Global Council
Background
The Global Council is a distinguished group of senior leaders from business, the arts, academia, civil society, and other sectors who serve in advisory roles to help Asia Society trustees and senior staff planning and program activities. For four decades, this important group has provided a unique network of high-level experts with on-the-ground experience and perspectives which serve to inform and broaden Asia Society initiatives globally. Originally established in 1979, the Global Council today numbers over 154 leaders representing more than twenty-seven countries and regions.
Mission
The Global Council is a group of global leaders who are committed to furthering the mission of the Asia Society. Working together and through our own networks, we contribute ideas, advice, and resources that support the Asia Society's programs and initiatives, and strengthen the bonds between its 14 Global Centers.
Executive Committee | Global Council Members | Afghanistan | Armenia | Australia | Bangladesh | Bhutan | Cambodia | Canada | China | Hong Kong | Taiwan | India | Indonesia | Iran | Japan | Korea | Malaysia | Mongolia | Myanmar | Nepal | New Zealand | Pakistan | Philippines | Singapore | Sri Lanka | Thailand | United States | Vietnam
Executive Committee
Maha Hosain Aziz (Pakistan)
Professor, GSAS, New York University;
Blogger (Medium.com); and Author (Future World Order & The Global Kid)
Duncan Clark (United Kingdom/China)
Chairman
BDA China
(Asia 21 Class of 2006)
Aparisim “Bobby” Ghosh (India)
Member of the Editorial Board
Bloomberg
Merit E. Janow (United States)
Dean, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Columbia University
Sean Chiao (Hong Kong)
President
AECOM Asia Pacific
Ong Keng Sen (Singapore)
Artistic Director
Theatreworks (s) Ltd.
Global Council Members
(*in government service)
Abdullah Abdullah*
Chief Executive
Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Ahmad Nader Nadery
Chairman, Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC);
Former senior adviser to President of Afghanistan
(Asia 21 Class of 2007)
Said Lotfullah Najafizada
Director
TOLOnewsTV
(Asia 21 Class of 2012)
Armen Orujyan
Founding CEO
Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST)
(Asia 21 Class of 2008)
Sir Rod Eddington, AO
President, Australia Japan Business Co-Operation Committee
The Hon. Gareth Evans, AO, Q.C.
President Emeritus, International Crisis Group
Michelle Guthrie
Kevin Hobgood-Brown, AM
Managing Director
HHK Advisory Pty Ltd
Tania Hyde
Director
JATA Advisory
(Asia 21 Class of 2013)
Paul Kelly
Editor-at-Large
The Australian
Sidney H. Myer
CEO, Yulgilbar Group;
Chairman, Asialink
Hugh White
Professor
The Australian National University
Richard Woolcott, AC
Founding Director
Asia Society Australia Centre
Harrison Young
Ejaj Ahmad
Founder and President
Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC)
(Asia 21 Class of 2012)
Farooq Sobhan
President & CEO
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute
Muhammad Yunus
Founder, Grameen Foundation;
Board Member of the United Nations Foundation
Sonam Tashi
Chief Planning Officer, Policy and Planning Division
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan
(Asia 21 Class of 2012)
H.E. Jigme Y. Thinley
Former Prime Minister
Royal Government of Bhutan
H.E. Kao Kim Hourn
President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, University of Cambodia;
Minister Delegate Attached to the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Natharoun Ngo
Director
The Center for Khmer Studies
(Asia 21 Class of 2013)
H.E. Son Soubert
Member of Board of Directors
Constitutional Council of the Kingdom of Cambodia
The Right Hon. Kim Campbell
Former Prime Minister of Canada;
Former Chairperson, Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada
Paul Evans
Professor, International Relations
University of British Columbia
The Hon. John P. Manley, P.C., O.C.
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada;
Former President and CEO, Business Council of Canada
Yuen Pau Woo*
Senator, Senate of Canada;
Former President and CEO, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
People’s Republic of China
Chen Xiejun
Former Executive Director
Shanghai Museum
Duncan Clark
Chairman
BDA China
(Asia 21 Class of 2006)
Fang Xinghai
Vice-Chairman
China Securities Regulatory Commission
Su Ge
President and Senior Research Fellow
China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)
C.S. Kiang
Chief Executive Officer
Sustainable Development Technology Foundation
Lee Kai Fu
Chairman and CEO, Innovation Works;
Former Chief, Google China
Li Xiaolin
President
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
Long Yongtu
Chairman, Center for China & Globalization;
Former Secretary-General, Boao Forum for Asia
James L. McGregor
Chairman & CEO
James McGregor Inc.
