Yplatform: Board of Advisors

Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (National University of Singapore)

Dr. Vu Minh Khuong has joined Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy as Assistant Professor since 2006. His research interest concern economic growth, productivity, competitiveness and the related issues such as the impact of ICT, e-government, and economic integration. Dr. Khuong has published his articles in a wide range of international publications, including Journal of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, German Economics Review, Energy Policy, and Journal of Policy Modeling. He has provided consulting services to IMF, World Bank, IFC, USAID, KPMG, Monetary Authority of Singapore, and Infocomm Authority of Singapore.

Dr. Vu Minh Khuong is from Vietnam, where he has held positions of CEO of Songcam Chemical Company, Chief Economic Adviser to the Mayor of Haiphong City, Vice-Chairman of Dinhvu Economic Zone, and Research Fellow at the Prime Minister’s Research Commission. Dr. Khuong had served in the Vietnamese army for three years (1981-1983) before he began his professional career. He received PhD (in Public Policy) and MBA degrees from Harvard University and BA in Mathematics from Hanoi University. Dr. Khuong has previously taught at Suffolk University (Boston) and Keio University (Tokyo).

Dr. Khuong’s teaching portfolio centers on public policy analysis, financial management, and economic development. He has been giving talks about the duties as well as opportunities of the new generations of Vietnamese youths in this era. 

Former Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Vietnam

Former Vice President, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)

Since 1996, Mdm. Pham Chi Lan has been working with the Prime Minister’s Research Commission (PMRC), which is the government’s think-tank on economic reform and developmental issues. She has spent 37 years working with and for the business community of Vietnam and assisted in the formulation of various business laws and policies as well as contributed to the opening up and development of trade relations between Vietnam and foreign businesses in Asia, Europe, Oceania and America.

Mdm. Pham’s professional interests include business development, particularly the development of private sector and SMEs, economic reform and the international integration process of Vietnam.

Associate Director, Antony Consulting Pte. Ltd.

Mr. Antoine is an international business development and management consul4ant who currently serves as Associate Director of Antony Consulting, overseeing its Vietnam operation. He also provides strategy and management consulting for many leading US and European MNCs entering Asia Pacific markets.

He has had more than 20 years of experience in the ICT (Information – Communications – Technology) industry. He started his career as Technology Advisor on a World Bank project in Madagascar. After moving to Singapore in 1988, he founded his own consulting firm, providing consulting services in the area of Artificial Intelligence, and subsequently, joined ILOG, a global IT solution & consulting company.

He previously served on the board ofkmany portfolio companies advising them on management and marketing strategies as part of VinaCapital, a private equity investment and venture capital firm in Vietnam.

Mr. Antoine speaks fluent Vietnamese, French, and English. He holds an M.Sc. in Management of Technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as well as an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the International Institute of Robotic and Artificial Intelligence of Marseille, France.

Associate Professor of Strategic Management (Practice), Singapore Management University

Former Vice President, 3M Health Information Systems

Adel F Dimian is Practice Associate Professor of Management in the Lee Kong Chian School of Business. He recently joined SMU after serving nearly 19 years with 3M in varied and increasing responsibilities in technical and business management for worldwide. 

A talented scientist he was awarded 9 patents for novel chemistry solutions. He is a certified six sigma black belt and master black belt. Adel spent 3 years based in Singapore as a regional business development manager responsible for 3M’s Asia electronics portfolio. Prior to moving back to Singapore and joining SMU, he was appointed vi#e president and general manager for 3M’s healthcare IT compliance business in New York City. Adel has worked in the healthcare, memory technology, commercial brand identity and graphic design, IT, and electronic market segments. 

He received his formal education in the sciences, liberal arts, and business administration earning a BS, MS and PhD degrees in chemistry, and an MBA with honors from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. His expertise involves strategy, innovation, process improvement andkgeneral management.