Ashna Lazatin is a Senior Manager at the Office for Space Technology & Industry at the Economic Development Board of Singapore. She works in public policy and international relations.
Steven Freeland (PhD, LLM, LLB, BCom) is Emeritus Professor of International Law at Western Sydney University, where he was previously the Dean of the School of Law, and Professorial Fellow at Bond University. He also holds Visiting or Adjunct positions at various other Universities/Institutes in Copenhagen, Vienna, Toulouse, Hong Kong, Montreal, Kuala Lumpur, Vancouver, Mumbai and London.
Chan Mo Ku is an analyst focused on co-operation between South Korea and other like-minded partner countries. He previously served as an interpretation officer in the Strategic Planning Directorate of the ROK–US Combined Forces Command and Ground Component Command.
Chan Mo holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS, where he focused on security and statecraft in Asia. His work has appeared in publications such as The Diplomat, War on the Rocks, Breaking Defense, and others.
Kana Bak recently graduated with a master’s degree in international business from Sciences Po Paris. With experience in investment management and sustainability consulting across the EU as well as building business partnerships and research networks in South Korea and Singapore, Kana is dedicated to understanding and influencing diverse markets and geopolitical landscapes. She is particularly fascinated by minilateralism and the interdependencies of foreign capital flows with public policy.
Cathy Senay has been CBC's parliamentary correspondent at the National Assembly since 2018. From 2001 to 2018, she was a journalist at Radio-Canada, where she reported extensively on Quebec politics, in-depth reporting, and military affairs in Western Canada and the Quebec City region.
Her work with CBC Quebec earned a RTDNA Canada Best Canadian Local News Award for Radio Newscast (small/medium market) in 2021. Her APF Canada 2024-2025 Media Fellowship focused on innovation in robotics technology in Japan which was covered by Radio-Canada.
Alexandre Veilleux is a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Montreal and graduate in sustainable territorial development from KU Leuven University in Belgium. He is APF Canada's Senior Program Manager, Montreal (Quebec) and his research focuses on the investments of multinationals in the tourism sector in Southeast Asia and their impact on the objectives of sustainable development. He specializes in issues of political economy, global governance and sustainable development.
David McKinnon is a Senior Fellow (non-resident) with APF Canada and a former Canadian diplomat. His career focused heavily on the Indo-Pacific, including postings in Bangkok, Canberra (twice), Delhi, and Colombo.
He was Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Maldives (2017-22).
Dr. Tricia Yeoh is Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Nottingham Malaysia’s School of Politics and International Relations and Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
Michael Kugelman is a Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He also writes Foreign Policy magazine’s South Asia Brief, a weekly newsletter with news and analysis on the region. He is a longtime analyst of South Asia.
Patrick Leblond is CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy and Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. He is also Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Research Fellow at CIRANO, and Affiliated Professor of International Business at HEC Montréal.
Dr. Leblond is an expert on economic governance and policy. He has published extensively on banking regulation, financial and monetary integration, international investment, international trade, and business-government relations. Before embarking on his academic career, he worked in accounting and auditing for Ernst & Young as well as in corporate finance and strategy consulting for Arthur Andersen & Co. and SECOR Consulting in Montreal.
