[Hybrid/Free] America Through the Eyes of Ashok Mirpuri, Former Singapore Ambassador to the United States

The American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore

Established in 1973, The American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmCham Singapore) is the premier business association for international businesses seeking to establish or expand their presence in Southeast Asia.

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*In-person seats are filled. Please join us virtually.

Join us for the June instalment of America Through the Eyes Of series… with Ashok Mirpuri, the former and longest-serving Singapore Ambassador to the United States.

Moderated by AmChamSG CEO Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei, our audience can look forward to Mr. Mirpuri's perspectives on the U.S.' political, economic, and social outlook as well as what the impact may be for Singapore and the Southeast Asian region.

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Speakers

Ashok Kumar Mirpuri

Head, International Policy & Governance at Temasek International Pte. Ltd.

Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei

CEO of AmChamSG

Mr. Ashok Kumar Mirpuri joined Temasek in September 2023 and is currently Head, International Policy & Governance.

Prior to joining Temasek, Ashok was Singapore's Ambassador to the United States from July 2012 to June 2023, where he represented Singapore’s interests in working with three U.S. Administrations. His previous Ambassadorial roles were in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Australia. Ashok has engaged with governments at the highest levels and developed policy options under challenging circumstances.

Ashok holds a Master of Arts from the University of London’s School of Oriental & African Studies and a Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) degree in Political Science from the National University of Singapore.

Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Singapore — the largest and the most active international business association in Singapore and Southeast Asia representing over 650 companies. Hsien is also Adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, member of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Advisory Board, Vice President of the Precision Public Health Asia Society, board member of TalenTtrust, member of the United Women Singapore STEM Advisory Panel, and member of the 2023 FIRST Global Challenge host committee.

Prior to AmCham, Hsien was Vice President, Medical and Scientific Affairs, Medtronic Asia Pacific, where she was responsible for the Medtronic Innovation Centers in Japan and Korea, training and education, and the company’s health systems transformation strategy in the region. Hsien has extensive experience in scientific affairs, corporate and healthcare communications, advertising, public relations, and government affairs.

Hsien has lived and worked in the US, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, UK, and is now based in Singapore. She holds a BA (with honors) in Human Biology from Stanford University and a PhD in Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health where she was the recipient of a US National Institutes of Health Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology Training Grant. Her doctoral thesis explored the genetic epidemiology of end-stage renal disease and type 2 diabetes. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship at National Taiwan University Hospital in the Department of Internal Medicine.

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