Ambassador Kurt Tong is Senior Advisor to Geodesic Capital and also is Managing Partner at The Asia Group, where he has led the firm’s work in Japan and Greater China for four years.

Before joining The Asia Group, Tong was an American diplomat for 30 years.  He was Consul General and Chief of Mission in Hong Kong and Macau in 2016-19, and Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo in 2011-14. Tong also served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, the most senior career role handling economic diplomacy, and he was Ambassador for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in 2009-11, including when the United States chaired the organization in 2011. In addition to Hong Kong and Tokyo, Tong’s overseas postings included Beijing, Seoul, and Manila. Tong speaks and reads Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.

Tong holds a B.A. from The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, studied economics at Tokyo University and the U.S. Foreign Service Institute, and studied language in Taipei, Beijing, and at International Christian University in Tokyo. He is Chairman of the National Association of Japan-America Societies, as well as the non-profit International Student Conferences Inc. He is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, and enjoys tennis, golf, and other sports.