William H. Overholt

Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

1968, B.A. Harvard; 1970, MPhil and 1972 Ph.D. Yale University. Senior Fellow at Harvard Asia Center and the Kennedy School of Government since 2008. 2013-2015 in Hong Kong as Senior Fellow and President of the Fung Global Institute. Career includes 14 years conducting and managing policy research at think tanks, seven years at Harvard University, and 21 years running investment bank research teams. Previously held the Asia Policy Distinguished Research Chair at RAND’s California headquarters and was Director of the Center for Asia Pacific Policy; concurrently was Visiting Professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University and, earlier, Distinguished Visiting Professor at Korea’s Yonsei University. During 21 years in investment banking, served as Head of Strategy and Economics at Nomura’s regional headquarters in Hong Kong from 1998 to 2001, and as Managing Director and Head of Research at Bank Boston’s regional headquarters in Singapore. During 18 years at Bankers Trust, ran a country risk team in New York from 1980 to 1984, and then was regional strategist and Asia research head based in Hong Kong from 1985 to 1998. At Hudson Institute from 1971 to 1979, directed planning studies for the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of State, National Security Council, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Council on International Economic Policy. As Director of Hudson Research Services, performed strategic planning for corporations. Was a Senior International Advisor to Tong Yang Securities; a board member of the Korea Society; a Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Executive Committee member of the Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong, both for six years. Has served on advisory boards for Harvard University’s Asia Center; the US-China Institute of the University of Southern California; the Asia Society of Southern California; the Hang Lung Center for Organizational Research at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Chinavest Ltd.; and ETech Securities.

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