Media Release by SAFN Washington, DC.
Washington, DC (November 7th, 2024) – The South Asia Foresight Network (SAFN), an initiative under the Millennium Project, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Yap Kwong Weng who is the CEO of the Vietnam SuperPort as a Senior Fellow for the newly established SAFN Belt & Road Initiative Center. Vietnam SuperPort is a multimodal logistics hub led by YCH Group, a leading integrated end-to-end supply chain management and logistics partner operating across Asia Pacific. Dr. Yap Kwong Weng’s expertise will significantly contribute to SAFN’s growing body of research on BRI and strengthen its position as a leading network for scholarly and strategic foresight in South Asia and beyond.
Dr.Yap Kwong Weng was previously Head of Transformation in Sembcorp industries, a leading renewables player and an established industrial and urban solutions provider in Asia. He led the development of Sembcorp’s urban business, focusing on its industrial park strategy and sustainable development.
Prior to Sembcorp, Kwong Weng held business consulting roles in KPMG and Ernst & Young as an Executive Director, and set up the KPMG-A*STAR joint lab, a first in professional services. In industry, he held management positions in Southeast Asia, co-founded a tech/crypto travel start-up in Vietnam and led the development of a strategic seaport in Myanmar when it first opened up. Earlier in his career, Kwong Weng served as a commando officer for over a decade; graduated from the gruelling US Navy SEAL training course in San Diego and worked as a counter-terrorism analyst in the Singapore Armed Forces.
Kwong Weng was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and awarded the Rotary Peace Fellowship (Chulalongkorn University) in 2012. He currently serves as a council member of the Singapore Red Cross was a board member of the Singapore Nanjing Eco High-tech Island. He received his PhD from the University of Glasgow, including master’s degrees from the University of Cambridge, University of Manchester and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
SAFN, one of the fastest-growing research networks under the Millennium Project in Washington DC, is proud to welcome Dr.Yap Kwong Weng who will be the first Singaporean to be honoured as Senior Fellow. SAFN’s growing resource pool reflects SAFN’s commitment to enriching its research capabilities and fostering greater international collaboration on issues critical to South and Southeast Asia, BRI, US-China and global security.
For more information, please contact: South Asia Foresight Network (SAFN)
Email: contact@southasiaforesight.org
Website: https://southasiaforesight.org
