Mr. David Hsu will be retiring as Director- General of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI), effective April 1, 2024. Mr. Hsu leaves the CACCI Secretariat after a service of two years. He assumed the position on April 1, 2022.

In his commendation letter to Mr. Hsu on his retirement, CACCI President Mr. Peter McMullin AM said that Mr. Hsu’s two-year term in this important position certainly contributed to the continued growth and development of CACCI, and has “tremendously helped me in making my job easier as CACCI President. I therefore commend you for your role, as Director-General, in serving the interest of CACCI members and the Asia-Pacific business community as a whole, and for your valuable contribution in promoting economic cooperation in the region.”

Prior to joining the CACCI Secretariat, Mr. Hsu was Director at the Professional Training Center of Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Over the years, he has served in various official capacities at the MOEA, and had been posted in various countries both in and outside the Asian region. He was the Economic Director at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Jordan from 1992 to 1995; Commercial Director of TECO in Toronto from 2000 to 2008; Economic Counselor of the Taiwan Embassy in Panama from 2002 to 2006; Economic Director at the TECO in India from 2009 to 2013; and Director of the Economic Division at the TECO in Malaysia from 2018 to 2020.

In Taiwan, some of his most notable positions at the MOEA included serving as Director of the International Cooperation Department from 1997 to 1998; as Director of the Small & Medium Enterprises Administration in 2006 to 2008; as Director of the Bureau of Foreign Trade from 2008 to 2009; and as Deputy Director General of the Bureau of Foreign Trade from 2013 to 2018.