The SMP brings together a team of academic experts and senior practitioners from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Professor William B. EIMICKE is the founding director of the Picker Center for Executive Education at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He has authored or co-authored four books and numerous articles on public management innovation, ethics, competition and privatisation. Dr. Eimicke has served as director of Fiscal Studies for the New York State Senate, assistant budget director of the City of New York, deputy commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, New York Governor Cuomo’s Deputy Secretary for Policy and Programs, and New York State Housing Commissioner.

Mr. Iain EWING has conducted seminars in Singapore, Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Pakistan, the Middle East, Australia, the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, Europe and South America for Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, Chief Executive Officers, Managers, Executives and Professionals in more than 400 companies and government organizations. His clients include many of the most successful multinational corporations. He was born in the United Kingdom, grew up in Canada (where he graduated from the University of Toronto with First Class Honors in Philosophy and English Literature), and lived in the United States for 3 years. He also lived in India for more than 6 years and has travelled widely in South Asia. He has worked as a University Professor and Media Producer in tertiary educational institutions, as well as a TV producer, director and actor. As a result, he combines an understanding of the commercial needs of the private sector, together with the academic rigor and discipline of the tertiary institution.

Dr. Boyd FULLER is an Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on the resolution of difficult public policy conflicts where stakeholders have apparently irreconcilable differences. Dr. Fuller’s current research probes the use of traditional and innovative dispute resolution techniques for peace-building and reconstruction in post-conflict areas of Southeast Asia. His previous research examined the mediation of intractable environmental conflicts in the United States. Dr. Fuller has eight years of experience designing and implementing water supply projects in developing countries. He completed his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Associate Professor Darryl JARVIS specialises in risk analysis and the study of political and economic risk in Asia, including investment, regulatory and institutional risk analysis. He has authored and/or edited several books and has contributed articles to leading international journals. He has been a consultant to various government bodies and business organisations, and for two years was a member of the investigating team and then chief researcher on the Building Institutional Capacity in Asia (BICA) project, commissioned by the Ministry of Finance, Japan. His current research is a large cross-national study of risk causality in four of Asia’s most dynamic industry sectors. He teaches courses on risk analysis, markets and international governance, and international political economy.

Dr Arvid J. LUKAUSKAS is director of the Programme in International Economic Policy and Management at the Picker Center for Executive Education at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Dr. Lukauskas specialises in international and comparative political economy. His recent publications include the books, The Political Economy of the East Asian Crisis and Its Aftermath (ed. with F. Rivera-Batiz) and Regulating Finance as well as numerous articles on political economy, financial policy and central banking. He has served as a consultant to the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank.

Professor Kishore MAHBUBANI was appointed Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy on 16 August 2004 after having served 33 years in the Singapore Foreign Service (with postings in Cambodia, Malaysia, Washington DC and twice as Ambassador to the UN, during which he also served as President of the Security Council). He was Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry from 1993-1998. He is the author of the book Can Asians Think?, published in Singapore, Canada, US, Mexico, India and the People’s Republic of China and of Beyond The Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust between America and the World. He is also the author of The New Asian Hemisphere, published in February 2008. He was listed as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines in September 2005.

Dr. Brian S. MANDELL is a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of the Kennedy School of Government’s Negotiation Project. He is also Chair of the Wexner-Israel and Kokkalis Fellowship programmes at the School. His current teaching and research address the theory and practise of negotiation, emphasising third party facilitation and consensus building in domestic and international protracted policy disputes. He writes about contentious disputes and is completing a book on scenario planning for conflict managers and negotiation practitioners. Before joining Harvard, Dr. Mandell taught at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa. Previously, he was a strategic analyst for the Canadian Department of National Defence, specialising in UN peacekeeping and the implementation of arms control agreements. A Pew Faculty Fellow and Senior Research Associate at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Dr. Mandell holds a PhD from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Jonathan MARSHALL has research interests in leadership, peak performance, and the mind-body connection. At the Harvard Business School he worked closely with the faculty, staff, and students to facilitate higher levels of individuals’ personal and career performance. His doctorate, at Stanford University, focused on the use of hypnosis and meditation to improve mood and well-being. Prior to his current appointment, he helped build the new psychology division at the Nanyang Technological University. Currently, he conducts research on how individual leaders are perceived and teaches courses on leadership development.

Associate Professor Viktor MAYER-SCHÖNBERGER is director of the Information + Innovation Policy Research Centre. His research focuses on the role of information in a networked economy. He is also an expert on the European Union. Before joining the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy he spent ten years on the faculty of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Professor Mayer-Schönberger has published seven books, including his most recent book Governance and Information Technology (MIT Press 2007) and over a hundred articles and book chapters. A native Austrian, Professor Mayer-Schönberger founded Ikarus Software in 1986, a company focusing on data security, and developed Virus Utilities, which became the best-selling Austrian software product. He was voted Top 5 Software Entrepreneur in Austria in 1991 and Person-of-the-Year for the State of Salzburg in 2000. He chairs the Rueschlikon Conference on Information Policy, is the cofounder of the SubTech conference series, and served on the ABA/AALS National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists. He holds a number of law degrees, including one from Harvard and an MS (Economics) from the London School of Economics.

Professor NEO Boon Siong is Director of the Asia Competitiveness Institute at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and former Dean of NTU’s Nanyang Business School. He is director on the Boards of OCBC Bank, Great Eastern Holdings Ltd, Great Eastern Life Ltd, Overseas Assurance Ltd, Keppel Offshore and Marine Ltd, J Lauritzen Singapore, and English XChange Pte Ltd. He serves on the Securities Industry Council and the Income Tax and GST Review Boards. He is a leading expert in strategy, process and organisational change. He has advised many major corporations and government agencies, facilitated strategy workshops, and led management development programmes for senior executives and government officials.

Mr. Stavros YIANNOUKA is the Vice-Dean for Executive Education and Director for External Affairs of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. His areas of interest include leadership, European and Middle Eastern history and current affairs. Prior to joining the School, Mr. Yiannouka was a senior consultant with McKinsey & Company. Based in Singapore, he served a wide range of major public sector clients, in areas such as financial services, healthcare and higher education. Before joining McKinsey & Company, Mr. Yiannouka practiced corporate and commercial law in the City of London and is still a member of the Law Society of England and Wales. He also currently serves on the Board of the Institute of System Science at NUS.

The Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT) is an independent social venture think tank dedicated to advancing understanding of the impacts of globalisation in Asia. GIFT brings together technical and commercial expertise with key knowledge on the issues concerning CSR and sustainable development, and the influence of the region’s economies. Through regional links throughout Asia, especially in China, Malaysia, Japan and India, GIFT: (1) Links business, public policy and civil society issues to foster constructive dialogue and address globalisation-related challenges in Asia; (2) tackles critical leadership needs of future decision makers through a unique action learning programme that offers practical and economically viable solutions to meet development requirements; and (3) channels management expertise and capital to implement projects designed to benefit the environment and create prosperous communities