Annemieke Ruigrok took up her post as Consul General to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 22 August 2016. She also serves as Consul General of the Netherlands to the Macao Special Administrative Region. Annemieke studied History, International Law and Russian at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and joined the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986.

Russell specialises in all matters relating to employment law as well as dealing with dispute resolution, commercial litigation and regulatory advice.

On the employment side Russell has extensive experience in acting for both employers and employees with particular emphasis on high-value employment disputes in the financial sector. He advises on all aspects of employment law, termination entitlements, post-termination restrictions, bonuses, discrimination, drafting employment contracts, handbooks and other HR related documentation as well as immigration, health and safety and related criminal matters/prosecutions. Russell also spent several years as regional in house counsel with a major international brokerage.

James has been involved in the security and risk arena for the past two decades. He spent ten years working in law enforcement, as a specialist detective for covert, intelligence led and sensitive operations in the United Kingdom. Following this, James worked with governments and global organisations advising, consulting and delivering training on strategic and tactical practices to protect and enhance their organisational capabilities.

He has honed his skills observing and assessing behaviours displayed by persons when they are under an elevation of stress. He regularly delivers training and speaking engagements in the areas of behavioural detection, interviewing techniques exploring the behavioural science of interviewees, and developing intelligence and investigation strategies for organisations.
James' passion lies in training and development, educating and transferring his knowledge. He helps clients explore the reasons why events happen, how to better protect their people, property and assets, and crucially, how to make the correct, rationalised decisions in times of crisis, critical or major incidents.

With his deep operational exposure, coupled with his global corporate experience, he is deemed a subject matter expert in the risks and challenges facing today's volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world.