Asia

Milken Institute taps Hiromichi Mizuno as Special Advisor

With decades of finance experience, Mizuno will drive conversations on long-term investments and ESG. Singapore – July 2, 2020 – The Milken Institute announced today that Hiromichi Mizuno, veteran finance executive and the newest...
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Yeen Chong

Associate Director, Milken Institute International
Yeen Chee Chong is an associate director for Milken Institute International. Based in Singapore, he oversees and manages strategic communications with a wide range of global and regional media publications and partners. Chong works closely with colleagues in both Asia and the United States on planning and implementing global public relations and social media campaigns.

New Models for Financing Translational Medical Research in Singapore

Adapting scientific lab discoveries into life-saving drugs for commercial consumption is no small feat. Often times medical research stalls when drugs get to the translational stage of the process. This refers to the period between the...
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Quintus Lim

Associate Director, Asia, Milken Institute International
Quintus Lim is an associate director of policy and programs for the International pillar at the Milken Institute. He focuses on policy areas such as R&D financing, technological adoption across domains such as health, food, agriculture, finance, and the broader economy, and issues of ecosystem building.
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It Takes All of Us: Winning the War of Ideas Against the Extremists

Ideological extremists have operated in Asia for decades. They remain undefeated, even though Asian governments have spent billions of dollars, partnered in large, multi-national coalitions, and manipulated social media to their advantage...
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Farah Pandith

Author, "How We Win"; Former US Diplomat and Senior Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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Asia Remade: Reclaiming Its Place on the World Stage

I have always been fascinated by the fact that Asia was a formidable economic and technological power until the 19th century. Countries in the West outgrew the East during the 19th and 20th centuries as a result of industrial revolutions...
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Wai Leng Leong

Managing Director, Strategic Partnerships, Asia, CDPQ Singapore