Our Team
Executive Council
Tan Sri Ong Tee Keat
Chairman
Mr Ong Tee Keat (knighted with the Malaysian royal honorifics Tan Sri and Datuk), the founding Chairman of Centre for New Inclusive Asia (CNIA), is a multi-faceted personality well equipped with knowledge, connectivity and experience in such sectors as mechanical engineering, geopolitics, Chinese language creative writing and political commentary writing in both Chinese and English.
Prior to the founding of CNIA, an independent think tank based in Malaysia, he envisioned the necessity for new value creation in shaping a new Asia characterised with openness and inclusiveness.
Such ideals borne out of his 25-year long experience in Malaysian federal politics through such portfolios as Minister, Deputy Minister and Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat (Lower House) of Parliament. Parallel to this, on the international front, he had once been the Executive Council member representing the South East Asian region in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
Currently he continues to actively contribute to the development of inter-nations, inter-regions bilateral relations through trade, public diplomacy, culture and arts, especially in the Asian region.
Koh King Kee
President
Mr Koh King Kee is the President of the Centre for New Inclusive Asia, a non-government Malaysian think tank. He is also the Founder and President of East West Bridge, an international platform to promote civilisational engagements for global peace and prosperity.
Mr Koh is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Management and Marketing, Taylor’s University and Director of the China Belt and Road Desk, Baker Tilly Advisory Malaysia.
He is the Chairman of the ASEAN-China Think Tank Cooperation Partnership, Advisor of the Greater Bay Area-ASEAN Research Institute, Shenzhen University, and Co-Vice Chairman of the International Academic Network for a Community with Shared Future. He is also the President of Dr Wu Lien-Teh Education Society, Malaysia.
Mr Koh has long been a keen observer of the political and economic developments in China. He was appointed as Adviser of the Asia-Pacific Economic Research Institute, China way back in 1989. In recent years, he has focused his interests on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)，China-ASEAN relations, China-US relations, and geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific region. He is a frequent speaker at seminars and forums in Malaysia and China on these topics.
Mr Koh is the author of the book The New Era in Today’s China and a Columnist of China Focus and Nanyang Siang Pao, and has been widely interviewed by Chinese and Malaysian media on China and ASEAN related issues.
Dr Eugene Pek Chuen Khee
Research Director
Dr Pek Chuen Khee, Eugene, is currently an Associate Professor and Head of School of the School of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Law, Taylor’s University, Malaysia. He was formerly the CEO of UCSI Poll Research Centre and Dean of the Faculty of Business and Management, UCSI University.
Dr Pek obtained his Bachelor of Science (Economics) Honours from the University of London in 1997, Master of Economics and Ph. D in Economics from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) in 2000 and 2009, respectively. He also earned his Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) from the University of Nottingham in 2016.
Dr Pek is a Fellow of Higher Education UK, Professional Green Economist of Green Economics Institute UK, Senior Fellow of the World Institute of Sustainable Development Planners Hong Kong, Certified Trainer and Planner of Sustainable Development and Certified Trainer of Human Resources Development Fund Malaysia. He is currently a Visiting Professor of Tunghai University, Taiwan and Petra Christian University, Indonesia, an Adjunct Professor of Gratia Christian College, Hong Kong, and Board Member of Gratia Business School External Advisory Board.
Dr Pek’s main research interest is in green economics with the application of environmental valuation and sustainable development. He has successfully published his work in the Journal of Environmental Management, Waste Management, and Waste Management & Research. He held several research grants from both private and public institutions. He has appeared in TV programmes and local dailies sharing his views on current issues.
Tan Shook Kheng
Resource Director
Ms Tan Shook Kheng has had more than 30 years of experience in accountancy education and training, organisational development and corporate governance. She holds a Master of Science in Business (Accountancy) degree from University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, and a Bachelor of Economics degree, majoring in Statistics, from University of Malaya.
Ms Tan was a Senior Lecturer at the School of Accountancy, MARA Institute of Technology (now MARA University of Technology), from 1973 to 1984. She was the Course Leader for the Advanced Diploma in Accountancy and headed the School’s Examination Committee.
Ms Tan joined The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) in 1984 as Executive Director with full planning, operating, financial, legislative, regulatory and administrative responsibilities. MICPA is a professional accountancy body which offers the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) qualification and promotes the application and compliance with international financial reporting, auditing and ethical standards to its members and the business community to safeguard public interest. She also served as a Technical Advisor to the International Accounting Education Standards Board and International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of the International Federation of Accountants from 2000 to 2006.
Upon retirement from MICPA in 2007, Ms Tan works as a freelance consultant in the area of accountancy education, financial reporting systems and organisational development. Her engagements include development of the curriculum for an accounting degree programme; restructuring and improving the corporate financial reporting system of an ASEAN country; providing advisory service on the governance and quality control systems of an international accounting firm; and transformation of the organisation structure and corporate governance of a professional body.