- Managing Director, Sea-Change Partners, Singapore
- Visiting Faculty, Management
A highly-experienced advisor, trainer, teacher, and practitioner of Negotiation, Influence, Conflict Management, and Peacebuilding. Experience working in more than 135 countries worldwide and on more than 65 peace processes and ceasefire negotiations. Specialist in political peace negotiations in armed conflicts, diplomatic and trade negotiations, security crisis negotiations, and hostage negotiations in the public sector. Experienced advisor in private sector negotiations and university lecturer with experience teaching in law schools, business schools, international relations/security programs, and public policy programs.
- Managing Director, Sea-Change Partners, Singapore (2000 – Present)
- Peace and Development Advisor, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Thailand (2014 – 2015)
- Conflict Advisor, Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2008 – 2012)
- Director and Senior Fellow, Asian Programme on Negotiation & Conflict Management (APNCM), Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore (2002 – 2007)
- Board of Advisors, Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies (Kabul Afghanistan) (2005 – Present)
- Adjunct Lecturer, INSEAD, Singapore (2000 – 2003)
- Visiting Lecturer, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University / Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore (1999 – 2000)
- Charter member, Council for Emerging National Security Affairs (CENSA) (2000 – Present)
- Teaching Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1998 – 1999)
- Teaching Fellow and Research Assistant, Harvard Negotiation Project, Harvard Law School (1992 – 2000)
- Conflict Management Group (CMG) / Conflict Management, Inc. (CMI) (1991 – 2000)
- Co-founder and Director, Center for Higher Education in the Middle East, Inc. (1996 – 1998)
- Ethnicity and Nationalism Study Group, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University (1993 -1998)
- Network on Ethnological Monitoring and Early Warning of Conflict (1992 – 1994)
- Martial Arts Instructor (1980 – 2001)
- Negotiating Hostage Crises with the New Terrorists (with Adam Dolnik), Praeger Security, 2007.
- ADB and Conflict Sensitive Development: A Conflict Advisor’s Manual and “Toolkit”, Asian Development Bank, 2011.
- “Managing Constituency Issues and Political Opposition During a Peace Process,” paper for Oslo Forum, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, 2006.
- “Redefining Security and Some Useful New Approaches,” in Passing the Torch: Recommendations to the Next President on Emerging National Security Issues. Council for Emerging National Security Affairs, November 2000.
- “Diagnostic Analysis in Sri Lanka,” a report on a thorough diagnosis of the obstacles to a sustainable peace process in Sri Lanka. Conducted for the Asia Foundation, Colombo. September, 1999.
- “Facilitated Joint Brainstorming: A Useful Tool for Dealing with Conflict,” with Professor Roger Fisher. Discussion Draft, Harvard Negotiation Project/Conflict Management Group. April, 1996.
- The Face of Human Security, Development Studies Program, United Nations Development Programme. Produced a 30-minute video on the human dimensions of international security, presented at the UN’s “Round-Table for Global Change,” Stockholm, nominated for “Best Documentary Video,” National Association of Student Broadcasters, 1994.
- Assisting the Process of Transition in South Africa: Some Thoughts for the International Community, with Robert Ricigliano. Conflict Management Group Working Paper Series, April, 1994.
- Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, and Humanitarian Assistance in Areas of Conflict, with Dr. Landrum Bolling. Conflict Management Group Working Paper Series, March, 1994.
- “Militarizing the Third World: The State of the Arms Trade.” Nuclear Times Magazine, Summer, 1990, with Peter Lyons and Robyn Rheinbolt.
- Commentary and analysis have appeared in various media, including CNN, Asia Week, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The Business Times, and MediaCorp’s NewsRadio.