Richard R. Vuylsteke is the current President of East–West Center.
[1] From 2008 to 2016, he was the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.
He was formerly the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei and served on the Board of Directors of Taipei American School, a school for which he authored the history.
In February 2008, Vuylsteke was appointed president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.
[2] He took office as East–West Center's 11th chief executive on July 1, 2017.