By TBHS | Posted: Thursday May 18, 2017
The 2016 recipient of the Teschemaker Cup, Wayne Walsh (1971-75), was presented with his award at a special assembly held on 1 May.
Mr Walsh is a past Head Boy of the school and has established an international law career spanning several continents. His career has taken him from working as a police officer in Hong Kong for three years to his current role, the equivalent of a deputy solicitor-general in New Zealand and has seen him spend more than 20 years negotiating new treaties, including agreements on extradition and transfer of prisoners, between Hong Kong and other countries, which he is still involved in.
Prosecuting international crime in Asia and Europe has seen him cover issues including money-laundering, bribery, anti-terrorism banking and financing. When former United States intelligence officer Edward Snowden revealed documents on the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programmes from Hong Kong, the United States government made a request for his arrest and extradition, a process that involved Mr Walsh. However, when Snowden travelled to Russia, the group did not stop him leaving as there was not enough information to warrant his arrest, he said.
Pictured above is: Don McCully (Chairman THSOB National Executive), Nick McIvor (Rector), Wayne Walsh (2016 Teschemaker Cup recipient), Gordon Prowse (National Secretary THSOB)
