975 to 1977)

Staff assistant to Richard Holbrooke (1977)

Political officer, US embassy in Beijing (1981-1983)

US delegation in the United Nations (1983-1986)

Deputy Director, China Desk, State Department, and as acting director in 1989 (1987-1990)

Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy in Zambia (1990-1992)

Deputy Consul General, US Consulate General Hong Kong (1992-1995)

Director, China Desk, State Department (1995-1996)

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1996-1997)

Director for Asian affairs, National Security Council under President Clinton (1997-1999)

US Ambassador to Namibia (1999-2001)

Assistant US Trade Representative (2001-2002)

Brookings Institution, served as director of the China Initiative and then the first director of the John L. Thornton China Center (2005-2009)

Senior director for Asian affairs, National Security Council under President Obama (2009-2011)

Affiliations:

President, Jeffrey Bader LLC

Member, Board of Directors, HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. (2012-2015)

Member, Board of Directors, National Committee on US-China Relations

Education:

BA, Yale University (1963-1967)

PhD in European History, Columbia University (1975)

Books:

Obama and China's Rise: An Insider's Account of America's Asia Strategy (2012)

(China Daily USA 10/02/2015 page11)