Governing Board Members as of 31 January 2025
H.E. Dr Kao Kim Hourn
Secretary-General of ASEAN
ASEAN
Mr Christopher Langman
Chair of the Australian Pacific Economic Cooperation Council Committee (AusPECC)
Australia
Mr Hairol Nizam Hamid
Acting Director General Department of Economic Planning and Statistics (DEPS) Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE)
Brunei Darussalam
H.E. Ros Seilava
Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia; Member of Supreme National Economic Council (SNEC)
Cambodia
Prof Ye Hailin
Professor and Deputy Director-General of National Institute of International Strategy Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
China
TBC
TBC
India
Ms Dina Kurniasari
Director of World Trade Organization Negotiations, Directorate of WTO Negotiations, Directorate General of International Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Trade
Indonesia
Mr Sadayuki Sakakibara
Executive Advisor to the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry; Former Chairman of Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
Japan
Ambassador Suh Jeong-in
Former Ambassador to ASEAN; Research Fellow of the Korea University ASEAN Center (KUAC); Custodian of United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea (UNMCK)
Republic of Korea
Dr Leeber Leebouapao
Chairman of the Planning, Finance, and Audit Committee, National Assembly of Lao PDR
Lao PDR
Dato’ Hairil Yahri Yaacob
Secretary General of Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry
Malaysia
H.E. Dr Wah Wah Maung
Deputy Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations of Myanmar
Myanmar
Dr Alan Bollard
Professor of Practice at the Wellington School of Business and Government Inaugural Chair for Pacific Region Business, Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand
Mr Ramon M. Lopez
Former Secretary of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI); Independent Director of SM Investments Corporation (SMIC)
Philippines
Ambassador Barry Desker
Distinguished Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
Dr Puntil Jongjittrakoon
Vice Minister for Commerce, Ministry of Commerce
Thailand
Dr Tran Thi Hong Minh
President of the Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies
Viet Nam
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