Andrew Seaton spent much of his FCO career working on UK-China relations, including postings to the Embassy in Beijing, as Head of the China Department in the FCO, and as British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macao. He is Vice President of the China-Britain Business Council, having been its Chief Executive from 2021 to 2024. Prior to that he was Executive Director of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong from 2015-2020. Andrew is a Board member of the Great Britain China Centre and the Hong Kong Association.