Dr. Deborah Elms

Dr. Deborah is the Head of Trade Policy at Hinrich Foundation, a unique Asian-based philanthropic organization that works to advance mutually beneficial and sustainable global trade.

She was formerly the Founder and Executive Director of the Asian Trade Centre, which works with governments and companies to design better trade policies for the region.

Deborah is also Vice Chair of the Asia Business Trade Association (ABTA). She sits on the International Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Trade Professionals Alliance and is Chair of the Working Group on Trade Policy and Law. She is also a Senior Fellow in the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry’s Trade Academy.

Previously, Deborah was head of the Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade & Negotiations (TFCTN) and a Senior Fellow of International Political Economy at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.