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PSU Staff


Director

   

Denis Hew holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom and MSc and PhD in Finance from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

Dr Hew was Regional Cooperation Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) before taking up his current appointment at APEC. From 2001 to 2008, Dr Hew was Senior Fellow and Program Coordinator (Regional Economic Studies) at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) Singapore. He was also Managing Editor of the ASEAN Economic Bulletin, a leading academic journal that focuses on economic issues in Southeast Asia. Dr Hew has written extensively on regional economic cooperation and integration, especially in ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific region.



Policy Advisor

  Aveline Low holds a Master of Science in International Relations from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore and a Bachelor of Business from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Before joining APEC, Ms Low was Senior Officer at the Strategic Planning and Coordination Division, Office of Secretary-General at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. She was involved in managing ASEAN cooperation programs and projects with organizations such as the AusAID, the European Union, and the German Technical Cooperation. She also handled media relations, publications, outreach activities, and events management when she was Senior Officer at the Public Affairs Office in the same organization. Prior to this, Ms Low was IT Standards Manager with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.  


Senior Analysts

  Akhmad Bayhaqi holds a PhD in Southeast Asian Studies from the National University of Singapore.

Prior to APEC, Mr Bayhaqi was a Researcher with the Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies, Brunei Darussalam working on Education and Social Policy issues.

Previously, Mr Bayhaqi was a Consultant (Economist) for the World Bank Office in Jakarta dealing with programs on public finance within the eastern Indonesia provinces under the Public Expenditure and Capacity enHancement/Harmonization (PEACH) program.

Mr Bayhaqi has also worked at the University of Indonesia as a Researcher/Lecturer focusing mostly on issues related to economics and public policy.
 

Carlos Kuriyama holds a Master of International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, USA and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Universidad del Pacífico, Peru.

Formerly Mr Kuriyama was an official of Peru's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism where he served as Lead Negotiator of the Peru-China FTA negotiations, General Coordinator of the Peru-Singapore FTA negotiations and Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade. He also led the design of Peru's trade negotiations agenda and implemented Peru's trade strategy with APEC economies.

As an Associate Researcher and Lecturer in Economics at Universidad del Pacifico, Mr Kuriyama wrote extensively and participated in several research projects on trade, investment and integration issues for several domestic and international institutions.

 


Analysts

  Tammy Hredzak holds a Master of Science (majoring in economics and public policy) from the London School of Economics, where she received a merit for her thesis on the costs of economic sanctions. Ms Hredzak also holds a Bachelor of Science with Distinction (majoring in finance and international business) from Penn State University, U.S.A.

Ms Hredzak previously conducted statistical analysis as an Economist for the U.S. Producer Price Index program, where she also co-authored a paper on price trends in the U.S. economy. She also has experience in the consulting industry in the U.K. and in South East Asia, having worked on projects involving public private partnerships and bank privatisations.


 		  

Quynh Le holds a Master of Arts in Economics from Ilades/Georgetown University, USA and a Bachelor of Business Studies (majoring in Economics) from Massey University, New Zealand.

Previously, Ms Le was a Macroeconomist at the New Zealand Treasury working on fiscal policies and fiscal modeling for the New Zealand economy. She also has experience in the financial consulting industry in South America, working on various projects ranging from country risk analysis to developing Risk Management models.



Researchers

 

Azul Ogazon Gomez holds a Master of Public Policy (with Economic Policy & Analysis Specialization) from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, at the National University of Singapore; postgraduate studies on International Cooperation and Development from the United Nations University; and a Bachelor Degree in Economics from Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE), Mexico.

Ms Ogazon Gomez has been consultant to the Mexican Trade Commission in Singapore, as well as to the Trade and Investment Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). Before coming to Singapore, Ms Ogazon worked for Solana Consultores a political consulting firm, where she handled negotiation and public relations strategies to enhance public private relationships.

 
  Collin Gerst holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan where he earned the Rackham Merit Fellowship and specialized in quantitative economic policy analysis. His Bachelor Degree in Economics was earned at the University of Iowa.

Mr. Gerst has previous experience conducting economic research with The Asia Foundation in Malaysia and analyzing Chinese investment in Southeast Asia as a university research assistant. Prior to returning to graduate school, Mr. Gerst spent time working in the non-profit sector and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Benin, West Africa.
Bernadine ZHANG Yuhua graduated in 2009 with a Master Degree in Public Policy and received the Harwin Award for Student Leadership from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and was twice awarded an Excellent Performance Scholarship.

Ms Zhang has previously worked as a teaching and research assistant at universities in Singapore and China in the areas of financial management and corporate finance. She also worked as a consultant for the World Bank for the inaugural World Cities Summit. She has specialized in research and analysis relating to international trade and economics, public finance, monetary economics and environmental economics.


Administrative Executive

    Chang Hui Ling holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from The Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Ms Chang has served as an Administrative Executive, a Human Resource Supervisor, and a Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer in a local organisation for a combined 7 years; and subsequently also worked as a Sales Manager (Asia Pacific region) in a Norwegian publishing organisation for 4 years, pioneering the news/report circulation department in Singapore that focuses on the seafood/fisheries industry, before joining APEC.