International Advisory Board

Our International Advisory Board does not have any fiduciary responsibility, financial commitment nor governance responsibility towards CUTS WDC. They are not responsible for and do not necessarily agree with the positions of the organization either as a group or individually.

  • Allan Fels AO
    (Professorial Fellow The University of Melbourne,  Australia)

  • Arun K. Singh
    (Former Ambassador to the USA, India)

  • Arun Maira
    (Former Member, Planning Commission, India)

  • Bharath Gopalaswamy
    (Former Director, South Asia Center,Atlantic Council, USA)

  • C. Raja Mohan
    (Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore )

  • Frank G. Wisner
    (Former Ambassador to India & International Affairs Advisor, Squire Patton Boggs LLP, USA)

  • Frank Islam
    (Founder-FI Invest Group, USA)

  • Fukunari Kimura
    (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Japan)

  • Jay Gullish
    (Senior Director - Digital Economy, USIBC, USA)

  • Joshua P. Meltzer
    (Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings, USA)

  • Kamalinne Pinitpuvadol
    (Former Executive Director, The International Institute For Trade And Development, Thailand)

  • Kanwal Sibal
    (Dean, Vivekananda International Foundation, India)

  • Kevin Rudd
    (26th Prime Minister of Australia & President of the Asia Society Policy Institute, USA)

  • Krish Iyer
    (Former President & CEO, Walmart India)

  • Nirupama Menon Rao
    (Former Ambassador to the USA, India)

  • Otaviano Canuto
    (Former Executive Director, The World Bank, USA)

  • Pascal Lamy 
    (Former Director General, World Trade Organisation, France)

  • Patrick Low
    (Asia Global Institute Fellow     &  Visiting Professor, Hong Kong)

  • Peter N Varghese AO
    (Former Foreign Secretary and Chancellor, The University of Queensland, Australia)

  • Rajiv Lall
    (Founder MD & CEO, IDFC Bank, India)

  • Raymond E. Vickery
    (Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Trade Development; Senior Associate, CSIS; Senior Advisor, Albright Stonebridge Group)

  • Rufus Yerxa
    (President, National Foreign Trade Council, USA)

  • Scott H. Jacobs
    (Managing Director, Jacobs, Cordova & Associates (Washington, DC), USA)

  • Shivshankar Menon
    (Former National Security Adviser of India)

  • Sothi Rachagan
    (Vice Chancellor, Nilai University, Malaysia)

  • Swaminathan S. Anklesaria
    (Consulting Editor, The Economics Times, USA )

  • Tariq A. Karim
    (Former High Commissioner to India, Bangladesh )

  • Uri Dadush
    (Expert, International economics and development (Washington, DC), USA)

  • Vivek Lall
    (Chief Executive of General Atomics Global Corporation )