Vienna. Board Member (1986–2001) and CEO (2001–2006) of the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, London First International Board Member of the Southern Methodist University Board of Trustees, 1999. 2000-2008 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Vice President (1986–1989) and President (1989–1990) of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce Deputy Chairman (1996–1998) and Chairman (1998–2000) of the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) 2000 Member of the APEC Business Advisory Council (in conjunction with the Presidency at PBEC) Executive Committee Member (1998–2002), Vice President (2002–2003) and President (2003–2004) of the Hong Kong Club Chairman of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Chairman of the Commission on the Review of the ICAC Honorary President of the Austrian Society for the promotion of friendly and cultural relations with the PRC (ÖGCF) Founding President of the Far East Sohmen Foundation Member of the International Advisory Board to the Austrian Chancellor Personal In 1967, Sohmen married Anna Pui Hing Pao, whom he had met while studying in Canada. Sohmen has three children (two sons and one daughter). Sohmen's wife Pui Hing Anna Pao Sohmen held several functions in Hong Kong and was also a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 2005 she was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star. Awards 1990 Order of the British Empire 1995 nomination in the "Eminent Persons Group" by the European Commission (16-member advisory committee of the two economic blocs in the EU and ASEAN) 1998 Schumpeter Prize of the Schumpeter Society Foundations Sohmen has set up a number of foundations. In 1987 he established the Egon Sohmen Foundation in memory of his brother Egon Sohmen (1930–1977). The Foundation promotes economic research and aims to get involved in important public policy debates. For this purpose it initiated its own star-studded annual international symposia and lectures at universities where Egon Sohmen formerly worked. It issued a separate publication. Scientific Advisor until 1999 Herbert Giersch, since 2002, Bernd Hans Jurgens. With the aim of enabling young Austrians to have their first contacts with the Asian region, in 1991 Sohmen set up the Sohmen-Far East Foundation (SFEF). Operational headquarters of the advisory board of the foundation is in his home town of Linz. Qualified scholarship recipients through these grants have the opportunity to expand their horizons and to establish business contacts. In 1993, Sohmen established the Sohmen-China Foundation for the Promotion of Austria Society (ÖGCF) to promote friendly and cultural