About Us
Academic Advisory Council
The Academic Advisory Council is composed of internationally renowned East Asia Summit countries' scholars and experts from universities, research institutions, the private sector, international organisations and non-governmental organisations.
The council provides advice and support to the Office of the President on:
- Advice on the annual work program plan;
- Review and evaluation of the research outcome; and
- Review and evaluation of the performance of researchers.
Prof Dr Peter Drysdale | Emeritus Professor Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University |
Mr Pravin Kumar Agarwal | Director of The Energy and Resource Institute, India |
Prof Kyoji Fukao | President of The Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) JETRO, Japan |
Dr Shankaran Nambiar | Senior Research Fellow and Head, Policy Studies Division, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, Malaysia |
Dr Hank Lim Giok-Hay (Chairman) | Senior Research Fellow of SIIA, Singapore |
Prof Gary Richard Hawke | Emeritus Professor, Victoria University of Wellington, and Senior Fellow, NZ Institute of Economic Research, New Zealand |
Prof Zhang Yuyan | Director, Professor, Institute of World Economics & Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China |