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Fellowship Scheme
Our Senior Fellows and Fellows
Profile of Fellows
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Manu Bhaskaran Manu Bhaskaran is the Director and CEO of Centennial Asia Advisors, Singapore. He also heads the Group’s economic research practice which provides in-depth analysis of macro trends in Asia. Manu has spent nearly 30 years analysing political and economic trends in Asia, first working for the Singapore government in the area of regional security and then for 12 years as Chief Economist and Chief Strategist for Asia of SG Investment Bank, the international investment banking arm of Societe Generale.
A well-regarded commentator on Asian financial and economic affairs, Manu is a frequent speaker on Asian issues at major conferences and is a regular columnist for the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japan) and The Edge (Singapore). In addition to writing and editing, he is a leading figure in a number of economic institutions. These include the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) where he is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, the Economic Society of Singapore, of which he is Vice President and also the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), where he serves as Council Member.
Manu graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge University and holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University. During his appointment as CSC Fellow, Manu will be teaching and advising research work on the political economy of Asia, economic growth and development and innovation & entrepreneurship issues. |
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Benedict Cheong is the first CEO of the Temasek Foundation, a non-profit philanthropic organisation set up by Temasek Holdings Singapore. Before this, Mr Cheong was the Chief Executive Officer of the National Council of Social Service, where he served for nine years from 1998 to April 2007. He also served in the Singapore Police Force for fifteen years, from 1982 to January 1998, where he held various appointments at headquarters and in the operational units. Mr Cheong currently serves on the National Heart Centre Medifund Committee, the Medifund Advisory Council and the Film Appeals Committee in Singapore. |
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Neo Boon Siong is Professor and former Dean of the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has also taught at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in the National University of Singapore, and is a Fellow of the Civil Service College and the Centre for Liveable Cities. He currently serves as Director on the Boards of OCBC Bank, Keppel Offshore and Marine Ltd, and J Lauritzen Singapore.
Prof Neo is a Certified Public Accountant (Singapore) and holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from the National University of Singapore, and MBA and PhD degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Prior to joining the University, he held professional and management positions in Hewlett-Packard and Shell Petroleum companies in Singapore.
Prof Neo is a leading expert in business strategy, process management and organizational change. He has advised many major corporations, facilitated strategy workshops, and led management development programs for global enterprises, including IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Jurong Town Corporation, and Ministries of Defence, Finance, Home Affairs, and Labour.
His business strategy and IT management research have been published in many international journals. His publications include the book, Exploiting IT for Business Competitiveness (Addison-Wesley, 1996) which was a recipient of the "Highly Commended Award" in the 1996 Singapore Book Awards; a paper on IT Infrastructure that won the "Best Paper Award" at the 17th International Conference on Information Systems in 1996 in the USA, which is the most prestigious research conference in Information Systems in the world; and more recently, the book, Dynamic Governance: Embedding Culture, Capabilities and Change (World Scientific, 2007). |
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Mrs Pek Siok Ching joined the Singapore Administrative Service in 1975 and has served in several Ministries. She has held various senior appointments at the Ministry of Education, including Director of the then Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore and the Institute of East Asian Philosophies. She was also Deputy Secretary at the Ministries of Finance and Manpower; as well as the Public Service Division where she was concurrently Secretary of the Public Service Commission. Her last position was with the Nanyang Technological University as its Chief Planning Officer and Registrar. Through her different postings, Mrs Pek has developed extensive expertise in planning, policy formulation and government administration.
Mrs Pek was educated at the University of Singapore where she graduated with First Class Honours in Chemistry. She also has a Masters in Management Science from Imperial College, University of London. |
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Dr David Skilling is the Director of Landfall Strategy Group.
David leads Landfall Strategy Group, a Singapore-based company that provides advice on strategy issues to governments. David is currently Senior Advisor, Strategy to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in New Zealand, and is also a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company in Singapore on public sector and economic issues. He was previously a consultant with McKinsey and a Senior Fellow with the McKinsey Global Institute. Prior to joining McKinsey at the start of 2009, David was the founding chief executive of the New Zealand Institute, a privately funded, non-partisan think tank, which focused on achieving significant impact in strategically important areas of policy including savings policy, broadband policy, external strategy, and climate change policy. David was formerly a Principal Advisor at the New Zealand Treasury, where he worked primarily on economic growth issues.
David has a Ph.D. in Public Policy and a Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard University. As a doctoral student at Harvard, he was assigned by Professor Zeckhauser of the Kennedy School of Government to interview then-DPM Lee in 2001 on the principles behind policy development in Singapore. During his appointment as CSC Fellow, David will be working with the Centre for Public Economics on economic strategy in a changing world and public sector management issues. |
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Mr Yeoh Lam Keong is the Vice-President of the Economic Society of Singapore (ESS) where he heads the ESS Policy Sub-committee.
Lam Keong worked as a senior economist and strategist at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation for 26 years where he was Director of Economics and Strategy and Chief Economist from October 2000 to June 2011. He brings with him a wealth of experience in the areas of global economic analysis and investment research management, as well as global currency/ asset allocation strategy.
He is also the co-author of academic policy publications such as "Asian currencies in the context of export-oriented industrial development" (in "Exchange Rate Policies in Emerging Asian Countries", Routledge Studies on Growth Economies of Asia, 1999), as well as author of articles on problems of globalization and social policy like “Re-thinking a New Social Compact for Singapore” (Ethos, Journal of the Singapore Civil Service College, Issue 3, October 2007).
Lam Keong graduated with a BSc (Econs) and MSc (Econs) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. During his appointment, he will work with CSC on courses and research relating to our fiscal, social and economic policies, particularly on the environment, social mobility, productivity and wages. |
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