Advisory Boards
Working Together for Change
Our advisory boards bring together individuals committed to supporting our work across Asia and the Pacific.
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Lotus Circle
The Lotus Circle Advisors are a group of committed philanthropists and business leaders who provide advice and generous support to The Asia Foundation’s work in gender equality to create more opportunities for disadvantaged girls and women across Asia and the Pacific to improve their lives.
President’s Leadership Council
The Asia Foundation’s President’s Leadership Council is a select international group of business leaders working to nurture and support young leaders in Asia and the Pacific.
Supporting Partners in Asia and the Pacific
The Asia Foundation, Australia
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Stephanie Fahey
Former CEO of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission
Geoffrey Garrett
Robert R. Dockson Dean’s Chair in Business Administration, Marshall School of Business, USC
Andrew MacIntyre
President, Monash University, Indonesia
Jack Whelan
Secretary, The Asia Foundation, Australia Board of Directors
Deanne Weir
Trustee of the Asia Foundation
The Asia Foundation, Singapore
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Manu Bhaskaran
Partner, Centennial Group, Inc
Ong Keng Yong
Executive Deputy Chairman and Director of the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Ambassador-at-Large at the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs and nonresident High Commissioner to Pakistan
Former Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Former Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia
Friends of the Asia Foundation Korea
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
H.S. CHO
Vice Chairman, Hyosung Group
HONG Jeongdo
Vice Chairman & CEO of JoongAng Holdings; and CDXO of JoongAng Ilbo & JTBC
KIM Eun Mee
President, Ewha Womans University; Professor, The Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University; Director, Ewha Global Health Insitute for Girls
KIM Jin-Hyun
Chairman of World Peace Forum; Advisor, Park Systems Corp; Former Minister of Science and Technology
LEE Kyung-sook
Director of Programs/Acting Country Representative, The Asia Foundation Korea
MIN Sun-Shik (Chair)
Chairman, YBM Holdings
Kathleen STEPHENS
President & CEO, Korea Economic Institute of America; Former William J. Perry Distinguished Fellow, Stanford University APARC; former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
SUNG Rae Eun
Group Vice Chairman & CEO, Youngone Holdings Corporation