Mission Statement:

To add value to and make meaningful connections with the people I meet and work with.

Brief Bio:

Professor Dr. Ong Kian-Ming is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Pro VC) for External Engagement at Taylor’s University (Effective on the 1st of June 2024). He was previously the Program Director, Philosophy Politics & Economics, at Taylor’s University, Malaysia.

1. He is Senior Adviser to Global Counsel, an international advisory firm with offices in five countries.

2. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)

3. He was appointed in August 2023 for a two-year term.

4. He is an adviser for the Malaysia China Chamber of Commerce (MCCC) since 2023.4

5. He is an adviser for the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM), starting a two-year term from Jan 2024 to Dec 2025.5

6. He is an adviser but Selangor Digital School / AI Nustantara 6 an initiative started by the Selangor IT and Digital Economy Corporation (SIDEC) and The Hive Southeast Asia, a Venture Capital firm, since December 2023.

7. He is a member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce (DANCHAM) since 2023.

8. He was appointed as a member of the CEREBRUM council, a think tank started by Johor

Corporation (JCORP).

1. https://university.taylors.edu.my/en.html

2. https://www.global-counsel.com/

3. https://www.mida.gov.my/about-mida/board-members/

4. https://mccc.my/en/

5. https://www.fmm.org.my/default.aspx

6. https://www.ainusantara.org/

7. https://jcorp.com.my/cerebrum/

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9. He is an advisor to the Malaysian Used Vehicles and Autoparts Traders Association (MUVATA) since 2024. He is advisor to the Federation of Automobile Workshop Owners Association of Malaysia (FAWOAM) since 2021

10. He was a Senior Visiting Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute10 from March 2023 to September 2023 and an Associate Fellow from October to December 2023.

11. He is a former two-term Member of Parliament (MP) in Malaysia from 2013 to 2022 (MP for

    Serdang from 2013 to 2018 and MP for Bangi from 2018 to 222) representing the Democratic

    Action Party (DAP). He was the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI) from July 2018 to February 2020.

12. He was a former Fulbright Scholar and holds a PhD in Political Science from Duke University, an MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge, and a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics. Prior to his political life, he was formerly a lecturer at UCSI University, a researcher at the Socio-Economic Development and Research (SEDAR) Institute and the Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Studies (INSAP) and a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in the Kuala Lumpur office.

13. He was an ASEAN Scholar in Singapore and completed his “O” and “A” levels in Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College respectively. He attended primary and secondary school in La Salle Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

14. He enjoys jogging, watching movies, and listening to podcasts in his spare time. He recently started his own podcast channel called “Are we OK?”

(https://www.youtube.com/@areweokbymmtv)