2011 – 2015
1998 – 2009
Global Experience
2015 – 2018
Managing Director
Alphanomiks Pte. Ltd.
Founder and Managing Director of Alphanomiks Pte. Ltd., based in London and travelling regularly to Asia for macroeconomic, financial sector and public policy advisory work– including as an Advisor to GIC, a Senior International Advisor to the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Economic Development (PROSPERA) in Jakarta and as a consultant to the Asian Development Bank on various projects in Asia
Head of Economics and Capital Markets
GIC, Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund
Held multiple senior roles at GIC, including Head of the Economics and Capital Markets, Head of New Horizons and Advisor to GIC President of Europe at the GIC London office.
2010 – 2011
Head of Southeast-Asia Economics
Nomura Singapore
Led macroeconomic research on Southeast Asia at Nomura Singapore Ltd. while on leave from the IMF.
Economist
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Worked as an economist and mission chief with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He spent two years at the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Tokyo (working on Japan and regional issues), and three years as an IMF Resident Representative in Jakarta.
Academic Positions
1995 – 1998
Research Fellow
CREFSA, London School of Economics
1993 – 1994, 1995 – 1998
Lecturer, Research Associate
Dept. of Management, Birkbeck College, London.
1994 – 1995
Post-Doc
Dept. of Applied Economics,
University of Cambridge
Education
1994
PhD Ag. Econ
University of Reading, UK
1989