Professor Shandre M. Thangavelu is the President of the Jeffrey Cheah Institute for Southeast Asia and Senior Fellow at the Jeffrey Sachs Centre for Sustainable Development at Sunway University, Malaysia. He also serves at the University of Adelaide, Australia. In 2021, he was appointed Trade Advisor to Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce and was honored with the Royal Order of Sowathara in 2023 for his contributions to Cambodia’s trade and economic growth. An expert in human capital, FDI, and ASEAN integration, he has authored several influential works, including The Handbook of East Asian Economic Integration. He holds a PhD from Queen’s University, a Master of Arts from Queen’s University, and a Bachelor with honors from the University of Winnipeg.