Pan Guang, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman
Shanghai Center for International Studies
Shen Dingli
Vice Dean, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University;
Director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University
Edward Tian
Founder and Chairman
China Broadband Capital (CBC)
Wang Jisi
Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University;
President, Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University
Wang Limei
Director
Beijing World Art Museum
Zha Daojiong
Professor, School of International Studies
Peking University
Zhu Min, PhD
Chairman, National Institute of Financial Research, Tsinghua University
Former Deputy MD, International Monetary Fund
The Hon. Laura M. Cha*
Member of the Executive Council
Government of the HKSAR
Sean Chiao
President
AECOM Asia Pacific
Victor K. Fung
Group Chairman
Li & Fung Group
The Hon. David K.P. Li
Chairman and Chief Executive
The Bank of East Asia, Limited
Kai-Yin Lo
Chairman
Yin Expressions Ltd.
Barbara Navarro
Director of Public Policy and Government Relations
Google APAC
John E. Strickland
Former Chairman
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Chung To
Founder and Chairperson
Chi Heng Foundation
(Asia 21 Class of 2007)
Marjorie Yang
Chairman
ESQUEL Group
Paul S.P. Hsu, Esq.
Chairman and CEO
PHYCOS International Co., Ltd.
Lin Hwai-Min
Artistic Director
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
Christina Liu
Professor, Department of Finance, National Taiwan University;
Former Minister of Finance
Tien Hung-Mao
Chairman, Institute for National Policy Research;
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ashok H. Advani
Chairman & Publisher
The Business India Group
Isher Judge Ahluwalia
Chairperson, Board of Governors
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
Niret Alva
Co-Founder
Miditech Studios Pvt Ltd.
(Asia 21 Class of 2007)
Mukesh D. Ambani
Chairman and Managing Director
Reliance Industries Ltd.
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri
Foreign Editor, Hindustan Times;
Senior Associate, Rhodium Group
Tarun Das
Chairman, Institute of Economic Growth (IEG);
Former Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Barkha Dutt
Journalist; Columnist, The Washington Post;
Founding member, Idea Collective
(Asia 21 Class of 2006)
Aparisim “Bobby” Ghosh
Member of the Editorial Board
Bloomberg
Shekhar Gupta
Founder
The Print
C. Raja Mohan
Director, Institute of South Asian Studies
National University of Singapore
N.R. Narayana Murthy
Chairman Emeritus
Infosys Technologies Limited
Deepak S. Parekh
Chairman
Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Ltd.
Jairam Ramesh
Member of Parliament; Economist & Politician;
Senior Leader, Indian National Congress
Ratan N. Tata
Chairman
Tata Trusts Limited
Laila Tyabji
Chairperson
DASTKAR Society for Crafts & Craftspeople
Dewi Fortuna Anwar
Research Professor, Indonesia Institute of Sciences;
Former Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs, Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia
Endy M. Bayuni
Chief Editor
The Jakarta Post
Kartini Muljadi
Senior Partner
Kartini Muljadi & Rekan
Edwin Soeryadjaya
President Commissioner
PT Saratoga Investama Segaya Tbk.
George S. Tahija
President Director
PT. Austindo Nusantara Jaya
Sofjan Wanandi
Chairman and CEO
The Gemala Group
Vahid Alaghband
Group Chairman, Balli Klockner PLC;
Chair, Iran Heritage Foundation (UK)
Mitsuru Claire Chino
President and CEO
Itochu International Inc.
(Asia 21 Class of 2006)
Kenneth S. Courtis
Chairman, Starfort Investment Holding;
Managing Partner, Courtis Global & Associates
Glen S. Fukushima
Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress
Takashi Inoguchi
President and Chairman of Board, University of Niigata Prefecture;
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Kunihiko Miyake
President, AOI Foreign Policy Institute;
Research Director for Foreign Affairs and National Security
Yoshiko Mori
Chairperson
The Mori Art Museum
Kumi Sato
President and CEO
Cosmo Public Relations Corporation
Yukio Satoh
Vice Chairman
The Japan Institute of International Affairs
Ayako Seki
Journalist
Yoshihide Soeya
Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Law
Keio University
Hiroshi Yokokawa
President
The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association
H.E. Han Sung-Joo
Chairman
International Policy Studies Institute
Kim Dalchoong
President
The Seoul Forum for International Affairs
Hongnam Kim
Professor, Department of Art History, Graduate School of Humanities
Ewha Womans University
H.E. Sung-Chul Yang, Ph.D.
