Network of Experts
The Asia Society Policy Institute is supported by two high-level advisory bodies which contribute knowledge and insights to ASPI’s work. ASPI also benefits from the experience and guidance of Asia Society’s Global Council, a distinguished network of more than 160 Asia-focused leaders from government, business, academia, and other sectors. The list below reflects ASPI Council members as of March 2021.
ASPI Council
HRH Turki Al-Faisal, Former Saudi Director of General Intelligence; Former Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the U.S.
Eddie Allen, Senior Partner, Eagle Global Advisors; Asia Society Trustee; ASPI Founder
Caroline Atkinson, Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs
Shaukat Aziz (Co-Chair), Former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan
Nicolas Berggruen, Chairman, Berggruen Holdings Inc; Chairman, Berggruen Institute; Asia Society Trustee
Hamid Biglari, Managing Director, Point72 Asset Management; Asia Society Trustee
Stephen Bird, CEO, Global Consumer Banking, Citigroup; Asia Society Trustee
Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group, ASPI Harold J. Newman Distinguished Fellow
Frank Brown, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, General Atlantic; Asia Society Trustee
Jin-Yong Cai, Former Executive Vice President & CEO, International Finance Corporation
Michael Chae, Chief Financial Officer, Blackstone; Asia Society Trustee
Albert Chao, President and CEO, Westlake Chemical Corporation; Asia Society Trustee; ASPI Founder
Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore; Asia Society Global Co-Chair
Purnendu “PC” Chatterjee, Chairman, Chatterjee Group; Asia Society Trustee
Chen Guoqing, Vice Chairman & CEO at Pacific American Corporation, HNA Group; ASPI Founder
Betsy Cohen, Chairman, FinTech Acquisition Corp.; Asia Society Vice Chair; ASPI Founder
Ken Courtis, Chairman, Starfort Holdings; Managing Partner, CourtisGlobal & Associates
Charles Dallara, Partner & Vice Chairman, Americas at Partners Group Holding AG; Former Managing Director, Institute of International Finance; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Policy Development
Richard Edelman, President & CEO, Edelman
J. Michael Evans (Co-Chair), President, Alibaba Holding Group Ltd.; Asia Society Trustee
Henrietta Fore, Chairman & CEO, Holsman International; ASPI Founder
John Foster, Chairman & Managing Director, HealthpointCapital Partners L.P.; Asia Society Trustee Emeritus; ASPI Founder
Michael Froman, Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth, Mastercard; Former U.S. Trade Representative
Tim Groser, Chairman, Groser and Associates; Former New Zealand Minister of Trade, of Climate Change Issues, and of Conservation
Mitchell Julis, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, and Co-CEO, Canyon Partners; Asia Society Trustee; ASPI Founder
Yoriko Kawaguchi, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and of the Environment, Japan; ASPI Distinguished Fellow
Grant Kelley, CEO and Managing Director, Vicinity Centres
Shiv Khemka, Vice Chairman, SUN Group
Evan Medeiros, Former Senior Director for Asia, National Security Council; ASPI Senior Fellow
Shivshankar Menon, Former National Security Advisor of India; ASPI Distinguished Fellow
Marty Natalegawa, Former Foreign Minister of Indonesia; ASPI Distinguished Fellow
John Negroponte (Co-Chair), Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State; former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Iraq, the Philippines, Mexico, and Honduras; former Director of National Intelligence; Asia Society Trustee
Robert Niehaus, Chairman and Founder, GCP Capital Partners LLC; Asia Society Trustee; ASPI Founder
Cherie Nursalim, Vice Chairman, GITI Group
CK Ow, Executive Chair, Stanford Land; Executive Chair, Singapore Shipping Corporation
Mari Pangestu, Former Trade Minister of Indonesia
Andy Pharoah, Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Strategy, Mars, Incorporated
Robert Rosenkranz, CEO, Delphi Financial Group
Dennis Ross, Former U.S. Director of Policy Planning; Former Senior Advisor to President Obama
Moshe Safdie, Principal, Safdie Architects
David Shear, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates; former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
Richard Verma, Executive Vice President of Global Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Mastercard; Former U.S. Ambassador to India (2014-2017)
Wang Jisi, President, Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University; ASPI Distinguished Fellow
Lulu Wang, CEO, Tupelo Capital Management LLC; Asia Society Vice Chair; ASPI Founder
Lally Weymouth, Senior Associate Editor, The Washington Post
Frank Wisner, International Affairs Advisor, Squire Patton Boggs; Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs; Former U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, Egypt, the Philippines, and India
Wu Xinbo, Director, Center for American Studies and Executive Dean, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University