Dr Teresita Cruz-del Rosario is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

As Senior Research Fellow, Tess undertake research in the broad area of regional governance with sectoral focus on governance of private aid; water and energy governance; and cross-border migration. These interests fall within the umbrella of New Modes of Governance Programme.

Her research interest is in the broad area of regional governance and its impact on poverty reduction and development, with specific sectoral focus on cross-border migration, aid governance with reference to private aid, and water and energy governance in the Greater Mekong Subregion and Central Asia. Her recently published book Scripted Clashes (Verlag-DM 2009) employs a sociological perspective to explain the festive and quasi-religious character of uprisings in the Philippines.

Prior to joining the LKYSPP, Tess was Visiting Associate Professor and Acting Dean at the Asian Institute of Technology where she was concurrently the Secretary-General of the Greater Mekong Subregion Academic and Research Network (GMSARN) – a consortium of thirteen universities in the six countries that comprise the subregion. She was also Associate Professor and Assistant Dean at the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines, and Assistant Professor at the Sociology Department at the University of the Philippines.

Tess' long-standing interest in the problems of development in Asia is founded on a combination of experience in government and the non-government sectors and a strong practitioner orientation in her academic career. She served the government of Corazon Aquino as Assistant Secretary at the Department of Agrarian Reform, and as Technical Consultant to the Minister of Agriculture. She also served as board member in several Philippine NGOs devoted to agrarian reform and rural development.

Tess holds a PhD in Sociology from Boston College, two masteral degrees from Harvard University and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a Master in Public Administration from New York University.

Sumi Dhanarajan is a consultant to the Public Roles of the Private Sector programme at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation. She is an experienced advocate and practitioner in the field of corporate responsibility with particular expertise on the impacts of the private sector on poverty reduction and human rights. She has engaged with companies from a number of key sectors including pharmaceuticals, retail, agricultural commodities and extractive industries with a focus on access to medicines, labour standards, fair trade, human rights and sustainable development. From 1998 to 2008, Sumi served as Senior Policy Adviser and Head of the private sector team to an international development agency, Oxfam GB.

Sumi is a Regional Adviser to the London-based Institute of Human Rights and Business, founding Trustee of the award-winning on-line Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, and Steering Committee member for BASESwiki, an initiative of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights. She also sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Human Rights Practice (Oxford University). 

She is currently an Associate of CSR Asia and an advisory board member to Responsible Research. Sumi has also been a Board Director to the UK-based Ethical Trading Initiative and an Advisory group member to the UK Social Investment Forum.   Sumi sits on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Human

Before embarking on her career in international development and corporate responsibility, Sumi served as a Senior Legal Adviser to the Secretariat for Legislative Councillors of the Hong Kong Democratic Party and established the human rights desk for the Malaysian Bar Council. Sumi holds an MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and an LL.B from Durham University. She was called to the Bar in July 1997.

Jasmin Kaur is Executive at the Centre for Asia and Globalisation (CAG) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS.  

Jasmin was previously with the American Association of Singapore where she worked as an Events & Sponsorship coordinator in-charge of organising a number of major events of the Association.  Jasmin also assisted in sourcing for potential sponsors and managing the relations between the Association and the strategic partners.  In addition, she performed administrative duties such as managing the membership database, accounting duties and website management.

She holds a Double Major Degree in Marketing and E-Commerce from Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia.

Mr Sung Lee is Head of External Relations and Special Projects at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation (CAG) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.  Sung's main role at CAG is to direct external relations activities (dissemination and outreach) and concurrently manage all programs related with the S.T. Lee Project on Global Governance and spearhead the development and management of the Centre and LKY School's special projects.

Sung has worked for prominent think-tanks in Australia namely The Asia-Australia Institute where he was the Institute's Director and The Lowy Institute for International Policy where he led the APEC Think Tank program.  Sung was also Director / General Manager of International Advancement at the University of New South Wales.

In 2001, Sung co-founded The Diplomat magazine and successfully led the establishment and growth of the magazine as Australia's premier magazine on international politics and business.  The business was sold in late 2007. 

Melissa Ong is Research Fellow at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation (CAG) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS.  Mellssa  heads the corporate social responsibility programme at the Centre.  She has extensive experience in the humanitarian sector and international development work.

She has worked with organisations such as the International Rescue Committee, the Crisis Management Initiative, and the United Nations.

Melissa holds a Masters from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a BA from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Yanchun Ong is Research Assistant at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS.   Yanchun worked as a researcher with the Singapore History Consultants and the Changi Museum previously. She was an administrative and research assistant with the Embassy of Japan prior to joining the CAG.  She is currently pursuing her masters in Southeast Asian Studies, NUS. 

Saleena Saleem is Research Assistant at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS.  Saleena has work experience in the education and transportation consulting sectors. She has also worked at Harvard University, the United Nations and the Boston Globe on internships.

Saleena holds a Masters in Political Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she had researched the effects of a free press on ethnic-conflict prone societies. She also holds a Masters and a Bachelors from Boston University.

Durreen Shahnaz is the Head of Social Innovation Program and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) at the National University of Singapore. She has been a change maker throughout her career which has spanned both the private and social sectors. In private sector, as the head of three regional media companies (Asia City Publishing Group, Hearst Magazines International and Reader’s Digest Asia), Prof Shahnaz worked vigorously to incorporate social responsibility in these companies’ work. Durreen also has a track record as a successful social entrepreneur.  She founded, ran and sold a socially conscious, for-profit business called oneNest in New York. She also had a banking stint at Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Grameen Bank (Bangladesh) and World Bank. 

Durreen holds a BA from Smith College (double major in Economics and Government); and a joint graduate degree -- MBA from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Finance) and MA from School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (International Economics and International Relations).

Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool is an Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is also a Research Fellow in the Energy Governance Program at the Centre on Asia and Globalization.

Dr. Sovacool has worked as a researcher, professor, and consultant on issues pertaining to energy policy, the environment, and science and technology policy. He has served in advisory and research capacities at the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Electric Power Networks Efficiency and Security Program, Virginia Tech Consortium on Energy Restructuring, Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Semiconductor Materials and Equipment International, U.S. Department of Energy’s Climate Change Technology Program, and the International Institute for Applied Systems and Analysis near Vienna, Austria.

Dr. Sovacool has published more than 80 academic articles and presented at more than 30 international conferences and symposia. He is the co-editor with Marilyn A. Brown of Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths (2007) and the author of The Dirty Energy Dilemma: What’s Blocking Clean Power in the United States (2008). He is also a frequent contributor to such journals as Electricity Journal and Energy Policy.

Esther is Personal Assistant to the CAG Director.  Esther has over 10 years of secretarial experience working both in the private and public sectors.  Prior to joining CAG, she worked with pre-schoolers in a kindergarten.