Introduction
I am a private sector development specialist working over the past 35 years on industrial and technological development, foreign investment, public-private dialogue, and government policy issues in Central, South-East and North Asia. I have led many programs on private sector development, including leadership roles with the ADB in Cambodia and Myanmar from 2010-2016. I joined the UKAid DaNa Facility in Myanmar as Team Leader in 2016, focussed on private sector development. I joined the AI Asia Pacific Institute in 2023 working on the promotion of responsible AI in Asia-Pacific.
Expert
• Private Sector Development – including Inclusive Business, Impact Investing, and Corporate Governance/Responsible Business
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) (in economic development and education)
• Investment Promotion and Business Environment Improvement Strategies
• Industrial, Science and Technology Development and Firm Strategies
• Social Sector Development (in particular dealing with University-Industry Linkages and commercialization and autonomy of universities
• Raising Awareness of Economic Development and Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Fields of expertise: Economic policy / inclusive economic development, Science policy, technology and innovation policy, Sustainable Development Goals