Ranjit Ajit Singh is an experienced international policy maker and former academic with 25 years experience in global market development, policy and regulation with a strong focus towards Emerging Market countries and Asia. He is currently a Partner and Head of Global Markets at the Centennial Group International Washington DC, a firm providing strategy and policy advise with a focus on emerging markets. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Valuation Standards Council and sits on several international advisory boards and is an expert advisor for the IMF, a member of the Leadership Council of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (M'sia) and a member of the Board of Sunway University. He was previously Vice Chairman of the Board of IOSCO and Chair of its largest committee on Growth and Emerging Markets. He has also been Chairman of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum and a former Chairman of the Securities Commission Malaysia. Ranjit is trained as a financial economist and accountant. He is a Fellow of CPA Australia and has taught finance at The University of Melbourne and worked in academia, accounting, consulting, and regulation in Australia and Malaysia. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics with honors, a master's degree in finance and doctor of Laws (honoris causa) all from Monash University Australia. Ranjit is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar.