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Vasuki Shastry is an associate fellow of the Asia-Pacific programme and was most
recently global head of public affairs and sustainability at Standard Chartered
Bank.

Early in his career, Shastry was an economic and political journalist in India,
Singapore, and Indonesia. After leaving journalism in 1998, he worked for the
International Monetary Fund in senior communication roles including Asia Pacific
spokesperson, head of internal communications, and global head of public
affairs.

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Shastry also worked for the Singapore central bank, where he established the
communications department. His research areas include Asia-Pacific economic and
financial integration, technology and public policy, global governance, and
sustainable finance.

Shastry is the author of Resurgent Indonesia – From Crisis to Confidence,
published in 2018, and was recently appointed to serve as Commissioner of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).


PAST EXPERIENCE

2013-18 Global head of public affairs and sustainability, Standard Chartered
Bank 2007-13 Global head of public affairs, International Monetary Fund 2002-07
Head of internal communications, International Monetary Fund 2001-03 Director of
communications, Monetary Authority of Singapore 1998-2001 Asia Pacific
spokesperson, International Monetary Fund

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