Team & Advisors
The Team
Water, sanitation and hygiene, Public Sector Management
Special Assistant on Rural Water Supply and Sanitation to the Governor of Kaduna State in Nigeria.
Supervised provision of water and sanitation facilities to over 2 million people in rural communities and eradicating open defecation from 3 local government areas of the state in 2021.
Rural implementation of the World Bank-funded Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply and Sanitation.
Supervised several WASH projects funded by the Federal Government of Nigeria, UNICEF, World Bank, USAID, Qatar Foundation, etc.
Customer relations, validation, tagging and indexing of downstream electricity assets 2017-2019 with the Kano Electricity Distribution Company Plc.
Steering committee member of the 2022 World Toilet Summit in Nigeria
Venture and Ecosystem Building. Social entrepreneurship, startup management
Venture and ecosystem builder for entrepreneurship and social innovation initiatives and led projects across East and Southeast Asia
In charge of operational scale-up for Southeast Asia's largest talent platform for career development in Hong Kong/Taiwan, with 150% YoY growth rate, leading the business operations and strategy/marketing team of 23 members
Co-founder of a social enterprise empowering ethnic minority youth in Hong Kong and spoke at UNESCO events.
Led a regional impact community based in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the U.S. with over 1000+ members.
Advisory Board
Conflict Resolution, Global Governance, Peacebuilding, Academic Leadership
Vice Dean (Executive Education) and Associate Professor in Practice at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).
Non-resident Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute (IPI).
Former Senior Director of Research at the IPI, focused on conflict prevention, mediation, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.
Led multiple international projects related to crisis management, conflict resolution, and peace operations.
Extensive publication record, with works on peacekeeping, security and development, and violence and conflict prevention.
Economic Development, Humanitarianism, Public Policy, Disaster Governance
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Academic Advisor at BRAC University, Centre for Peace and Justice, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Honorary Fellow at Centre for Women Studies, Kumaun University, Uttarakhand, India
Extensive experience (30 years) in economic development research, specializing in poverty alleviation strategies, empirical analysis, baseline survey questionnaire design, development governance, and project evaluation.
Over 25 years of lecturing in economics, statistics, public policy analysis, and research methods, with experience in various countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Canada, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK, and Vietnam.
Undertaken extensive fieldwork across numerous countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Nepal, and Vietnam
JACK SIM
Serial entrepreneur and social entrepreneur
Founder of BoP Hub
Founder of World Toilet Organization
Adjunct Associate Professor at NUS Business School
Pioneer of a global movement improving sanitation for over 1.2 billion people.
Initiator of the UN World Toilet Day (19th November). Organized 17 World Toilet Summits and two World Toilet Expo and Forums across diverse global locations.
Recognitions include: Ashoka Global Fellow, Time Magazine's Hero of the Environment 2008, and Schwab Fellow of the World Economic Forum.
Founding member of Catalyst2030.
Received prestigious alumni awards: LKYSPP Alumni of the Year 2018, and NUS Alumni of the Year 2021.