 Mr Manu Bhaskaran,
Partner, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member | Adjunct Senior Fellow Centennial Asia Advisors | Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy CURRENT POSITION
April 2002 to date Partner and Member of the Board CENTENNIAL GROUP INC
Heads the Centennial Group’s strategic advisory work in developing Asia and leads the group’s economic research practice, which provides in-depth analysis of Asian macro trends for investment institutions, governments and companies with interests in Asia.
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
April 1989 to Oct 2001 Managing Director/Chief Economist Asia SG SECURITIES ASIA (formerly Crosby Securities)
Supervised Asian economic and investment strategy analysis for Societe Generale’s Asian investment banking division. Executive Committee member in charge of Asian equity research. Helped establish the firm’s business presence in South and Southeast Asia and contributed to the development of the firm’s highly-rated research products.
May 1982 to April 1989 Administrative Service GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
Supervised a team preparing strategic political and economic assessments of Asia for senior Singapore government officials.
OTHER CURRENT POSITIONS
*June 2009: Trustee, Sree Narayana Mission, a charitable organisation
*February 2009: Member, Board of Advisors, School of Economics, Singapore Management University
*September 2005: Member, Competition Appeals Board, Singapore
*August 2005: Member, Board of Advisors, Centre for Analytical Finance, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
*January 2004: Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies Singapore
*January 2002 to date: Council/Executive Committee Member, Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA); Vice-President, Economics Society of Singapore
DIRECTORSHIPS
June 2003 Director, Aspen Networks Inc
February 2004 Director, International Factors Singapore Ltd (also director of its subsidiary, ECICS Ltd from May 2007)
October 2005 Director, CIMB-GK Pte Ltd (a regional investment bank)
PUBLICATIONS (INCLUDING CHAPTERS IN BOOKS):
1. Reinventing the Asian Model: The Case of Singapore, Eastern Universities Press, 2003
2. Editor, The Singapore Economic Roundtable series (a twice yearly review of the Singapore economy published by the Institute of Policy Studies).
3. The Iskandar Development Region and Singapore, in Reshaping Economic Geography, edited by Y. Huang and A. Bocchi, World Bank, 2009.
4. The Impact of the Global Economic Slowdown on South Asia, Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, Vol1 Issue 2, May 2009
5. Transforming the Engines of Growth, in Impressions of the Goh Chok Tong Years in Singapore, edited by Bridget Welsh, James Chin, Arun Mahizhnan and Tan Tarn How, National University of Singapore Press, 2009.
6. The 2004 Indian Elections: Implications for Stability and Reforms, in Elections in Asia, edited by Simon Tay and Yeo Lay Hwee, Singapore Institute of International Affairs, 2006.
7. Assessment of Singapore’s Competitiveness in Asia: Seeking the Competitive Edge, Proceedings of the Seminar on Asian Competitiveness, Socio-Economic and Environment Research Institute, Malaysia, 2002
8. Scenarios for East Asia’s Recovery, Tan Kong Yam (Editor), Asian Economic Recovery, Policy Options for Growth & Stability, Singapore University Press 2002
9. Regular columnist in Nihon Keizai Shimbun and The Edge, contributor to Yale Global and Global Asia journals.
EDUCATION
June 1980 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and MA (Cantab) Magdalene College, Cambridge University
June 1987 Masters in Public Administration, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
1992 Chartered Financial Analyst
Appearing: Conference Day One: Tuesday, 16 March 2010 9.15am Beyond 2010 Investment Outlook Debate - Session 1Expert insights into stock picks and asset allocation strategies for maximum
portfolio growth – Deliberating investor appetite, country and sector effects,
would developed or emerging markets prove the best bet in uncertain times?
Session 1: Proposition’s Case (20mins)
Proponent: This House anticipates developed markets emerging stronger
from the credit crunch with prevalent investment opportunities for
capitalisation and sector allocation strategies exerting a dominant influence.
Debaters
Mr Manu Bhaskaran, Partner, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member | Adjunct Senior Fellow,
Centennial Asia Advisors | Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Senior Managing Director for Market Intelligence,
Omnis Inc. |
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