Oversight
JCI is governed by an Executive Council, which is responsible for the Institute’s overall direction and organisation.
Global Drive
The International Academic Advisory Council, comprising the world’s leading scholars of Asia, provides advice on research priorities and academic initiatives.
Partnerships
Our governance is designed to strengthen research and teaching ties with universities and think-tanks, including Sunway University and Harvard University.
International Academic Advisory Council
HRH Sultan Dr. Nazrin Shah Ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah
The Sultan of Perak Darul Ridzuan (Royal Patron, Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia) and Royal Research Professor, Sunway University
Professor Dwight Perkins
Chairman, IAAC; Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, Harvard University and Research Professor, Sunway University
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah, AO
Founder and Chairman, Sunway Group; Trustee, Jeffrey Cheah Foundation; Founder and Chancellor, Sunway University
Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. Lin See-Yan
Research Professor, Sunway University; Former Deputy Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia; President, Harvard Club Malaysia
Professor Fan Gang
Director, National Economic Research Institute, China; Professor, Peking University; Former member, Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China
Professor Sibrandes Poppema
President of Sunway University
Professor Elizabeth Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Sunway Education Group
Dato’ Sri Idris Jala
President and CEO, Pemandu Associates; Co-Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director, Sunway Berhad
Professor Kiyohiko Nishimura
Senior Professor of Economic, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS); Former Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan
Dr. Mari Elka Pangestu
World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships, Professor, Universitas Indonesia; Former Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Indonesia; Former Minister of Trade, Indonesia; Former Executive Director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta
Professor Tony Saich
Director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
Dr. Chalongphob Sussangkarn
Former Minister of Finance, Thailand; Former President, Thailand Development Research Institute
Professor Dato’ Dr. Tan Tat Wai
Research Professor, Sunway University
Professor Richard Graeme Larkins, AO
Former Chair of Universities Australia
Professor Graeme Wilkinson
Vice-Chancellor, Sunway University
Professor Dato’ Dr. Woo Wing Thye
President, Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia; Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, University of California; Director, East Asia Program, Earth Institute, Columbia University; Board Member, Sunway University
Executive Council
Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah, AO
Chairman
Tan Sri Dato’ (Dr.) Chew Chee Kin
Dato’ Dr. Lee Weng Keng
Professor Elizabeth Lee
Professor Tan Sri Dato’Dr. Lin See-Yan
Professor Graeme Wilkinson