Former Ambassador of Korea to the United States
Yi Song-Mi
Professor Emerita of Art History
The Academy of Korean Studies
Ananda Krishnan
Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd
Lee Hoo Leng
Chairman
Boughton Developments Limited
Dato’ Rohana Tan Sri Mahmood
Chairman
RM Capital Partners Sdn Bhd
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Shahril bin Shamsuddin
President and Group CEO & Non-Independent Executive Director
Sapura Energy Berhad
Tan Sri Dato’ Francis S. Yeoh
Managing Director
YTL Corporation Berhad
Undraa Agvaanluvsan
Member of Parliament of Mongolia;
Chair of the Parliamentary subcommittee on SDG
(Asia 21 Class of 2012)
Damdin Tsogtbaatar*
Minister of Foreign Affairs
(Asia 21 Class of 2007)
Myanmar
Yin Myo Su
Managing Director
Inle Princess Group
(Asia 21 Class of 2013)
Nepal
Kanak Mani Dixit
Editor of Himal
Himalmedia Pvt. Ltd
Rita Manchanda
Founding Member
South Asian Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR)
Pratyoush Onta
Convenor
Martin Chautari and Nepal Studies Group
The Hon. Tim Groser*
Member of Parliament
Parliament of New Zealand
Shahid Ahmad
Chief Executive
Information and Systems Corporation (Pvt) Ltd
Syeda Henna Babar Ali
Advisor
Consumer Division, Packages Ltd.
Imran A. Ali
Professor & Dean
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Maha Hosain Aziz
Professor, GSAS, New York University;
Blogger (Medium.com) and Author (Future World Order & The Global Kid)
Rafiq M. Habib
Chairman
House of Habib
Hameed Haroon
Founder & CEO
Dawn Group of Newspapers Pakistan Herald Publications (Pvt.) Ltd.
Sadruddin Hashwani
Chairman
Hashoo Group
Attiya Inayatullah
Former Member of National Assembly
Nighat Said Khan
Dean of Studies
Institute of Women's Studies Lahore
Tariq M. Rangoonwala
Trustee
Rangoonwala Foundation
Najam Sethi
Editor-in-Chief
The Friday Times
Joselito D. Campos, Jr.
Managing Director & CEO
Del Monte Philippines Inc.
H.E. Jose L. Cuisia, Jr.
Former Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States
Edilberto C. de Jesus
President Emeritus, University of Cordilleras;
Professor Emeritus, Asian Institute of Management
Natalie Christine Virata "Ching" Jorge
Executive Director
Bato Balani Foundation
(Asia 21 Class of 2009)
The Hon. Albert F. del Rosario, Sr.
Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Roberto Romulo
Chairman of the Board
Equitable Cardnetwork, Inc.
Jaime Zobel de Ayala II
Chairman and CEO
Ayala Corporation
Ho Kwon-Ping
Chairman
Wah Chang International Corporation PTE, Ltd.
Tommy T. B. Koh
Ambassador-at-Large
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hon. Penny Low
Founder, Social Innovation Park Ltd;
Member of Parliament (2001-2015), Singapore Parliament
(Asia 21 Class of 2007)
Kishore Mahbubani
Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
Ong Keng Sen
Artistic Director
TheatreWorks (Singapore) Ltd.
Ong Keng Yong
Executive Deputy Chairman, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University;
Former High Commissioner of Singapore to Malaysia
Zainul Abidin Rasheed*
Ambassador to the State of Kuwait;
Special Envoy of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Middle East
Durreen Shahnaz
Founder & CEO
Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) and IIX Foundation
(Asia 21 Class of 2009)
Simon S.C. Tay
Chairman
Singapore Institute of International Affairs
Martin Tan
Executive Director
The Majurity Trust
(Asia 21 Class of 2011)
Michael Vatikiotis
Asia Director
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
Radhika Coomaraswamy
Human Rights Advocate;
Former Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
Sutapa Amornvivat
Founder & CEO
SCB Abacus
(Asia 21 Class of 2008)
Eric Booth
Trustee
The James H.W. Thompson Foundation
Suchai Charoenratanakul
Professor of Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University;
Former Deputy Prime Minister
Piya Hanvoravongchai
Program Director and Country Representative
China Medical Board, Inc.
(Asia 21 Class of 2007)
Apinan Poshyananda
Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Culture;
Former Chief Curator of the Art Center of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University
Kantathi Suphamongkhon
Regents' Professor and Senior Fellow, Burkle Center for International Relations UCLA;
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Hon. Abhisit Vejjajiva
Leader, Democratic Party;
27th Prime Minister of Thailand
Pote Videt
Managing Director
Private Equity (Thailand) Company Ltd.
Shadi Hamid
Senior Fellow
Brookings Institution
Sheena Iyengar
S.T. Lee Professor of Business
Columbia Business School
Merit E. Janow
Dean, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Columbia University
Rick Pal
Managing Partner
Zuhnë
(Asia 21 Class of 2008)
John Park
Director of Korea Project
Harvard Kennedy School
(Asia 21 Class of 2006)
Thierry Porte
Chairman, The OneLife Holding;
Managing Director, J.C. Flowers & Co.
Karim Sadjadpour
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(Asia 21 Class of 2006)
Billie Tsien
Tod Williams Billie Tsien and Associates
Tod Williams
Tod Williams Billie Tsien and Associates
Dinh Q. Le
Artist & Photographer;
Director, San Art
(Asia 21 Class of 2006)