Join us for Part 2 of an incredible conversation with one of my hero's David Livingstone, who has led an extraordinary diverse life of fun, adventure and service.

As a diplomat with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), David was posted to Baghdad, Hong Kong, and Nairobi and had significant missions in Beirut, Baghdad, Ankara, Taipei, and Geneva. Other duties with DFAT included Lead Negotiator on Intellectual Property on the free trade agreement with China, and in Geneva in the World Trade Organization; Director and lead negotiator for APEC Trade and Investment when China was APEC Chair (2014), and lead on defense and security issues on the Korean Peninsula. David was appointed Adjunct Professor at the Australian Defence Force Academy (UNSW Canberra Campus) and Federation University (2015-18). David was also the Chief of Staff to the former Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Trade (and later, Education); Head, Global Engagement for the Business Council of Australia (arranged the Australia-China CEO Roundtable and meeting with Chinese Premier Li Kechiang and PM Turnbull); and Director, International and Civic for the City of Melbourne where he drove the successful and now annual Nexus Start-up Summit (with Hitech Zone Pukou in Nanjing) and NexStar Global Students Entrepreneur Program. David has a Master of Laws (UNE), Bachelor of Laws (ANU), Bachelor of Arts (Melb Uni), was admitted to Practice in the Supreme Court and is a Graduate of the Royal Australian Navy Staff College. David is also on the Advisory Board of the Victoria Business Confucius Institute and is a Zijin International Friendship Ambassador for the city of Nanjing.