PUBLIC SERVICE AND CONSULTANCY

2007: Expert Consultant for Work Programme on South-South FDI/TNCs (2008-2010), For the Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva.

2006: Resource Person in the Caribbean Conference on "Best Practices in the Use of Fiscal Incentives in Accordance with WTO Rules", St Lucia, West Indies, 22-26 May 2006, For The Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-Operation (CFTC), The Commonwealth Secretariat.

2005: Consulting Paper on “Country Study: Outward FDI by Firms from Singapore” For the Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva

2004: Research Brief on “Recent Southeast Asian Investment Patterns in Southern China and the Pearl River Delta” For the Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong SAR Government

2003: Consulting Project on “Chinese electronics firms and Chinese business networks in Asia: threats and opportunities” For Samsung Electronics, South Korea.

2001: Brainstorming Session on “Financial Incentives for Internationalisation of Singapore Companies", Trade and Development Board, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore.

2001: Expert Review of World Investment Report 2001: Promoting Linkages, For the Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva

SERVING AS EDITOR OR MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARDS OF JOURNALS

Co-Editor, Economic Geography, (4th in Geography, CIF: 2.325, 2004 JCR) Worcester, MA: Clark University,
January 2001 -

Co-Editor, Environment and Planning A, (8th in Geography, CIF: 1.622, 2004 JCR) London: Pion, January 2001 -

Co-Editor, Review of International Political Economy, (9th in Political Science, CIF: 1.19, 2004 JCR) London: Routledge,
September 2004 - now; 2002 - 2004 (International Board Member)

Asia-Pacific Editor, Global Networks: Journal of Transnational Affairs, University of Oxford (publisher: Blackwell), January 2001 -

Business Manager, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, National University of Singapore (publisher: Blackwell), 1992 -

Editorial Advisory Board Member, European Urban and Regional Studies, (6th in Urban Studies, CIF: 0.875, 2004 JCR) London: Sage,
January 2001 -

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Economic Geography, (1st in Geography, CIF: 3.139, 2004 JCR) Oxford: Oxford University Press, January 2001 -

International Advisory Board, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Oxford: Blackwell, January 2007 –

Editorial Board, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Columbia, MD: Bellwether Publishing, January 2007–

Contributing Editor, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Oxford: Blackwell, December 2007 – 2011

Editorial Board, East Asia: An International Quarterly, New York: Springer, January 2008 – 2012

International Advisory Board, 21st Century Society: the Journal of the Academy of the Social Science, London: Routledge. January 2006 –

Editorial Advisory Board, Critical Perspectives on International Business, Bradford: Emerald. April 2004 -

Advisory Committee of the Annals of the Japan Association of Economic Geographers, Tokyo: Japan Association of Economic Geographers,
April 2003 -

Editorial Review Board Member, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, National University of Singapore and John Wiley, September 1999 -

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Business in Developing Nations, North Carolina Central University, USA, 1997 -

Editorial Advisory Board Member, International Journal of Urban Sciences, University of Seoul, Korea, 1997 - 2006.

SERVING ON EXTERNAL COMMITTEES AND ORGANISATIONS

East Asia Director, Asia Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, 2003-2005.

Southeast Asia Representative, Commonwealth Geographical Bureau Management Committee 2001-2008, London: CGB.

Geography Teachers' Association of Singapore: Chairman, Talks and Seminars Committee, 1997-2002; 2003-2005.

NUS STAFF BADMINTON

1st Runner-up in the 16th Inter-Statutory Board Games 2000

2nd Runner-up in the 22nd Inter-Statutory Board Games 2006

ITIS Champion 2005 and Dietmar's Farewell Dinner, 10 May 2007

Visiting Boon Nga, August 2007 and Sew Meng's twins in April 2008

GTA Ex-Co, August 2001

ISBG 2000

ISBG 2008